Music Assistant
Music Provider Feature Request Poll #3 #2356
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podcasts and audiobooks ... would be really nice to have ;) |
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Yes this is an enabling feature that is coming so the above is for what providers you would like once that is in place. |
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I would love to see Bluetooth as well as audio in. |
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You could use a picoreplayer now as that supports bluetooth |
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Yeah, the problem is, I don't use/have raspberry. I'm hosting my Home Assistant and Music Assistant on my multi-purpose linux homelab server. And I spend tons of hours just to modify pipewire to run as system service instead of per user one. Everything is hosted on debian. And streaming with BT outside of MA is at least problematic. Would be cool if MA had such option :) |
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I have a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Complete starter kit which cost me $44 |
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My vote is for an option not yet on the list, a DLNA/uPNP music provider. Several media servers expose a DLNA/uPNP interface. These include :
It seems to me that it would be valuable to have DLNA at least as a poll option, especially since it would open up multiple possibilities for managing one's local music library. I am a bit surprised it hasn't been suggested before. |
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Discussion exists here https://github.com/orgs/music-assistant/discussions/388 |
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That discussion is about exposing MA as a DLNA server, which may also be good, but is not the same request as adding a DLNA music provider, which would let MA you fetch and play music content stored in additional server software that I listed. |
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Then its this discussion then https://github.com/orgs/music-assistant/discussions/890 |
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Yes, that is it. Given that the DLNA music provider would also include support for Emby, and would essentially be a superset of that provider, I think it would make sense to add DLNA to the next poll. |
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Would a AUX input port from an ADC (Analog to Digital Converter) Audio Capture Device also be counted as a source for "Local Audio-In"? Personally I would really love it if was able to get audio input from example USB audio capture from analog audio sources such as a turntable (LP vinyl record player) into Music Assistant by being able to simply "Local Audio-In" as a music provider. As per my related feature request here: That would made it much easier and way more user-friendly function than the hoops you have to jump through to get a solution for it today. Ex: |
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Ive been looking for a way to cast my USB turntable for years, I really hope local sources becomes a thing. None of the methods I've tried in the past have been reliable, or they did not support lossless formats |
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I agree. While it is possible to get audio from an analog source using a USB audio capture device and stream it via other workarounds such as an Icecast streaming server there is loads of hops you need jump through and a hassle to maintain Wish that there was a plug-and-play audio provider for getting audio stream directly from a local audio capture device into Music Assistant which resample, transcode and mux it to best possible supported format. By the way, see these indirectly related patches which will add a media proxy to Home Assistant core and extend the media player info in ESPHome with a list of supported audio formats which can then be used in Home Assistant to swap out media URLs going to the ESPHome device with proxy URLs that contain the converted audio. That should allow you to at least capture the audio at best possible sample rate and then have Home Assistant automatically convert it to the higest format that the player is capable of:
Other than that suggest that please check out and join these two dedicated feature request discussions: and Perhaps more active discussions in those will draw the attention and interest of a devleloper with the skills and time to make those ideas happen. |
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It has been fourteen months since the last poll and a lot has changed. MA V2.0 is out of beta. Deezer, Jellyfin, Subsonic and Apple Music have been added as Music Providers. So it is time to re-do the poll to find out what the Community would like next!
If you would like to discuss these options in more detail then here are the threads. These are in order of the previous vote numbers so lets see if they stay that way! Do upvote these threads as well as voting here!
Amazon Music https://github.com/orgs/music-assistant/discussions/626
Local Audio In https://github.com/orgs/music-assistant/discussions/1156
Audiobookshelf
Audible https://github.com/orgs/music-assistant/discussions/862
Emby https://github.com/orgs/music-assistant/discussions/583
Pandora https://github.com/orgs/music-assistant/discussions/393
WebDAV https://github.com/orgs/music-assistant/discussions/526
Bandcamp https://github.com/orgs/music-assistant/discussions/2315
The poll only takes eight options but here are some other contenders. Comment and raise your votes there.
SiriusXM https://github.com/orgs/music-assistant/discussions/1161
Mixcloud https://github.com/orgs/music-assistant/discussions/2229
If you want a provider not listed above then open a new feature request and it will be linked above once it starts to get some traction!
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