Echo Devices (Alexa) as Media Player - Testers Needed

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No, you can’t send actual files. See below regarding using Alexa routines to discover other options we can try to expose.

You don’t use routines to play music. routine is for playing routines that are defined in the Alexa App. Routines can be used to discover how the Alexa App is playing music or doing something.

EDIT: Wiki updated.
To play music, you have to define the media_content_type appropriately. Search the forum for other examples and hopefully someone updates the wiki with working examples.

{
  "entity_id": "media_player.guest_room",
  "media_content_id": "cats the musical",
  "media_content_type": "AMAZON_MUSIC"
}

{
  "entity_id": "media_player.guest_room",
  "media_content_id": "7 rings",
  "media_content_type": "APPLE_MUSIC"
}

{
  "entity_id": "media_player.guest_room",
  "media_content_id": "BBC one",
  "media_content_type": "TUNEIN"
}

Did that exact statement work before? If it changes, it may be an Amazon issue. You can try the Routines method to discover how Alexa does it using the Alexa App in my response above.
EDIT: This may actually be a bug we can look into.

In Development and it also says for versions 1.1.0. That’s in the queue and hasn’t been released. I’m currently splitting my time answering forum posts and actually coding, so there’s only so much time for stuff.

Follow the format exactly. Yes, secrets will work. If you’re using optional values, try removing them.

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