New beta 2 uploaded (same links, see above) with the following changes:
- NEW: italian catalog by Samir Hawamdeh. Thanks for this!
- FIXED: MUI 5 column widths in the Music Library browser listview.
- FIXED: as long a no Sonos devices are found, all controls are disabled by default, avoiding possible crashes.
- FIXED: Control menu items are now disabled according to the corresponding buttons.
- FIXED: display of room's names with MUI 4.0
@phx
Thanks for replying, I was already thinking that nobody is interested, at all.
Yes, you'll need a Sonos account. It might work without but I'm not sure. Some speakers support Google Assistant or Alexa, but there are also some that don't (I don't have and want that either). You don't necessarily need some streaming provider if you have your music files in your network (like a NAS or some computer that's running). Or if you'd like to use internet radio, of course.
The protocol I use (directly accessing the speakers in a client-server way) is based on a UPNP standard but the commands themselves are proprietary (I believe). It's basically sending SOAP requests to the speakers and subscribing to their UPNP events.
If you're interested, here's an interesting (unofficial) site about the API:
https://svrooij.io/sonos-api-docs/