parec-server
Encodes PulseAudio stream and serves it as a live http stream.
Background
I decided to write my own server after I found pulseaudio's
Enable network access to local sound devices option too cumbersome to setup.
I wanted something plain and simple which would serve my currently playing stream so I can play it on my Sonos device.
The only limitation I noticed (which is also present in pulseaudio's network server, if enabled) is the latency which is on my system around 5 seconds.
Flac encoding is also possible (commented in code), but is disabled as Sonos
only supports mp3, wma and aac.
Installation
# clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/jere/parec-server.git
# run the server
node parec-server <sink/source to connect to>The server will be available on http://localhost:2000 or
http://<your_ip>:2000.
<sink/source to connect to> must be defined or a default steam.monitor will
be used.
You can use pactl load-module module-null-sink sink_name=steam to use
the default monitor. You then need to redirect your output to that sink. See
details here.
Requirements
Node.js and a linux machine running PulseAudio