How to Install Snapcast on Ubuntu Server Latest

Snapcast is a multi-room audio solution that allows you to synchronize audio between multiple clients. It is an open-source project that can be downloaded from GitHub. This tutorial will guide you through the installation of Snapcast on Ubuntu Server Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin with the installation of Snapcast, you need to make sure that you have the following prerequisites in place:

• Ubuntu Server Latest
• Terminal access with sudo privileges
• Basic knowledge of the command line interface

Step 1: Installing Dependencies

To install Snapcast on Ubuntu, you first need to install the required dependencies. You can do this by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install git build-essential libasound2-dev libvorbisidec-dev

This command will install the required packages on your system.

Step 2: Downloading Snapcast

Next, you need to download Snapcast from GitHub. You can do this by using the git command-line tool. Run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/badaix/snapcast.git

This will create a directory named "snapcast" in your current working directory.

Step 3: Compiling Snapcast

To compile Snapcast, navigate to the directory where you downloaded it. Run the following commands:

cd snapcast
make
sudo make install

This will compile and install Snapcast on your system.

Step 4: Starting Snapcast Server

To start the Snapcast server, run the following command:

snapserver

This will start the server, and it will be listening on port 1704 by default.

Step 5: Configuring Snapcast

To configure Snapcast, you need to edit the snapserver.conf file. Run the following commands:

sudo cp snapserver.conf.example /etc/snapserver.conf
sudo nano /etc/snapserver.conf

This will create a copy of the example configuration file and open it in the nano text editor.

Step 6: Starting Snapcast Clients

To start the Snapcast clients, install the Snapcast client application on your devices. You can find the clients on the Snapcast GitHub page.

Once you have installed the clients, open them and connect to the Snapcast server by entering the server's IP address and port number.

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed and configured Snapcast on Ubuntu Server Latest. You can now stream audio across multiple clients using Snapcast.

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