Okay so I am trying to figure out how to map this out. But I cant figure out what kind of integration I would need to begin with (I am not a fan of the default cards for media player)
So, I have a Wiim Mini Player hooked up to to a Yamaha Receiver. Through Home assistant I can switch between speaker channel A and B via the MusicCast integration.
I would like to be able to hit a button on my dash board that will automatically turn on my Wiim, and my receiver, and have it switch to the channel A for instance automatically with a push of a singular button.
And the same case but having the receiver go to the other channel B. Basically i have speakers wired to my receiver, i have set on my porch and I have another set in my garage.
The whole reason the Wiim player is there is because I can use the native Tidal app, to send music to my reciever now. I dont have to use Music Cast.
Besides the above, I would really like to have the option to see the artwork on tidal as the background of the media player as it goes through songs. I would like to see the volume slider, play, pause, and next etc.
The third want is to have the ability to open the tidal app by hitting a button on the media card so the native tidal app opens on my phone and i can just go pick something else if i dont like the playlist I am on .
I have a feeling all of this is possible but I don’t know where to begin. I just installed HACS, I have experience with c# programming, so dealing with the config file is not hard, i just don’t know what integrations I should try to start with.
Sorry for brain purge. I am a newb