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--- projects:pimpd [2021/07/13 10:36] – hibby
+++ projects:pimpd [2021/08/18 13:56] – [Listening to the music] hibby
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 Music in the space is controlled by a VM on [[projects:alford|Alford]] running MPD. [[User:hibby|hibby]] is responsible for this project. It used to live on a Pi, hence the name.
-<del>The address for the Pi MPD is '''pimpd.57north.org.uk''' or '''172.23.152.9'''</del> Address details will be available once there is a network in place.
+The address for the Pi MPD is '''pimpd.57north.org.uk''' or '''172.23.152.9'''
 ===== Controlling the Music =====
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 ===== Listening to the music =====
+==== HTTP Stream ====
 The MPD audio plays directly out to the social room speakers. It also broadcasts on the space network via icecast. To listen in, use an icecast player (VLC works well) and play the following network address:
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     http://172.23.152.9:8000/Stream.m3u (Note the uppercase S)
+==== Snapclient ====
+The mpd server uses [[https://github.com/badaix/snapcast|snapcast]] to broadcast audio to the network and ensure all players are in sync.
+On Debian, you only need to do the following while on our network to make your laptop sing in sync:
+<code># apt install snapclient </code>
+<code># systemctl start snapclient</code>
+To shut it up,
+<code># systemctl stop snapclient</code>
 ===== Blame =====