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postlund / pyatv

A client library for Apple TV and AirPlay devices
https://pyatv.dev
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Pyatv + Siri Remote Integration? #1411

Closed xpnewmedia closed 1 year ago

xpnewmedia commented 3 years ago

What feature would you like?

Integrate library or Airplay in general, with Siri Remote for Apple TV, the physical device.

Describe the solution you'd like

Somehow execute library's API using Siri Remotes bluetooth connection.

Whether to control other things and/or with the Apple TV.

Using voice commands to execute Pyatv and Airplay functions.

Any other information to share?

Anyway there's a interface or mashup between these technologies? pyatv, airplay technology and the Siri Remote.

postlund commented 3 years ago

I'm not entirely sure I understand the actual use case here. Do you want to pair the physical remote with pyatv and allow interception of commands? Or how do you mean?

hokiebrian commented 2 years ago

Not OP, but being able to programmatically send Siri commands to the ATV (or HomePod). As a reference, the Alexa Media Player (https://github.com/custom-components/alexa_media_player) allows sending any string and it is functions the same as a voice command (I believe that is talking to Alexa API and not the device directly though). Example use case - I use the Alexa component coupled with Apple Music API to generate my Playlists, Stations, etc. and when I select one, it sends "play XXXXX on Apple Music" to the designated Echo. I also have a freeform entry, I could type "tell me a joke" and Alexa will respond to that. Ideally, I'd love to use ATV (or HomePod) with this functionality and ditch the Echo. Since the ATV supports Siri commands via the remote, is there a way to mimic that process by sending a string to the ATV?

postlund commented 2 years ago

There's already an issue for that, #170, and I think someone managed reverse it. Shouldn't be that hard I guess but it would require a voice synthesizer that generates the voice that is good enough for Siri to understand. It's a cool feature but currently not something that is a priority for me personally (way too much in the backlog right now).

postlund commented 1 year ago

I believe the hardware interaction implied by this issue is out of scope for pyatv, will close issue.