SlimProto (Squeezebox players)
slimproto
The SlimProto integration allows you to control a Squeezebox music player directly from Home Assistant, without the need for an external Media Server such as Logitech Media Server. This lets you control Squeezebox hardware like the Classic, Transporter, Duet, Boom, Radio, and Touch and software players like Squeezelite, PiCorePlayer or Max2Play. For the real DIY enthusiast, there even is a player for the ESP32.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
media_player | Media player (as switches) | Only TVs and receivers get a TV tile; other players show as power and play switches; Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
What people report
Squeezebox hardware players had connection errors in the HA SlimProto server; the integration is mainly tested with Squeezelite.
- Not working3
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squeezebox Boom | Not working Local | Cannot connect; utf-8 decode errors in discoverySaved copyThe 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 … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #73611 · 2022-06 | |
| Squeezebox Duet | Not working Local | Similar discovery decode errorsSaved copyThis is what I get after rebooting HA and powering on a Squeezebox Duet and try to connect it to SlimProto: After HA Reboot: 2022-07-03 09:26:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up slimproto 2022-07-03 09:26:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain slimproto took 0.0 seconds 2022-07-03 09:26:22 INFO (MainThread) [aioslimproto.server] Starting SLIMProto server on port 3483 2022-07-03 09:26:24 INFO (MainThread) [aioslimproto.server.jsonrpc] Starting (legacy/telnet) SLIMProto CLI on port 9090 2022-07-03 09:26:27 INFO (MainThread) [aioslimproto.server.jsonrpc] … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #73611 · 2022-06 | |
| Squeezebox Radio | Not working Local | Errors when connecting to SlimProtoSaved copyThis is the Squeezebox Radio trying to connect to SlimProto: Logger: homeassistant Source: /usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/runner.py:96 First occurred: 09.54.06 (7 occurrences) Last logged: 09.54.41 Error doing job: Exception in callback SlimClient._process_stat_stmt(b'\x00\x00\x0...0\x00\x00\x00') Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/asyncio/events.py", line 80, in _run self._context.run(self._callback, *self._args) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/aioslimproto/client.py", line 559, in _process_stat_stmt ) = struct.unpack("!BBBLLLLHLLLLHLLH", … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #73611 · 2022-07 |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Local push
Talks to the device on your network, and the device tells Home Assistant the moment something changes.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 597 (0.08%) |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 2022.5 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @marcelveldt |
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
