chef 3745 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) No way! I am a nerd who absolutely loves this thing! Totally worth it in my opinion  Edited March 28, 2021 by chef 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Cool, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3745 Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) @Luke I have a question about HLS audio streams. As I move forward with this custom skill, I think I'd like to add the ability to play theme song music behind the overview, when it is read aloud by Alexa. It looks like I need an api key to access HLS, however I cant build an api client in the custom skill to get a token because the skill is server side, and sessions only last 8 to 10 seconds. Besides creating a token in the API key section of the server, and hardcoding it into the HLS audio request... Is there another way of requesting an api key without creating a client. Can I create an API key through an interface, use it and dispose of it when my session ends? Edited March 29, 2021 by chef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3745 Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 Actually.. The HLS api key on the universal endpoint (if I am referring to it properly) seems to have a key specific to it already... There is a key provided in the web app that doesn't seem to change after reloading the server.  perhaps I need more testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjtech 4257 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 lol - not sure if that is cool or spooky ! Amazing practical applications though - I presume it is using sound direction as opposed to video tracking ?   Maybe it does both - if you move without speaking does it follow you ?     1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 @chef Which model is this? My Amazon Echos and Google Nest are getting jealous. That has a video camera as well doesn't it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3745 Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, cayars said: @chef Which model is this? My Amazon Echos and Google Nest are getting jealous. That has a video camera as well doesn't it? Yes! Echo show 10. This thing is amazing. It can see users, but it also senses human presence. Edited April 17, 2021 by chef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3745 Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 On 4/1/2021 at 4:23 AM, rbjtech said: lol - not sure if that is cool or spooky ! Amazing practical applications though - I presume it is using sound direction as opposed to video tracking ?   Maybe it does both - if you move without speaking does it follow you ?     It does, yes! LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all4dom 73 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I read an article today that amazon is fighting with ecobee. They are negotiating with ecobee about selling their products on amazon & they want ecobee to report more info through alexa even if nothing is going on. Ecobee said no & that would be intruding on customers privacy. The article also mentioned how amazon learns everything about a product then copies it & sells it cheaper. Amazon is truly the devil. I like alexa but if amazon keeps pushing it I'm thinking time to throw the bitch out. I can keep everything automated thru smartthings so no big deal. I'm also pretty sure sonos works with smartthings so I might be able keep some of my announcements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcoffee 2 Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 (edited) To answer the OP question...yes, it is just a gimmick. A horrible gimmick that tricked me into re-outfitting my entire surveillance, network, media system. But that's another story. The echo show (5,8,10) is perfectly capable of actually playing video from your Emby server yet still is only going to act as a middle-man (2021). I admit it is pretty cool to display your videos. NOT EMBY VIDEOS. It won't even list them, much less play them. If you already know what you have, then you can instruct echo (and ANY echo device for that matter, even a $35 Echo Flex) to play them on your Emby device, which is not the SHOW that is perfectly capable, btw. I really have no idea what this thread is even doing here, as the video has literally  NOTHING to do with Emby. POSSIBLY, it will find & display your Emby videos on another device if you already have it up and running. I know it will act as a remote control that way. If somebody can prove me wrong, and tell me how you can get your SHOW to play Emby videos AND/OR even show you what Emby videos you have for something else to play, I'm all ears. Edited May 10, 2021 by blackcoffee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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