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diff --git a/doc/documentation.tex b/doc/documentation.tex index 993448d..2375ee3 100644 --- a/doc/documentation.tex +++ b/doc/documentation.tex @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ In addition to \autoref{chap:introduction} `\nameref{chap:introduction}` the following sections document everything required to use \texttt{soundbox} devices. -\section{Getting the IP address} +\section{Getting the IP address}\label{get-ip} Each soundbox device has a label with the MAC address of the device in a format like \texttt{xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx}. @@ -95,15 +95,18 @@ is a convenient way to do that. \section{Playing audio} \label{playing-audio} Audio can be streamed to \texttt{soundbox} devices with the \texttt{ffmpeg} -command. Audio files or internet stream addresses can be passed as input. Since -\texttt{ffmpeg} supports multiple outputs, the part enclosed in square brackets -can be repeated multiple times with different \texttt{soundbox} device IP -addresses. +command. Audio files or internet stream addresses can be passed as input. The +IPv6 address retrieved in \autoref{get-ip} should be used as IP and the +interface has to be the one showing up in \texttt{ip link show} which is +connected to the same network as the \texttt{soundbox} device. \begin{verbatim} -ffmpeg -re -i <input> [-acodec flac -f ogg tcp://<ip>:5316]... +ffmpeg -re -i <input> -acodec flac -f ogg tcp://[<ip>%<interface>]:5316 \end{verbatim} +The part starting with \texttt{-acodec} can be repeated multiple times to +stream to more than one soundbox devices for a multi-room audio setup. + More details about FFmpeg streaming can be read from the FFmpeg streaming guide\footnote{\href{https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/StreamingGuide}{https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/StreamingGuide}}. |