Make sure it's password protected Step 3. this also allows streaming audio from LMS to an Amazon Echo device for playback. Oh, and what about using a Bluetooth speaker instead of a Squeezebox? As a side note, a great way to intercept commands from logitech media server's web interface is using firebug to see what post/get details are sent when you submit a command. When running off Logitech Media Server, two Squeezebox Radios can be. I don't want to talk to a device, I don't want a device purposefully listening to everything we say in the room. I don't want to talk to a hockey puck and say "Alexa, Google, whatever the heck your name is, play Gordon Lightfoot on Pandora", and the response is "OK! I ordered more toilet paper". I press Preset #6 and CNN starts playing, I press Preset #2 and KJUL starts playing.
#Amazon echo logitech media server install#
Add alexa commands to IFTTT, use alexa as the trigger, and Maker as the THAT channel. Amazon Echo integration - I've seen some posts which seem to involve having a AWS developer account and a lot of Web type knowledge to install it but that's a bit much for me :-( Intel NUC i5 Debian 16gb RAM 1TB SSD -> LMS -> Squeezelite -> Sablon EVO USB -> SRCDX -> Wave Storm BNC -> Chord Hugo MScaler -> dual Wave Storm BNC -> Chord DAVE DAC. The Squeezebox is there by the bedside, or on my desk at work, it's up, it's ready, you press ONE BUTTON and the music starts playing. Make sure it's password protected Step 3. The Perl, not so much for me, but the server is very reliable and provides far more music metadata correctness than most (think: multiple tags, i18n support. I love my Squeezeboxes (and the Grace Digital radios too).įor me, there's no Google Home or Amazon Echo that will ever replace the Squeezeboxes.