Can a Hass.io Pi also be a media_player?

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Can a Raspberry Pi running Hass.io also be a / its own media_player with a powered speaker attached to the Pi audio jack output?

or, could a Raspberry Pi running raspbain (or other os) be a media_player?

the goal is to run local mp3 files in automations.

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found this

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Yes, I do it with the following script (scripts.yaml):

play_a_sound:
  alias: Play a sound from a file
  sequence:
  - data: {}
    entity_id: script.1593462058745
    service: script.turn_on
  - delay: 00:00:02
  - data_template:
      filename: '{% if filename %} {{filename}} {% else %} Ship_Bell.mp3 {% endif
        %}'
    service: shell_command.play_sound
  - data: {}
    entity_id: script.1593462184816
    service: script.turn_on

which relies on the following shell command (configuration.yaml):

shell_command:
    play_sound: /usr/bin/omxplayer /home/homeassistant/sounds/{{filename}}

or, if your use case is simple, you can just specify the filename directly in the shell_command and don’t bother with the script.