# How does mycroft handle the audio output? Want to get a snapcast skill working

**URL:** https://community.openconversational.ai/t/how-does-mycroft-handle-the-audio-output-want-to-get-a-snapcast-skill-working/2189
**Category:** Archive - Former Random Mycroft Category
**Created:** [September 21, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/how-does-mycroft-handle-the-audio-output-want-to-get-a-snapcast-skill-working/2189 "2017-09-21T16:20:58Z")
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### Author: ![klundry](https://community.openconversational.ai/user_avatar/community.openconversational.ai/klundry/32/1211_2.png) [@klundry](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/klundry)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/how-does-mycroft-handle-the-audio-output-want-to-get-a-snapcast-skill-working/2189/1 "2017-09-21T16:20:59Z")

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Is it using alsa? pulseaudio? I would like to get a snapcast skill working so that I can tell mycroft to play the snapcast stream. The basic command that would need to be executed would be “snapclient -h _ip/hostname_”. Would it be as simple as creating a basic skill that executes that command when triggered and kills it when you tell it to stop?