Pelon 80 #26 Posted September 21, 2016 I would love to test the solution. I'm not a developer, but I can modify the settings that I have to point to the internal server if it gets developed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T800 5 #27 Posted September 22, 2016 (edited) I kind of control Emby with Alexa. I have the Emby addon for Kodi, and the I followed the instructions on how to control Kodi with Alexa http://www.howtogeek.com/249336/how-to-control-your-kodi-media-center-with-an-amazon-echo/ As it is, it not user friendly to do, but once it is setup, it is interesting, I can play/pause, request a specific movie or tv show, ask about the latest movies or shows. One thing that I like is that since this works on Kodi, it kind of becomes a universal solution that would work on most devices, except anything by Apple. There's a Kodi addon for the Amazon Echo http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=258165 Edited September 22, 2016 by T800 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chef 1675 #28 Posted September 22, 2016 Kodi is great, but we should build interfaces directly with emby server. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pelon 80 #29 Posted September 24, 2016 Maybe this will give you some other ideas http://www.echotalk.org/index.php/topic,276.0.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest asrequested #30 Posted October 29, 2016 Look what just happened! @@chef 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chef 1675 #31 Posted October 29, 2016 I wish I could get my hands in an echo. To import an echo to Canada right now: CAD:450.00 To import Google Home: CAD 350.00 Both companies say there might be extra import charges when it arrives too. But the good news is that Amazon just branched into Toronto CA which is literally only about twenty minutes from where I live. So hopefully echo will be released here very soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest asrequested #32 Posted October 29, 2016 I wish I could get my hands in an echo. To import an echo to Canada right now: CAD:450.00 To import Google Home: CAD 350.00 Both companies say there might be extra import charges when it arrives too. But the good news is that Amazon just branched into Toronto CA which is literally only about twenty minutes from where I live. So hopefully echo will be released here very soon. I'm surprised that they haven't, already. I'm going to put it through it's paces, today. But so far, it's very responsive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrWebsmith 581 #33 Posted November 2, 2016 i love our echo.. we're getting a dot soon to connect to a sonos speaker in a different area... i'd be able to help test this @@chef if you get anything put together.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBers 4749 #34 Posted November 2, 2016 we're getting a dot soon to connect to a sonos speaker in a different area How ?? Why ?? What for ?? I'm waiting for the Google Home device to be launched. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pelon 80 #35 Posted November 3, 2016 I would love to do one more thing with the echo is also going the other, ask the echo to play the music stored in my Emby collection. I don't think it is possible to create those kind of skills yet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest asrequested #36 Posted November 3, 2016 I would love to do one more thing with the echo is also going the other, ask the echo to play the music stored in my Emby collection. I don't think it is possible to create those kind of skills yet That's what I was referring to, in my original post. That guy had done that with plex, and I thought/hoped it could be done with Emby. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magnus33 1 #37 Posted December 26, 2016 That's what I was referring to, in my original post. That guy had done that with plex, and I thought/hoped it could be done with Emby. You can forget that idea he was hired by plex to make it for them. After 18 months they say its almost ready but nothing some out and this is almost certainly because they are trying to make it work with plex pass only. Plex as gotten full of itself and has no communication with its users on any level which is unheard of for a company of any size. They been pushing onto platforms as fast as they can at the cost of stability and adding new features to plex pass only as bugs are ignored. These things could be ignored when it was the only kid on the block but those days have long since passed and they could easily seriously hurt in the business department if someone else developed intergration with the echo platforum for their server and left it free. Frankly if it does get running on plex they its likely going to have serious issues. Skills by their nature must remain free so locking it into plexpass only would have to be done in the plex code which already runs on a outdated api. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
