There's a merged pull request on the void-packages repository Use sndio as first preference in PortAudio, enable PortAudio for spotifyd https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/23838 Description: If sndio isn't available, spotifyd, using the portaudio backend, falls back to ALSA cleanly. However, in the previous version, with sndio enabled, the portaudio backend simply didn't output anything. Therefore, I believe my change to the patch makes sense. Enabling portaudio for spotifyd makes sense because it allows one to use sndio without requiring alsa-sndio. @Johnnynator and @abenson