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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?

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[–] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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
[–] Starfarer@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks for explaining your setup. 👍Sounds a bit hacky too. Unexplained crashes are damn hard to work out

[–] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Starfarer@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

Yep, been there and tried that. Never got it working a way I liked

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