Alexa Voice Control for Lyrion Music Server

Hello and nice to see you.

You probably have just installed the Alexa Skill Roomskills Musiccontrol or found us on the Internet. Here is the right place to find out, how to use Alexa voice control to control your Lyrion Music Server (formerly known as Logitech Media Server).

 

 

Smart media players are great with all their possibilities, but what is needed as well are easy ways to control the players. At least I prefer to just use my voice or a button to adjust the volume instead of getting my phone, open the right app and turn the volume down – and this is where Roomskills kicks in. You can setup Roomskills to control your players by simple voice commands.

In order to control the players via Alexa you first have to set up the players in Roomskills and activate the right Alexa Skill. Below you find a description how this is done. Our service is compatible with all Lyrion or Logitech Mediaserver setups. Unfortunately Lyrion Music Server was not build with cloud in mind and so a small additional tool is needed to connect your local music server with our Roomskills service (‘Roomskills Local Connect’).

Roomskills Local Connect is available for

  • MS Windows
  • Apple macOS
  • Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Raspbian and RaspberryOS)
  • Qnap NAS Systeme (Intel and ARM)
  • Docker Container (Intel and ARM)

A detailed installation manual for Roomskills Local Connect can be found at

“Products > Roomskills Local Connect”

And now – have fun setting it up.