alternative to chromecast audio (commercially available, or DIY)

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  • raspdif

    Raspberry Pi S/PDIF digital audio without a HAT.

  • Just upgraded my home cinema system firmware via raspberry pi and spdif (coax). I was a bit mind blown by the fact that it can be done. Back to the subject, if you can stream to raspberry pi, just use spdif coax and https://github.com/mill1000/raspdif.

  • btAudio

    Bluetooth Audio for Arduino

  • It's bluetooth only, so not a solution to the OP, but it's an old sparkfun ESP32 thing + an adafruit UDA1334A Breakout wired together on a breadboard running this arduino library for essentially all the software on the esp: https://github.com/tierneytim/btAudio

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  • cspot

    A Spotify Connect player targeting, but not limited to embedded devices (ESP32).

  • I understand that since around 2018 Spotify Connect can be used without a Premium account, and for many devices this is indeed the case. But according Raspotify on Github Premium is needed to use Spotify Connect. Same for this freelinux project.

  • raspotify

    A Spotify Connect client that mostly Just Works™

  • I understand that since around 2018 Spotify Connect can be used without a Premium account, and for many devices this is indeed the case. But according Raspotify on Github Premium is needed to use Spotify Connect. Same for this freelinux project.

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