Multi Room Audio

[prats6989 0]

Hello people,

I am looking for an Audio distribution solution which is compatible with HC2...i should be able to play media from my phone, computer, ipad, USB Hdd, Radio stations, etc...to different zones..

Is it possible to view the media library within HC2 mobile app?

Please help me find an affordable solution...sonos is too costly!

[MalvinYNJ 4]

Since sonos is too costly, isn't Fibaro HC2 as costly?

Anyway you can try any other IP audio solution and control them via IP using a virtual device.

[prats6989 0]

Can you give me the names of few such devices?

[MalvinYNJ 4]

prats6989, I wonder if you do bother searching on the net for your solutions or you are just posting here for the sake of someone helping to solve your problem.

1. Bose SoundTouch

2. Pure's Jongo

3. Logitech SqueezeBox

4. Korus

and much more audio solutions you can find if you bother finding.

[prats6989 0]

Trust me MalvinYNJ, I did a lot of searching..came up with xbmc on raspberry pi and a bunch of avr's (denon, onkyo, yamaha, pioneer, etc etc) but wanted to explore more options so was seeking the help of community..i will check these devices out and see if it serves my purpose.

Thanks, Appreciate the help!

[deanrparry 19]

I have a SONOS play 1 and just took all my doors off

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[prats6989 0]

I have a SONOS play 1 and just took all my doors off

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[MalvinYNJ 4]

I have a SONOS play 1 and just took all my doors off

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[Dalle1985 16]

Have a look at rocki. It might do some of the stuff you want - or perhaps the Beep wireless streaming device. They are supposed to be open standards which will playback to any speakers with a 3,5 mm jack - but with a few limitations though...

[hvb83 1]

I'm using the Squeezebox system in all of my rooms. For me this was a no-brainer since I had it anyway already. Integration with Fibaro is easy for the functions I use; mainly play and pause. Selecting a song or playlist based on time of day or something can be done rather easily I guess, but I haven't played with that until now. Robmac also made some plugin that allows for much more control of your Squeezeboxes through HC2.

The players cannot be bought from new anymore, but you can still get your hands on second hand players like the Duet for €100,- or less. I bought some spares to make sure I don't run out should any of them break down in the coming years. Much cheaper than Sonos, same sound quality and with a large community to provide support.

[prats6989 0]

Have a look at rocki. It might do some of the stuff you want - or perhaps the Beep wireless streaming device. They are supposed to be open standards which will playback to any speakers with a 3,5 mm jack - but with a few limitations though...

Thanks Dalle, i looked them up but was not able to find an api for both of them..to be able to integrate it with fibaro as virtual devices. do you have any more info?

[Dalle1985 16]

Have a look at rocki. It might do some of the stuff you want - or perhaps the Beep wireless streaming device. They are supposed to be open standards which will playback to any speakers with a 3,5 mm jack - but with a few limitations though...

Thanks Dalle, i looked them up but was not able to find an api for both of them..to be able to integrate it with fibaro as virtual devices. do you have any more info?

From the rocki site:

ROCKI ships to Kickstarter Backers in two batches in December and January. Developers are welcome to maximise the ROCKI system with the open UPnP and the ROCKI API which will be available on request. ROCKI – From Every Phone, To All Speakers, For Everyone. Free your music.

So it might be worth trying to contact them to get access to the api... I have as i want to integrate them into my custom home automation interface: [email protected]

[prats6989 0]

Have a look at rocki. It might do some of the stuff you want - or perhaps the Beep wireless streaming device. They are supposed to be open standards which will playback to any speakers with a 3,5 mm jack - but with a few limitations though...

Thanks Dalle, i looked them up but was not able to find an api for both of them..to be able to integrate it with fibaro as virtual devices. do you have any more info?

From the rocki site:

ROCKI ships to Kickstarter Backers in two batches in December and January. Developers are welcome to maximise the ROCKI system with the open UPnP and the ROCKI API which will be available on request. ROCKI – From Every Phone, To All Speakers, For Everyone. Free your music.

So it might be worth trying to contact them to get access to the api... I have as i want to integrate them into my custom home automation interface: [email protected]

Yes, I was about to post the same. I found the same thing on their fb page. Contacting them now!

also, what all devices did you try before rocki? Are those xbmc or apple tv boxes any useful??

[Dalle1985 16]

Well, I'm an apple kind of guy, so I've been working on trying to integrate airplay using some apple scripting, but it hasn't really worked for me properly due to the level of hacking involved. So I want to move to an open standard.

But reading up on the rocki it actually states that it is upnp compliant, which is open and tcp/ip based, so you should be able to interact directly without the need of an api. I haven't played around too much with upnp, but it is basically tcp commands , http requests and xml responses - so that should be pretty easy to work with. Not knowing how well the lua engine will handle xml (not at all i expect) you might need to do some manual parsing to get it to work directly if you want to avoid a proxy inbetween. I'm using php scripts, so that makes it a lot easier as it has a library built in for upnp.

[prats6989 0]

Well, I'm an apple kind of guy, so I've been working on trying to integrate airplay using some apple scripting, but it hasn't really worked for me properly due to the level of hacking involved. So I want to move to an open standard.

But reading up on the rocki it actually states that it is upnp compliant, which is open and tcp/ip based, so you should be able to interact directly without the need of an api. I haven't played around too much with upnp, but it is basically tcp commands , http requests and xml responses - so that should be pretty easy to work with. Not knowing how well the lua engine will handle xml (not at all i expect) you might need to do some manual parsing to get it to work directly if you want to avoid a proxy inbetween. I'm using php scripts, so that makes it a lot easier as it has a library built in for upnp.

Well, I just ordered rocki. It should arrive in a week or 10 days. Do share whatever you code. I can add when my devices come.

[Dalle1985 16]

Well, I'm an apple kind of guy, so I've been working on trying to integrate airplay using some apple scripting, but it hasn't really worked for me properly due to the level of hacking involved. So I want to move to an open standard.

But reading up on the rocki it actually states that it is upnp compliant, which is open and tcp/ip based, so you should be able to interact directly without the need of an api. I haven't played around too much with upnp, but it is basically tcp commands , http requests and xml responses - so that should be pretty easy to work with. Not knowing how well the lua engine will handle xml (not at all i expect) you might need to do some manual parsing to get it to work directly if you want to avoid a proxy inbetween. I'm using php scripts, so that makes it a lot easier as it has a library built in for upnp.

Well, I just ordered rocki. It should arrive in a week or 10 days. Do share whatever you code. I can add when my devices come.

Will do...

[MalvinYNJ 4]

Dalle1985, Seems to be that you seem to fancy kickstarters' projects. Has been going through the forum seeing you promoting all sorts of kickstarters' automation project. Mind to list out the kickstarters' project you have supported and received the item?

Have been pondering if I should support one of the kickstarter project but seem to me that not all project have actual delivery deadlines, some gets dragged till a year after.

Thanks anyway

[Dalle1985 16]

Well... I'm not saying that all kickstarter projects are good. There are some really good ideas on there, but some are unrealistic, some don't have anything resembling a business plan and some are just overly optimistic. I am very cautious about what to spend money on on kickstarter. I backed Lifx at an early point while they were still promissing standard form factor, and now I have a bulb lying around which doesn't really fit anything.

But I've backed a few projects, All technology, as I like the idea behind letting the people with the good ideas come up with all the cool projects instead of having to wait 10 years for a megacompany to come up with something that turns out to not cut it anyway. And sometimes, someone will flunk out or you'll back a piece of vaporware, but that is a risk worth taking if you ask me. Because the benefit of having dedicated developers is huge.

[Guest merylion]

Hi All,

I also have searched internet for similar solutions and ROCKI seems to be one of the best if it is really working a way they promise. And price is really reasonable.

I am also looking for additional functionality as for example playing whatever is palyed on TV for example. I believe I can use some sort of audio server converting normal CINCH output signal to audio stream and converting voice from microphone to audio stream as well.

Anyone knows audio server in reasonable price? Something small and handy same as ROCKI is? I really was looking over internet for such device and found only professional very expensive devices.

Best Regards

Marcin

[dhanjel 7]

a version with 6 rocki in one with integrated multi channel amplifier would be nice

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would love to get rid of my 6 airport express and my big multichannel amplifier for my in ceiling speakers