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Liz ClarkPractical Tinker Boardhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3826-4_9

9. Project 3: Stream Music to the Tinker Board with Volumio

Liz Clark1 
(1)
Boston, MA, USA
 

Our third project will be the final one that focuses on media consumption and a specialized operating system. We’ll be using Volumio to set up the Tinker Board as an audio streaming device.

But what is Volumio? Volumio is a specialized Linux distribution built on Debian for audio playback for a variety of file formats. It can play files that are stored locally or on a network drive, and even stream them from another device. It’s meant to be used as a headless device, meaning that it shouldn’t have a display or keyboard attached. Instead, Volumio is controlled remotely ...

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