Core Linkplay Integration

Feature Requests
1

Please consider making the new core integration as functional as the HACS integration it is replacing. At the moment it’s not a lot of use. I posted this in issues, but it was closed because apparently I have to put it here.

The outgoing HACS implementation has options which I can’t see on the new core version. Notably :

icecast_metadata:

lastfm_api_key:

And also the ability to define sources :

"http://79.111.14.76:8002/femalemetal": "Female Vocal in Metal",

Without this functionality the core integration is not a replacement.

3

or does not work (?):

action: media_player.join and action: media_player.unjoin

4

I also make excessive use of common_sources and multi-room audio. I would really love to see those features in the official HA-Core linkplay integration.

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5

I can’t event send m3u files to the new media player…
Also using presets like on hacs would be a good feature

6

It would also be nice to have the option to send commands to the linkplay device as well.
With the HACS integration I had the option to make buttons with actions like this:

    - name: Terras
      type: service
      id: linkplay.command
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.terras
        command: MCU+PAS+RAKOIT:BAL:-100&
        notify: false
    - name: Tuin
      type: service
      id: linkplay.command
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.terras
        command: MCU+PAS+RAKOIT:BAL:100&
        notify: false
    - name: Beide
      type: service
      id: linkplay.command
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.terras
        command: MCU+PAS+RAKOIT:BAL:54&
        notify: false

These buttons made it possible to change the balance between the left and right speaker, which are in different positions in my garden

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7

nope they dont work…at all!

8

Same on my side. I am using join / unjoin depending on motion e.g. entering a room. Previous custom linkplay features were outstanding! Would love to get this back in core. Thank you!

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9

Yup, this new integration sucks. My speakers are now, once again, hostages to the crappy Linkplay app. I gotta use that ancient app to join/unjoin my speakers.

Please fix this!

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10

So far I’ve seen no new features (and there are none in 2024.11).

I find it odd we can’t request these changes in Github. I’ll see if I can keep the existing custom component alive. If I can I’ll create a fork with full credit to the original author.

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11

I find this aggravating once more that an app which was working very well becomes “integrated”, features are left behind and development stops. Then, when several users reach out to the original developer of the app, we get completely stone walled with comments saying that the features will not be added back in.

Those of us with Linkplay amp devices have lost the ability to join the zones. This has taken my system back by about 5 years due to this lack of feature set and integration.

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12

Can anyone using the core integration confirm whether the basic functions are now working? I’m mainly referring to the display of album artwork/media information and the selection of sources. I can’t find any information on this in the release notes.

I tried this some time ago and would like to avoid having to undo the whole process again.

13

I picked up a couple very cheap Linkplay speakers (WS350) from Amazon after the end of the HACS based integration. So I dont have any experience comparing with the current core integration.
What I have found though is, while I have got the core join/unjoin to work, adding the speakers as Airplay in Music Assistant and using the group sync there seems to work very well so far.
Frustratingly though, the speakers go in to standby after a while and only come back on with the physical button, so I’m not sure they’re going to be as useful as I’d have liked.