Keep your Logitech Squeezebox Radio working with Lyrion Music Server
Logitech has closed MySqueezebox.com, the online service used by its Squeezebox music players. This means that older devices such as the Squeezebox Radio can no longer connect to the original service, and may become stuck during setup trying to reach it. Fortunately, the radio itself can still be used to play music.
Lyrion Music Server is free, community-maintained software that provides an alternative to Logitech's discontinued service. It allows you to continue using your Squeezebox Radio to listen to music from your own collection and supported internet radio stations.
Rather than connecting to Logitech's servers, your Squeezebox connects to Lyrion running on a computer in your home. This could be an existing Windows, Mac or Linux computer, or a small home server. Lyrion manages the music and sends it to your radio over your home network.
Getting started
You can download Lyrion Music Server for free from its official website. The project provides installation guides for different computers and operating systems.
Once Lyrion is installed and running, you'll need to connect your Squeezebox Radio to it. If your radio is stuck on the original Logitech setup screen, the Lyrion community has published a guide explaining how to get past this and enter the address of your new music server.
Useful links
- Download Lyrion Music Server
- Installation and getting started guides
- Connect your Squeezebox Radio, including help with the setup screen
- Lyrion community forum – questions and owner experiences
Using your Squeezebox with Lyrion
Once connected, your Squeezebox can play music supplied by Lyrion, including a collection stored on your computer and internet radio stations available through supported services.
The main difference from the original Logitech service is that your computer needs to be running Lyrion whenever you're listening to music supplied by it. If the computer is switched off or goes to sleep, it can no longer supply the radio. For regular listening, a small, low-power home server can be a convenient alternative to leaving a desktop computer running.
Lyrion doesn't restore every feature of MySqueezebox.com. Availability of particular stations and online music services depends on the sources and add-ons currently supported.
If your device has been converted to UE Smart Radio, rather than using the original Squeezebox software, the Lyrion Radio guide also links to instructions for returning it to the Squeezebox system.
Keep Lyrion within your home network rather than making the server directly accessible from the internet. The project's remote-access guidance explains this precaution.
About this solution
Lyrion Music Server is free, open-source software developed and maintained by a community of contributors who continue to support Squeezebox players long after Logitech ended its original service.
The community also offers optional firmware updates for the Radio itself, separate from installing Lyrion on your computer. The Radio guide describes connecting older Squeezebox software to the local server before an optional update. Read the project's instructions before changing firmware on the Radio.
The instructions are maintained by the Lyrion community. We haven't independently tested this solution on a Squeezebox Radio.
Have you kept your Squeezebox Radio working with Lyrion? We'd welcome your experiences, setup tips and any corrections to this guide.