Plex Integration (In-App and as Plexamp Player)

[jxrxme]

I really love the WiiM Amp so far. Most music I listen with the Amp is using Plexamp + Chromecast to WiiM Amp.

A native Plex Integration would be highly appreciated. Integrated in the WiiM Home App and additionally as Plexamp compatible player in the network since listening to music with Plexamp is way more fun.

I would absolutely beta test this feature.

 

[Stessull]

I should also mention that another plus to this integration is Music Assistant's ability to add many streaming providers including Apple music, Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz etc. Some are easier to implement than others but it's well worth the effort for a truly global music library.

 

[pieterv1]

Yes I hope @RyanWithWiiM @WiiM Support @WiiM Team can take notice!

 

[huw]

I also started looking into this yesterday.

- UPnP/DLNA Player provider (to make the WiiM Device accessible to Music Assistant)

WiiM have a "native" Home Assistant integration so I think you should be able to use this and then make the WiiM Home Assistant player available in Music Assistant?

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However looking at this documentation from Music Assistant it appears this is less capable than UPnP/DLNA and Squeezelite? So do you actually need Home Assistant at all (i.e. can you just run Music Assistant in a docker container?).

 

[pieterv1]

so I think you should be able to use this and then make the WiiM Home Assistant player available in Music Assistant?

That would be interesting! I have 0 experience with HA so I would need to take a look into that

So do you actually need Home Assistant at all (i.e. can you just run Music Assistant in a docker container?).

Running Music Assistant barebones in docker should be possible, but the installation was a bit technical for my taste on last night's late tinkering session. I chose the easy route to install it within Home Assistant, which I'd like to explore a bit more as well.