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Yes, I am using MDTv2. Not sure about not using lite OS.
I have it running on a dedicated Pi (I mean, they still cost next to nothing). I have made extensive additions to Philips original code base (if you like, you can check them in my clone of Philips repo). I have added:
- Sendspin (e.g. Music Assistant) and MPD as audio providers
- several providers per B&O source — e.g. Sendspin and AirPlay sharing N.MUSIC, whoever starts last plays
- Music recognition for the turntable: identifies what’s on the record via Shazam (shazamio) from the audio alone and shows title, artist, album and cover — optional, recognize = true (funny feature – most songs really are recognised really quickly)
- Home Assistant integration: the Pi reports what each source plays (including AirPlay straight from an iPhone, with cover art, and the recognized record), plus HA automations and one dashboard card for it all. So, regardless whether music comes from MusicAssistant (Homeassistant’s front end to most streaming services with tight integration into homeassistant) or it comes directly from e.g. your iPhone a mediaplayer in homeassistant displays what’s playing
- Web UI: configure sources, providers, turntable, Home Assistant and LIGHT keys in a browser — validated by the bridge, comments in the config kept
- MasterLink Gateway emulation: the Pi can replace a B&O MLGW for Home Assistant’s mlgw integration — devices, Beo4 commands, ML events. This means, you can control all your streaming stuff from e.g. a Beo4 but you can also control all your B&O gear (with few exceptions) from homeassistant. E.g. when my alarm goes off in the morning on my iPhone, internet radio starts playing on my BL passive in the bathroom and 15min later, all the blinds open in the house and music also starts on the BL2000 in the kitchen. Essentially this way ML has arrived in 21st century
Especially the latter one may be flawed. I have used an MLGW to connect ML to my Homeassistant house automation. Using the Masterlink Gateway integration I reverse engineered the functions this integration uses. I am pretty sure that the original MLGW may provide more functions I am not aware of. Right now, though, MDTv2 has been replacing my original MLGW without any issues.
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