Different Integration Approach: HA-Raumkernel Addon

[ulilicht]

Hi there,

first of all thanks 🙏 for the great work with the teufel_raumfeld integration! I used it during the last year and it was a great option to connect Raumfeld to Homeassistant.

However the integration unfortunately did have a few shortcomings connected to how Raumfeld works. As I especially use Spotify Connect on Raumfeld, I struggled with the room and zone handling. There is another open source library - node-raumkernel which handled this smoother.

During the last weeks, I spend some time packaging this as an addon+integration for Home Assistant.

If you want to try it out, I would be thankful for your feedback! You can find the Repo here: https://github.com/ulilicht/ha-raumkernel

What it improves compared to this integration is:

• Shows Metadata and now playing state when playing Spotify connect
• Supports actions on the device (Stop, Playback of new music, Grouping) as well if device previously was in Spotify Connect mode
• Shows only one entity for a player device (Current integration shows Rooms and Speaker, depending on playback state either or are relevant)
• Shows Prev/Next only if applicable
• Generally faster and smoother experience

Why not a PR to this integration?

• The main reason is re-using node-raumkernel which is written in JavaScript. This library has solved many problems and makes integration much easier.

Let me know what you think, and if you are brave enough to try it out, happy to hear feedback!