[RELEASE] Squeezebox Integration (Logitech Media Server)

xap · October 11, 2018, 10:17pm

I have built an integration to Squeezebox Server (Logitech Media Server).

It takes the form of a Connect app, and a child driver for the Squeezebox Players.

I still think the Squeezebox is a fantastic bit of audio kit and if there's still a few of you out there using them then I hope this code is of some use.

The driver supports all the Music Player and Speech Synthesis capability functions so this also enables Squeezeboxes to be used for announcements using the Hubitat built in text-to-speech.

The easiest way to install this is via Hubitat Package Manager [[BETA] Hubitat Package Manager], where you can find it by searching for "Squeezebox"

The code is at:

github.com

xap-code/hubitat/blob/master/squeezebox/README.md

Squeezebox Integration for Hubitat

Installation
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Installation of Squeezebox Integration can now be easily performed via the Hubitat Package Manager

Debug Logging
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You can enable/disable debug logging in the Squeezebox Integration app preferences. If you have multiple players then they can generate quite a lot of log data so it is strongly recommended to deactivate the debug logging unless you need it to troubleshoot something for example.

Extra Player Commands
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This integration exposes some extra Player device commands specific to Squeezebox.

sync("{players}")
- This command takes a string which is a comma separated list of either player MACs (the device network ID) or player names and will then synchronise them all as a group with the master being the player the command is called on.

unsync()
- Removes the player from a sync group if it is a member, remaining members remain in the sync group.

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xap · October 11, 2018, 10:19pm

@bikesquid thanks for the help testing it, I've also adjusted the prefix/suffix addition as you suggested.

bikesquid · October 11, 2018, 11:11pm

@xap - You bet, shout if I can help again!

I'll just say, for me integrating this is huge. LMS and squeezebox is an outstanding audio package, regardless of price, for those that don't want subscriptions and streaming to be the only way to get music, tho you can,... and it's all free.

Now if I could just figure out how to control all the amp I'd be fully where they promised I'd be back in 1999!!

mike.maxwell · October 12, 2018, 12:02am

I have a number of squeeze touch and players, if you're interested in one heck of a deal, please pm me.

Linvale · October 12, 2018, 1:54am

This looks very promising. I too have several - and have resurrected a couple of the touches recently as ROON endpoints (as have many of the old squeezebox community seem to have found themselves). But moved onto HEOS system so that I could get better integration with Denon/Marantz amps and they have a well documented CLI.

Looking at the code here it seems a good basis for attempting to incorporate this as a music player device - what I really want to do is display album art and basic controls on the main dashboards. Maybe time to take the plunge and try a little coding . Its been a few years.

xap · October 12, 2018, 6:21am

I use a Harmony Hub, allows me to control the amp that my SB Touch is plugged into, combined with a smart outlet so the amp is only powered on when in use.

xap · October 12, 2018, 7:10am

You should be able to just add a player device as a music player to the dashboard to get music controls. In terms of displaying the cover art, you can access the current cover art on your LAN using the following URL:
http://{serverHostAddress}/music/current/cover.jpg?player={playerMAC}
e.g.
http://192.168.1.100:9000/music/current/cover.jpg?player=00:04:20:27:a5:c2
Although, that is only local network access.

I can get that to appear on the Hubitat dashboard although there's no auto-refresh of the image currently. If you were able to stand up your own simple HTTP server and serve up a page that references that link but with a meta-refresh set, that might work.

Alternatively:
You can use the sharptools.io dashboard. It works and allows you to set auto-refresh but I would expect the album art will only render if you are accessing the dashboard from your home network. I tried setting one up to test it and it works. Although currently the controls it exposes on the music player are a bit limited (no volume, mute etc.). However, the guys at SharpTools are really responsive to feature requests and suggestions so you could always ask them to add more controls

Here's a screenshot:

Linvale · October 12, 2018, 1:29pm

Thanks - exactly how I was thinking. I have a dream of each room having a dashboard that brings these elements together with lighting and environmental controls displayed. Triggered update for the image tile (rather than auto refresh IMO). I'll play a little when I get back home this weekend.

bikesquid · October 12, 2018, 3:50pm

I tried the Harmony Hub,... no go in my case. The hub wants to be an only child and doesn't (didn't when I was trying anyway) like being in a 2 or 3 hub environment... so given I have amps sprinkled like salt around the house I couldn't control several from one location, some using IR some using ethernet.

brennonscuderi · October 12, 2018, 11:50pm

Any way to modify this to get it to work with a password protected lms server? I suppose I can take the password protection down...

xap · October 13, 2018, 12:09am

I think there is, doing some googling I think I may be able to perform login and acquire an authentication token to include in the headers when I'm making a request. If you take the password protection off for now and I'll have a look at adding in the support for security.

brennonscuderi · October 13, 2018, 12:26am

Tanks man! Yeah I took it down and it works beautifully! I think this is the best Logitech integration I have ever seen!

brennonscuderi · October 13, 2018, 12:30am

also do i have to do anything to get the speak function to work... I tried typing something in the fields and clicking send my player stops playing and switches to playing some obscure mp3 with no sound output

xap · October 13, 2018, 12:32am

That's strange, have you tried setting the "Default Text To Speech (TTS) Voice" in the Hubitat Settings page?

brennonscuderi · October 13, 2018, 12:33am

I didn't change it from the default... right now it says mathew, male us english

xap · October 13, 2018, 12:43am

Can you try getting the URI for the speech mp3 and paste it into a browser address bar to see if it's valid?

brennonscuderi · October 13, 2018, 12:46am

yeah that played

brennonscuderi · October 13, 2018, 12:47am

As far as my logiteh setup its a raspberry pi3b+ running max2 play as the server and all my players are pis with max2play.

xap · October 13, 2018, 12:51am

I'll PM you so we don't fill up the thread with this

njanda · October 13, 2018, 9:00am

Phoa, this is a sweet surprise.
I've now got some original Slim Devices Squeezeboxes and a Logitech Boom appearing on a new "Music" Dashboard. Wicked.
Thank you.