Hi > On 21 Jan 2021, at 22:29, carsten_h > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello! > > I am using mainly Apple devices (Mac Pro, Macbook Pro, iPhone, iPad) and > SNIP > Also I have a Pi4 with my smarthome solution named Home Assistant. I > have chosen this because I used Homekit with Homebridge before but it > has too many problems, is running in the cloud and there is no backup of > the automations possible. So I searched for a local solution and found > it in Home Assistant which has much more possibilites, is local and > creates backups automatically each day which are working.
Thanks for pointing out Home Assistant - sounds interesting, even for only using it to forward the devices to HomeKit. > > With Home Assistant I have the possibility to control LMS for every LMS > client, but I am not really using it. > What I use to control LMS is Material Skin as a saved Webapp on all the > macOS/iOS/iPadOS devices because it looks like a real app and is fast as > hell. Yes - Material is very nice (actually great!). It is just that I am so used to using iPeng, that I prefer it at the moment. > I have a few Amazon Fire HD tablets (8" and 10") that I am also using > for LMS. There I am using the Material Skin App which can be active > directly in lockscreen and uses the hardware volume buttons to control > LMS. > > What I am not using is Siri as I did not find it of any use to make > things easier. In general, Siri is not necessary. But in the kitchen, it would be great! > But I am sure that it is possible to export the controls from LMS inside > Home Assistant to Homekit to let them be controlled by Siri. Yes - it is. > > I am not using Apple Music, as I have my music local and Homepods are > also of no really use as they can not play from the local library > directly, only through Airplay. And therefore I had to use an external > device to stream it to the speakers. > > For me LMS is the right solution and Apple is on the wrong way for me > regarding handling of music. I am telling that although I am using only > Macs at home since 1994 or so. Your usage scenario sounds like it is working perfectly. But when you add Apple Music to it (and you see the possibilities to include other music streaming services in LMS), LMS is kind of missing that integration. I think I will give Home Assistant a try and see if it is superior to Homebridge / HOOBS which I am using at the moment. > When I am not at home I hear the music with my iPhone, but this is also > local on the iPhone which is synced with Music on my Mac. And to be > clear I am not using Apple headphones but Sennheiser In-Ears (because I > am buying locally :-) not it's because they sound much better). > Thanks a lot, Rainer > > > pi4 4gb picoreplayer with lms and squeezelite for usb inside an argon > one case > pi3b+ (7\" display, hifiberry dac+ pro) picoreplayer with > squeezlite/jivelite for hifiberry and bluetooth headphone inside a > smartipi touch case > two airport express > ikea symfonisk > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > carsten_h's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=69113 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113721 > > _______________________________________________ > plugins mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
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