It would be nice to have basic functions exposed via an API so we could integrate Roon in home automation projects.
Just volume control, mute, play/pause, stop, next and previous would be a great start. More is always better.
One example : while working from home, a customer calls. It would be very convenient if one could press a physical button to pause the music. Now I have to wake up a tablet, enter a code and go to the Roon app.
You could take a look at http://www.openhab.org. I just mention it to prove that end users develop plugins based on API’s. You will see there some audio systems listed. Eg. Sonos support is integrated in every home automation solution I know of.
Absolutely, please give us a basic API, with the controls + play/pauze status of endpoints. The latter will enable us to power up and down DAC’s and amps, which will help the environment . And, for some, will save a lot of tubes
IMHO, a significant part of the Roon users are tinkerers. We like to own (not in the economical sense) the technology we use. Give us an API, and you’ll see Roon integrated in a dozen home automation solutions. It’ll give Roon publicity on a lot of blogs and fora. And some new adepts: it’s fairly easy to work your way into home automation, NAS servers, Raspberry Pi’s and Arduinos, but hacking together a Roon clone with the same metadata quality is quite impossible. I wouldn’t have got a lifetime sub if I could have done it myself, not because I don’t want to spend the money, but because I like to tinker.
Please give us the API, so Roon covers two passions: music and tinkering.
@Georgethesixth : with a Fritzbox and OpenHAB you can automute on incoming calls.
A (simple) open API would be fantastic. I’ve a few ideas which would probably never make it into Roon proper but would be great for people who like to ‘tinker’.
Good idea. I chose Domoticz over OpenHab for our Home Automation system, but the principle holds true for any of them - an open API to be able to integrate Roon into HA would be very nice.