# Arduino speaker **URL:** \ **Category:** Audio\ **Created:** [April 27, 2023, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-speaker/1120172 "2023-04-27T08:25:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![antoine\_pir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@antoine\_pir](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/antoine_pir)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-speaker/1120172/1 "2023-04-27T08:25:48Z")
Hi, I bought a speaker and I would like to play mp3 music. I just have an Arduino, some basic electronic components (resistors, diode, potentiometer) and this speaker. Do I have to install a certain library? Thanks for your answers. Peace Antoine ---
**Author:** ![build\_1971](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/build_1971/32/689930_2.png) [@build\_1971](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/build_1971)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-speaker/1120172/2 "2023-04-27T08:35:05Z")
Where is your mp3 file? On SD card? You probably need a mp3 player breakout board. That may have a SD slot and a audio amplifier. ---
**Author:** ![paulpaulson](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/paulpaulson/32/363643_2.png) [@paulpaulson](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/paulpaulson)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-speaker/1120172/3 "2023-04-27T08:37:55Z")
Hello [antoine\_pir](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/antoine_pir) All in all a mp3 player is needed. Keep it simple and stupid firstly. Run some tutorials for the hardware selected. If you are happy with the results of the tutorials you can merge these to your project. Have a nice day and enjoy coding in C++. ---
**Author:** ![antoine\_pir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@antoine\_pir](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/antoine_pir)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-speaker/1120172/4 "2023-04-27T08:50:15Z")
Thanks for you answer ---
**Author:** ![roshan-baig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ba0ec/32.png) [@roshan-baig](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/roshan-baig)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-speaker/1120172/5 "2023-04-27T09:10:47Z")
use the DF player mini. tutorial here: > **[DFPlayer Mini Mp3 Player - DFRobot Wiki](https://wiki.dfrobot.com/DFPlayer_Mini_SKU_DFR0299)** > > wiki:DFRobot Mini Mp3 Player is an extremely low cost MP3 module that can be interfaced with Arduino. It supports common audio formats such as MP3, WAV and WMA. ---
**Author:** ![Grumpy\_Mike](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/grumpy_mike/32/213521_2.png) [@Grumpy\_Mike](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/Grumpy_Mike)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-speaker/1120172/6 "2023-04-27T09:56:45Z")
In order to drive a speaker from an Arduino you need to build an amplifier. This is the schematic of a simple one. ![Speaker](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/original/4X/f/7/b/f7bdf87b262842e986e75d0839537ceffef21619.png) If your sound player module has a built in amplifier then you can use that, but if it only has a line level output you will need at least this circuit. The actual volume is very dependent on the sort of enclosure you mount it in. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/system/32/1140315_2.png) [@system](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-speaker/1120172/7 "2023-10-24T09:56:48Z")
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