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Squeezebox Boom

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Not workingLocal

1 report: 1 says it doesn’t work.

Reported with 1 integration: SlimProto (Squeezebox players).

What people report

IntegrationIn Home AssistantIn Apple HomeWhat they saidSource
SlimProto (Squeezebox players)Not working LocalCannot connect; utf-8 decode errors in discovery
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The problem I am testing the slimproto integration with a Squeezebox Boom player. The player is not able to connect to the server (HA) and no device or entities gets added to the slimproto integration The homeassistant log file has a lot of entries like 2022-06-16 21:42:56 ERROR (MainThread) [aioslimproto.discovery] 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe3 in position 16: invalid continuation byte Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/aioslimproto/discovery.py", line 202, in datagram_received data = data.decode() UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't …

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Issue #73611 · 2022-06

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Once Home Assistant’s HomeKit Bridge shares it, this device reaches Apple Home as a HomeKit accessory behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls it like any other.

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BrandLogitech
ModelBoom
CategorySpeakers