Balena Sound Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Is there a self-hosted software for hifi music streaming?

  I personally use balena sound Https://sound.balenalabs.io/. Source: over 1 year ago

• Whole home audio amp/receiver recommendations

  I've had balena bookmarked for a minute to try to roll my own Sonos alternative, but I haven't tried it yet. Source: over 1 year ago

• My setup is Ubuntu server 22.04 LTS running on a Lenovo laptop. I want to have Spotify Connect working on it and to be able to play music through the speaker that get connected to the laptop thru 3.5mm AUX cable.

  Try this, it is made for raspberry pi but you might be able to run it on your laptop. https://sound.balenalabs.io/. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Streaming the same music to multiple devices?

  Or you can tey something like this https://sound.balenalabs.io. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Ubuntu Core 22 is now available – optimised for IoT and embedded devices

  First 10 devices on balena are free, its used by many thousands of hobbyists. For example balenaSound is very popular, for multi-room audio with rapsberry pi's https://sound.balenalabs.io/ There is also balenaHub, which hosts many community projects and introduces the concept of "open fleets", bring your device and join the fleet, instead of managing it yourself https://hub.balena.io/fleets Disclosure: I am an... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Wireless multi room streamer for Spotify Connect?

  With a little work to setup some Raspberry Pis you can use balenaSound: https://sound.balenalabs.io. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Can the xiaomi projector connects to Bluetooth speakers?

  If you're interested in a cool DIY project then you could take a look at this as well. https://sound.balenalabs.io/. Source: about 2 years ago

• Why are media streamers so expensive?

  If you are handy with a Raspberry Pi, BalenaSound is also worth considering, especially if you already have a USB DAC or amp with USB input. Source: over 2 years ago

• Wireless Multi Room Speaker Alternative to Sonos?

  I haven’t used it myself but https://sound.balenalabs.io might be an option. Works offline after initial set up according to the FAQ. Source: over 2 years ago

• I use a Raspberry Pi to airplay audio to my vintage system. Decided to wrap part of the Pi’s aluminum case to make it match the rest of the setup ;)

  To get the pi to stream audio from your phone: I used an application called Balena Sound running BalenaOS. Basically for most raspberry pi projects, you're going to use your computer to write some sort of OS and/or application onto a microSD card, pop it into the pi, and then for most simple projects you're pretty much up and running. There are a few different sound applications for raspberry pi that you may want... Source: over 2 years ago

• Is it possible to use Google Assistant to play music through Spotify by casting to an Onkyo receiver with Spotify support and multiple zones?

  If the voice assistant part doesn't matter as much to you, it's also worth considering Arylic and balena-sound. Both will do multi-room audio using Spotify Connect, and can interface with Home Assistant. Source: over 2 years ago