Simplify transport and media handling - #1
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What changed
DigestAuthMiddleware./local/...paths, and URLs through Home Assistant's standard media URL processing.Content-Length.0.1.3.playingwhile audio is being streamed and restoredidleafter completion or cancellation.Why
The former client manually implemented HTTP framing and Digest authentication, which accounted for much of the integration's complexity and could leave sockets open on request failures. Remote responses without a trustworthy
Content-Lengthwere fully buffered before their size was checked. Using Home Assistant's HTTP stack makes connection ownership and authentication clearer, while bounded streaming keeps memory use predictable.The media player also remained
idleduring playback because its state was never updated. The entity now exposes the expected playback lifecycle.Compatibility and validation
Content-Length, non-chunked upload, and real-time pacing verified against a local protocol server with aiohttp 3.14.3./local/...MP3 downloaded and decoded successfully.playing→idletransitions.YAML configuration remains unchanged.