re: F* a soundbar, building a DIY sound system - Update pg 4 - paywalls suck

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Have you tried using the volume button to get the soundbar to come back on? This works for my Vizio. If for whatever reason my TV is on and the soundbar is off (was previously gaming before switching to FireTV, didn't turn on with the TV, sat too long unused, etc.) I can just hit volume one way or the other on my FireTV remote and the soundbar turns on. No need to cycle the TV too or dig out the Vizio remote.

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Yes, I tried everything. But even if that would have worked, there was still a ~10 second delay as it powered up before it started producing sound, which would have annoyed me for years. At least if my project here has some annoyances, it'll be my own fault.



To flesh out the idea some more, I think the pi/soundcard/amp will work pretty well to push a couple bookshelf speakers, but I'm more excited to try to expand the system. There is software to make a DIY Sonos type system, so I'm pretty sure I can add a powered sub later with another Pi and sync up the audio. I just hope it's possible to keep the latency low enough.