A fragile home music server setup aims for one control hub
The goal is to control online music and locally stored music from one place. Playlists should not be scattered across several apps, and speakers in different rooms should be selectable from the same screen with shared volume control. alerts should be able to interrupt music when needed.
The same interface should also send music to whatever speaker a device is connected to, such as a car speaker. The current setup runs on one device with a supervisor install, plus a custom setup and a custom plugin. When a song is requested from an online provider, the plugin talks to Lidar.
The aim is simple use, but the setup has become brittle because several moving parts depend on each other.
Key points
- The setup tries to merge online music and local music into one interface.
- Multi-room speakers should be controlled from the same place, including volume.
- alerts need a way to interrupt music playback.
- The current stack uses , , a custom plugin, and Lidar.
- The main problem is not the goal, but the fragile chain of tools needed to make it work.