Newbie Questions about WiiM with multiple audio endpoints and Home Assistant/LMS

[regregoryallen]

I’m trying to wrap my head around all the configuration options and possibilities with the WiiM ecosystem. In particular, I’m not completely certain I understand what can be distributed via multi-room with WiiM devices (e.g. a WiiM Pro and a couple of Minis). I’d appreciate if someone could enlighten me on a couple of points.

From reading the manuals and such, I know that under some circumstances, a WiiM Pro (or Ultra or Amp), can accept an audio input and distribute the audio out to multiple endpoints, including attached speakers and remote Minis. My main concern is if that works with all inputs, with examples like:

• Line-in (analog) to Pro and synced audio output on all WiiM devices
• Plex played via WiiM and output on all WiiM devices
• SqueezePlayer output to WiiM Pro and distributed to all WiiM devices
• If I’m using LMS to play my music, I understand that I can sync between the WiiM Pro and other squeezelite players, but can I integrate the WiiM Mini’s via the WiiM Pro without a UPnP/DLNA Bridge (which I believe introduces sync issues)?

I’m also a Home Assistant user. But I have not extensively integrated music playback into my HA set up. Are there any best practices for HA integration that the WiiM community recommends? I see that there are options to use the LinkPlay integration, as well as Music Assistant or LMS.

Thanks for your insights!
Roger

 

[Burnside]

Off the top of my head, the Pro should sync the audio from all the sources you mention to linked minis - if I recall, the only issue would be if you were trying to Chromecast to the Pro, that wouldn’t work as the Mini doesn’t support Chromecast.

I’m not 100% sure of the difference though between points three and four. The sync issue you mention re UPNP bridge only occurs I believe if you’re trying to sync squeezelite players within LMS, not using WiiM/linkplay groups.