# No sound when streaming from no-sound-card server

**URL:** <https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/no-sound-when-streaming-from-no-sound-card-server/1475>\
**Category:** Misc\
**Created:** [January 20, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/no-sound-when-streaming-from-no-sound-card-server/1475 "2017-01-20T11:54:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![proph73](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/proph73/32/526_2.png) [@proph73](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/proph73)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/no-sound-when-streaming-from-no-sound-card-server/1475/1 "2017-01-20T11:54:14Z")

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I am trying to install Mopidy on my HP microserver g7 N54L. It is an headless server, without audio card then.  
I get tracks to be read from the client so I guess it is streaming, but no sound. I have installed  
I am using :  
[audio]  
mixer = software  
mixer\_volume =  
output = autoaudiosink  
buffer\_time =  
With other parameters it just doesn’t work at all : no tracks being read from client.  
Is the problem building the sound on the server ? I would like to avoid icecast because I use Flac and don’t want to lose sound quality.  
What should I do to have sound when reading from client ?

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/no-sound-when-streaming-from-no-sound-card-server/1475/2 "2017-01-20T12:16:31Z")

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You need to setup mopidy to output via icecast or snapcast or **something** so that you can then receive audio on a matching client on your other machine. Mopidy does not stream output to your web client by default.

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**Author:** ![proph73](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/proph73/32/526_2.png) [@proph73](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/proph73)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/no-sound-when-streaming-from-no-sound-card-server/1475/3 "2017-01-20T12:38:44Z")

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Mopidy-Stream is installed. Isn’t that enough ?

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/no-sound-when-streaming-from-no-sound-card-server/1475/4 "2017-01-20T13:12:47Z")

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Mopidy is a server that plays music _locally_. It is similar to mpd. When you run Mopidy on your machine it outputs using the local audio device on that machine. If you want to stream that output somewhere else then you need to use something like icecast and configure it as described in the docs. The HTTP/MPD clients available are really just remote controls.

Since your machine does not have a local audio device then you must use icecast/snapcast/whatever.

> Mopidy-Stream is an extension for playing streaming music.

i.e. for _playing_ online radio streams, not serving them.