MMM-Sonos - To show what your SONOS is playing.

cohron

Guess I’m total noob but I havent figured out exactly how to install MMM-Sonos.

I’m confused on installing and running node-sonos-http-api part. Does it get installed on /usr/local/lib/node_modules (I dont have that folder) but I do have /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules.
MM is on rPI3b using the default installation from the readme but the the documentation on the api says i should install the latest nodejs. do i need to update/install? I went to https://nodejs.org/download/release/latest/ and it looks like 7.9.0 is the latest. i assume i install this on the MM rPI also. I’ll have to figure out how to git that too if so.
I have my mm.sh file that auto-starts MM using pm2. Do I add a line in the mm.sh file to auto run the api on boot?
my mm.sh
cd ~/MagicMirror
DISPLAY=:0 npm start

Snille

@cohron First you need to “install” the node-sonos-http-api. You can put the node-sonos-http-api on the RPi I think. I have not tried that. I have mine installed on another server. But just try it, do the following (obs I have not tried this):

cd ~
git clone git@github.com:jishi/node-sonos-http-api.git
cd node-sonos-http-api
npm install --production
npm start

Now, see if you can get your zones via the link: http://yourmagicmirrorip:5005/zones
If you do, you should be able to point your config to http://localhost
And you should see something playing, if it is playing. :)

Now you need to make sure the http-api is running all the time.
Use the same procedure as for the MagicMirror.
When you have the MagicMirror and http-api running type pm2 save (if you are using pm2).
Otherwise you have to add it to your startup manually.

I hope this helps a bit at least. :)

cohron

@Snille

All right, love trial and error. Got it all up and running on my MM rPI!!!
Through ssh pi@192.168.0.207 (my MM ip address)

cd ~ //which puts me at /home/pi
pi@magicpi:~ $ git clone https://github.com/jishi/node-sonos-http-api.git

cd node-sonos-http-api
npm install --production
npm start

verify, open a browser, point to your MM’s IP like so:
http://192.168.0.207:5005/zones
you should see a page full of sonos related text, if so the hard part is done…

create another pm2 script named sonos.sh in ~ directory
cd ~
sonos.sh file contents:
cd ~/node-sonos-http-api
DISPLAY=:0 npm start

pm2 start sonos.sh
pm2 start mm
pm2 save

now just do the normal git for the sonos module
pi@magicpi:~/MagicMirror/modules $ git clone https://github.com/Snille/MMM-Sonos.git

fill in your config, this is mine:
{
module: ‘MMM-Sonos’,
header: “Playing on SONOS”,
position: “top_center”, // This can be any of the regions, best results in center regions
classes: “default everyone”,
config: {
// See ‘Configuration options’ for more information.
showStoppedRoom: false,
showAlbumArt: true
}
},

I also copied your awsome custom css content!

Snille

@cohron So it’s working now? Congrats! Great work! :)

j.e.f.f

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brandongomez

Great module! I am new to all of this and have the module working as intended. I listen to SiriusXM, Google Play and Spotify through Sonos.

Google Play looks great and pulls the Artist and Track Title correctly. However, SiriusXM is sending everything together. Is there a way to format what SiriusXM sends me?

For example, if I go to http://IP_Address:5005/zones when using Google Play, I see… {“currentTrack”:{“artist”:“Aretha Franklin”,“title”:“Respect”,“album”:“I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You”,“albumArtUri”

But if I put on a SiriusXM channel, it looks like this… {“currentTrack”:{“title”:“BR P|TYPE=SNG|TITLE Cold Little Heart|ARTIST Michael Kiwanuka|ALBUM”,“albumArtUri”

As a result, the SiriusXM channel shows nothing for the Artist and “BR P|TYPE=SNG|TITLE Cold Little Heart|ARTIST Michael Kiwanuka|ALBUM” for the Track. Would love to get it to show something like “Cold Little Heart, Michael Kiwanuka” instead.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Snille

Hi! Hm… Looks like the SiriusMX information is not coming out in JSON format correctly from the SonosAPI.
I think you may have to contact Jimmi about this. Open an issue here: https://github.com/jishi/node-sonos-http-api/issues and describe your problem. As soon as the “output” is in correct JSON format, it should be working. Usually hes quick in fixing things. :)

Good luck.

Desaydrone

Hello,

I got two sonos (for now) but on my mirror i only want to show one of this two. I don’t find how to do that, is ti possible ?

yawns

@Desaydrone
I don’t have any Sonos devices. According to the read me, you can exclude zones, I guess that’s what you are after, right?

Just follow the download link in first post and scroll down to the bottom for options

Desaydrone

@yawns

Thaanks i didn’t see this options !!
THanks a lot

SuperSchenk

Thank you for your work @Snille! Got it working on my mirror yesterday. Works great!

Damian

@cohron

@Snille

Hello,

Can you please explian how and where to create the sonos.sh file?
And how to then add the rest into that file?

I’m having trouble understanding what you mean by placing a script in ~ directory…
And the next part cd~sonos.sh file contents:

Thanks

create another pm2 script named sonos.sh in ~ directory
cd ~
sonos.sh file contents:
cd ~/node-sonos-http-api
DISPLAY=:0 npm start

pm2 start sonos.sh
pm2 start mm
pm2 save

Damian

@Damian said in MMM-Sonos - To show what your SONOS is playing.:

create another pm2 script named sonos.sh in ~ directory
cd ~
sonos.sh file contents:
cd ~/node-sonos-http-api
DISPLAY=:0 npm start

pm2 start sonos.sh
pm2 start mm
pm2 save

Okay, so I opened up my directory… created a new file in /home/pi and named it sonos.sh… going by the jumbled up way things have been written in the example above, I have tried every combination to try and make sense of what it is saying to type into terminal

cd ~ sonos.sh file contents
sonos.sh

I will no doubt be going around in circles here trying to decypher the instructions, so can I ask anyone to please decypher this for me and tell me what and where to enter these? do I manually input them into the sonos.sh file? do I get terminal to enter them?
I a
l already set up PM2 over a year ago to autostart MM, and sure it was never as hard as this?

this is what I get when trying

pi@raspi:~ $ cd ~sonos.sh
bash: cd: ~sonos.sh: No such file or directory
pi@raspi:~ $ sonos.sh
bash: sonos.sh: command not found
pi@raspi:~ $ sonos.sh file contents:
bash: sonos.sh: command not found
pi@raspi:~ $ cd ~/node-sonos-http-api
pi@raspi:~/node-sonos-http-api $ DISPLAY=:0 npm start

> sonos-http-api@1.6.0 start /home/pi/node-sonos-http-api
> node server.js

2018-04-16T11:21:47.702Z INFO Could not find file /home/pi/node-sonos-http-api/settings.json
2018-04-16T11:21:48.670Z INFO Presets loaded: { example: 
   { players: 
      [ { roomName: 'Bathroom', volume: 10 },
        { roomName: 'Kitchen', volume: 10 },
        { roomName: 'Office', volume: 10 },
        { roomName: 'Bedroom', volume: 10 },
        { roomName: 'TV Room', volume: 15 } ],
     playMode: { shuffle: true, repeat: 'all', crossfade: false },
     pauseOthers: false } }
2018-04-16T11:21:54.317Z ERROR Port 5005 seems to be in use already. Make sure the sonos-http-api isn't 
    already running, or that no other server uses that port. You can specify an alternative http port 
    with property "port" in settings.json

npm ERR! Linux 4.9.35-v7+
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v6.14.1
npm ERR! npm  v3.10.10
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! sonos-http-api@1.6.0 start: `node server.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the sonos-http-api@1.6.0 start script 'node server.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the sonos-http-api package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node server.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs sonos-http-api
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls sonos-http-api
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/node-sonos-http-api/npm-debug.log
pi@papaspi:~/node-sonos-http-api $ pm2 start sonos.sh
[PM2][ERROR] script not found : /home/pi/node-sonos-http-api/sonos.sh
script not found : /home/pi/node-sonos-http-api/sonos.sh
┌──────┬──────┬────────┬───┬─────┬────────┐
│ Name │ mode │ status │ ↺ │ cpu │ memory │
├──────┼──────┼────────┼───┼─────┼────────┤
│ mm   │ fork │ online │ 0 │ 0%  │ 0 B    │
└──────┴──────┴────────┴───┴─────┴────────┘
 Use `pm2 show ` to get more details about an app
pi@raspi:~/node-sonos-http-api $

Damian

@Mods

Appreciate I have posted this twice in 2 seperate posts - but this one is FAO the Developer in his original post of 1 year ago, and to the poster who replied with his fix.

The other post goes to anyone here who can help me with making and executing a script, going by the example given for this module.

flopp

When I play TV sound on my Beam it will show up in Magic Mirror even if that it seems to be that is should hide

                // if Sonos Playbar is in TV mode, no title is provided and therefore the room should not be displayed
                var isEmpty = (artist && artist.trim().length) == 0
                        && (track && track.trim().length) == 0
                        && (cover && cover.trim().length) == 0;

flopp

@flopp said in MMM-Sonos - To show what your SONOS is playing.:

When I play TV sound on my Beam it will show up in Magic Mirror even if that it seems to be that is should hide

                // if Sonos Playbar is in TV mode, no title is provided and therefore the room should not be displayed
                var isEmpty = (artist && artist.trim().length) == 0
                        && (track && track.trim().length) == 0
                        && (cover && cover.trim().length) == 0;

I now have forked this and correct the problem and also done some small changes. Added radio station name when playing Radio. Showing artist and track when playing radio.
https://github.com/flopp999/MMM-Sonos

BD0G

Looks like I am missing settings.json under /home/pi/node-sonos-http-api. I went to magicmirrors IP address:5005/zones and saw the output from my sonos one time , but then on reboot I can no longer get the output to show up by visiting the above specified URL . I think it may be a result of this missing settings.json file.

Stoffbeuteluwe

@flopp when I play Apple Music from my Sonos, is no artwork showing, anybody same problem

BD0G

@cohron OK , Im getting somewhere. When I visit http://192.168.1.5:5005/zones after installing sonos-http-api and then doing npm install --production and then npm start. I do see a webpage of output information from my sonos device.

However, when I run my sonos.sh file after creating it like this

create another pm2 script named sonos.sh in ~ directory
cd ~
sonos.sh file contents:
cd ~/node-sonos-http-api
DISPLAY=:0 npm start

pm2 start sonos.sh
pm2 start mm
pm2 save

It does start sonos as noted here

│ id │ name │ mode │ ↺ │ status │ cpu │ memory │
├────┼────────────────────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┤
│ 0 │ MagicMirror │ fork │ 2 │ stopped │ 0% │ 0b │
│ 1 │ sonos │ fork │ 212 │ online │ 0% │ 2.4mb │

Then if I visit the same address (http://192.168.1.5:5005/zones) to see if there is still output . There is not!

I realize that the Magic Mirror is not started as I stopped it as I just wanted to see if there was still output on http://192.168.1.5:5005/zones

Sonos is playing when I visit http://192.168.1.5:5005/zones so there should be data being output.

BD0G

I finally solved this. Turned out I left out the tilde (~) in front of the /node-sonos-http-api within the sonos.sh file. So in essence the directory was never switched to execute the npm start command. So even though my PM2 status of running processes showed Sonos as a running process it was not providing the output data so that the module could display it