Roon Controller

Roon Control Skill

Control the Roon music player with Chinese command support.

Quick Start

Install Dependencies

pip install roonapi

Usage Examples

from roon_controller import RoonController

# Create controller (token will be saved automatically)
controller = RoonController(verbose=True)

# Play/Pause
result = controller.play_pause()

# Next track
result = controller.next()

# Get current track
track_info = controller.get_current_track()
print(f"Now playing: {track_info['track']}")

Core Features

1. Automatic Discovery and Connection

• Automatic Roon Core discovery
• Token automatically saved to ~/clawd/roon_config.json
• Auto-reconnect after restart, no re-authorization needed

2. Zone Selection and Switching

• Supports switching between any available zone
• Selected zone is saved in config and persists across restarts
• If no zone is selected, defaults to zones ending with "[roon]"
• Use set_zone() to switch zones programmatically

Switch Zone

result = controller.set_zone("Living Room")
# {"success": True, "message": "Switched to zone: Living Room", "zone": "Living Room"}

Get Current Zone

zone = controller.get_current_zone()
# Returns zone info dict with zone_id and zone_data

3. Playback Control

Play

result = controller.play()
# {"success": True, "message": "Playback started", "zone": "Living Room Muspi"}

Pause

result = controller.pause()
# {"success": True, "message": "Paused", "zone": "Living Room Muspi"}

Play/Pause Toggle

result = controller.play_pause()

Previous Track

result = controller.previous()

Next Track

result = controller.next()

4. Get Current Track

track_info = controller.get_current_track()
# Returns:
# {
#   "success": True,
#   "is_playing": True,
#   "zone": "Living Room Muspi",
#   "track": "Bohemian Rhapsody",
#   "artist": "Queen",
#   "album": "A Night at the Opera",
#   "seek_position": 12345,  # milliseconds
#   "length": 354000        # milliseconds
# }

5. List All Zones

zones = controller.list_zones()
# ["Living Room Muspi", "Kitchen", "Bedroom"]

Command Line Tool

The script can be used as a command line tool:

# Play
python roon_controller.py play

# Pause
python roon_controller.py pause

# Previous track
python roon_controller.py prev

# Next track
python roon_controller.py next

# View current track
python roon_controller.py status

# List all zones
python roon_controller.py zones -v

# switch zone
python roon_controller.py switch zonename

Chinese Command Support

The skill supports the following Chinese trigger words:

Error Handling

All methods return a unified dictionary structure:

{
    "success": True/False,
    "message": "Operation result description",
    "zone": "Zone name (optional)"
}

Common Errors

• Muspi zone not found: Check if the Roon zone name ends with "muspi"
• Failed to connect to Roon: Ensure Roon Core is running and network-accessible
• Token load failed: First run requires authorization, ensure authorization completes successfully

Notes

1. First Run: Extension authorization required in Roon, check for the extension authorization prompt in Roon interface
2. Zone Naming: Muspi zone names must end with "muspi" (case-insensitive)
3. Token Storage: Token is saved in ~/clawd/roon_config.json, ensure secure file permissions
4. Network Requirements: The device running the script must be on the same network as Roon Core

Technical Details

Dependencies

• roonapi>=0.1.6: Official Roon API Python library

Token Management

• Token storage path: ~/clawd/roon_config.json
• Auto-load: Automatically loaded on each startup
• Auto-save: Automatically saved on first authorization or update

Zone Finding Algorithm

# Find all zones
zones = roon.zones

# Filter zones with muspi suffix
muspi_zones = [
    (zone_id, zone_data)
    for zone_id, zone_data in zones.items()
    if zone_data['display_name'].lower().endswith('muspi')
]

# Use the first matching zone
zone_id, zone_data = muspi_zones[0]