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Re:Sonos smart speaker controller API and CLI written in Rust by sk5t on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:07PM (#21127021)
Likewise, I shifted Sonos to the "dead to me" category when they removed from their desktop software almost all abilities to configure the rooms/speakers. Gotta use the iOS/Android app now. Oh, and the app really wants you to make a Sonos account and sign in, for no customer-serving reason at all.

From here on it'll be a Pi connected to an amplifier and speakers that won't try to subvert my will simply to listen to music.

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Re:Sonos smart speaker controller API and CLI written in Rust by bzbz on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:13PM (#21127110)
What setup are you considering using with the pi and speakers? I'm also interested in doing this, but haven't found a good OSS solution (yet).
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Re:Sonos smart speaker controller API and CLI written in Rust by sk5t on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @02:24PM (#21128879)
For the moment it's a Pi 4 + Hifiberry Digi+ Pro with Volumio software. Volumio provides a pretty decent web UI, automatic scanning of connected USB storage, Airplay (v1), and a Spotify Connect plugin. There are also other plugins but I haven't looked into them too closely.

I also liked Roon Bridge on the Pi (and felt the audio output was slightly improved, although made no effort to counter the placebo effect) but couldn't quite justify the cost.

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Re:Sonos smart speaker controller API and CLI written in Rust by microcolonel on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @09:53PM (#21132802)
If you have a Linux box like a Pi, you can expose that machine's audio device over the network with PulseAudio, and if you have that enabled, it'll autoconfigure and work like any other PulseAudio device.

I used to share my DAC between my laptop and my desktop this way. Whenever I plugged my headphones in, it'd default to them on the local device, and the remote would default to the network device. I could walk away from my desktop while playing something, and it'd continue playing on whichever I had my headphones plugged into.

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Re:Sonos smart speaker controller API and CLI written in Rust by Qerub on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:36PM (#21127424)
I’m using a Raspberry Pi with shairport-sync, a SPDIF HAT and a Maestro-50 amplifier (that I got for cheap) and am really happy with it. I even route TV audio through it and have a IR sensor for remote control.
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Re:Sonos smart speaker controller API and CLI written in Rust by clairity on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:55PM (#21129845)
i bought a play:1 years ago for the bathroom, mostly just to play radio or stream to it while getting ready in the morning. the account thing upset me too. i haven't updated the firmware or the sonos app just so i wouldn't have to create a stupid account.

i like the ikea symfonisk speakers but won't buy them for the same reason.

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