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All digital Basically a raspi pi per room . So on the rooms where I want the doorbell heard or speech insert one of these . In reality probably only want doorbell on ground level hallway speaker and below ground kitchen speaker . Speech announcements probably just underground also . So doorbird button push will do a http request which HA picks up triggering mp3 play via squeezebox onto relevant raspberry pi . Why make it complicated ??

Tempted by this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264499270875?hash=item3d956294db:g:Dx4AAOSwob5fD-tR passive and simple , oh and small and cheap ?

Lot of big gear just to have a voice say “ @onoff at the door - F off “

Bit of a chunky monkey for 70 quid . Was looking at things like https://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4&item=152411240874&category=19699&pm=1&ds=0&t=1623075843000&ver=0&cspheader=1 ( no idea if that does what I want )

Nah that’s all pants ! Tempted to go for a 20 quid ebay mixer and have announcements and doorbell just play at the same time as any music . Simpler solution .

Erm ! Sure you are right . Can you link to some cheap stuff on eBay please ? ? I also believe ( correct me if wrong ) that a microphone input would mute all other channels ? ( so perfect for automated speech ) ....

Thanks Yes all raspberry pi amps all active at once . Don’t know of a way that the pi can pull a gpio line high on audio output ...

Useless . Just need someone who understands audio mixers . As an ex software engineer I can manage an if/then but I’m trying to do this at a hardware level ( via the mixer , even if programmable ) as the audio software api isn’t going to work

I've had a few reasonable successes at various ways for a doorbell sound to pause or interrupt any audio playing on the whole house audio system. But none work exactly how I wish. SO! Is this type of thing possible? 3 Raspberry pi's with amps provide the audio input - but just one set of speakers for output. It would be nice that some of the input's can be 'mixed' and some are muted. For example If rasp1 is the doorbell audio that could be mixed and be audible with say rasp2 i.e. doorbell audio and music simultaneously . But if rasp3 plays ( this is a voice announcement ) I would want it to silence rasp2 i.e. so just the announcement is made no audio from rasp2. I can see various cheap ebay/amazon type mixers but not sure if I can 'configure' which inputs can be mixed/muted. Anyone understand what I am asking???

Just what you said to me last night

I need diy sos to come to my build . We would see plenty of real tears then .

Get a little closer . Yes that’s it .

Yes I know - it’s nothing to do with what you’re thinking . I use that title in the sense there’s no ‘best’ way to tile in certain circumstances- just go for it . Next week going to tile the entire ground level floor . Floor tiles ( already laid ) in bathroom and ensuite are different . So for those rooms the general rule of lining up a whole tile at the entrance makes sense . But to do an entire floor with other doorways ( same tile into those rooms ) - makes avoiding ‘skinny’ or tricky cuts impossible. My wobbly assumption is to do the whole/centred tile but off the front door - so everything is relevant to that .....

Don’t remember seeing you in the line out at the end . You know the bit where everyone pretends to cry . Then Nick Knowles looks at the camera and says something touching , then I say to the tv F off .

eBay price

Can I have his number please , I have some work for him .

Trades that rip you off certainly “ play tricks” on you . My building site is like diy sos . I’m Nick “ tiny knob “ Knowles , Billy , the others I can’t remember all rolled into one !!

Agreed . But it must crack ! . They then probably mist coat it , wait 10 mins , then paint it . I know they are pushed for time even with 300 guys onsite - but it must cause issues .

@BartW I went for it and bought the eBay mat . Not laid any yet but seems the same as the ditra though perhaps the plastic feels cheaper . Fleece is the same . For me that’s a saving of around 600 quid .

SWMBO had a repeat on ( fancies Nick Knowles I think ) Anyway , they skimmed an entire room “ ready for painting tomorrow “ ? I can see they have dryers in the room - but surely that almost guarantees the plaster cracking ? . You want natural slow drying yes ?? . So assuming it doesn’t crack and is bone dry next day how do they do it ? Just wondering !!

“ Nasty Nick from Wales “ that’s what they say ...

You mean a home delivery ? Not a young man lured into your trap ...

You missed out if I was doing it

Yep It’s a right pain . Also all trades seem pretty much flat out . I booked my plasterer 3 months ago ! I’m reluctant to just use anyone so am chasing up a recommendation.