epoch1970 wrote: 
> That's very interesting.
> I relate this to the templating capability the Squeezy CLI tool provides
> with the thing called "groups" (eg "squeezy -group 1 -on"). Extremely
> useful to reset the audio players to a known sync configuration.
> 
> 
> If I understand correctly this means the most recent virtual player
> could rob others from (some of) their players? If so, that sounds a bit
> contentious but time will tell.
> 
Yes, the most recent "robs" the player from groups, but only for
duration of the track, which seems natural (it's a dynamic group)

> 
> But wouldn't that be the natural thing to do if you wanted to modify the
> configuration of a virtual player?
> 
No, quite the opposite. In the plugin settings, you define what real
players are part of the virtual player and when playback starts on that
virtual player, the group is assembled. It is disassembled as soon as
the playback stops. So you don't have to do anything manually, except
the initial setup.

You can create a Virtual player named (eg) Master Bedroom that contains
a Radio and a Duet. You can create another group named 1st floor that
contains the same Radio and Duet, plus two Booms. You now see in the UI
6 players: 2 Booms, a Duet and a Radio, then Bedroom and 1st Floor.

When you play on Master Bedroom, track will be played on the duet and
the radio. If you start to play on 1st floor, then the duet,radio and
the 2 booms start playing. The duet and the radio stop playing what they
where playing before.

The other way around, if you were playing on player 1st Floor and start
playing on Master Bedroom, then the 2 Boom will continue playing
whatever there were playing but the Radio and Duet will play whatever
you asked them to play.

Finally, if you had a "static" group already configured in LMS with one
of the Boom and the Radio, whenever you stop playing on 1st Floor and/or
Master Bedroom players, this group will be re-assembled

I will now end those pointless remarks and try the plugin. I'll let you know 
how it doesn't work  wrote: 
> 
> :)



LMS 7.7, 7.8 and 7.9 - 5xRadio, 3xBoom, 4xDuet, 1xTouch, 1 SB2. Sonos
PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz NR1603, JBL OnBeat, XBoxOne, XBMC, Foobar2000,
ShairPortW, JRiver 21, 2xChromecast Audio, Chromecast v1 and v2, , Pi
B3, B2, Pi B+, 2xPi A+, Odroid-C1, Odroid-C2, Cubie2, Yamaha WX-010,
AppleTV 4, Airport Express, GGMM E5
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