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SHOE - An open source HEOS configuration and control project.
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General question: HEOS speaker emulation #3

Open tinuzz opened 3 years ago

tinuzz commented 3 years ago

Hi,

Sorry to write this in a Github issue, but I didn't know how else to contact you.

I just came across this project, and it seems to contain a lot knowlegde about the workings of HEOS in the context of multi-room configuration. I recently bought a Marantz amplifier with HEOS, and I would like to see if it would be possible to emulate a HEOS speaker on non-HEOS hardware, for example a device running Linux, like a Raspberry Pi. My goal is, to stream audio from the Marantz to this device, so I can hook it up to a common speaker. In essence, I would like to build my own 'HEOS LINK' device with open source.

I'm not quite sure what would be needed to make that possible. I suspect it would encompass a DLNA server exposing some device or service, so it can be added to a group, and then trick the Marantz into sending the audio there, which I would expect to be an RTSP stream.

From your knowlegde about the HEOS ecosystem, would you think such a thing is possible / doable?

Best regards, Martijn Grendelman

MrBryan commented 1 year ago

I found your issue because I was searching for this very thing… HEOS emulator. To bypass the stupid proprietary speaker limitation

MrBryan commented 1 year ago

Did you get anywhere?

tinuzz commented 1 year ago

Hi,

No, sorry, I did not persue this project, because I never got a good idea of the feasability.

Martijn.