homebridge-mysqueezebox

Homebridge plugin for sending commands to your Squeezebox or compatible through MySqueezebox or Logitech Media Server.

This plugin exposes a Squeezebox as one or more HomeKit accessories which look like dimmable lightbulbs. The way I use it, turning on a “light” starts something playing with an oncommand, and by default turning the "light" off will turn off the Squeezebox, though you can specify a different offcommand if you wish. With Siri, it's relatively natural to say “Turn on thing I want to listen to”, and you can easily incorporate the Squeezebox in HomeKit scenes, for example if you want music to wake up/go to sleep by. Adjust the lightbulb's brightness to control the Squeezebox’s playback volume.

As of version 0.0.3, you can either control your player via MySqueezebox (specify an email and password) or a local Logitech Media Server (specify a serverurl, embedding your username and password if you have one). playerid is the MAC address of your Squeezebox, which you can find in the Player > General section of MySqueezebox, or Settings > Information on Logitech Media Server.

Sample usage

Here are some anonymized snippets from my Homebridge config.json:

$3

``
"accessories": [
{
"accessory": "MySqueezebox",
"name": "Bedroom Line In",
"playerid": "PLAYERID",
"oncommand": ["setlinein", "linein"],
"email": "EMAIL",
"password": "PASSWORD"
},
{
"accessory": "MySqueezebox",
"name": "Bedroom Radio Paradise",
"playerid": "PLAYERID",
"oncommand": ["playlist","play","http://stream-dc1.radioparadise.com/mp3-192","Radio Paradise"],
"email": "EMAIL",
"password": "PASSWORD"
},
`

$3

`
"accessories": [
{
"accessory": "MySqueezebox",
"name": "Bedroom Line In",
"playerid": "PLAYERID",
"oncommand": ["setlinein", "linein"],
"serverurl": "http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@LMSHOST:LMSPORT"
},
{
"accessory": "MySqueezebox",
"name": "Bedroom Radio Paradise",
"playerid": "PLAYERID",
"oncommand": ["playlist","play","http://stream-dc1.radioparadise.com/mp3-192","Radio Paradise"],
"serverurl": "http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@LMSHOST:LMSPORT"
},
`

If you're trying to figure out what to include for an oncommand`, the JSON RPC interface used by this plugin is quite similar to the Logitech Media Server command-line interface; this is a good reference.

Note that MySqueezebox website sends your email and password in clear text. Don't use any password you care about, or use a local Logitech Media Server instead.

Known issues

MySqueezebox cookies last for a year; the plugin doesn't attempt to deal with cookie expiration or re-login.