Atom Lite media player only playing one file

ESPHome
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I have recently set up an Atom Lite with the speaker kit attached, which I’m using as a basic media player for ambient sounds while working (think rain sounds, etc).

I’ve noted that it will only play one media source/file, and to play something else requires a reboot of the device, e.g. (testing with Media function in HA)

  1. Plug the device in
  2. Start playing a media file, plays ok
  3. Pause, play, pause, play, etc on that file, plays ok
  4. Start playing a different media file, doesn’t play
  5. Try playing the first media file again, doesn’t play
  6. Reboot the device
  7. Repeat from 2 above

I’m running on current versions of all components, and using the default “build” provided by the “ready made project” option on ESPHome, with a vanilla config:

Config

substitutions:
  name: m5stack-atom-speaker-kit-315bd0
  friendly_name: Study Atom Speaker 315bd0
packages:
  m5stack.atom-speaker-kit: github://esphome/firmware/media-player/m5stack-atom-speaker-kit.yaml@main
esphome:
  name: ${name}
  name_add_mac_suffix: false
  friendly_name: ${friendly_name}
api:
  encryption:
    key: <snip>

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password
  fast_connect: true

Log entries for versions

[12:19:09][I][app:102]: ESPHome version 2024.2.2 compiled on Mar  6 2024, 11:26:22
[12:19:09][I][app:104]: Project m5stack.atom-speaker-kit version 1.0

Log entries for testing…

[12:19:27][D][media_player:059]: 'Study Atom Speaker 315bd0' - Setting
[12:19:27][D][media_player:066]:   Media URL: http://a.b.c.d:8123/media/local/BlueyMedia/rain-and-thunder-16705.mp3?authSig=<snip>
[12:19:28][W][component:214]: Component i2s_audio.media_player took a long time for an operation (0.54 s).
[12:19:28][W][component:215]: Components should block for at most 20-30ms.
[12:19:47][D][media_player:059]: 'Study Atom Speaker 315bd0' - Setting
[12:19:47][D][media_player:063]:   Command: PAUSE
[12:19:53][D][media_player:059]: 'Study Atom Speaker 315bd0' - Setting
[12:19:53][D][media_player:063]:   Command: PLAY
[12:20:01][D][media_player:059]: 'Study Atom Speaker 315bd0' - Setting
[12:20:01][D][media_player:063]:   Command: PAUSE
[12:20:05][D][media_player:059]: 'Study Atom Speaker 315bd0' - Setting
[12:20:05][D][media_player:066]:   Media URL: http://a.b.c.d:8123/media/local/BlueyMedia/birds-in-the-morning-24147.mp3?authSig=<snip>
[12:20:15][D][media_player:059]: 'Study Atom Speaker 315bd0' - Setting
[12:20:15][D][media_player:063]:   Command: PLAY
[12:20:25][D][media_player:059]: 'Study Atom Speaker 315bd0' - Setting
[12:20:25][D][media_player:063]:   Command: PLAY

Tests timestamped 12:19:27 through 12:20:01 are successful (first file, 2&3 above).
Tests timestamped 12:20:05 through 12:20:25 fail (second file, 4 above).

Any idea here? I presume that it should be possible to switch back and forth between media files/streams without rebooting?