OK I think I have a couple of very “cludgy” fixes for the volume problem
I am now running a bit of a Frankenstein configuration. I am running this custom media player and the python script
As we know when the media player goes into standby the volume controls fail to work. So the first “cludge” is to use a binary template to monitor the state of the media player. It is triggered on when the media player goes into standby. This then triggers a shell command which runs
alexa_remote_control.sh -d “echo name” -r “any valid radio station” - e pause
This will take the echo out of standby but is too quick for the radio station to play. As I said “cludgy” it will fill your history and stop the echo going into power standby.
*EDIT After more testing this is not reliable command is too quick, as I said cludgy sorry
The second cludge is to trigger a routine in the Alexa app. You can create multiple routines in the app that change the volume. You can run them with this
alexa_remote_control.sh -d “echo name” -e automation “name of routine”
I code in appdeamon so can supply code if required