Why Squeezeboxes?
- Inexpensive
- Exist in the “real world”
- Real buttons
- Works totally offline
- Community supported
- Integrated into other systems like Home Assistant
Server
The Logitech Media Server has been replaced by the Lyrion Media Server. The docker image for the server is hosted at lmscommunity/lyrionmusicserver
Alternate user interface
There’s a “MaterialUI” designed interface that compliments, but dos not replace the built in lyrion interface.
Links:
Airplay
Squeezebox devices can show up as Airplay devices with a plugin called ShairTunes. For it to work the Docker container’s network has to be run in host mode so that the right ports can get published out to the network.
Firmware
The community has taken over the maintenance of the firmware! One of the first things I noticed when installing the new firmware is that the startup screen says Lyrion.
Links
- Changelog for community firmware updates
- Github for community firmware
- How to guide for installing firmware