[[!meta date="2016-11-06 00:35"]]
[[!tag nixos pulseaudio]]

[[!img media/nixos-lores.png class="noFancy" style="float: right"]]
[[!summary streaming audio in tcp using pulseaudio and avahi]]

# motivation

this is a simple setup for streaming `pulseaudio` streams over the network. 

# server

https://github.com/openlab-aux/vuizvui/blob/master/machines/labnet/labtops.nix#L26

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {.nix }
hardware.pulseaudio = {
  enable = true;
  tcp.enable = true;
  tcp.anonymousClients.allowedIpRanges = [ "172.16.0.0/16" ];
  zeroconf.publish.enable = true;
};
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

# client

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {.nix }
pulseaudio.zeroconf.discovery.enable=true;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

to use the new setup simply play some music and in `pavucontrol` you can select 
a different output device for the listed stream.