Here's the latest podcast. New release schedule as in the Pin, one week following each release - https://hasspodcast.io/ha012/
Next time (in two weeks) we have @tranquil kernel as our guest!
#creator-connection
abstract pagoda
stable walrusBOT
skalavala is away: Chuck Norris can read from an input stream.
strong ridge
I was listening on YouTube while running to get dinner.. gonna wait for it to show up on Pocket Casts - my prefered method 😃
abstract pagoda
just showed up in PocketCasts for me 😃
strong ridge
Cool... now I have something to listen to on the way to work in the morning 😄
Wife never lets me listen to my "dork shows" whilst at home
abstract pagoda
my wife hates podcasts in general
strong ridge
yeah even talk radio makes mine nauceous in the car
but she's good to me occaisionally.... getting me a new car stereo with bluetooth so I can listen to my dork shows on the way to work on something besides my phone lol
abstract pagoda
nice. I go north to pick up my new car next week, built in bluetooth. Stoked
steep field
abstract pagoda
Cheers! New release schedule and new editing method (i.e no editing) should make them a lot more prompt
steep field
Cross posted it to G+ and FB too
granite skiff
Hello @abstract pagoda. RSS feed is not updating. And great episode as always.
lapis inlet
@abstract pagoda Thanks for the awesome podcast again!
Nevertheless, I have 2 points of feedback. 1) I think you guys not always talk positive about Hass.io, which is mainly caused by the lack of knowledge of it?
Maybe getting a little more experience with the platform might help.
- second. About securing, there are some more methods around. One of which is kinda interesting and forgotten a lot. Tor.
Tor is actually pretty easy, secure, doesn't require port forwarding, fixed IP's, Firewall configuration, DNS providers and does not even need SSL.
People mostly see the negative vibe around Tor (because of the "dark web") but actually it is pretty helpfull and usefull in many ways.
lapis inlet
@abstract pagoda I was re-listening to some older podcasts as well. It is funny to hear you guys talk about running Home Assistant in Docker. Have you ever considerd you could run Hass.io while still being able to use Docker as well? You can actually combine those worlds. Getting the easy add-ons, while still having the posibility of using other Docker containers on the same host?
paper scaffold
@lapis inlet you must be a hassio fan
lapis inlet
No a fan perse, I do however see it as an pretty nice platform for new users and maybe even sufficient for existing users. It is easier to get started, without the hassle of upgrades and stuff.
New users is eventually good for the platform and the growth of Home Assistant.
So I do see things in perspective. @paper scaffold. It almost feels like a AIO/Hassbian/Docker vs Hass.io competition sometimes, while some can actually co-exists
I hate the competition, since all of those methods have the same goal. Running Home Assistant.
There is no good or bad. Just choices.
paper scaffold
Yes but its like the step child HASSIO seems to always come up front and center
forest cosmos
The developers want to steer/push new users towards it, because it lowers the bar
I can't disagree with that goal, and the reasons behind it - though I agree that the messaging sometimes feels a bit "off"
From the discussions I've had, I get the impression that's not by design, just the nature of passionate individuals
lapis inlet
Yeah well... maybe my point must be: The message in the Podcast is "off" as well.
forest cosmos
And, I agree 100% with @lapis inlet in his previous statement - this is, and should remain, just choices. Unfortunately this is the kind of thing that people get emotional over, which leads to emotional language, which can result in things coming across in unfortunate ways
paper scaffold
Well sorry for my feeling but its just a impression.................... Hey we got HASSIO ......oh your on a manuel or hassiben
forest cosmos
The discussion I had with Balloob (in #devs_documentation-archived) was very much that he viewed Hass.io as the #1 choice to steer people towards, with Hassbian and virtual environment installs as the next 2 (in any order) - but that he didn't want the virtual environment install to go away
But, everybody brings their "slant" on this, with some people viewing Hass.io as the "one that must not be mentioned", and others viewing it as the golden child 🤷 People, what can you do 😉
flat ivy
@lapis inlet I agree with you that we should get better hands-on with it. Problem is we just use our normal home environments (like in my example that I use, it runs in my home lab on Docker) and as much as we want to, @abstract pagoda @blazing prawn and myself don't always get the chance to play with everything 😦 more just a matter of time than anything else. We all work long hours so it makes it a bit harder for us to get a chance to play with it. But like I said - I agree 100% that we should play with it!
lapis inlet
lol no method is the "golden child". There are only usecases and matching choices.
paper scaffold
Well we never had this issue when it was AIO or Hassbien .. it was considered just a diff type of install.....so what is the diff..... I personally feel the heartburn is the PUSH of Hassio
lapis inlet
@flat ivy Don't get me wrong... I'm not blaming or something. I myself work 50 hours a week and still try to contribute to Home Assistant, while having 2 kids and stuff... Time is sparse.
forest cosmos
@paper scaffold Putting a real world twist on it, it's like the difference between manual and automatic gearboxes. Hass.io is the automatic gearbox of Home Assistant - dealers (developers) push it because it makes it easier to sell cards (developers push it because it makes it easier to get started)
flat ivy
yep! I totally get it. and you're right; actually I'm pretty sure we've said in a couple of eps that Hassio is a great project to get the power of hass in a simpler package so that its less "techie dependant"
lapis inlet
@paper scaffold Hassbian & AIO are basically the same things. Hass.io is totally different in the way it runs things on the OS.
Second thing that is causing this imho is simply Change. We don't like change. People who are used to Hassbian/AIO and go try Hass.io are totally lost and have a bad experience.
paper scaffold
@lapis inlet @forest cosmos yes i know all that.... but I hear all the slack 10 or so pm's a day... hey hassio cant do this... It is too totally diff
forest cosmos
@paper scaffold And, that's slightly true. I think it would be more accurate to say we don't know how to do this on Hass.io
There should be little that can be done on Hass.io that can't be done on another install
paper scaffold
@forest cosmos that is not true at all
forest cosmos
It's just going to be harder, because it's newer, and less folks have learned, and documented, how
@paper scaffold I think all the add-ons that @lapis inlet has churned out show that it's mostly true
There are some things that we don't yet know how to do, but there should be very little that's really impossible
paper scaffold
So if i switched to Hassio my pi can run the fish tank gpio, rest and mqtt
forest cosmos
(I use "churn" in the sense of "OMG another day another add-on" 😉 )
@paper scaffold Yes, eventually
paper scaffold
along with one wire sensors
lapis inlet
Let me finish this up pretty simple. You guys might actually not know this (or maybe you do). I develop quite a bunch of pretty much used Hass.io add-ons, reason? I want to support newer users and the platform.
You know what would really shock you @paper scaffold @forest cosmos @flat ivy?
forest cosmos
@lapis inlet Not based upon your post history 😉
lapis inlet
The shocking thing is... I do not even use Home Assistant at all! So why should I care? 😛
forest cosmos
That's the same reason I've got Hass.io running in a VM - so I can support folks
@paper scaffold I know from forum posts that GPIO in Hass.io is possible, MQTT certainly, REST should be
So, no, it's not going to be easy, but yes, it really should be possible
paper scaffold
@lapis inlet dont get me wrong I am fine with hassio and all new developments and are thankful for anybodys help.... my main problems and what i get in pm is ** I feel pushed** other than that I am totally cool
lapis inlet
@flat ivy You are damn right.
forest cosmos
@paper scaffold Push back. I've been quite outspoken with the various devs about ensuring that not-Hass.io doesn't wither, and that some of the messaging leaves a sour taste.
paper scaffold
@forest cosmos AMEN..... thats all I am saying
forest cosmos
The responses have been positive, so far 😉
But, that's the basic thing - if you don't like what your hearing, tell people (politely and supportively - but tell them why)
Passionate people rarely understand that their message isn't being well received, because they're passionate
lapis inlet
@forest cosmos Like I was doing now 😉
forest cosmos
👍
paper scaffold
@forest cosmos I am not probably the best at explaining why.... work in law enforcement LOL
forest cosmos
So, you should have lots of experience in dealing with people who're resistant to listening 😃
paper scaffold
@lapis inlet nope dont think so LOL 😃
forest cosmos
I'm a parent, I've lots of experience at dealing with people who're not listening...
lapis inlet
I'm a manager of a company with programmars and stuff...
I do have a lot of experience 😛
ow and kids
😛
forest cosmos
Yeah, managing staff is not unlike dealing with kids - or maybe that's more a feature of the staff I have 😜
paper scaffold
Well maybe I have the point ... please hassio is not the only thing .... then I am happy LOL 😃
lapis inlet
Yeah well
in case of the podcast, my feeling was the other way around
so the balance is the thing I guess
forest cosmos
I think some of it is getting the official line (from Balloob etc) right about exactly how it all fits together - I believe that's coming
lapis inlet
We should remember that people are using Home Assistant... on different platforms. 😃
paper scaffold
Hey we got HASSIO for the simple installs and if you want to play we got THIS....
flat ivy
@paper scaffold - yep, that's usually what we try to do
forest cosmos
https://sgrudadh.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/which-home-assistant-install-is-right.html is within spitting distance of my understanding of the official line
(glosses over that if you're a developer, Hass.io may actually be for you - but if you need somebody else to guide you, you're probably not a real developer)
flat ivy
@forest cosmos perfect!
forest cosmos
Yeah, I wanted to keep it simple, and short, and avoid distracting people with too many words
flat ivy
might actually talk about it in one of the podcasts
paper scaffold
Hey the GUMBO is ready since i have stir the pot enough ..... line up for bowls
lapis inlet
@forest cosmos I've read your blog. Nevertheless, I do think it is not true. You know why? You can still run Hass.io on a "other" system and still do all the stuff with the system you want
forest cosmos
My spoon, it's not long enough @paper scaffold
@lapis inlet Oh yes, I've simplified things for sure
paper scaffold
@forest cosmos questions about spoon is TMI
lapis inlet
You can run an hybrid way, which is not pointed out ANYWHERE on the website
forest cosmos
As I said though, if people need somebody else to guide them on what to chose, apply the KISS principle
(and not the band)
forest cosmos
Otherwise you end up with the current install page, which lists every possible option, including ones that are known to be broken
paper scaffold
nobody wnats gumbo except @forest cosmos which he seems to have a short spoon 😃
flat ivy
man...now I want gumbo 😦
lapis inlet
I run Home Assistant for development purposes only and every install is actually different. My main development installation is an hybrid. Custom docker running Hass.io but also with some other Docker images (like portainer, and other debug stuff)
flat ivy
thanks guys
forest cosmos
@lapis inlet You're not the typical new user of Home Assistant 😄
forest cosmos
You're far more technical though
The typical new user I suspect is somebody looking at an alternative to SmartThings, Wink, etc etc
lapis inlet
Yeah but I really don't know how to build an automation 😛 Never done it. 😛
forest cosmos
Not somebody who can create add-ons, or somebody who can roll out server environments with Puppet/Ansible/Chef, or...
lapis inlet
@flat ivy You're welcome... I expect this discussion to make it into the podcast somehow, sorry about that :S
flat ivy
haha it probably will, I'm noting it down to bring it up in one of the next couple of podcasts
paper scaffold
I will play the devils advocate of manuel install LOL 😃
lapis inlet
@paper scaffold Ok, then I will force Hass.io upon you 😉
Loved this discussion guys! Thanks!
flat ivy
likewise!
lapis inlet
I'm not going to finish my new add-on I've worked on for a couple of weeks.
talking = no code
flat ivy
whats the add on if you dont mind me asking
lapis inlet
Pi-hole for Home Assistant
flat ivy
nice
paper scaffold
got pi hole.... whats taking ya so long LOL 😃
lapis inlet
Pi-hole was not build to run inside docker.
So that took quite some work. Also Pi-hole is based on Raspbian, I've been porting it onto other installation types, like in this case Alpine linux.
paper scaffold
I simply got this LOL
lapis inlet
Yeah those are the sensors, these will work with the add-on as well.
paper scaffold
and switch I can turn on or off
lapis inlet
yep that will work on the add-on as well.
The add-on is just a containized Pi-hole instance, modified to run inside docker & hass.io
which is the same as installing it manually
blazing prawn
Sorry guys just woke up here. Wow
@lapis inlet I see your passion for hass.io. I would love to move over to it. However at the moment it seems to be pi only.
I wrote a guide on how to install home assistant on a Synology NAS. https://philhawthorne.com/installing-home-assistant-io-on-a-synology-diskstation-nas/
That has helped a lot of people getting home assistant up and running there. Recently I've had a lot of questions about getting HASS IO up on a Synology. Unfortunately it seems the only official way is to run it on a Pi.
I would love to move over to hassio and start making some add-ons. Perhaps you could help me getting hassio running through a Docker install, so I can make a guide for that too?
The more people we can get running hassio the better. But right now I think hassio is still fairly new, and a lot of us already have home assistant up and running to justify moving over to hassio straight away
lapis inlet
You could use the "generic linux" installer on any linux system
For example: https://github.com/hassio-addons/hassio-vagrant (which is just simple Ubuntu running Hass.io and some extra docker containers)
This is the actuall bash script that installs it on a plain ubuntu: https://github.com/hassio-addons/hassio-vagrant/blob/master/provision.sh
(note: this installer also installs Netdata & de Portainer Docker image)
I use the above to develop add-ons. I also own a couple of other devices to test on (like some Pi's).
blazing prawn
Hmm yeah so the problem there is it installs stuff directly onto the NAS. Although Synology is Linux, there's a chance of bricking it which I'm always fearful of
lapis inlet
Well in that case, you'd always could go the docker in docker route (dind)
blazing prawn
Yeah that's where my head has been at
lapis inlet
Please, the installer in my example, is not for use on any system... it was meant for my Vagrant box. It is just an example and not an universal solution
Just to be clear on the subject here... 😉
blazing prawn
Ok! If you've got it running in a vagrant then it does give me hope
abstract pagoda
If I can run the installer on a VM on my high availability cluster, and maintain ssh access to the host, I'm much more interested
lapis inlet
But a DIND solution might work as well.. I currently do not own a Synology, so cannot test it
Yeah welll that provision.sh will run on a play "debian" like system
abstract pagoda
I will give that a go!
lapis inlet
but installs extra stuff.. just run the generic linux install on a plain VM running debian/ubuntu and there you go
abstract pagoda
Portainer and netdata are pretty handy anyway
blazing prawn
Yeah the DInD solution is one that I see a lot of people bawking at, which you've pointed out. I'll get back to the drawing board for now. Can I pm you for some advice in the future if I get stuck?
lapis inlet
and for playing around, the vagrant option I offer does the trick as well 😉
Yeah no problem, here to help. I will check if there is some unused Synology @ work that I can borrow
abstract pagoda
What's the difference between generic install and vagrant apart from portainer and netdata?
lapis inlet
that's it 😛
abstract pagoda
Awesome
lapis inlet
and it installs the requirements as well
like socat, dbus and stuff
but those are simple apt-get install's
My provision script just uses the generic installer of Hass.io inline: https://github.com/hassio-addons/hassio-vagrant/blob/eab44e48ce517539b6032cfe649424b0e45b5117/provision.sh#L124
sorry, wrong paste, corrected it.
@topaz haven The Vagrant box was created by me to play around and do add-on development. So having Portainer helps and Netdata shows me what is going on performance wise. My main goal was to be as close to reality as I could get. So it uses the original Hassio installers.
add-on development on Pi is just painfull and slow. This is local and quick.
abstract pagoda
Yeah nice. I'm a bit sick of the pi being slow so I was about to move to docker anyway. I'll give that script a crack
strong ridge
So, if I already have an Ubuntu serrver up and running, I could run the vagrant install and have hass.io running on my server instead of AIO on my Pi3?
lapis inlet
steep field
Hass.io has never been about the Pi. It has been our main distribution platform because it is so popular and easy to get started. Linux installation has always been right there on the installation page: https://home-assistant.io/hassio/installation/#alternative-install-on-generic-linux-server
formal dust
Hi all, thanks for the great podcast :-)
A short follow up concerning the Logitech Harmony Link, Logitech announced that every Link will be replaced, not only the one still under warranty:
http://blog.logitech.com/2017/11/09/update-will-replace-logitech-harmony-links/
flat ivy
woah! huge move by Logitech. I'll make sure to mention that on the next ep. That's def not what they said initially
good on them. Thanks for the heads up @formal dust !
formal dust
Yep, and that's also the nicest way for them to resolve this issue 👍
unique wasp
@blazing prawn @abstract pagoda Just listened to the latest podcast, I feel famous, lol. Thanks for speaking about security, it's defintely food for thought and has made me completely rethink my setup. Looking forward to seeing the work on Cloud Connect in the future as it sounds really exciting. Loving the show, keep up the good work!
abstract pagoda
@unique wasp we appreciated the topic suggestion!
lapis inlet
Ow that reminds me @abstract pagoda... Tor!
abstract pagoda
yep I saw you mention it 😃 I'll cover it in the feedback section next show
blazing prawn
hey @steep field I get what you're saying, but when 2/3 of the installation page are Pi specific/focussed, and the "General Linux Install" section starts off with "For advanced users", it does make it seem like (to me at least) that Hass.io is all about the Pi for now, unless you're willing to get dirty and remember that "some add-ons will not be available and the documentation might not work for your installation". It seems to be very biased towards Pi users. Which hopefully as Hass.io evolves, other platforms as well will become more popular to run it on, and we'll several installation platforms for Hass.io, like there is now for Home Assistant. Just my 2c
waxen quest
Really loving this podcast. Thanks for putting it together
abstract pagoda
Thanks @waxen quest!
hasty hearth
Only just come across this podcast, really cool! Thanks for your time to put it together!
cobalt gust
Hey, as always, great work on the pod! Ever consider asking listeners a question and discussing responses in the following cast? Like "What is your most fun/quirkiest automation?"(since everyone has some variation on a set-the-mood automation) or "What is your partner's favourite automation?" type of thing? I'm always interested in seeing what unique things people are doing in their setups
sullen laurel
@Phil Hawthorne#3390 #Pi4Life!
stoic flint
Just want to thank you guys for the podcasts. My 1 hour commute is so much more enjoyable while listining to nerds talking about hass.io
willow fossil
I definitely need to catch up on the podcasts! There are probably 2 or 3 new episodes that I need to listen to 😦
marble flint
Also love listening to the podcast. HomeAssistant moves so fast, it's a great way to keep up with new features as well as learn how others are using it. Keep up the good work!
flat ivy
glad you enjoy it @marble flint and @stoic flint ! thanks 😃
and @willow fossil we need to have you back on at some point too!
willow fossil
@rkaramandi#2653 I'd love to join you guys on another episode!
abstract pagoda
@willow fossil we had a question about IR, thought you might be able to talk about that?
willow fossil
All of my audio equipment is at the office now, and I've been spending a lot more time here lately, so it'd be perfect. The only downside...I moved my rack to the office as well, haha.
@abstract pagoda What might I be able to assist you with in regards to IR?
abstract pagoda
for some reason we thought you might know stuff, non-harmony IR control
we could have been wrong
willow fossil
I know a few things about IR, but I am no expert!
abstract pagoda
sounds like more than us
willow fossil
Lol
abstract pagoda
😃
keen for episode after next?
If you PM me an email address I'll send you a calendar invite so you can see when the recording time is
willow fossil
I've used LIRC on rpi and also programmed an Arduino for IR, but it's been many years.
Rec'd, thank you sir.
abstract pagoda
please RSVP if you're in 😃 That's our standard recording time but can change if needed
willow fossil
Mmmmm...I love Zoom!
abstract pagoda
Latest podcast is up - https://hasspodcast.io/ha013/ - Thanks to @tranquil kernel for coming on!
blazing prawn
Super quick @abstract pagoda
abstract pagoda
all I did was cut the start and finish off
blazing prawn
nice
strong ridge
Wow.. this week went by so fast I didn't even think about a new episode.. sweeeet
abstract pagoda
only recorded it a couple of hours ago. My new workflow is making podcasting much more enjoyable for me
tranquil kernel
@abstract pagoda @blazing prawn Thank you both of you! You guys made it so easy and interactive! 🙏
blazing prawn
Was great to have you on @tranquil kernel
abstract pagoda
absolutely! You were a natural
torpid mortar
Hi gang -- great last episode. I developed the Tile integration and wanted to provide some insight as to why I chose cloud polling, rather than direct BLE integration. My original use case wasn't for presence detection; it was more for automation on key "valuables" (e.g., if I left my wallet at work, remind me when I arrive home). I think it fits that use case well, as well as being generally useful for presence detection. That said, if demand is high enough, I may investigate either a "mode" concept (cloud or BLE) or a separate platform that uses BLE.
blazing prawn
@torpid mortar very nice! That use case fits perfectly with the way you've developed it
abstract pagoda
Thanks @torpid mortar! My comment was definitely just an observation, not a criticism. Definitely makes sense
torpid mortar
Not at all, @abstract pagoda! Just excited that you guys mentioned it and wanted to share. It was a great exercise in reverse engineering a non-public cloud API. 😉 Thanks so much for mentioning!
Side note, we don't have children yet, but if/when we do, I like the idea of sticking a Tile in a backpack, rather than giving them a full-fledged iPhone for presence detection. 😉
blazing prawn
Much cheaper to replace when they lose it, and less likely to get smashed/stolen in the playground
primal lance
just catching up on the last podcast episode... love some of the ideas you've got in your home @tranquil kernel
definitely taking notes about your pi bluetooth speakers around the house 😃
tranquil kernel
@primal lance thank you!
torpid mortar
@tranquil kernel Outstanding work! Are you satisfied with SimpliSafe overall? As newer systems like Abode have popped up, I’ve lamented not being able to do more with SimpliSafe (getting sensor values, etc.). Your thoughts?
strong ridge
Just finished listening.. very interesting.. gonna have to give it a second listen to catch anything I may have missed while paying attention to the road more than the podcast.
tranquil kernel
@torpid mortar Thank you! You are absolutely right.. I bought Simplisafe way before I had the Home Assistant, and I cannot complain as it provides decent amount of integration. Of course, I would love to get sensor readings (which door is open/close, motion as triggers...etc) as it is not something that is exposed currenty. I gave some fedback to the Simplisafe team, hopefully they will provide access to the sensor values in the future. Since I have my own motion sensors and multi sensors, I combine the data with Simplisafe.
torpid mortar
Ahh, very smart. I looked in the adding this functionality, but unfortunately, the SimpliSafe sensors don’t have their data reported it back to the cloud on a regular intervals; it seems like the base station has to be synchronized in order for that data to appear. Thanks for your input! Hopefully, they get back to you!
primal lance
@tranquil kernel are your automations on your github? I couldn't see them 🤔
tranquil kernel
@primal lance yes, I use packages. the automations are embedded in the files in the packages folder. https://github.com/skalavala/smarthome/tree/master/packages
primal lance
aaah, gotcha. thanks
viscid palm
@abstract pagoda The OpenMQTTGateway is a fairly simple and easy to integrate IR receiver,transmitter and optionally extender that works well with Home Assistant. It not necessarily only HA related but it might be interesting to interview the author of that project.
abstract pagoda
Nice! Thanks. I'll drop them a line
fervent rune
@tranquil kernel just listening to the podcast and I have almost the same multiroom audio setup. Except I run MPD & Snapcast on ALL the Raspi Nodes. So I can play something only in the kitchen from within HA with MPD or if the snapcast server starts playing and the kitchen is in the same group it automatically switches over to that and plays synced audio.
Just thought I let you know as it seemed to me that you only have snapcast clients on the nodes and no "real" media player
viscid palm
@fervent rune Do you have your config for you setup shared? Looking at re-implementing snapcast after moving and your setup seems like the ideal solution:)
fervent rune
I have my HA config over on github BUT there is nothing there which relates to this setup really. Only the media_player configs for the MPDs on the raspis
https://github.com/PhyberApex/homeassistant-config
I did plan to write up my setup for multiroom audio...(see empty multiroom.md) but haven't gotten around to do it yet.
The Snapcast server does provide multiple streams (called groups) to play on the clients...sadly this is not configurable with the snapcast component so far in HA. Maybe if I ever get around to it I'll take a look at that.
cobalt gust
That snapcast stuff sounds super slick. I've got all my multiroom audio done through chromecast but I have yet to fuck around with getting a single mpd instance to stream to my various chromecast groups. I wrote a mpd based jukebox webapp for my wedding that would be fun to be able to use at home
fervent rune
yeah it is really great for parties and stuff...to have music in all rooms synced up..walk from the living room into the kitchen to grab some food without missing any audio at all
cobalt gust
yeah, I'm pretty impressed with the chromecast syncing as it is, the one thing on my wish list though is some way to share the management of the play queue. The way I did it for my wedding app was first-in-first-out and then when the queue was empty, pick a random song that hadn't been played recently
tranquil kernel
@fervent rune interesting... do you play local media or spotify and other online content? How does it automatically switch over from mpd to snapcast? Is there a setting or configuration for automatic switch over? I have not tried it, sounds interesting... I mostly have local media (thousands of mp3z), the current setup I have with one MPD, is easy to access, if I have multiple MPDs, then I would have multiple URLs to remember.
fervent rune
well I have a media center (emby) which has all the music and I can play that to the different MPDs. There is no special setting needed at all. I am using a basic raspbian and installed snapcast client, mpd, and upmpdcli (https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/upmpdcli/) to let me control mpd as upnp player.
I have no idea why it works...it just does :D
warm veldt
After listening to the podcast, what the platform that was mentioned that was being used as a faster replacement for Raspberry pi?
strong ridge
@cliftondc#2360 pretty much anything
vast crest
@cliftondc#2360 NUC
warm veldt
@vast crest thanks!
ivory fern
Has anybody tried setting up the snapcast system similar to @tranquil kernel ? I set it up but any notifications/announcements I make over MPD stops music playback. I'm wondering if anybody has a fix for that.
sullen laurel
#Pi4Life
primal lance
definitely on my to do list but haven't done it yet
fervent rune
You mean you make an announcement in the mpd that the snapcast Server is listening on?
@ivory fern i dont know if this is not the way it's intended to be..
ivory fern
Yeah that may be possible, but I'd prefer if announcements just momentarily paused music playback.
@tranquil kernel is this the way it works for you also?
rustic python
I am also wondering how announcements work over MPD
I have mult-room audio set up and working just fine, now ready to add in HA voice announcements
fervent rune
Someone opened a feature request for this over at the forums a while back btw. https://community.home-assistant.io/t/media-player-mpd-support-for-snapshot-restore/24513
ivory fern
Interesting. I may look into that and submit a PR
abstract pagoda
@willow fossil @flat ivy hey guys, can we postpone to same time tomorrow? Technical issues 😦
flat ivy
I can’t tomorrow but I can on Sunday?
abstract pagoda
That's the middle of the work day for me
I'll send out a doodle later on and we can work out a time
Sorry!
willow fossil
I can do it anytime Saturday, or Sunday before 3pm (Texas time, GMT -0600)
flat ivy
Oo ok lets do a doodle and send it whenever
flat ivy
@ripe violet nope - today would have been the recording anyways - would have come out a couple of days later
ripe violet
ok
abstract pagoda
@willow fossil @flat ivy https://doodle.com/poll/kf88pz2pwimrzgw9
willow fossil
@abstract pagoda I’ve got my times in! 👍🏻
abstract pagoda
@willow fossil @flat ivy here we go https://doodle.com/poll/kf88pz2pwimrzgw9
willow fossil
Just to confirm, that is 36 hours from now?
abstract pagoda
yep. 6am for me
flat ivy
@willow fossil if you PM me your email, I'll update the calendar invite
and send you an invite
abstract pagoda
oh. I should do that. He's already on it 😉
flat ivy
oh - lol I just saw Paulus
abstract pagoda
that's the next one
flat ivy
oh oops lol
flat ivy
g'night!
abstract pagoda
Dedication: Getting up at 6am on a work day to record a podcast
Pretty sure all of us have done it now
willow fossil
I was prepared to wake up at 4am CST yesterday morning 😛
willow fossil
What is the topic of today’s recording?
willow fossil
@abstract pagoda @flat ivy I am standing by, ready when you guys are.
flat ivy
I’ll be ready in 5!
Also good q haha I did the whats new part let me double check if we got that in the show notes
willow fossil
Wake up @abstract pagoda !!!
abstract pagoda
yeah sorry... slept through my first alarm
willow fossil
There he is!
abstract pagoda
zoom link coming...
willow fossil
Haha, no worries.
abstract pagoda
be right back
flat ivy
kk
willow fossil
Take your time.
abstract pagoda
zoom has decided to install an update... 😐
flat ivy
haha
willow fossil
Not miiiiiine 😛
abstract pagoda
Latest podcast is up! https://hasspodcast.io/ha014/
Thanks to @flat ivy and @willow fossil
willow fossil
@abstract pagoda That was quick! Thank you sir!
abstract pagoda
you know what we could actually do if people still want a live stream is to use a discord voice channel
lapis inlet
Ow that would be awesome!
willow fossil
@abstract pagoda It's worth a try! 😃
lapis inlet
Great show guys! Really enjoyed it
@abstract pagoda I can't believe you've actually switched!
And a major thanks for all these kind / great words about my add-ons, nice to hear some user experience 😃
@willow fossil Cloud9 is actually opensource, ACE is btw developed by Cloud9 😉
ripe violet
I think I know what the new home assistant feature is
willow fossil
@lapis inlet Thank you for the clarification!
lapis inlet
No problem, it is running locally, so it is not using any of their cloud solutions
willow fossil
Sweet.
lapis inlet
About the UNRAID thing... I created note about looking into it. I've heard quite a lot of people asking about running Hass.io in it. Should be possible... maybe? dunno... Will check
willow fossil
I'd be willing to test it if you have any ideas.
lapis inlet
I need to check UNRAID first... I do not know anything about it at this moment.
There is a second case, Synology.
So I was thinking about a DinD constructions already (Docker in Docker)
willow fossil
Inception!
ivory fern
Were those teasers in the newest episode really necessary? I'm on the edge of my seat now and I don't like it!
hasty musk
I just listened to this weeks podcast (I listen during my commute, and it makes the drive so much better!), I really liked the format/segment where each presenter talked about what they've done (or tried to do) since the last podcast (or recently with HA if they're a guest /not a regular) I know you've done it in the past but this week it just kinda felt like its own thing and I liked it! it doesnt have to be planned or even a big thing, but we all tinker and it's great to hear about other peoples attempts: was it easy? was it challenging and what got them through (another member on discord, deep dive into manufacture docs?, luck?) I think it adds some extra content (each episode ends and I always wish it was longer! so more content is great in my opinion!) and the segment feels like a conversation (vs an update) ... great job to everyone involved as always and thanks again! and looking forward to more!
abstract pagoda
@hasty musk thanks for the feedback! I don't see why we can't include that, though I can't always promise we'll have something to report. I've been wondering about getting user stories in too, so bringing people into the show just for a bit about how they're using HA. Pre-recording a bunch even
hasty musk
@abstract pagoda oh man, user stories would be really cool too!
lapis inlet
@abstract pagoda In that perspective, creators of features might be something as well...
they might tell why they created an component or feature
I think that some of those reasons might actually surprise us as well.
cobalt gust
Yeah great show again! If you do end up wanting to talk to component creators, I can make myself available. I added the total connect alarm component and the dominos component. I've got another fun one I'm hoping to get into the next release or so, time permitting
abstract pagoda
agreed. I'm thinking I might submit a blog post about getting those kinds of people on to get people to put their hands up
@cobalt gust next podcast recording is Friday 22nd at 10pm GMT
flat ivy
@hasty musk Seconding @abstract pagoda - thanks for the feedback!! Glad you enjoy it
@Frenck#4484 definitely! Love that idea
@cobalt gust haha the dominoes component is great! I can't wait to try it haha
strong ridge
@cobalt gust The Dominos component is PURE EVIL!!!! My son would end up ordering pizza every night!
primal lance
how's that a bad thing? i'd do it if i wouldn't get in trouble with my wife 😬
strong ridge
Great podcast guys! +1 for the device list!!!!
honest canyon
another +1 for ep14
Product spotlights would be cool too, maybe using user reviews
strong ridge
@abstract pagoda When is that exra podcast with Paulus coming out?? 😃
abstract pagoda
haha. 3 days 6 hours ish
strong ridge
THREE DAYS?!?:!?!?!?!?!?! I was thinking it was tomorrow!!!!! 😭
abstract pagoda
scheduling 4 people in 4 different timezones is quite the challenge
strong ridge
so some BIG announcement re: HASS? Hmmmmmmmmm
abstract pagoda
happy to take speculation, and I'll shoutout anyone who gets it right 😛
strong ridge
@forest cosmos LOL.. that would make this Fat Man's day!
I would offer free SD cards with HASS to the masses and download each one individually
So.. either I got it wrong or @abstract pagoda has disappeared..
abstract pagoda
haha. I'm not commenting on any speculation
strong ridge
OOOHHHH.. shoutout on the actual Podcast.. LOL
abstract pagoda
😉
lapis inlet
@abstract pagoda Oooh... does it count if you shout out multiple things and got one right? 😛
ripe violet
@abstract pagoda I think the new feature being relesed is cloud allowing for easy setup of external things such as alexa
I also found component page hidden @abstract pagoda
blazing prawn
What happens if I "guess" it right?
silk cosmos
RE: Podcast 14. Light sensors that push. Check out mysensors. Loving that for anything sensor based. Motion, Light, Temp, Humidity, Pressure etc... Super cheap if you build yourself, and have complete control of the update frequency. Can update the light reading within a second easily. Just need to consider implications for battery life.
strong ridge
@ripe violet Holy Crap!! I think you are right!!!! I found the Component page for it too. WOW!!! I hope the one service shown on that page isn't the only one of that type that will be supported!!!!
ripe violet
@strong ridge ask alexa to open home assistant
they mentioned this on the podcast before when it was in beta
cant wait
strong ridge
I hope Google is going to be available too.. I can't get the current Google Assistant component to work
ripe violet
hope @abstract pagoda saw what i wrote
strong ridge
Tried every solution to the Can't connect error that is in the thread for it and none of them work for me
I'm sure he will.
abstract pagoda
I did. Like I said, not commenting on any speculation until the podcast 😃
strong ridge
Looks like he did
lol
so even IF 😉 that isn't the big announcement, that's gonna be an awesome feature
abstract pagoda
Agreed! I'm far too lazy to set up all the stuff required to get my echo working with HA
ripe violet
@abstract pagoda ok but it might be true especially sice you said so in your podcast a few weeks ago...
blazing prawn
@abstract pagoda the emulated hue built into HA isn't easy enough?
strong ridge
We went the Google Home route. We have 1 Alexa, but 2 GH's currently and 2 Minis are being delivered by Santa in a couple of weeks heh
ripe violet
and BTW my haska has just stoped working @abstract pagoda @blazing prawn I could never get my echo to see the emulated hue
blazing prawn
@ripe violet strange, my hue bridge via Alexa has been great. it took a couple of goes initially for Alexa to see it, but since then it has been rock solid. I have HA setup to only add devices to the emulated hue that I specify, so when I say "Alexa, discover devices" she doesn't come back with something like "I found 300 new smart home devices"
abstract pagoda
hahah. It should be more like "What, do you live in a mansion or something????" with that may devices
blazing prawn
I get funny looks from the SO when she responds with a high number of devices
ripe violet
after 0.59 I havent got haska to work
blazing prawn
Does haska require you to say something like tell the house to turn on the bedroom lights ?
ripe violet
no
@blazing prawn it shows up as a smart home device so i just say "Alexa, turn on the bedroom lights"
blazing prawn
oh, very nice
ripe violet
but it broke for me after 0.59 😦
blazing prawn
damn
blazing prawn
Luckily for me everything has been ok with the Hue bridge. Although looking at the git repo, climate control would be nice
There is a page, one sec
Are you using lamda for it?
ripe violet
yes
blazing prawn
if you go to AWS -> Lambda then into your Skill/Service, click the monitoring tab
then under Invocation Errors, there's a "jump to logs"
blazing prawn
glitch in the matrix
blazing prawn
I don't use SSL (don't shoot me, I know I know!) but found someone had created a HTTPS -> HTTP forwarder for HASS calls
that's how I got around those errors
but I use that for things like Alexa intent scripts, not haaska
ripe violet
i turned off verify ssl in my config aswell
ripe violet
wonder if there is a new version of hasska
unreal pulsar
Just popping in to say thanks for all the hard work on the podcast! I've been using home assistant for over a year and a half now, but having a podcast to listen to on the way to work has been great. I'm now going through all of the old episodes to see if there's any news I missed. Thanks!
abstract pagoda
podcast will be out in approximately 24 hours 😉
ripe violet
is there an official podcast schedule
abstract pagoda
We record the podcast on Friday evening GMT following each release
this one is a bonus
the details are all in the pinned messages
ripe violet
ok not every two weeks
abstract pagoda
usually every two weeks. This one is a bonus so there will be 3 in a row
abstract pagoda
Thanks!!
ripe violet
really excited for this friday
strong ridge
Cannot wait for this podcast!!!
flat ivy
😃 This should be a good one!
inner bison
maybe in some seperate messages
strong ridge
Has it been 24 hours yet? 😃
inner bison
4 hours lefft 'papa
strong ridge
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
abstract pagoda
we will have just started recording in 3 hours time
strong ridge
oh.. I thought y'all already did that
strong ridge
it's like Saturday or something for you
abstract pagoda
yep, 11:21am Saturday
strong ridge
at least you get to record at a decent hour for you this time 😃
ripe violet
is the podcast out?
blazing prawn
@ripe violet a couple more hours yet. Recording starts in less than an hour
blazing prawn
not yet, @abstract pagoda says it won't take him long to edit it, we just have to record it first 😄
strong ridge
@ripe violet You just wanna hear your name on the podcast lol
ripe violet
no I want to know when the update is out and all of the deitails of the cloud component
lol
strong ridge
lol me too!!
blazing prawn
I'm afraid we're going to disappoint you @ripe violet
Will you still listen to the podcast if it is not a cloud component?
ripe violet
yes
but why would it say cloud is in beta then on component page
and also it was said a few podcasts ago that palus was working on somthing like that to access HA externally
but I have listened to every podcast since the day the home assistant podcast started so I like every podcast @blazing prawn
blazing prawn
@ripe violet good 😃 I'm glad you're enjoying it. Will you come on an episode soon and share how you're using HASS?
ripe violet
maybe but we are renovating the house it is almost done we will move back in at the end of january then I will start automating again
blazing prawn
ooh fun!
I'm moving house sometime in the new year. I have started putting away some of my automation stuff into boxes. Its going to be a good few wekeends when I get to open that up again
abstract pagoda
so I did say I would start live streaming the recordings. Anyone around keen for that?
strong ridge
sure thing
abstract pagoda
sweet i will plan for that for the next one
ripe violet
podcast done yet?
abstract pagoda
ripe violet
did i interrupt the podcast when I asked if it was done?
abstract pagoda
I responded while someone else was talking
my internet is running like balls
13.6%
ripe violet
@abstract pagoda whats your internet speed
abstract pagoda
usually 1000/500
ripe violet
megabit
abstract pagoda
yep
ripe violet
why is it taking so long?
abstract pagoda
no idea
ripe violet
werid
abstract pagoda
lapis inlet
@abstract pagoda Thank you for this podcast, great to hear about the future
strong ridge
@abstract pagoda I gotta agree withthe 2 above me.. great as always
sacred hare
That's so exciting! I put my setup on hold because I gave up on SSL
when/where can I sign up? i thought it was already active
abstract pagoda
It will be with the release of 0.60 which I think is out today
sacred hare
Aw right. You said Dec 16th, I forgot it requires the actual release! I guess I will just get everything else ready and look again after dinner
time to finally get this Z-wave thing working 😃
abstract pagoda
woohoo!
strong ridge
I've been pacing all day waiting for .60 to drop heh
abstract pagoda
I'm working 😢
strong ridge
Well, so far you have missed NOTHING 😢
abstract pagoda
Well, that's better http://beta.speedtest.net/result/6886517637.png
strong ridge
What was it running earlier when you were having a hard time uploading the podcast?
abstract pagoda
About 10/1
strong ridge
OUCH
abstract pagoda
yep
livid ice
Can you not say Alexa 15 times in a podcast?
flat ivy
Sorry! We've been trying to get better at that 😦
abstract pagoda
I think it was mostly @steep field 😉
flat ivy
haha I think @abstract pagoda @blazing prawn and I are getting better but we still slip up once in a while. guests - we can't really help; we have to have a pep-talk first I guess 😛
strong ridge
If you start live streaming it, one or more of you should have discord open for listener comments during the stream 😃
strong ridge
then things like Alexa 15 times could be caught LOL
you only have to actually comment on relevant posts to the chat
abstract pagoda
true
strong ridge
also, is it possible to bump up the line level of the podcast? it's much softer than other podcasts I listen to.
abstract pagoda
interesting. It gets levelled to -16 LUFS which is the standard
I'll try -14 next time
strong ridge
odd... maybe some of the others do that too
abstract pagoda
OK I'm off to bed. Just finished a go-live. 4:30am here, next booking is 7:30am 😢
steep field
ah oops, sorry about saying Alexa in the podcast 😦
paper scaffold
you lost a GOLD ⭐ LOL 😃
strong ridge
bad @steep field, baaaaaaad
prisma badge
Only just getting round to listening to the podcast episode, but man.. I needed to mute my Echo 😛
flat ivy
haha - for anyone listening, please mute your Echo first 😛
limber monolith
@abstract pagoda you can do what other podcasts do and bleep the “Alexa” and “Okay/Hey Google”.
Though, it will obviously take more time to edit.
willow fossil
I think it is actually possible to adjust the audio on the recording to prevent Alexa from detecting. Amazon does it on their commercials, but I don't know how.
abstract pagoda
I'll look into it. I'd rather not manually edit if I can help it
cinder marten
Many tech podcasts that discuss/demo voice activated devices just warn you before they get into it so that people can turn off the mic on their devices or grab headphones
raw leaf
Just wanted to pop in and say: great job on the podcast!
abstract pagoda
Thanks @raw leaf !
Would anyone like to jump in on the last podcast episode for the year? 0.60 discussion and christmas wishlissts. Time is in the pinned message @flat ivy
lapis inlet
Hmm... ok Christmas party @ the office this friday
not sure about the times though
will check it tomorrow
abstract pagoda
sweet
lapis inlet
That if you'd like me to join of course
abstract pagoda
absolutely
summer forum
awesome hey google, play homeassistant podcast
blazing prawn
@summer forum I also like Alexa, play the latest episode of the Home Assistant podcast
versed umbra
Great podcast guys. You've made my dishwashing experiences a whole lot better
I also love the cloud thing. I was wondering if/and when it would come and thank you for bringing it to my attention.
strong ridge
@versed umbra The HASS Cloud is available in Configuration as of v 0.60
versed umbra
@strong ridge Yeah, I meant to say I heard on the podcast it was in 0.60
strong ridge
It looks pretty cool. I have our Echo connectedd with it now and it seems to work well, although it opens up everything to Amazon, not just the stuff you allow. I can't wait for new integrations to come along as we are a Google Home house, not really into the Amazon ecosystem
shut skiff
I just connected HA Cloud & Alexa. It couldn't be any easier! Great work by the Devs on this one for sure. I was telling Alexa to turn lights on/off within about 5 min. So great!
abstract pagoda
Hey folks. We're live over in the general voice channel
lapis inlet
And that's a wrap
strong ridge
So where is the new Podcast? It was "a wrap" on Friday. 😃
abstract pagoda
It's all uploaded but I haven't gotten around to doing the show notes yet
Christmas and stuff 😛
brittle dock
I do a lot of work in AWS, and I wanted to help out with Hass cloud. I noticed they are using Cognito, so I can only assume your doing a the rest in AWS too.
abstract pagoda
#devs_core-archived is probably the best place for you 😃
brittle dock
I did ask there, but got pushed below the fold pretty quickly. Is there an email I could reach out too?
abstract pagoda
I think there's an address at the bottom of the website
brittle dock
Sent an email to hello@
abstract pagoda
for some reason I can't login to the podcast site to post the episode... working on it
flat ivy
...oops
versed umbra
You really got to me with the product database idea: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant.github.io/issues/4295
abstract pagoda
Thanks! I was all geared up to do something about it then I got busy with life...
lapis inlet
@abstract pagoda Thanks again for having me. I really enjoyed it 😄
empty orbit
Regarding podcast #16, there was mention of how to capture IR. I can confirm that using mysensors is a possible solution here. I personally use an esp8266 as the mysensors to mqtt gateway. I have a mysensor node with IR receiver to capture some specific IR codes from a Denon AVR home theater remote control, which eventually makes its way into HA via mqtt. In HA, automations triggered from IR codes are used to control lighting scenes in home theater room. Technically not "automation", but more of a convenience thing being able to control the lighting + audio from one remote.
abstract pagoda
Helpful, thanks! Will put that in the next podcast
waxen quest
Hi guys! I just wanted to let you know that I love the podcast and that I think you do an amazing job! I'm always looking forward to the next episode. Keep on recording! 😃
summer forum
@abstract pagoda When is next Podcast?
strong ridge
In a week. Comes out between hass releases
digital juniper
Would be nice to see in the podcast a chat with someone that is actively using multiple hass instaces interconnected to get more insight of current state and the challanges faced along the way
blazing prawn
if anyone is in that boat, I'd love to pick their brains
digital juniper
Another subject of interest is presence detection with multiple devices
Maybe someone will volunteer 😃
blazing prawn
Have you seen this sensor? https://home-assistant.io/components/binary_sensor.bayesian/
It's a way to use multiple sensors/device trackers to work out the probability of someone being home. For example, if someones phone, keys and car are at home, then there's a good chance they're home. But, if they've got their phone and keys, but the car is at home, there's a lower chance of them being home (they've gone for a walk) etc
digital juniper
Haven’t seen that one
vale dock
@blazing prawn The Bayesian sensor works very well. I tried to explain it https://community.home-assistant.io/t/best-implementation-strategy-for-bayesian-binary-sensor/22673/15?u=arsaboo
great way to combine multiple sensors
flat ivy
@digital juniper we actually had an ep where we chatted about presence - have a listen to that if you haven't already
digital juniper
thanks @flat ivy . Do you know which episode that was?
merry kiln
First off the the podcast. I started to download them but it looks like episode 10 will not download correctly. Anyone else seeing this?
blazing prawn
@merry kiln what sort of error are you getting? Are you downloading them from the website directly?
merry kiln
It starts to download and then passes the 18 mb file size that is reported on the site and fails. Yes I have tried from both the rss feed page and the main page. Both do the exact same.
blazing prawn
Downloaded OK for me. strange
merry kiln
Thanks phil. Just tried again and it is stalling at 30.3 MB
Tried using internet explorer and it is only downloading the first 15:41 seconds.
abstract pagoda
this week's podcast is uploading
strong ridge
Sweeeeeeeet
ripe violet
@abstract pagoda great job on the podcast
abstract pagoda
@ripe violet thanks! Couldn't do it without @blazing prawn and @flat ivy !
Anyone keen to be a guest on the next podcast?
ripe violet
maybe one day
but not yet we have to move back into our house then I will be able to setup home assistant
vale dock
Great job guys...just finished the last episode!!
flat ivy
thanks @vale dock !
summer forum
@abstract pagoda I'd be up to attend, I'll be in Portsmouth, NH on the 2nd with work so hopefully the hotel wifi will be ok
abstract pagoda
@summer forum awesome! If you send me an email address, I'll send you a calendar invite 😃
summer forum
done
signal lodge
Yay! new episode! Thanx guys!
echo terrace
He Guys, i love your Podcast! Simply awesome, best Podcast I'm listening so far.
flat ivy
Thanks! 😃
fickle pewter
@abstract pagoda In a couple weeks I'd be up for talking about a lot of the fun things I have been doing with the Snips local voice assistant lately. By then the updated hassio addon should be out and I should have a blog about getting started with Snips. With the updated addon, just adding mosquitto, snips and a usb microphone and you can turn lights on and off and add things to the shopping list and get tts responses back.
abstract pagoda
@fickle pewter sounds great!!
minor nacelle
enjoys saying zed-wave
serene lion
Hi!, I really enjoy the podcast guys..... I've been due to tell you.. 😃
strong ridge
@abstract pagoda new episode tomorrow? Doing the show live in general voice chat again?
abstract pagoda
recording in about an hour
strong ridge
Not live in discord this week? 😭 I missed it the last time you did it. Lol
ripe violet
when's the podcast coming out?
frozen flower
Not sure, but I usually listen on my way to work on Monday
abstract pagoda
editing it now
hushed scroll
Dan do you have any stats about how many people listen to your podcasts?
abstract pagoda
about 4000 or so
hushed scroll
wow, not bad
abstract pagoda
abstract pagoda
you get used to it 😉
strong ridge
Good podcast! Got to listen today to and from work
strong ridge
What, if any android apps are you folks using to listen to podcasts? I am currently using Pocket Cast and I am convinced it is a HUGE resource hog or has something wrong with it. My phone runs fine until I open it and then my phone runs like crap until I reboot
strong ridge
I have a Nexus 6 so maybe Pocket Casts requires something more recent
with a little more power
blazing prawn
Tunein Radio app?
If you add Home Assistant Podcast to your favourites on Tunein, it will automatically download new episodes for you
summer forum
I use podcast addict
strong ridge
Thanks guys!
ripe violet
awsome podcast
cobalt gust
Hey, would it be possible to submit the podcast rss to google music? looks like it's pretty straighforward: https://play.google.com/music/podcasts/publish?u=0#
cobalt gust
Ah! sweet, found it
It doesn't show up when you search Hass podcast but it does if you search Home Assistant
echo terrace
@strong ridge maybe give castbox a try. I recently switched over from pocket casts. Works great. Looking Forward for the new Episode
strong ridge
@echo terrace I'll check that out. Thanks!
Switched back to Podcast addict but performance hasn't really improved
ripe violet
Podcast Today?
abstract pagoda
tomorrow, just Rohan and Phil, I'm away at a Queen concert
strong ridge
pffft.. ain't Queen without Freddie
flat ivy
Dang!! Queen - that’s awesome!! Have fun @abstract pagoda
open flume
On the last podcast you guys discussed monitoring washing machines and kettles with a smart outlet. Which ones do you use as I’m looking to do something similar. Thanks
blazing prawn
open flume
Perfect. Thanks
tranquil kernel
@blazing prawn I love your web site, and attention to the details for every one of those wonderful articles with code, pictures and comments! I created a HassBot command for you, you can simply invoke it anywhere on this discord server using the command ~philhawthorne. go ahead and try it 😃
stable walrusBOT
Phil Hawthorne's Github can be found at https://github.com/philhawthorne and you can find Phil's wonderful Home Automation site at https://philhawthorne.com/homeautomation/
blazing prawn
@tranquil kernel that's awesome!
half plaza
Nice!
tranquil kernel
@blazing prawn I have recently moved everything to docker... I love the way how you did the Dockermon.... totally stealing that! 😃
blazing prawn
Nice! I love Docker. @flat ivy and talked about our love for it on this mornings recording as well haha. Dockermon has worked out very well for me so far. Much easier to reboot Home Assistant now :)
Next up to automate the upgrade process
tranquil kernel
that would be fantastic.. I use docker-compose, and certainly made it easier...
blazing prawn
Yeah Docker compose is awesome. I'm a bit worried of installing anything straight to the Synology NAS though incase I brick it, otherwise I'd be all on that too
tranquil kernel
ok... I didn't realize you are running it on your NAS. I got a new Dell Server, and setup ESXi, and installed Docker on Ubuntu VM.
blazing prawn
ooh fancy!
tranquil kernel
that's where the @stable walrus is hosted now... fun stuff!
flat ivy
@tranquil kernel you consider swarm at all?
tranquil kernel
@flat ivy I installed docker swarm, definitely love it. My use case is around the multi-room audio system, and I have one image that I use to deploy to all RPis
did not realize how easy it is to setup docker swarm... hardly 2 commands, and I am all set!
flat ivy
Nice!! Yeah it’s great
I’m making a post on how to get it going and some caveats and such
I have it going between my house and a server I have at my parents house for redundancy
tranquil kernel
great! I'll keep an eye on it... that's cool... you got it load balanced between two houses/networks?
flat ivy
Kind of - there’s some things that I can’t (because of Bonjour / mDNS) but it’s more around MQTT redundancy
tranquil kernel
ah, I see! Please share the link when you are done...
flat ivy
Def will
tranquil kernel
do you have a blog that I missed? Maybe I should add that link to our @stable walrus for easy acess
tranquil kernel
@flat ivy this command ~rkaramandi is your's 😃
tranquil kernel
It's the content that matters... It is always great to learn other's setup and experiences
flat ivy
~rkaramandi
stable walrusBOT
Visit Rohan Karamandi's Github at https://github.com/rkaramandi and follow his Home Automation blog at http://www.karamandi.com/
flat ivy
thats neat! thanks lol now to make those posts 😛
tranquil kernel
good luck!
flat ivy
thanks!
blazing prawn
reminds me I have one I need to publish tomorrow!
flat ivy
nice
blazing prawn
@tender gulch thanks!
tender gulch
@blazing prawn I think we really need a wiki for hardware, kind of like what the Linux questions forum did years ago
flat ivy
Agreed!!
blazing prawn
@tender gulch yeah totally. There's so much out there now
tender gulch
@blazing prawn i guess what people do is look at the components list and work backwards :)
strong ridge
I've started a wiki kinda with the idea of getting it going but not sure is will do the job the right way
flat ivy
Haha @blazing prawn and I may or may not have done that live on tonight’s ep 😛
flat ivy
Nice @strong ridge I’ll check that out
tender gulch
@strong ridge me too
blazing prawn
@strong ridge that's awesome
strong ridge
nothing on it yet.. just set it up this week, but I figured with it being Github it would be easy for anyone to add to it
flat ivy
Good call
strong ridge
Just made some changes that should make it more clear
tranquil kernel
@blazing prawn hey there! the dockermon is absolutely awesome... thank you! It took me literally 2 minutes to set that up.
I think you are missing a couple of \ at the end of each line at https://github.com/philhawthorne/ha-dockermon#docker-recommended
blazing prawn
@tranquil kernel awesome!
tranquil kernel
minor thing, but those who are not famillier with docker may run into issues
blazing prawn
Thanks! Will update that right now
tranquil kernel
I use docker compose, and here is what I have in my docker-compose.yaml file ```yaml
docker_mon:
image: philhawthorne/ha-dockermon
container_name: ha_dockermon
restart: always
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
- /path/to/config:/config
ports:
- 8126:8126
Nice! I'll add that to the readme as well!
tranquil kernel
great! here is my complete docker-compose file... https://www.hastebin.com/nitawohema.rb
blazing prawn
Just updated the readme 😄
tranquil kernel
awesome... just wondering, you didn't specify the network to host... ?
blazing prawn
For Dockermon?
Because its just a simple service, I find it only needs one port exposed. Doesn't need the full host network
tranquil kernel
ah, I see...!
strong ridge
@tranquil kernel if you set network: host, do you still need to expose specific ports?
isn't that what host does?
tranquil kernel
no - the host basically tells the container to use the same IP instead of having a new docker IP address....
strong ridge
ahhh
I am trying to move all my individual containers over to compose but I'm skairt I'm gonna screw it all up lol
strong ridge
I guess I am mainly afraid that I won't be able to get the current containers set back up if something doesn't work... don't know if I remember correctly how I started them in the first place lol
tranquil kernel
ok... keeping the notes/docker commands in a file until you feel comfortable is always good practice.
strong ridge
yeah.. I am figuring that out.. on the good side.. I just found a bunch of bash script I copied/made to start them
blazing prawn
haha I have a whole page in my OneNote with all the docker run commands I used to originally start them, cause I know I'll need them again
tranquil kernel
you might be able to get some of the runtime information by running docker inspect IMAGE_ID command
you may be able to recreate the command 😃
blazing prawn
yeah docker inspect is awesome. You can also use the container name if that's easier like docker inspect home-assistant
strong ridge
ok.. cool.. I'll try that!
tranquil kernel
what images do you use now? @strong ridge
you will probably find the commands easily
strong ridge
home-assistant, dasher, minecraft, Ombi, Muximux, transmission, node-red, glances
tranquil kernel
never heard some of them 😛
strong ridge
tried adding Sonarr and Radarr too but had problems so I am letting those wait until I can sort it out
Ombi and Muximux are for my Plex
trying to get mosquitto added
tranquil kernel
glances is built-in home-assistant, you can use the glances sensor out of the box
strong ridge
oh
tranquil kernel
its been there since version 0.20
strong ridge
hmmm.. I stopped the glances container and now nothing is showing up in hass
all the sensors I have are showing unavailable
glances sensors, that is
restart it and sensors are back
blazing prawn
@strong ridge what areOmbi and Muximux for?
strong ridge
Ombi lets people request stuff to be downloaded for the Plex and Muximux gives me one webpage for all my Plex and associated programs
blazing prawn
ooh
strong ridge
So one of my kids can go to the Ombi webpage and search for Harry Potter and then select the one they want and Radarr will automatically get it for them
blazing prawn
That's what I need!
strong ridge
and add it to the Plex when downloaded
blazing prawn
Excellent
strong ridge
yeah.. it's cool
blazing prawn
more things for me to install 😄
strong ridge
Muximux is just a nice interface for running iframes
blazing prawn
I see, so you could just have Ombi as an iframe panel inside Home Assistant?
I currently have Sonarr and Radarr added like that
strong ridge
yes
or have a muximux panel in HASS with all the media related stuff in Muximux
we should move this to #the-water-cooler
echo terrace
Is the new Episode already available?
blazing prawn
Episode has been recorded. @abstract pagoda needs to edit it and upload it. Shouldn't be too far away
frozen flower
@outrun0506#9483 nothing yet
strong ridge
😮 @abstract pagoda Just saw your tweet. Hope all is well!
ripe violet
@blazing prawn when will the podcast be released
blazing prawn
@ripe violet Dan will hopefully get a chance to edit it soon and then publish it
blazing prawn
Unfortunately, yes. Hopefully he'll come on in the future
summer forum
I thought that once you were in hass you were in hass for life
flat ivy
@summer forum sounds like a cult!
strong ridge
IT IS!
flat ivy
haha
strong ridge
so what's up with the podcast for this week? is it coming out?
abstract pagoda
sorry team. I'm editing it right now
abstract pagoda
It's up now. Sorry about that. This kinda showcases why I'm taking my leave from podcasting
granite skiff
Great episode! You guys rock as always!
olive bloom
Looks like the SSL certificate on the origin server has expired. Cloudflare refuses to fetch new pages.
abstract pagoda
@blazing prawn ?
blazing prawn
oops
olive bloom
I hate it when that happens 😃
blazing prawn
We're in the process of moving some servers around, so guess my host is taking its time updating the cert
http://hasspodcast.io (without SSL) should work for now
olive bloom
Ha, my first guess was automated letsencrypt that failed, somehow..
It seems like the download links redirect to HTTPS
blazing prawn
haha of course they do 😄
olive bloom
actually, ```Not Found
The requested URL /podcast-download/94/ha019.mp3 was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.```
abstract pagoda
permalink issue perhaps?
blazing prawn
yeah, there's no htaccess, Will get WordPress to generate one now
olive bloom
I tried to append another parameter to URL to try to bypass clooudflare cached object, and got the same sort of error. so probably wordpress is trying extra hard by default to make sure everyone is secure and encrypted. Or something. It never ends, eh?
blazing prawn
Haha, yeah the site URL is set to HTTPS
One of the certs just generated, so hopefully it generates before I push everything over to HTTP
olive bloom
By the way, thanks for the great podcast! I feed badly complaining that the free thing I want is broken.
blazing prawn
you're most welcome. I'm rather pleased that you were so quick to jump on it and say it was down
olive bloom
Just the luck of the draw, I suppose. I work in the ops team at $WORK, and I'm usually on the other end of this experience, after the fire is already shooting out of whatever busted. So a rather novel change for me, with the shoe on the other hand.
Funny that at work we've just gone through a painful certificate replacement process, trying to find all the places it happens to live. Gets better every time through.
olive bloom
@blazing prawn - yay, seems to be working now
blazing prawn
@olive bloom still got SSL issues, but at least people can download it now over HTTP while they get fixed 😃
olive bloom
right, I was still on the http:// page when I tried it
ah, I see the self-signed cert
just tell people when they see the warning in chrome to type badidea
blazing prawn
Wow that's awesome
olive bloom
a real time-saver
blazing prawn
yeah
strong ridge
that is awesome!!!
blazing prawn
@cobalt gust or someone else, do you mind sharing the URL to the Google Play Music link for the podcast? Won't let me find it in Australia 😦
summer forum
@abstract pagoda @blazing prawn I has Toaster Integration 😃 for each side
Tumble dryer is next
summer forum
@blazing prawn @abstract pagoda http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9096080/Organised-crime-routinely-jamming-GPS.html
from HASS 18
I knew i wasnt just making it up.
solar ingot
@blazing prawn do you mean this link? https://play.google.com/music/m/Izzzujgzgic3a5zyn6a23wxf3ra?t=Home_Assistant_Podcast
blazing prawn
That looks like it! Thanks @solar ingot
solar ingot
yup np 😃 just realized i was not signed up for new notifications lol
blazing prawn
@summer forum wow that's cool. Makes sense. Esp with so many cars now having built in GPS and tracking
vast crest
@olive bloom Thanks, I had never heard of badidea before 😂
ripe violet
Awesome Podcast
blazing prawn
Thanks @ripe violet
flat ivy
thanks @ripe violet!
shut skiff
howdy! (cowboy joke)
merry kiln
Har Har Har! (Pirate joke)
blazing prawn
New Episode of the Podcast is up, talking about 0.64
Special shout out to @abstract pagoda who is leaving the podcast. Thanks for starting this thing, @flat ivy and I will be sure to keep this thing going!
abstract pagoda
I sound different without my fancy microphone 😛
solar ingot
how long does it normally take for the podcast to hit google play music?
blazing prawn
Should be within 24 hours I believe
strong ridge
Good podcast, guys! As always
flat ivy
thanks @strong ridge
ripe violet
great podcast @blazing prawn, @flat ivy and @abstract pagoda
@abstract pagoda will you come back to the podcast?
flat ivy
thanks @ripe violet
ripe violet
I always listen to the home assistant podcast while editing my config files
flat ivy
nice! better than doing it while shopping for HA stuff 😛
flat ivy
heh that's how you spend too much $ 😛
blazing prawn
The Home Assistant components page is my shopping list
ripe violet
Its true
I always check the components page before buying somthing
I found out about the broadlink remotes after looking through the components page
solar ingot
every one should also look at the list once or twice too lol
hushed scroll
So what is the current status for HA podcasts? They are paused now?! Do we have a new moderator?
strong ridge
@hushed scroll I believe Rohan and Phil have taken over
blazing prawn
hey @hushed scroll @strong ridge is right, @flat ivy and I will be keeping the Podcast alive
hushed scroll
ah cool 👍
blazing prawn
If anyone wants to come on the next podcast episode, we'll be recording in a little over 12 hours time
solar ingot
@blazing prawn I just noticed that 0.64 is not on google play music....was trying to listen to it earlier today on there
latest looks to be 0.63
blazing prawn
So annoying! Each Podcast platform seems to update Podcasts at their own (strange) rate.
TuneIn didn't update for quite some time, then all of a sudden it did
solar ingot
wow really?
you would think they would just publish once ready
or run a nightly job
blazing prawn
You'd think. All Podcasts are based on RSS, so each service needs to read each Podcast RSS every so often. I think Apple checks our RSS once every 24 hours, Pocketcasts is once an hour, TuneIn who knows, and now Google might be once every 2 weeks or something
solar ingot
wow ok, I never really listened to podcasts before but I like this one lol maybe I should try another app lol
blazing prawn
Unfrotunately I don't have access to Google Podcasts (because people outside of the US don't listen to Podcasts, right?) so if it doesn't update soon, I'll get Paulus to take a look
solar ingot
wow really? I hate when they do that
blazing prawn
Geoblocking is the worst
solar ingot
yea it is very limiting
flat ivy
@solar ingot - until we figure out what's going on, http://hasspodcast.io 😃
and I believe we're on Stitcher and TuneIn now as well so theres some possibilities
blazing prawn
Alexa, play the latest episode of the Home Assistant Podcast
flat ivy
^ ive done that and that works too! 😃 +10 points
solar ingot
thanks @flat ivy 😃
flat ivy
😃 anytime! I haven't used Stitcher myself (literally just downloaded it since I mentioned it to you) but I hear good things
strong ridge
YAY! New Podcast!
flat ivy
😃
Folks - for those listening on Google Play, we're having some slight issues on that right now...working with Google support to get it resolved. Hopefully soon.
blazing prawn
Haha, @livid ice it is very hard not to say her name, we've slipped up a couple of times already
livid ice
It's SO annoying. I actually have podcasts now baiting Alexa
it's appreciated that you guys are trying.
blazing prawn
Really? What do they try do?
livid ice
"Just say 'Hey Alexa, play ______ podcast."
this was in an ad for another podcast on their network.
blazing prawn
oh wow, of course
blazing prawn
lol yes, I guess it is a pretty big problem now that Alexa is so good at hearing her name and carrying out those orders. It all used to be about phones which hardly hear you pooperly, but now with Alexa being able to hear so well (perhaps too well?) it becomes a problem
stable patrol
[GRAFANA] does anyone know how to perform multiple operations on one field, example convert from celsius to F with (-32)*1.8?
forest cosmos
@stable patrol Try #general-archived or #330944238910963714 😉
waxen rock
Hi Guys, After cloning as many repos full of configurations i could find, I ran a text search for any configuration which might have implemented the open_alpr component, and I have failed to get a hit. My question, on a few of your podcasts you mention that you have this working - is it possible to share a configuration as a example of this please
viscid palm
@waxen rock Is the configuration from the PR for the component enough?
https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/5166
flat ivy
Hey @waxen rock - @abstract pagoda had it working if I recall
waxen rock
Good cast this morning, while traveling I binged out on 20 episodes, to get the history; today’s session was good but I do have a question - I am very comfortable with Docker and Kubernettes, often running training on these technologies. On my Linux box I have deployed the Hass.io supervisor and it’s Docker image for Home Assistant, but I have not figured what is the difference between the Home Assistant Docker image and the Hass.io delivered image for Home Assistant (ignore the supervisor image, that’s obvious). And what are the factors to consider as benefits baked into the two options. All configuration and static data is outside the containers so it’s really what’s inside the containers that we should know when choosing
For the ALPR I have a simple config with no errors but I am not getting any events of data found, also calling the image_platform.scan really finds nothing. So question is how do I debug this and if @abstract pagoda has a config that works what does that look like and how much of the image must the plate take up in the placement of the camera (Hikvision in my case). Finally do you use a motion event to trigger an automation to start the scan service and then an automation to trigger on a scan event to trigger the announcement or something activity?
Keep up the great work.
@viscid palm thank you. That helped a lot. Should have considered the oil request. Great pointer for good documentation just a tad tough to search
blazing prawn
Hey @waxen rock glad you enjoyed it!
I can't speak about the ALPR, as I have no experience with that, but from my understanding the HASS IO and Home Assistant containers should be almost identical. I say almost, as I believe there are some extra build steps done to the image, which is my HASS IO takes a few extra days before the latest Home Assistant release is available.
I would be taking a complete stab in the dark here, but I assume those additional tweaks will be for things like exposing some APIs and extra UI layers, such as the HASS IO configuration panel, which allows installing addons and adjusting some other settings.
Apart from that, they should be identical. A few people are of the opinion that HASS IO is a great way for less tech inclined people to run a Docker version of Home Assistant. Whereas more advanced users will find more fexibility in running Home Assistant in Docker directly.
waxen rock
Cheers. I think the last point is almost irrelevant as essentially all that hassio is, when compared to the basic homeassistant docker image (as far as I can tell from reading the Dockerfiles and build scripts, and your also somewhat confirming) is Hassio offers a container that manages the homeassistant container and can interrogations are executed to maintain health, offer simpler installations of additional containers like Cloud9, AppDaemon , etc. But more importantly hassio offers a truly simple Method to update the container version. I see no reason that would prevent a swarm or a kubernettes pod configuration working with hassio when compared to the single Home assistant image. In my implementation I have chosen a Linux install with Docker running lots of containers but also using hassio supervisor container as it gives me home assistant, and extensions pre tested and working in thier dedicated containers for appdaemon, etc. I see this as a power user or novice win as you get best of both
I will admit that after spending the best part of 15 years doing home automation and during that period holding certification on platforms like control4, CBus, etc, and currently do pro installs using iRidium, I am super impressed with Home assistant as will adopt it Robert core in my own installation
Thank you for investing time to podcast. It honestly has help me to accelerate my knowledge of the platform and it’s extensibility.
lucid current
thanks for the episode guys - you mentioned influxdb and i remembered i wanted to have a look at it and now im setting some docker images 😉
good that i dont have a garage cause i googled ALPR 😉 those rabbit holes are everywhere
@waxen rock thx for this " In my implementation I have chosen a Linux install with Docker running lots of containers but also using hassio supervisor container "
did the superviser require any configuration ?
flat ivy
@waxen rock sorry for the late reply - been tied up with work and fam stuff 😦 but as both you and @blazing prawn alluded to - under the covers, its really all the same, except the supervisor module - which makes all the difference for someone who's not as tech-savvy as someone that knows Kube (and also depending on how much effort you want to put into this). It depends on the individual use-case is really what it comes down to 😃
Also - thanks for the kind words about the podcast! we love hearing the feedback and would love to have folks such as yourself to appear on the podcast
@lucid current InfluxDB is great - once you pair it to Grafana, you can make some really interesting graphs and look at trends and stuff around your home. I'd show you screenshots of mine, but I took mine down for a little bit to redo it but never got back to it...guess I should do that too 😉
waxen rock
@flat ivy No problem at all, with Easter just passed, things can get a little crazy.
For the Podcast, I would be delighted to join you, but after listening to every episode, I would not be in the same category of all the prior guests whom all have had so much positive contributions to the home assistant community; My perspective would be of a New Arrival to this platform, but I can talk to my history with professional solutions (Clipsal/Control4/KNX/iRidium) and my parallel time in the Enthusiast world (Charmed Quark, Elve, Home Seer, Domoticz, Home Assistant), and why do both! As a Microsoft MVP my days live a lot in Cloud and Datacenter technologies, so if you think a discussion would be of interest to the community i would be delighted to share.
fickle pewter
WooHoo, for all our talk about a product database a while back someone done gone and did it https://www.hadevices.com/
solar ingot
https://www.hadevices.com/product/17 this one looks like an iron lol
hushed scroll
cool, no legal information but tons of ref links
solar ingot
gotta make dat 💰
fickle pewter
They aren't referral links that I can see. Ah I see some of the new ones are. I'll mention that on the thread that he should add the standard disclaimer
unique compass
On the topic of the one who must not be named. One of the biggest life mistake you can make today is to name your child Alexa
blazing prawn
I feel sorry for anyone who is named Alexa already
lapis inlet
Thanks for the podcast again guys!
solemn basin
any update on google play not updating
willow fossil
@flat ivy How many Waze points do you have? 😛
solar ingot
great podcast guys!!! agree with @MikeD#9421 hopefully Google will get fixed soon
flat ivy
Haha @willow fossil I had to get a new account a while ago but right now 149,063
Thanks @lapis inlet !!
@solemn basin @solar ingot not sure 😦
Google is taking their time with it - I keep following up but they’re pretty unresponsive; it’s pretty frustrating tbh
willow fossil
@flat ivy Nice! That’s quite a few! I created my account 8 years ago, but didn’t really start using it religiously until about 3-4 years ago. Currently sitting at 352,444.
flat ivy
Oh dang! Yeah I’m a huge fan of it!
solar ingot
jeez at this point would it be faster to just create a new account?
ripe violet
great podcast
flat ivy
thanks @ripe violet ! @solar ingot - honestly, yes, but it would make things messy (i.e. having 2 Home Assistant Podcasts). And more annoyingly, we don't know that we won't have the same issue again
ripe violet
?
flat ivy
(for your thanks) the second point was in response to shakuyi
flat ivy
😃
blazing prawn
@lapis inlet absolutely. One of my things (on my ever growing to-do list) is to offer the ability for visitors to hasspodcast.io to upload MP3 questions, or set up a skype voicemail or something
pine gazelle
Great podcast as always guys! Bit panicky that Paulus wants everything to move into a GUI first approach for editing and creating automations, scripts and other things :S I guess it will align with Ubiquiti's plan of bring HA to the masses..
flat ivy
also @lapis inlet I think we actually did that once haha
flat ivy
@pine gazelle thanks for your comments! Personally (this is just my opinion) its less about Ubiquiti and more about bringing HASS to the masses - that's the entire point of HASS.io for example. Right now, home automation isn't really for the masses unless you know what you're doing. If you are more technical, then you can still use it with advanced configs (file-based)
pine gazelle
@flat ivy (Again all thoughts an opinions)
I think your totally right, I want more people in home automation, I think we all do, after all it'll bring even more components into our ecosystem. The risk I think is causing the current user base (the technical enthusiasts) to end up in forked version or leaving entirely for another solution if the project pivots too much or too fast. Currently I would guess 80% of the users wouldn't use or consider using the automation builder; but of the market the project seems to be targeting (the smartthing and similar guys) this will be as advanced as they may ever get.
I'm only 9 months into this, but I feel I'd be missing out on so much without the yamls, being "encouraged" to integrate JSON into my automations and other such fun stuff!
Paulus and the other creators have done fantastic work and know they'll do a great job of keeping the project on track, these are merely some personal thoughts to maybe start some discussion 😃
ornate imp
Yaml automations were fun until I started migrating everything to appdaemon and doing way more complex stuff
I'd never use a graphical automation builder. It could never do all I want it to do
lucid current
This is the great thing about HA - to each his own
lean hornet
Finally caught up with the Podcast after starting it a week or two ago, really enjoying it and it's going to be sad now having to wait for a new episode. I'm eagerly waiting!
flat ivy
@pine gazelle I totally get what you’re saying! But as long as HASS keeps multiple ways of using it, we should be good!
@lean hornet Glad you’re enjoying it!! 😃
fickle pewter
@ornate imp I use appdaemon a lot and have a lot of other stuff in node-red which is awesome
mellow light
Yes this last episode was my first time listening - it was great
blazing prawn
Unfortunately we're still experiencing issues uploading the Podcast to Google Play Music. Other music services are available. Weirdly, you should be able to ask your Google Home to play the Home Assistant Podcast
torpid mortar
@blazing prawn @flat ivy Guys, absolutely love the podcast – very well done. Want to throw in an offer: I’ve been fortunate to have many components and platforms accepted into HASS; additionally, doing several cool things with my own set up and I think I’m a fun guy. 😊 I’m sure you have no shortage of guest possibilities/requests, but if interested, I would be a glad and willing participant on any episode.
blazing prawn
@torpid mortar that sounds awesome! I'll send you a DM
flat ivy
@torpid mortar glad to have you!
paper scaffold
I am a happy guy too
strong ridge
@paper scaffold Be honest. Yer a cranky old man
long herald
I think it's great that the latest episodes have coincided more with the releases, I guess that might be because of the new beta week? It's great to hear you talk about the latest release more in sync with the actual release!
blazing prawn
@long herald thanks! We were in two minds if we should move our release schedule or not
strong ridge
@blazing prawn Don't move it. I'm with @long herald in my like of how they kinda sync up better this way
dusky hornet
just downloaded it. I'm noob and curious to learn a lot.
blazing prawn
Hope you enjoy it @dusky hornet .
dusky hornet
@blazing prawn podcast is my thing really. Having a podcast on HA is really cool. I guess I am listening the very and only episode, right?
blazing prawn
@dusky hornet There's 24 episodes you can binge at https://hasspodcast.io 😄
dusky hornet
@blazing prawn wow! I use BeyondPod as podcast player so I just changed the settings for this podcast to download all of them. They are coming now... woohoo!
blazing prawn
Nice!
dusky hornet
@blazing prawn Soon there's going to be a udemy on home assistant if there's one already.
solar ingot
that moment when google play music gives you a notification about a new HA podcast and you see its podcast 23 from april 13 lol
flat ivy
Haha @solar ingot good to know; those using google play will notice the ep’s starting to come through. Hopefully they’re in the right order 😕 they take a while to process; and only happens serially from what I understand
With that said - we were finally able to resolve our google play issues 😃 and it sounds like it worked!
solar ingot
yea i was happy to see the notification 😃
and yea it is out of order....0.66 is not on there lol
blazing prawn
ZOM G finally. thanks for letting us know @solar ingot
There's two episodes to come through still. Will be interesting to see if Episode 25 comes out before those 😃
long herald
@blazing prawn when do you think 25 will come? 😄