There's a new full-function *certified *Alexa skill to control LMS in
the Alexa skills store. It's called *MediaServer *and you can find it by
browsing under the category 'Music & Audio' or by doing a directed
search for any of LMS / Squeezebox / MediaServer in the Alexa app or
web-portal. Because this is a certified skill, it's available to anybody
with an Alexa/Echo device _without__any kind of developer or beta
accounts. During skill account-linking, you fill in an
externally-accessible _https__path to your LMS server and that's it. It
has been extensively tested on a library with 70K+ songs and supports a
natural, conversational interaction style. How well it will work for you
will, of course, depend on how good your tags are. It uses a freemium
model, and is available in English for both the en-US (for the USA) and
en-GB Amazon stores (26 countries in EU).
The skill supports 61 command categories, of which some examples:
Play the *album *Ghost Stories *by* Coldplay.
Play the *compilation *album American Road Trip.
Play the *single* Sunny Days *by *Armin van Buuren.
Play the *song *Chasing Cars *by *Snow Patrol.
Play songs *about *Girls.
Play songs *featuring *Eddie Vedder.
Play a *random album* by Steve Winwood.
Play a *random single* by Madonna.
Play *some *Deep House.
Play my Supperclub *playlist*.
*Add this track* to my Fitness playlist.
*Bookmark *this track.
*Blacklist *this song.
*Do I have* the album Giants by Chicane?
*Do I have* the compilation album 101 Driving Songs?
*Follow me* to the Sittingroom.
*Transfer *playlist from Livingroom to Study.
*Synchronize *the Bedroom, Bathroom, Office and Nursery players.
*Add *the Guestroom player *to *the group.
*Remove *Library player *from *the group.
*Unsynchronize *my players.
*Sleep *the Bedroom player *in* 8 mins 30 seconds.
*Sleep* this player after the* current song*.
*Cancel sleep* mode for the Livingroom player.
What's *playing*?
What's *next*?
What's the *duration *of this song / playlist?
What's the Bedroom player *status*?
*Discover *my players.
*What players* do I have?
*Assume *the Livingroom player.
I'm within *earshot *of Diningroom.
*Play */ Resume.
*Pause*.
*Stop *Playback.
Skip / *Next* Track.
*Previous *Track.
*Goto *track 12.
Skip *ahead* 2 minutes.
Skip *back *44 seconds.
Seek *directly* to 17 minutes and 12 seconds.
Set the *volume *to 60.
*Increase *the volume by 10.
*Decrease* the volume by 25.
*Mute *the Livingroom player.
*Unmute* the Kitchen.
Turn *On *the Library player.
Power *Off *Bedroom.
Power Down *everything*.
Turn On *shuffle*.
Shuffle *again*.
Enable *shuffle-by-album* on the Kitchen player.
Enable *shuffle-by-song* for the Bedroom player.
Deactivate *shuffle*.
Enable / Disable *Repeat*.
Turn On *repeat-playlist* mode.
Enable *repeat-song* mode.
Deactivate *repeat *for the Basement player.
Each Echo can be associated with a -default -Squeezebox ('assume') so as
to allow subsequent player-name omission in utterances. Echos in
open-plan spaces can be designated as being within -earshot -of each
other to avoid confusion around what player is thus targeted. Finally,
you can ask the skill to provide longer or shorter spoken
responses/confirmations.
Subscription: Certain of the above commands require a monthly
subscription which is handled as an ISP (In-Skill Purchase) by Alexa.
Say "Tell Media Server I want full access" and follow the spoken
instructions. You will need to have enabled voice purchasing in the
Alexa App (ask "Alexa, how do I enable voice purchasing").
Extensive help with setup, plus an exhaustive command reference
detailing all the ways commands can be spoken, can be found at
https://smartskills.tech/mediaserver
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