Pulseaudio remotely stream audio

September 2025

On server:

pactl load-module module-tunnel-sink server=127.0.0.1:4713
pactl set-default-sink tunnel-sink.127.0.0.1_4713

To play whitenoise: play -n synth whitenoise

On client: load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-anonymous=1

Make sure auth-anonymouse=1, so you dont have to worry about server cookies. Use SSH reverse port forwarding for a secure connection to client: ssh -N -R 4713:127.0.0.1:4713 serverip