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April 9, 2026 · View on GitHub

Output audio data to speaker in node or browser.

Usage

import speaker from 'audio-speaker'

let write = speaker({
  sampleRate: 44100,
  channels: 2,
  bitDepth: 16,
  // bufferSize: 50,       // ring buffer ms (default 50)
  // backend: 'miniaudio', // force backend
})

write(pcmBuffer, (err) => {
  // ready for next chunk
})
write(null) // end playback

Async iterable

Consume an async iterable source directly:

import speaker from 'audio-speaker'

await speaker.from(audioSource, { sampleRate: 44100, channels: 2 })

Stream

import SpeakerWritable from 'audio-speaker/stream'

source.pipe(SpeakerWritable({ sampleRate: 44100, channels: 2 }))

Backends

Tried in order; first successful one wins.

Backend	How	Latency	Install
`miniaudio`	N-API addon wrapping miniaudio.h	Low	Prebuilt via `@audio/speaker-*` packages
`process`	Pipes PCM to ffplay/sox/aplay	High	System tool must be installed
`null`	Silent, maintains timing contract	—	Built-in (CI/headless fallback)
`webaudio`	Web Audio API (browser only)	Low	Built-in

API

`write = speaker(opts?)`

Returns a sink function. Options:

sampleRate — default 44100
channels — default 2
bitDepth — 8, 16 (default), 24, 32
bufferSize — ring buffer in ms, default 50
backend — force a specific backend

`write(buffer, cb?)`

Write PCM data. Accepts Buffer, Uint8Array, or AudioBuffer. Callback fires when ready for next chunk.

`write(null)`

End playback. Flushes remaining audio then closes device.

`write.flush(cb?)`

Wait for buffered audio to finish playing.

`write.close()`

Immediately close the audio device.

`write.backend`

Name of the active backend ('miniaudio', 'process', 'null', 'webaudio').

Building

npm run build          # compile native addon locally
npm test               # run tests

Publishing

# JS-only change (no native code changed):
npm version patch && git push && git push --tags
npm publish

# Native code changed — rebuild platform packages:
npm version patch && git push && git push --tags
gh run watch                    # wait for CI
rm -rf artifacts
gh run download --dir artifacts \
  -n speaker-darwin-arm64 -n speaker-darwin-x64 \
  -n speaker-linux-x64 -n speaker-linux-arm64 -n speaker-win32-x64

# (fallback) If darwin-x64 CI is unavailable, cross-compile locally
npx node-gyp@latest rebuild --arch=x64
mkdir -p artifacts/speaker-darwin-x64
cp build/Release/speaker.node artifacts/speaker-darwin-x64/

for pkg in packages/speaker-*/; do
  cp artifacts/$(basename $pkg)/speaker.node $pkg/
  (cd $pkg && npm publish)
done
npm publish

License

MIT

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