Thanks a lot for your response, philippe_44

> On 21 Jan 2021, at 18:51, philippe_44 
> <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
> 
> rkrug wrote: 
>> 
>> Would it be too much to ask, to have squeezelite / LMS player on an
>> HomePod? Probably yes, but one can dream.
>> 
> Why not using my AirPlay bridge? Virtually, it gives you Squeezelite on
> HomePod and any AirPlay-enabled device

That is what I am doing at the moment, AirPlay Bridge to Libratone Zip Mini 2 
speakers - works nicely, no problems there.

The question is: I will have two HomePods, paired as a stereo. Can the AirPlay 
bridge stream to these two as stereo? If yes, one problem is solved.

But there remains the question of controlling the playback using Siri from the 
HomePod - I will try it out in about a weeks time. 

> 
>> 
>> On the server side, the problem is likely more difficult, as I do not
>> know if e.g. Apple Music integration could be managed from any other
>> platform than a Mac. But still - it should be possible to get this
>> integration for a Mac. I just saw there is at least a web API to
>> https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applemusicapi 
>> <https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applemusicapi> (The Apple Music
>> API is a web service that lets you access information about the media
>> found in the Apple Music Catalog and the user's personal iCloud Music
>> Library. ) and also https://developer.apple.com/documentation/musickitjs 
>> <https://developer.apple.com/documentation/musickitjs>
>> (MusicKit JS lets users play songs from Apple Music and their Cloud
>> Library inside your JavaScript app.). 
>> 
> Last time I looked, Apple would not let you stream their music on
> another device than a AppleDevice


OK - that explains. But streaming from a running Music session on a Mac (or in 
a browser?) using AirPlay to LMS should work. The question: could one control 
that Music session from LMS? As a kind of a remote control, which should be 
allowed?


>> 
>> The last point is AirPlay 2. The Protokoll has been been described /
>> cracked / ... So why is there no implementation yet as there is an
>> Airplay one? No idea why, but would like to understand it - is it
>> because AirPlay 2 does not offer that many advantages over AirPlay (1)?
>> 
> Well, as the author/maintainer of AirPlay bridge / Shairtunes that gives
> you both ways connectivity between the two domains, I don't see the need
> of AirPlay2. It does not bring any new feature to these integrations and
> it would be *a lot* of work

That answers my question - if it does not add any new features (e.g. streaming 
to a pair of AirPlay 2 speakers paired as stereo), there is no need to 
implement AirPlay 2. Actually - I could always stream to the AppleTv via 
AirPlay, which than sends the sound to the HomePods which are paired for 
stereo… Interesting.

Thanks a gain for your answers,

Rainer


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