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squeeze-alexa is an Amazon Alexa Skill integrating with the Logitech Media Server ("squeezebox"). See the original announcement blog post, and the follow-up with videos.

This is still in beta, so feedback and help with documenting welcome - please just raise an issue first.

Have a look at this 2-min video ScreenShotfor a live demo of some of the new features.

Aims

  • Intuitive voice control over common music scenarios
  • Low latency (given that it's a cloud service), i.e. fast at reacting to your commands.
  • Decent security (hopefully)
  • Extensive support for choosing songs by (multiple) genres, and now playlists (BETA)
  • Helpful, conversational responses / interaction.

Things it is not

  • Full coverage of all LMS features, plugins or use cases - but it aims to be good at what it does.
  • A public / multi-user skill. This means you will need Alexa and AWS developer accounts.
  • A native LMS (Squeezeserver) plugin. So whilst this would be cool, at least there's no need to touch your LMS.
  • Easy to set up 😱

Controlling your music

These should all work (usually) in the current version:

Playback

  • Alexa, tell Squeezebox to play / pause (or just Alexa, play / pause!)
  • Alexa, tell Squeezebox next / previous (or just Alexa, next / previous!)
  • Alexa, tell Squeezebox to turn shuffle on / off (or just Alexa, Shuffle On/Off)

Control

  • Alexa, tell Squeezebox to select the Bedroom player
  • Alexa, tell Squeezebox to turn it down in the Living Room
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to pump it up! (defaults to selected)
  • Alexa, tell Squeezebox to turn everything off

Selecting Music

  • Alexa, tell Squeezebox to play some Blues and some Jazz
  • Alexa, tell Squeezebox to play a mix of Jungle, Dubstep and Hip-Hop
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play my Sunday Morning playlist
  • Alexa, tell Squeezebox to play the Bad-Ass Metal playlist!

Specific Artists and/or Albums

  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play process by Sampha
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play some cafe del mar
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play cafe del mar
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play asgeir
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play some klaus schulze
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play the latest by olafur arnalds
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play the first blackfield
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play game of thrones season 1
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play person of interest season 2
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play for now i am winter hdtracks
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play the last album by blackfield
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play the first album by blackfield
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play Mylo Xyloto by Coldplay
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play some Coldplay
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play Pink FLoyd
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play any Pink FLoyd
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox play the dark side of the moon
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox to play viva la vida by coldplay

Feedback

  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox what's playing [in the Kitchen]
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox if the server is scanning
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox what is the server status
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox for a server status

Statistics

  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox how many genres
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox how many songs are there
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox how many artists
  • Alexa, ask Squeezebox how many albums do i have

Most commands can take a player name, or will remember the default / last player if not specified.

I want!

See the HOWTO for the full details of installing and configuring your own squeeze-alexa instance, or TROUBLESHOOTING if you're getting stuck.

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