Hi,
I’ve had Navidrome set up for a while and am really happy using Symfonium on andriod, however I’m struggling with a set up for home speakers.
I’m currently running mo0de on a raspi and using Symfonium to cast to mo0de via uPnP. However this is very janky and frequently crashes mo0de after 5-10 songs.
Is there anything better I can use? Is there anything that can use the subsonic api? Or something else I can cast to from Symfonium?
- Perhaps this fits the bill? Requires a Home Assistant instance. - https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2024/05/09/music-assistant-2/ - I already had home assistant, so this was quick to set up. Seems to be working pretty well and hasn’t crashed the mo0de client. - I’ll give it a proper trial. - Thank you! 
- Cool! Thanks for the tip! 
- Thanks for this. It looks interesting. - Not sure if it is right or not bit I’ll take a look! 
 
- Have you tried Tempo (FOSS)? - Tempo the android app? - I don’t think that helps in controlling speakers? 
 
- Navidrome suggests using jukebox mode to play music directly to the server’s audio hardware. It uses mpv. You only need a client which supports jukebox mode. Currently Ultrasonic and dSub seem to support this feature. 
- My solution is far from ideal but it works for me. - I have a Chromecast connected to my TV which outputs to my stereo system. Power to TV and stereo are controlled via smart plugs that I can quickly toggle when I want to stream music. - The good thing: It works. - The bad things: - You have to connect navidrome to symfonium using the IP address and not a hostname when using a basic chromecast since that one has a hardcoded dns server. The Chromecast with google TV allows setting a dns server yourself but you loose software volume control through your phone.
- No volume control except directly on the stereo system. This wasn’t an issue with the basic chromecast but it is now with the better one…
- For some reason some songs crash the casting to the chromecast. Again this wasn’t an issue on the cheap Chromecast for some stupid reason
 - Thanks for explaining your setup. 👍Sounds a bit hacky too. Unexplained crashes are damn hard to work out - Oh it definetely is a bit hacky. - At one point I tried using home assistant to automatically turn my tv and stereo on or off depending on the state of the chromecast but that didn’t really work consistently unfortunately. - Yep, been there and tried that. Never got it working a way I liked 
 
 
 



