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https://github.com/fmtr/amniotic
A multi-output ambient sound mixer for Home Assistant. Amniotic lets you use a single device to create on-the-fly, custom ambient audio mixes to suit your tastes and environment.
https://github.com/fmtr/amniotic
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A multi-output ambient sound mixer for Home Assistant. Amniotic lets you use a single device to create on-the-fly, custom ambient audio mixes to suit your tastes and environment.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/fmtr/amniotic
- Owner: fmtr
- Created: 2022-05-18T12:50:48.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-10-22T08:43:31.000Z (2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-23T12:47:05.875Z (about 2 months ago)
- Topics: ambient, audio, home-assistant, sleep, whitenoise
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 416 KB
- Stars: 21
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: readme.md
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README
# Amniotic
A multi-output ambient sound mixer for Home Assistant.
Amniotic lets you use a single device to create on-the-fly, custom ambient audio mixes - e.g. mixing Waterfall sounds
with Birdsong on one set of speakers, while playing Fireplace sounds from a second audio device - to suit your tastes
and environment.The library integrates with Home Assistant via MQTT as a new device, allowing you to create and control ambient mixes
from the Home Assistant interface.### Why Would I Want Such a Thing?
I won't explain the general reasons for introducing non-musical sounds into one's environment, but if you
find [sound masking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_masking) helps you concentrate in noisy environments, if
you're (as I am) slightly [misophonic](https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/what-is-misophonia), if you
use [white noise machines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_noise_machine) to induce sleep or relaxation, or if you
just think sound is an important factor in setting a pleasant ambience, then you might find Amniotic useful.### Can't I do This with Spotify, Volumio, HifiBerry etc.?
Since those systems are intended for music, they aren't designed for playing or mixing multiple streams simultaneously
with a single device, even if set up in multi-room configurations. Also, the streaming services often won't allow a
single account to play multiple streams, even _if_ multiple devices are used.Anyway, those limitations motivated this library.
There are two ways to install and run Amniotic:
- On the Home Assistant machine itself, as an add-on.
- Install manually, on a separate machine.## Home Assistant Addon
To add as an Addon, click here:
[![Open your Home Assistant instance and show the add add-on repository dialog with a specific repository URL pre-filled.](https://my.home-assistant.io/badges/supervisor_add_addon_repository.svg)](https://fmtr.link/amniotic/addon-install)
## Documentation
For non-addon installs, and general documentation, see **[the project wiki](https://fmtr.link/amniotic/doc)**.