Feature Request: Select SPDIF/Line in Source as action

[NovaGL]

I can understand if you don't want to do this as it's possible via presets, but I would like the option.

The way I would go about it is:

Get Zone info from

POST /DeviceProperties/Control HTTP/1.1
HOST: SONOS-IP:1400
SOAPACTION: "urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:DeviceProperties:1#GetZoneInfo"
CONTENT-TYPE: text/xml; charset="utf-8"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Envelope s:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <s:Body>
      <u:GetZoneInfo xmlns:u="urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:DeviceProperties:1" />
   </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>

From the output get XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX remove all ":"

Then combine it with "x-sonos-htastream:RINCON_" + MACAddress + "01400:spdif"

    <s:Envelope
        xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
        s:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
        <s:Body>
            <u:SetAVTransportURI
                xmlns:u="urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:AVTransport:1">
                <InstanceID>
                    0
                    </InstanceID>
                <CurrentURI>
                    x-sonos-htastream:RINCON_XXXXXXXXXXXX01400:spdif                    
                    </CurrentURI>
                <CurrentURIMetaData>
                    </CurrentURIMetaData>
                </u:SetAVTransportURI>
            </s:Body>
        </s:Envelope>

Thanks for reading.

[jishi]

Well, there already is a "setavtransporturi" action available, which would look like this:

/RoomName/setavtransporturi/x-sonos-htastream:RINCON_XXXXXXXXXXXX01400:spdif

So you don't actually need to use the presets for this. But, it would be nice to simplify it, I'm thinking something like this:

/RoomName/linein (for local line-in if available)
/RoomName/linein/SrcRoomName (for line-in from another player)

And also handle the difference between the PLAYBAR and regular players somehow.

[NovaGL]

Thanks, writing presets/tv is easier than setavtransporturi/x-sonos-htastream:RINCON_XXXXXXXXXXXX01400:spdif

It's good to have options, I like your thinking and happy to test something like this in the future.

[NovaGL]

Are you still thinking of implementing this?

[jishi]

Yes, I just need to find a reliable way of identifying a playbar or equivalent device that uses the x-sonos-htastream scheme. If you have any suggestions (preferably, something that is evented), I'll gladly take suggestions.

[NovaGL]

Could you parse the info from the XML?

sonos-ip:1400/xml/device_description.xml

It has the RICON under UDN and says model number

[jishi]

I could, but I don't fetch that data today and if it would be evented, that would be "cleaner". I can probably always check some properties that I expect to be part of a PLAYBAR device.

Also, relying on model names might not function properly in the future if they release a second version of PLAYBAR or another device with a spdif line in.

Maybe there is service actions that actually triggers line-in that takes this into consideration, I should probably investigate that as well.

[NovaGL]

Why use Model names? I would use model numbers much safer, you have a list of model numbers that support SPDIF. If I find an event that shows this information, I will post it.

[jishi]

Model names, model numbers follow the same scheme, meaning that I can not infer what capabilities a certain device has, which makes it impossible to support new devices without actually adding support for them. That would be the dream scenario, but of course, if that is not possible, I can always use model number.

Any difference in properties that are evented between a playbar and a regular player are of interest.

[NovaGL]

This might be of use to you.

If a device supports SPDIF it will be able to be evented using
urn:upnp-org:serviceId:HTControl

Sonos PLAYBAR/urn:upnp-org:serviceId:HTControl TOSLinkConnected 0

If a device supports Line-In it can be evented using.
urn:upnp-org:serviceId:AudioIn

Sonos CONNECT/urn:upnp-org:serviceId:AudioIn LineInConnected 0

[jishi]

Yeah, that was super useful. The Sonos controller is aware if something is connected, and one should probably take that into account as well. With your discovery, it will both be possible to know that, and what type of device that is connected.