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Snapcast - hostname instead of IP address

sarucyel

December 30, 2022 23:16

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Hi there,

HifiberryOS is great though lack of documentation is a bit of a problem - case in point for me: through the frontend I have to specify the IP address of my snapcast server, however those tend to be reallocated frequently on my network... Instead, it would be great to be able to specify the actual host name, alternatively if there is a config file where this can be set I would love to know!

Thanks Vincent.

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  HiFiBerry team December 31, 2022 07:08

  Config file is /etc/snapcastmpris.conf

  I'm not sure if it will work with host names at all. In general we recommend to use static IPs for all server applications. An IP that changes can create all kinds of problem, e.g. if a player is running, it won't detect that the IP address has been changed.