Heuer 76 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 (edited) Would there be any interest in integrating Amazon Echo/Dot control into Emby? e.g Alexa ask Emby to play next Family Guy Alexa open Emby Movies Alexa shuffle Emby music Alexa pause Emby Alexa Fast Forward Emby 3 minutes Alexa ask Emby to play next episode Amazon are offering the API to developers: https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-voice-service/content/avs-api-overview Logitech has already integrated Alexa with their Harmony remotes: https://support.myharmony.com/en-us/harmony-experience-with-amazon-alexa and Sonus will shortly do so. Could be a USP for Emby compared to Plex and Kodi! Edited October 31, 2016 by Heuer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6768 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/39312-amazon-echo-with-emby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heuer 76 Posted October 31, 2016 Author Share Posted October 31, 2016 Yes, but it does not seem to have been filed as an official feature request Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37045 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 It's something we'd love to have, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSattler 387 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 One thing I have noticed is Alexa has issues understanding the word Emby. When using "Alexa, turn on Emby" it things I say all sorts of different stuff. So right now it's "Alexa turn on Shield" or "Alexa turn on Movies". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heuer 76 Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 The way to improve recognition is to use words with more syllables or a string of words e.g. "living room" seems to be more recognisable than "lounge". 'Emby' is particularly difficult and the Shield TV voice remote also has difficulty searching on it. Oddly 'Kodi' is recognised all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 I'm afraid our logic to keep the name sounding phonetically still like "MB" hurts us in voice recognition. Oh well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norin 1 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Hi i have been watching people do all sort of things with alexa, they are very cool. But i think there is something cooler than Alexa... and if you like opensource and the idea of you, and only you to listen to your commands and your voice recordings of everyday life... there's a guy you can also chat with, its mycroft... because i don´t want to fell in love with "her" and get my heartbroken or stolen.Maybe iam overreacting but i dont now how much data i want to reveal and the idea of me being the product, theres already enough data of mine i thinki dont want to be rude with this post but if you are an opensource fan, i think mycroft is a better companion or at least it can be your other friend i bet he likes to drink beerhttps://mycroft.ai/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37045 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I think integration with both mycroft and alexa would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norin 1 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Yes i think the same... that´s what i meant to say. I think you can change the name of mycroft for one you prefer, sounds cool. i really don´t understand what iam talking about but i see the possibilities. i don´t have the skills was just sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkybot 3 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 My Mycroft is so nice but still kinda stupid It really craves for new skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkybot 3 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 I am trying right now to create a skill for Nanoleaf but I have no clue about Python so it will take some time. But after that I would go for Emby controls. I imagine I will find everything I need to call the REST API here: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/wiki? Wow extensive reading I found also the Python project. Any insights if this is still valid: https://github.com/mezz64/pyemby The last commit was august 2017 @@mezz64 still around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37045 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Not sure but a 6 month old library should still be OK, at least as a starting point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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