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Squeezebox Controller Audio Playback

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Beginning with 7.3 firmware, the Squeezebox Controller (SBC) can be used for audio playback locally through the headphone jack or the controller's small internal speaker*.

This feature is considered beta quality. If problems are experienced while using this feature, help make it better by opening an issue in Bugzilla.

*editor's note: sound quality through the internal speaker is not great for music, but subjectively sufficient for e.g., talk radio. Think of it like a streaming pocket transistor radio :)

Enabling Local Playback

Local playback can be enabled through Settings->Advanced->Audio Playback

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Selecting Controller as Player

Select Choose Player from the home menu on the controller. The controller should appear in the choose player menu:

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note: plugging headphones into the controller's 3.5mm jack will automatically select the controller as your selected player

Current Limitations

  • no playback when connected directly to SqueezeNetwork
  • Rhapsody playback not supported
  • wma playback not supported
  • synchronization to other players not fully supported/tested