Music Server

2021-12-14

Logitech Media Server

W/ local Squeezebox player

Run the following docker compose with logitech media server. Modify the volumes that are mounted to the docker directories to match your local setup. For now, I put my playlists in a different directory so my music directory stays read only.

version: '3.7'
services:
  lms:
    container_name: lms
    image: lmscommunity/logitechmediaserver
    volumes:
      - /media/user/Backup_1/apps/logitechmediaserver/config:/config:rw
      - /media/user/Backup_1/music:/music:ro
      - /media/user/Backup_1/apps/logitechmediaserver/playlists:/playlist:rw
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
    restart: always
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1001
      - HTTP_PORT=9337 #set new web browser port instead of 9000
    #network_mode: "host" # (chromecast/airplay)
    ports: #comment this section out if using network_mode = "host"
      - 9337:9337
      - 9338:9090
      - 3483:3483  #for now using default 3483 port because of ipeng mobile app compatibility questions
  squeezelite-tailscale:
    image: giof71/squeezelite:stable
    container_name: squeezelite-tailscale
    devices:
      - /dev/snd:/dev/snd
    environment:
      - SQUEEZELITE_NAME=squeezelite #Display name of the playback system listed in the webUI
      - SQUEEZELITE_AUDIO_DEVICE=surround21:CARD=K6,DEV=0  #change this to your specific audio card.  The squeezelite docker log will list your audio devices on startup if you arent sure of the formatting.  The above is a format for a Native Instruments Komplete 6 USB audio device on Ubuntu.
      #- SQUEEZELITE_SERVER_PORT=192.168.1.7:3483 #use if network_mode=host (for chromecast/airplay support)
      - SQUEEZELITE_SERVER_PORT=lms:3483 #use if not using host network mode
    restart: unless-stopped
    #network_mode: "host"   #i honestly forget if this is needed, experiment

This docker compose file should start a webserver on http://localhost:9337. Note, some web browsers block localhost, like Vivaldi, so you need to use 127.0.0.1 or the local 192. IP

I recommend using Portainer to setup and control the docker by pasting the above docker-compose code into a new "stack".

Squeezelite is a background service that is always connected to the logitech media server waiting to playback whatever the server feeds it

iPhone playback:

• Purchase $8.99 + $4.99 iPeng app to access LMS and have synchronous playback to the iphone
  • Sync doesnt work good with wireless headphones due to latency issues

OSX playback:

• On an M1 chip (non-x86/x64), there is practically no information on running squeezelite
  • Was unable to build the git repo from scratch because of library linking issues. Got pretty far with missing header files, but at the end it still couldnt find the -Lxxx linker files
• Take the pre-built app for M1 on sourceforge. The .app file located in the DMG will not work out of the box.
  • Open the .app package contents and take out the squeezelite binary file.
    • You can also try to edit the .plist attributes file to run the squeezelite player with the app icon, but I have had mixed results
    • To enable running the .app without OSX complaining the file is damaged or other security issues, run the following command:

xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine SqueezePlay.app

• Run the binary like this to enable playback on OSX

./squeezelite -a 1000:1 -f ~/.squeeze.log -s 192.168.1.7:3483 -o 1 -C 2 -D 500 -n MBA

• Access the player from the web browser remote, or from iPhone app.

For lazy, The squeezelite binary file from the .app file:

!!! This is for M1 Mac !!!

![[Squeezelite_1392_appandbin.zip]]

UPNP / Chromecast / Airplay:

• I was only able to see chromecast and UPNP devices by putting my docker behind the network_mode = "host" to share the local IP instead of creating a containerized network
  • Most likely due to how it uses ports, unable to look into this any further
  • In the end, I still wasnt able to get my audio streaming to my chromecast device, but it wasnt very important so I gave up on it.

Note on compiling squeezelite on M1

• It took me a very long time to figure all this out. The git repo would not compile for M1, even after I spent many many hours trying to relink libraries. To save myself a headache in the future, I decided to write this guide up for myself and publish it for others.
• With Docker & Mac, you cant mount an audio device directly, so you cant use the squeezelite docker image.
• The .app file which is provided by Ralph Irving's git repo seems to not do anything and just bounces in the task tray. I have no idea why he didnt provide the binary located inside, as it is just a terminal app to begin with.
• You can check the commands for squeezelite by polling the binary with: ./squeezelite -h
• There is no reason to download the zip file located in this git repo if you do not trust it for whatever reason. Feel free to grab the binary from Ralph's original git repo linked below.
• Let me know if you have luck compiling the squeezelite source on M1!
• I can now stream audio to all my devices in my house. The same song plays on my desktop, laptop, and phone. I also have access to spotify, soundcloud, tidal, qobuz, all from the same app.
• I have not been able to find a good free squeezebox player on iOS so I purchased iPeng. Its decent, and has lots of features but not the best UI.

Links

• Logitech Media Server Git Repo
• Squeezelite Git Repo from Ralph Irving
• Squeezelite Binaries not on github for some reason
• Portainer
• iPeng