#Logitech media server or kodi install#
#Logitech media server or kodi software#
#Logitech media server or kodi mac#
#Logitech media server or kodi windows#

Supports Android if you install a Squeezebox player app (like SB Player).Supports Windows, MacOS, Linux x86/圆4, Libreelec (possibly also Raspbmc but I didn't test it).

#Logitech media server or kodi windows#

Because the plugin entry you can use native Kodi library windows to navigate your media, including creation of widgets etc.Plugin entry (audio addon) to browse your media on the LMS server, including apps like Spotify etc.Auto detects the default (ALSA) sound device and use that for audio playback.Auto detects the LMS server in the network and connects to the first instance it finds.

#Logitech media server or kodi mac#

Registers as a sqeezeplayer in the LMS server with the MAC address that is reported by Kodi.Auto start Squeezelite in the background (can be disabled in the addon settings if you start squeezelite yourself, for example on Max2Play devices).Everything is supported like playlist handling, skipping tracks, pause, stop, syncing etc. As soon as you start Kodi, this addon will auto start Squeezelite in the background and it will poll the server for changes every second. It's basically just one big workaround but it works pretty great.

#Logitech media server or kodi software#

To have something ready sooner I had the idea to just 'trick' Kodi that it's playing something and instead use the default, well known and well working Squeezelite software to handle the playback directly to the sound device.Īnd that is exactly what this add-on does, it feeds Kodi with a 100% silent PCM audio stream so that the 'Now Playing' screen will show up whenever Squeezelite is pumping audio to the speakers.

Offcourse doable maybe somewhere in the future but it will require a fair amount of work and tight integration into the Kodi source code. I realize there's already an addon for Kodi, named Xsqueeze but it's rather outdated and it's based on custom dialogs which is something I didn't want (personal taste, the Xsqueeze addon is other than that great software offcourse).Īt first I tried to feed Kodi with the audiostream directly from the Squeezeserver by using the Squeezelite source but I finally gave up on that as I couldn't get it stable enough, especially when sync comes in play. That's when I decided to create something to fill that gap so I could have the benefits of the centralized audio control of LMS combined with the great Kodi software. Especially the 'Now Playing' screen so I can watch some artwork and artist info while track are playing. Squeezelite on it's own does it's job very great and you can install it side to side with Kodi on your setup but I was missing the interaction with kodi. That's where Squeezelite comes in play, a nice piece of software that you can install on about any platform to make it play the sounds from the Squeezebox server (Logitech Media Server). Offcourse in the living room and bedroom I have Kodi running as my all-in-one media solution and I didn't want to add another box in there just to play audio. There are even some nice projects available to turn a Raspberry Pi into a squeezebox like PiCoreAudio and Max2Play.įor all additional rooms such as kitchen, outside and my office, I use headless Pi's with PiCoreAudio connected to some actve speakers. You can have a combination of original squeezeboxes, pc's with Squeezelite (software player for Squeezebox), Airplay devices and even Chromecast devices and let them all play your favorite tunes. The Squeezebox setup with the Logitech Media Server is perfectly capable of doing all that, including support for a wide range of other devices in the mix such as Airplay devices. I wanted to have a way to have multi-room music with an ocassional need of syncing audio between players using my existing components such as Kodi Intel NUC's and raspberry pi's, including support of my Hi-Def audio tracks on disk and my Spotify playlists. Sure, systems like Sonos and Heos might be superior in ease of use but they're also (in my opinion) very expensive. It started as something for my own personal use but I figured with a few additional touches it can be usefull to others too.Īltough Logitech stopped producing the Squeezeboxes several years ago, the platform is still very popular and in active development by the opensource community. Transform Kodi in a Squeezebox player with this addon.