How to Install Snapcast on Windows 10

Snapcast is an open-source multi-room audio distribution system that allows you to sync audio playback on multiple devices. This tutorial will guide you on installing Snapcast on Windows 10.

Prerequisites

1. A Windows 10 machine or virtual machine.

2. Git, which can be downloaded from https://git-scm.com/download/win.

3. MSYS2, which can be downloaded from https://www.msys2.org/.

Installation Steps

1. Download and install Git.

2. Download and install MSYS2.

3. Open MSYS2 and update the package database by running the following command:

pacman -Syu

4. Install the required packages by running the following command:

pacman -S cmake libtool autoconf automake make gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc

5. Clone the Snapcast repository using Git by running the following command:

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

6. Change the directory to the Snapcast directory:

cd snapcast

7. Create a build directory:

mkdir build

8. Change the directory to the build directory:

cd build

9. Generate the Makefile by running the following command:

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local ..

10. Compile the Snapcast source code by running the following command:

make

11. Install Snapcast by running the following command:

make install

12. Make sure the Snapcast server is running by running the following command:

snapserver

You can now use Snapcast to sync audio playback on multiple devices.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Snapcast on Windows 10 using MSYS2 and Git. Now that you have installed Snapcast, you can start using it to sync audio playback on multiple devices.

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