Closed Jens2022 closed 2 years ago
You cannot stop nor pause the PlayBar when it’s on TV input (cf the Sonos app), so Homebridge ZP shows it as on.
Airplay has nothing to do with HomeKit, despite Apple’s marketing efforts to obfuscate this. It’s a completely different protocol than HAP. Homebridge ZP exposes the zone players to HomeKit, so you can control them from HomeKit automations, apps, and Siri, but it doesn’t provide Airplay features.
I tried to provide Airplay back in the days by integrating AirSonos (somewhere in the closed issues), but it was a lousy experience (bad sound quality, wouldn’t play variable bitrate) so I dropped that. The issue is that Airplay expects to push a stream to a speaker, where Sonos connects from the speaker to a stream. So you need a proxy in between that accepts the incoming stream from the device with the music and an incoming connection from the zone player. That proxy needs more resources than your typical NodeJS environment can provide.
unfortunately the Discord link is not working any longer
What error do you get? It seems to work for me, but I’m already a member.
Hi Erik,
thanks a lot for your swift reply. Totally makes sense, thanks for the details. I remember vaguely that in an earlier version I could see the speaker when I used AirPlay from my iPad but I have to admit that I didn't do a proper check if the quality is sufficient. One way could be integrating an AirPlay2 ready Sonos speaker in the my home setting this should allow to use even the old speakers with AirPlay. This should allow to circumvent the limitations of my current proxy (the HOOBS).
I guess the discord link is not working for me because I'm not a member yet.
Thanks for your help and the details.
Best Regards
Jens
If you have a zone player that natively supports Airplay2 you can stream to that player and use Homebridge ZP to group the other players with that one. I actually have a Port in my wiring closet as group coordinator and use automations to group/ungroup my other players to that when entering or leaving rooms. By far the cheapest option would be an IKEA SYMFONISK bookshelf speaker, and just keep it on mute.
Hi ebaauw,
unfortunately the Discord link is not working any longer. This is why I leave a question here.
I checked the troubleshooting tips and the wiki. I also review the closed issues but couldn't find a hint to the problem that I'm facing.
Issue
I can install the Plug in and add it to home bridge. I also can see the Sonos playbay as switch. It shows the playbar as beeing switched on, which is correct. But I neither can switch it off nor can use it as a speaker for airplay.
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Thank you so much for your help and our support.
Best regards
Jens