Add pipe as backend/mixer

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I’m using snapcast to play Spotify synchrony in every room. Now i want to switch from librespot to librespot-java but pipe is not available as backend/mixer.

Describe the solution you’d like Please add the pipe as backend/mixer and may rename “mixers” to “backends” because pipe is not a mixer.

Describe alternatives you’ve considered Maybe there is an other option librespot-java can interact with the snapserver but I have not found one jet.

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Big thanks to you and this Project. I hope we find a solution.

[devgianlu]

I’ve fixed some issue, I’m testing just now a synchronization exception. Should be ready in couple of minutes. Done I’ve added an option to ouput to stdout, to make it work, you need to edit core/src/main/resources/log4j.properties and change stdout with stderr.

The pausing thing is yet to be fixed. Fixed

[devgianlu]

After some research I discovered that pipes have a buffer which is what is consumed when you’ve already paused the track. Try executing the following command to see how many bytes the pipe can hold:

cat /proc/sys/fs/pipe-max-size

The pipe size can be adjusted (I didn’t try that) by editing the said file. Source