paul- wrote: 
> Sure there is a million ways to implement.  If you really want 2
> devices, itÂ’s pretty simple to do with commands built into pCP.  Pairing
> 2 or 3 devices is simple.   Manually add the second device to asound
> configuration.   Then during boot, You just have to manage the
> connection of the device and starting squeezelite with the new device.

I think I've reached a setup that seems to work well.  I've ended up
having the Bluetooth output defined as the primary instance of
Squeezelite after all, because even though pCP might report that
Squeezelite isn't running if the BT device isn't available when the Pi
boots, I can:
1) still easily access the BT configuration page via the 'Card Control'
option on the Squeezelite tab, so I can scan/pair/select via the web
interface
2) restart the corresponding Squeezelite, if necessary, from the Main
tab after setting up/selecting the BT speaker.

My main DAC, and also occasionally a USB headphone amp/DAC that I'm
playing with, are both started up via User Commands on the tweaks page. 
I can't easily tell from the pCP interface whether those Squeezelite
processes have started successfully, but since they're highly reliable
once configured properly that's not important - if the hardware is
available at boot then the Squeezelite instances will start.  And
besides, I can easily see whether those players exist from the LMS
interface.

With this arrangement there's no need to reboot, and I don't have to SSH
into the Pi at all - the ad hoc Bluetooth setup is all done via the pCP
web pages.  The only fly in the ointment is that Shairport-sync names
its Airplay device after the primary Squeezelite instance.  With the
above setup my primary instance is called 'Bluetooth', so my Airplay
device is confusingly called 'Bluetooth', regardless of the configured
output device.


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