Add service 'loop' or 'repeat' to media_player

Feature Requests
1

dearly missing the native option for looping music media_files. we now have to resort to complexer scripts and automations like:

  sound_bite:
    alias: Sound bite
    sequence:
      - service: media_player.play_media
        data_template:
          entity_id: >
            {{states('sensor.sound_bite_player')}}
          media_content_id: >
            {{states('sensor.sound_bite')}}
          media_content_type: 'music'

  play_sound_bite:
    alias: Play sound bite
    sequence:
      - service: script.sound_bite
      - delay:
          seconds: >
           {{state_attr(states('sensor.sound_bite_player'),'media_duration')|int}}
      - condition: template
        value_template: >
          {{is_state('input_boolean.loop_sound_bite','on')}}
      - service: script.play_sound_bite_loop

  play_sound_bite_loop:
    alias: Play sound bite loop
    sequence:
      - service: script.sound_bite
      - delay:
          seconds: >
           {{state_attr(states('sensor.sound_bite_player'),'media_duration')|int}}
      - condition: template
        value_template: >
          {{is_state('input_boolean.loop_sound_bite','on')}}
      - service: script.play_sound_bite

this works, quite alright actually, though with a small gap between loops. But it would be very nice if we could simple do:

      - service: media_player.loop_media   <---- new service??
        data_template:
          entity_id: >
            {{states('sensor.sound_bite_player')}}
          media_content_id: >
            {{states('sensor.sound_bite')}}
          media_content_type: 'music'

and be done with it, no matter the file or file_length. Use case:
Alarm sound files repeated until snooze is hit
background music in scenarios
etc

2

I would really love to use your script above but am still rather new to HA.

Did you make a custom template sensor to provide a url / file to the script? Along with a input boolean