Easiest way to create player targets for Music Assistant to connect to an active speaker via SPDIF for <$30 ? Squeezelite seems like a good candidate, but unsure how to connect to SPDIF - eviltoast

I’m struggling to find the easiest solution to connect a set of active speakers that have BT/Optical (Toslink)/Coax. I currently use a tablet to stream Deezer via BT, but I want to be able to use them in Music Assistant. I tried Bubblepnp on the tablet, but it’s too slow for that, it wasn’t reliable.

I don’t want to spend 100s of dollars on e.g. Sonos stuff. I see Squeezelite as a good option, but I’m unsure how to connect an SPDIF speaker. The docs say you can connect to one of the pins. Do I just cut the plug of an SPDIF cable and then connect to it?

I don’t have a 3D printer, ideally I want a box around it.

Ideally there’s an out-of-the-box solution. Any tips or help appreciated.

  • sylverstream@lemmy.nzOPEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Thanks mate, much appreciated. That’s what I mean, it’s complicated… I have no idea what extra hardware I’d need. I just want to connect it via Coaxial and the only thing I can find is very complicated docs like you found :)

    BT is not an option as I’d like to keep using the tablet directly to BT in case MA/HA is down.