How to build your open source multi-room sound system
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Today’s abundance of music streaming services has created lots of opportunities to listen to whichever music you like wherever you like, but there’s a huge fragmentation problem that hasn’t been tackled seriously by the music tech industry yet.
Spotify allows you to find and discover a lot of tunes, but not all of the music is there.
You may want to integrate your collection of mp3s into your Spotify collection, but that is simply not an option.
You may have favourite tracks that are only available on SoundCloud or albums that aren’t available on Spotify but you’ve purchased in the past on Google Music or iTunes, but there’s no way to have them all in one place: each of these solutions comes with its separate app.
You may want to integrate your favourite online radios or podcasts into your music app, but that’s, again, not an option — TuneIn, Podcast Addict or Google Podcasts are distinct apps.
You may want to easily stream your playlists to any speaker or pair of headphones you own, but that’s not as easy as it sounds. You may have to replace your existing speakers with expensive solutions (like Sonos or Bose) to enjoy a proper multi-room setup…
