Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-12 Thread Heuer
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Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-11 Thread castalla
snoopy86 wrote: > I think "squeeze box" is cool and we are all used to this word by now so > why change it... I agree ... Touch, Logitech Radio, Logitech UE Radio, O2 Joggler + SqpOS UPnPBridge - 2 paired Sonos Play1 speakers; Rocki - Sony SRS-BTM8 speaker; Pioneer WX-SMA1 speaker; - PURE O

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-11 Thread snoopy86
I think "squeeze box" is cool and we are all used to this word by now so why change it... snoopy86's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64826 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthrea

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-11 Thread meep
anjenaire wrote: > Yes my player's name is Basement. I would suggest the name "Squeezer" > as a potential replacement for the Squeezebox invocation word but I am > not opposed to any name as long as I would be able to control the > squeezeserver via Alexa/Echo. Thank you for your efforts. I cou

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-11 Thread anjenaire
meep wrote: > You can set the player name in LMS settings -> Player Yes my player's name is Basement. anjenaire's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46443 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-11 Thread meep
threej wrote: > My use of "Squeezebox" ahead of each device name was intended to allow > Alexa to differentiate these units from Hue lights and iDevices switches > and sockets in some of the same locations -- said devices now operated > with location-based names set up in Alexa. > > If the term

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-11 Thread threej
My use of "Squeezebox" ahead of each device name was intended to allow Alexa to differentiate these units from Hue lights and iDevices switches and sockets in some of the same locations -- said devices now operated with location-based names set up in Alexa. If the term "Squeezebox" will be used t

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-11 Thread ralphpnj
get.amped wrote: > El Em Ess is not an actual word (in English anyway). Don't know how you > would train the skill to understand the pronunciation though. Alexa understands English letters since letters are used when requesting a specific broadcast radio station, for example "Alexa play WKCR-FM"

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-09 Thread get.amped
El Em Ess is not an actual word (in English anyway). Don't know how you would train the skill to understand the pronunciation though. Home: Win7Pro(x64)[3.3Ghz i5, 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD system, 15TB storage], LMS 7.9.0 -> Logitech Squeezebox Classic V.3 -> Cambridge Audio DacMagic -> NAD C160 -> 2

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-09 Thread Paul Webster
castalla wrote: > I don't like Slim Server - sounds a bit shady - like Slim Jim. On the > other hand, single syllable names are easier to enunciate, so maybe Slim > Jim isn't too bad! The current Skill invocation phrase is "squeeze box" ... which I suspect is why Pete questioned the names abov

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-09 Thread castalla
meep wrote: > > > I don't like Slim Server - sounds a bit shady - like Slim Jim. On the > other hand, single syllable names are easier to enunciate, so maybe Slim > Jim isn't too bad! Touch, Logitech Radio, Logitech UE Radio, O2 Joggler + SqpOS UPnPBridge - 2 paired Sonos Play1 speakers;

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-09 Thread meep
threej wrote: > Not a coder, happy to test. Use a premium Spotify account heavily on > these, if that matters. Signed up for Amazon Developer. Using Logitech > Media Server on a Mac (have machines running Sierra, Snow Leopard, > Leopard) feeding eleven Squeezebox devices (twelfth in reserve),

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-09 Thread threej
Not a coder, happy to test. Use a premium Spotify account heavily on these, if that matters. Signed up for Amazon Developer. Using Logitech Media Server on a Mac feeding eleven Squeezebox devices (twelfth in reserve), named as follows: Bedroom Duet Duet 2 Kitchen Smart Radio Radio Left Radio R

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-07 Thread get.amped
Nice work! Yes, I'm quite interested in how your efforts are progressing and look forward to having Alexa control some basic functions in the not so distant future. Home: Win7Pro(x64)[3.3Ghz i5, 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD system, 15TB storage], LMS 7.9.0 -> Logitech Squeezebox Classic V.3 -> Cambridge

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-05 Thread meep
Just a quick update for the few on this thread who are not taking part in the testing ;) I've released version 0.1.2 to a limited sub-section of the testers to determine if the issues with the previous version are resolved. The good news is that, largely, they seem to be in that people can now in

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-05 Thread meep
Kyle wrote: > Also, "Fortress of Solitude"? 😜 Ok. Was hoping to keep it to standard room/location/device names and let Alexa work out the rest, but just because you asked nicely! ALEXA LMS SKILL: http://www.hab-tunes.com Personal HA BLOG: http://mediaserver8.blogspot.com Squeezebox | Squeez

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-05 Thread meep
anjenaire wrote: > Maybe it was already listed or perhaps this is only a New England thing, > but could you add the name "Basement" to your list? I have a > piCorePlayer running as my player into my receiver in the basement. My > server resides on a WD NAS so I am not sure it has a name but shoul

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-05 Thread Kyle
Also, "Fortress of Solitude"? 😜 Regards, Jim Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106569 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-05 Thread anjenaire
Maybe it was already listed or perhaps this is only a New England thing, but could you add the name "Basement" to your list? I have a piCorePlayer running as my player into my receiver in the basement. My server resides on a WD NAS so I am not sure it has a name but should be always on.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-04 Thread drewl
Dear Peter, Well done and best of luck with the development, whilst I have no app or perl programming skills I am into home automation and Slim Devices technology.Re: Names, could you include the following; Library Study Bathroom 1 Bathroom 2 Bathroom 3 Courtyard Pool Meals Garage Lounge Transpo

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-03 Thread Clem Fandango
Hi. Not posted before - but I got a Dot for Christmas and using it to control my Squeezeboxes was one of the first things I thought of. I checked here and found this thread. Would love to be involved although I have no technical expertise at all. I have, however, set up an Amazon developer acc

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2017-01-01 Thread meep
amcluesent wrote: > I'm ready! > > Nice! Always wanted a transporter. ALEXA LMS SKILL: http://www.hab-tunes.com Personal HA BLOG: http://mediaserver8.blogspot.com Squeezebox | Squeezebox Radio x 2 | Squeezebox Duet

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-31 Thread amcluesent
I'm ready! [image: https://ekgardening.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/wp_20161231_17_57_12_pro.jpg] amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/s

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-30 Thread meep
Thanks all. I know I keep saying this but the next version is almost ready. I've been battling with the proxy service this week and migrated to a different httpd which has taken a bit of time. I'm now testing on a few different platforms in advance of writing some test scripts etc. V0.1.2 here we

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-29 Thread dizzysnakepilot
I'm interested in testing/using this also. My email is logitech aht softwarevirtuoso doht com. I've been a professional software developer for 30 years in many languages and environments. This morning I created my first custom Alexa skill for an Echo Dot, and ran the skill from my laptop using ngr

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-28 Thread tomvamos
Hi there, Definitely keen to get involved but probably only useful for testing. I've been a s/w dev for years but not sure if PHP with Oracle is going to help much here. I set up an Amazon dev account a couple weeks back to get Alexa going on an RPi but then bought an Echo anyway. I run 4 devices

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-28 Thread Clabs1
Hi, first time post so can't send a PM just yet. I've been following the forum on and off for a few years but never got that involved. I've got a couple of pis running squeezelite and a couple of duet players which I've been using for years. I just got an echo dot for xmas and am really intereste

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-28 Thread amcluesent
Sounds like a great addition to the Squeezebox ecosystem. I was looking to see if anyone has done an Alexa-DLNA integration; there's House Band (US only) which is designed to work with J River Media center. I see some people have then bridged J River to Sonos. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-27 Thread Heuer
If you have sync'd your music to Amazon Drive Alexa will play from there. Voice commands work like Amazon Music e.g. "Alexa, play The Beatles from John's music". I have used named artists along with 'shuffle'. If it can't find an artist in your Library it will go to Amazon Music. ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-26 Thread EricBergan
dizzysnakepilot wrote: > Just got an Echo Dot 2 and it sure looks like I can see the music for my > Squeezebox server on the Alexa app; I did no setup for this. I started a > recording from the app I thought would not be available on a streaming > service (old opera recording) and it played. Then

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-26 Thread dizzysnakepilot
Just got an Echo Dot 2 and it sure looks like I can see the music for my Squeezebox server on the Alexa app; I did no setup for this. I started a recording from the app I thought would not be available on a streaming service (old opera recording) and it played. Then I asked what was currently play

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-26 Thread hawsey
Just received a Echo and Dot off Santa , this thread is great news keep up the good work hawsey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65277 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-26 Thread Kyle
You have my utmost encouragement for this project. I got my Dot for Christmas. This would be huge! Regards, Jim Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevic

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-24 Thread meep
rederikus wrote: > This is really interesting. It is a shame it does not work yet. > :confused: I read hab-tunes.com. A quote from Thomas Edison seems > appropriate here: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that > won't work." To the end of that sentence I would add the word "yet

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-24 Thread meep
ftlight wrote: > How about adding Chromecast to the device list? Already added: http://www.hab-tunes.com/index.php/9-development/4-device-names ALEXA LMS SKILL: http://www.hab-tunes.com Personal HA BLOG: http://mediaserver8.blogspot.com Squeezebox | Squeezebox Radio x 2 | Squeezebox Duet

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-24 Thread rederikus
This is really interesting. It is a shame it does not work yet. :confused: I read hab-tunes.com. A quote from Thomas Edison seems appropriate here: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." To the end of that sentence I would add the word "yet." I am told that Santa m

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-24 Thread meep
centerisl wrote: > Um...I'm not so sure. For the "Smart Home" route you wouldn't have such > a problem with the name of the service (though you would have to support > their discovery system). > > PM Sent I did kind of misread your suggestion but once I have the basic control working robustly,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-23 Thread centerisl
meep wrote: > That's pretty much what I'm aiming for, initially! Um...I'm not so sure. For the "Smart Home" route you wouldn't have such a problem with the name of the service (though you would have to support their discovery system). PM Sent ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-23 Thread meep
centerisl wrote: > I'm interested in this too and was surprised that the skill wasn't > already there. But then I read the other thread and...ok, I can see it's > trickier than I first suspected. > > The "here" concept would be very useful, but would be awkward to extend > to other systems. I on

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-23 Thread centerisl
I'm interested in this too and was surprised that the skill wasn't already there. But then I read the other thread and...ok, I can see it's trickier than I first suspected. The "here" concept would be very useful, but would be awkward to extend to other systems. I only have one Echo (so far), but

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-23 Thread meep
jburnhams wrote: > I've just got an echo, it'd be great to try out your skill for it, could > I be added please? My email is my username at gmail dot com. Thanks! Invites sent BLOG: http://mediaserver8.blogspot.com ALEXA LMS SKILL: http://www.hab-tunes.com Squeezebox | Squeezebox Radio x 2

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-23 Thread Midnight
Hi meep, I'm also interested in trying this out and have sent PM. I now have an amazon developer account and have named my boxes; Squeezebox Radio Bedroom Squeezebox Radio Livingroom Squeezebox Touch Livingroom Keep up this fab work :)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-23 Thread jburnhams
I've just got an echo, it'd be great to try out your skill for it, could I be added please? My email is my username at gmail dot com. Thanks! jburnhams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66411 View t

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-21 Thread meep
sota wrote: > Will do, sorry I was in two minds as to where to report it, obviously I > guessed wrong! > > Pat No worries! It's just that I don't get notifications from this thread for some reason so I could miss something! BLOG: http://mediaserver8.blogspot.com ALEXA LMS SKILL: http://www.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-21 Thread sota
Will do, sorry I was in two minds as to where to report it, obviously I guessed wrong! Pat sota's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65703 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.ph

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-21 Thread meep
sota wrote: > Having a bit of bother with this. Firstly, I misunderstood your > instructions and thought the proxy port was the LMS port (9000), which > resulted in LMS crashing and some head scratching. Next, how to enter > the Skill User ID, this long string is impossible to enter error free >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-21 Thread sota
Having a bit of bother with this. Firstly, I misunderstood your instructions and thought the proxy port was the LMS port (9000), which resulted in LMS crashing and some head scratching. Next, how to enter the Skill User ID, this long string is impossible to enter error free and you can't copy/past

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-20 Thread meep
Richie wrote: > Hi meep, > > I'm also interested in trying this out. My Echo arrived today and I > already have an amazon developer account. Going to pm my email now. > > Richard Richard Thanks for the offer to help. Your timing is good! I've just sent out the notification that the first ver

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-20 Thread Richie
Hi meep, I'm also interested in trying this out. My Echo arrived today and I already have an amazon developer account. Going to pm my email now. Richard Richie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=88

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-20 Thread cheztaz
Hi Meep, I have PM'ed you my details as also interested in testing. Thanks. ;) cheztaz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32781 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=1065

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-18 Thread thomaswp
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Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-18 Thread meep
thomaswp wrote: > I'm rpi'd up with max2play self built "touch" as server and player and > retropie with added on squeezelite and xsqueeze on kodi as interface of > I need it. My family have been complaining about the lack of remote > control for the new "touch" so an Echo voice control would be

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-18 Thread thomaswp
I'm rpi'd up with max2play self built "touch" as server and player and retropie with added on squeezelite and xsqueeze on kodi as interface of I need it. My family have been complaining about the lack of remote control for the new "touch" so an Echo voice control would be excellent. I'd love to

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-18 Thread twisted
Hi, tbh honest this is the first real reason to need to post, but I have been a lurker for a number of years. Currently I am running node-red on a Pi2, but have a Pi3 spare, or could move it to a ESX install that I have running for other projects, if this becomes a little under powered. I keep se

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-18 Thread meep
twisted wrote: > Hello, > > It's great to hear about your progress. I am a keen node-red fan, and > recently got 3 dot's to play with. I have been currently focusing on > building skills for my home automation system, but it is slow progress > as I am no developer. That being said I have got a n

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-17 Thread twisted
Hello, It's great to hear about your progress. I am a keen node-red fan, and recently got 3 dot's to play with. I have been currently focusing on building skills for my home automation system, but it is slow progress as I am no developer. That being said I have got a number of lights, some basic

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-17 Thread meep
I'm preparing to release the first basic technical test version of the skill and plug-in to testers. If you have volunteered to help test and have NOT yet received an invite or logged in to the project Teamwork portal, drop me a PM. BLOG: http://mediaserver8.blogspot.com ALEXA LMS SKILL: http:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-14 Thread meep
Rstark wrote: > As a current user of 3 raspberry pis in my home which all work great, > LMS on an echo/dot sounds awesome. I current run LMS on my symbology nas > and run squeezelite on the client side. > > I just came into possession of an Amazon dot and immediately started > researching how t

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-14 Thread Rstark
As a current user of 3 raspberry pis in my home which all work great, LMS on an echo/dot sounds awesome. I current run LMS on my symbology nas and run squeezelite on the client side. I just came into possession of an Amazon dot and immediately started researching how to integrate this with my se

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-14 Thread meep
ralphy wrote: > May I suggest you just use squeezelite or squeezeplay; both softsqueeze > and squeezeslave are no longer being developed. Well, I'll eventually get around to testing them all. I have a soft spot for squeezeslave as I used to run 4x instances outputting to an M-Audio Delta 410.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-14 Thread ralphy
meep wrote: > Thanks, must be something with my config. Will try again, and try > squeezeslave as well. Might share wget if I don't resolve. Not a high > priority but if some player types don't respond to basic transport > commands, I need to find out why May I suggest you just use squeezeli

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-14 Thread meep
ralphy wrote: > Just fired up softsqueeze (really?) and tested pause/unpause from the > lms (latest 7.9) gui and softsqueeze reacted by pausing and unpausing. > > I can test the json as well if you can post the curl/wget command line > to try it. > > I had to delete $HOME/.java/.userPrefs/org/t

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-14 Thread ralphy
meep wrote: > Maybe some here will know before I dive in to the developers forum... > > In working on the skill this week, I set up a softsqueeze instance to > test with (after a worrying episode where one of my Radios sizzled and > emitted archid smoke from the power connector :eek: - still wor

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-14 Thread meep
Maybe some here will know before I dive in to the developers forum... In working on the skill this week, I set up a softsqueeze instance to test with (after a worrying episode where one of my Radios sizzled and emitted archid smoke from the power connector :eek: - still working though :confused:)

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-14 Thread meep
OklahomaGreyBeard wrote: > I would absolutely love to be involved with testing this. I currently > have Alexa running on 2 RPi 2s and 1 RPi3 and have a Dot on the way. > Those Pi's are also acting as squeeze clients along with three other Pi > zeros. I also use OpenHab, Hue, Z-Wave, and some ESP8

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-13 Thread OklahomaGreyBeard
I would absolutely love to be involved with testing this. I currently have Alexa running on 2 RPi 2s and 1 RPi3 and have a Dot on the way. Those Pi's are also acting as squeeze clients along with three other Pi zeros. I also use OpenHab, Hue, Z-Wave, and some ESP8266 nodes around. I found your app

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-13 Thread meep
Hi Jim That's the plan, but first test is going to be general installation, basic play/pause control and an assessment of the response times based on the additional transactions necessitated by the improved security. Got some more work completed recently so just need to tidy up code now and add

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-13 Thread Kyle
Following and very excited about the potential of this! Will we be able to request specific music (artist, album, playlist, etc.) from our collections? I'll help, if possible. I have an SB3 hooked up to a whole-house audio system. Each room has a wall panel to cut the system on in that location,

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-11 Thread Soundslike
I would love to help test this out. :) Regards /R Soundslike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65374 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106569

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-09 Thread Paul Webster
meep wrote: > > Send me your email in a PM and I'll add you to the project portal. Done and am in. Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com Paul Webster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=105 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-09 Thread meep
Paul Webster wrote: > I just installed Alexa on RPi and found a USB mic (on a headset). It > works (Alexa) but, given the microphone technology, I can't call out > from the other side of the room to make it work ... but with the headset > on I can tell it to "play BBC Radio 4" etc and it works. >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-09 Thread Paul Webster
meep wrote: > Ah. I see now where you were coming from. This is something of an edge > case in that the initial focus is on actual echo devices but I'll add it > to the feature request list and include it as a test case so we can at > least evaluate how this scenario works (or doesn't) out of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-09 Thread meep
Paul Webster wrote: > The good news is that Amazon opened up the interface and then later > removed the restriction that 3rd-party devices had to have a physical > button ... meaning that it is possible to use RPi (or other things) as > an Echo. They don't get access to everything but I think tha

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-09 Thread meep
castalla wrote: > I've no idea how flexible the 'phrasing' can be. I hope it's possible > to make requests as natural as can be: for example, above ' ... in > kitchen' sounds fine but unless there are options for 'in' (on, to, > etc.), then it gets clumsy. > > '. play in Touch' ??? > ' ..

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-09 Thread Paul Webster
meep wrote: > If I'm reading it right, your proposal implies that the voice > capture/detection/processing is done via a a squeezebox device. That's > not the case. You need an amazon echo device to speak to which in turn > interfaces with your squeezeboxes via the skill/plug-in. The good news i

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-09 Thread castalla
meep wrote: > Hi Paul > > Thanks for the suggestion. This raises a few points. > > This is not quite like the other requests in that 'here' is not a named > / addressable squeezebox device/instance. > > If I'm reading it right, your proposal implies that the voice > capture/detection/processin

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-09 Thread meep
Paul Webster wrote: > How about "here" meaning the player on the same system as the voice > detection was done from e.g. 3rd-party device running Squeezelite (such > as RPi). > > "Alexa, tell squeezeserver to play favourite 2 here." > Compared to. > "Alexa, ask squeezeserver to select kitchen" >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-08 Thread Paul Webster
How about "here" meaning the player on the same system as the voice detection was done from e.g. 3rd-party device running Squeezelite (such as RPi). "Alexa, tell squeezeserver to play favourite 2 here." Compared to. "Alexa, ask squeezeserver to select kitchen" "Alexa, tell squeezeserver to play f

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-08 Thread meep
Bogg wrote: > Please can you add Upstairs and Downstairs to your list. > I'm really looking forward to using this. Thanks for your work Done, thanks for the input Squeezebox | Squeezebox Radio x 2 | Squeezebox Touch | Squeezebox Duet BLOG: http://mediaserver8.blogspot.com ALEXA LMS SKILL: h

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-08 Thread Bogg
Please can you add Upstairs and Downstairs to your list. I'm really looking forward to using this. Thanks for your work Bogg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=50888 View this thread: http://forums.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-07 Thread pippin
@meep BTW, in case you don't check that often: I did send you a PM today. --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 9, the Universal App for iPhone, iPad

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-07 Thread meep
I've set up a teamwork.com project to manage testing etc. and invited anyone who'd PM'd me with their interest and details. (If you don't get an invite, let me know) Sorry to be introducing yet another site/portal to be logging in to but I think it's the best way to keep everything contained and

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-06 Thread John E Boy
Hi Meep, I'm happy to help out. Devices I have: - Boom - Squeezebox - Radio (red) - Radio (black) - Touch Yes - I have two radios, one with a black case, one is red. So I've ended up using the colours to differentiate between them. Happy to help with testing/dev as required. I'm a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-05 Thread meep
Thanks All captured so far. Not much progress this weekend due to an Ikea trip and ensuing build of stuff. Back to software this week hopefully! Squeezebox | Squeezebox Radio x 2 | Squeezebox Touch | Squeezebox Duet BLOG: http://mediaserver8.blogspot.com ALEXA LMS SKILL: http://www.hab-tunes

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2016-12-05 Thread creasymonster
Hi Meep, I have instances of Squeezelite and Squeezeslave running on XBMC and Kodi, also more than one bedroom so please can the following be added: Squeezelite Squeezeslave Kodi XBMC Front Back Garden Arms Cheers, CreasyMonster... ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-05 Thread jollybully
For rooms where I have multiple players I would like to request the addition of Bed Desk Thanks! Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk jollybully's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64450 View thi

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-05 Thread jmalin74
I think all my player names have been covered with the exception of ... Garden Room. It would be handy if it could be added to the list. jmalin74's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63365 View this t

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-05 Thread epoch1970
More device names... Squeezebox: Classic SB2 SB3 Silver (White and Black are already listed) Controller Libratone: Zipp Loop (These come in a lot of colors) and... CD (to start playing a CD with bpa's plugin :) Thanks! 3 SB 3 • Libratone Loop, Zipp Mini • iPeng (iPhone + iPad) • LMS 7.9 (lin

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-05 Thread trouty00
meep wrote: > Thanks! > > > > Agree that I should keep it as simple as possible, though I'd also need > to add in room names / locations I think as well. > > Here's the current list. Further thoughts appreciated. > > (Remember, even if a device name is not on the list, the skill is smart >

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-04 Thread meep
Thanks Furry, franohern & pippin, I added in those suggestions. Squeezebox | Squeezebox Radio x 2 | Squeezebox Touch | Squeezebox Duet BLOG: http://mediaserver8.blogspot.com ALEXA LMS SKILL: http://www.hab-tunes.com meep'

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-04 Thread pippin
Player names: iPhone. IPad, iPod, Bar, Receiver --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 9, the Universal App for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch* ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-04 Thread franohern
Oh, and a device name: squeezeplayer franohern's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65158 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106569 __

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-04 Thread franohern
Happy to have found this thread. Very exciting! A place name to add: porch Looking forward to following the progress. Thanks for taking this on. franohern's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65158

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-03 Thread Furry
Another device: Zettaly Another place: Study Living room: SB Touch, with coax to: Marantz PM7005, TDL RTL3 speakers. Dining room: SB Boom. Kitchen: SB Radio (1/3), with battery. Bedroom 1: SB Radio (2/3), no battery. Bedroom 2: SB3 (1/2), AE 2.1. speakers. Bedroom 3: Slim Devices SB3 (2/2),

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-02 Thread meep
pufnstuf wrote: > Man, I am so excited about this! I have my Amazon Developer account and > I will be lining up to try this out. > > Thank you and best of luck :) > > oh and also would you be able to add the following 2 names to the list: > Office > Hallway no problem. Consider it done. Sq

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-02 Thread pufnstuf
meep wrote: > ... I'm pleased to announce the start of development proper on an Alexa > Skill and companion LMS plug-in that will allow voice control of > Squeezebox devices through Amazon Echo. > > Here's to the adventure! > > Peter Man, I am so excited about this! I have my Amazon Developer

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-02 Thread ftlight
castalla wrote: > Read above > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?106569-ANNOUNCE-Alexa-voice-control-(development-thread)&p=869228&viewfull=1#post869228 Missed seeing it there! ftlight's Profile: http://forums.

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-02 Thread castalla
ftlight wrote: > How about adding Chromecast to the device list? Read above http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?106569-ANNOUNCE-Alexa-voice-control-(development-thread)&p=869228&viewfull=1#post869228 Touch, Logitech Radio, Logitech UE Radio, O2 Joggler + SqpOS UPnPBridge - 2 paired

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-02 Thread ftlight
How about adding Chromecast to the device list? ftlight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5294 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106569 __

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Alexa voice control (development thread)

2016-12-02 Thread meep
Heuer wrote: > Please add to device names - 'Garage' - I have a Boom in there which I > listen to when tinkering with my Classic cars. Ditto 'Office' where I > have a another Boom. > > Thanks Done! Squeezebox | Squeezebox Radio x 2 | Squeezebox Touch | Squeezebox Controller/Receiver BLOG: h

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