GroupRenderingControlService

Volume related controls for groups. Group volume is the average volume of all players. Snapshot stores the volume ratio between players.

The GroupRenderingControlService is available on these models: v1-S1 / v1-S5 / v1-S9.

1. Available actions
   1. GetGroupMute
   2. GetGroupVolume
   3. SetGroupMute
   4. SetGroupVolume
   5. SetRelativeGroupVolume
   6. SnapshotGroupVolume
2. Events
   1. Subscribe to events
   2. Event variables
3. Custom errors

Service data

Sample request

POST /MediaRenderer/GroupRenderingControl/Control
Host: 192.168.x.x:1400
soapaction: "urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:GroupRenderingControl:1#{ActionName}"
Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" s:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
  <s:Body>
    {ActionBodyHere}
  </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>

Available actions

GetGroupMute

Whether or not the group is muted.

Action body:

<u:GetGroupMute xmlns:u="urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:GroupRenderingControl:1">
  <InstanceID>ui4</InstanceID>
</u:GetGroupMute>

Inputs:

Outputs:

Remarks Sould be send to coordinator only

GetGroupVolume

Get the group volume.

Action body:

<u:GetGroupVolume xmlns:u="urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:GroupRenderingControl:1">
  <InstanceID>ui4</InstanceID>
</u:GetGroupVolume>

Inputs:

Outputs:

Remarks Sould be send to coordinator only

SetGroupMute

(Un-/)Mute the entire group

Action body:

<u:SetGroupMute xmlns:u="urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:GroupRenderingControl:1">
  <InstanceID>ui4</InstanceID>
  <DesiredMute>boolean</DesiredMute>
</u:SetGroupMute>

Inputs:

Remarks Sould be send to coordinator only

SetGroupVolume

Change group volume. Players volume will be changed proportionally based on last snapshot

Action body:

<u:SetGroupVolume xmlns:u="urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:GroupRenderingControl:1">
  <InstanceID>ui4</InstanceID>
  <DesiredVolume>ui2</DesiredVolume>
</u:SetGroupVolume>

Inputs:

Remarks Sould be send to coordinator only

SetRelativeGroupVolume

Relatively change group volume - returns final group volume. Players volume will be changed proportionally based on last snapshot

Action body:

<u:SetRelativeGroupVolume xmlns:u="urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:GroupRenderingControl:1">
  <InstanceID>ui4</InstanceID>
  <Adjustment>i4</Adjustment>
</u:SetRelativeGroupVolume>

Inputs:

Outputs:

Remarks Sould be send to coordinator only

SnapshotGroupVolume

Creates a new group volume snapshot, the volume ratio between all players. It is used by SetGroupVolume and SetRelativeGroupVolume

Action body:

<u:SnapshotGroupVolume xmlns:u="urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:GroupRenderingControl:1">
  <InstanceID>ui4</InstanceID>
</u:SnapshotGroupVolume>

Inputs:

Remarks Sould be send to coordinator only

Events

The GroupRenderingControlService has variables that might be emitted if you subscribe to events.

Subscribe to events

SUBSCRIBE /MediaRenderer/GroupRenderingControl/Event
Host: 192.168.x.x:1400
callback: <http://...>
NT: upnp:event
Timeout: Second-3600

Event variables

If the variable has a ✔ in the Sends events column, the service discovery specifies this variable emits events. A ❌ doesn’t mean that is won’t emit events.

Custom errors

The GroupRenderingControlService has the following known custom errors.

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