I’ve had this working now for a couple months but it broke when I updated HA .89. I changed the alexa folder in custom_components to alexa_media, updated the media_player.py file to 1.1.0 and changed my config to
> alexa_media:
> accounts:
> - email: !secret alexa_email
> password: !secret alexa_password
> url: amazon.com
When I do a configuration check it says Component not found: alexa_media. What am I missing here?
Did you deleted the old mediaplayer configuration from your configuration.yaml?
Yes I did. I replaced that with the new alexa_media one.
did you restart HA before doing the new configuration.yaml entry so it could pick up the new folder structure?
I have done that too. Running this on a VM and even restarted the host. One thing I haven’t done is restarted HA with the alexa_media added to my config because of what the config check said.
That’s a great thing now i can play and pause the amazon echo playback over automations.yaml. Another question, is it possible or planed that its feasible that we can choose amazon music playlists or tunin radio stations? Thats would be great because than we can use it for alarm clocks automations or if no playlist is choosen we can with automations start playback if a person enter the room or can start indoor alarm sounds if sensors activatet (like buglar alarm).
In pricible it shut be possible with shell scrips to do this (-> https://blog.loetzimmer.de/2017/10/amazon-alexa-hort-auf-die-shell-echo.html) but my knowlege in programming is not realy good an im where glad if anyone with this knowledge could make this possible in home assistant.
you didn’t mention it but there are three files total that you have to copy to the new alexa_media folder. did you copy all of those files to that location?
I did not. However after doing that, restarting the host and adding the alexa_media to my config I get the same error when I do a config check. I think I’m going to start over from the top when I have more time. I’m obviously missing something as no one else is having an issue with this.
Has anything changed with how volume is handled? I have an automation that remembers the previous volume level when I do a TTS and temporarily turns up the volume and then back down to previous level.
I am getting the following error:
Error while executing automation automation.set_living_room_dot_volume_storage. Invalid data for call_service at pos 1: expected float for dictionary value @ data[‘value’]
Connection lost. Reconnecting…
This is what is causing it:
entity_id: input_number.living_room_dot_volume_storage
value: "{{states.media_player.living_room_dot.attributes.volume_level }}"
I am guessing in standby it doesn’t have a volume level and that is the problem. I have tried to change it to:
entity_id: input_number.living_room_dot_volume_storage
value: "{{states.media_player.living_room_dot.attributes.volume_level | float }}"
But that gives me this error:
Error rendering data template: UndefinedError: 'mappingproxy object' has no
attribute 'volume_level'Sorry i have found the solution for all my questions about play music and tunein radio over automations with alexa -> https://github.com/keatontaylor/alexa_media_player/wiki#play-music
try changing the template to:
value_template: "{{ state_attr('media_player.living_room_dot', 'volume_level') | float }}"
Could you share your automation. I’m looking for something similar to store the brightness and color value of a bulb before I use it to alarm me about sth.
see: Use Light to show some alarm and than go back to last state
finity, that actually threw the same error, but your example lead me to change it to:
value: "{{states('media_player.living_room_dot.attributes.volume_level') | float }}"
Which actually seems to work.
probably should’ve mentioned its part of a data template:
data_template:
entity_id: input_number.living_room_dot_volume_storage
value: "{{states('media_player.living_room_dot.attributes.volume_level') | float }}"h4nc:
- alias: 'set_john_echo_volume_storage'
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: media_player.john_s_echo
action:
service: input_number.set_value
data_template:
entity_id: input_number.johns_echo_volume_storage
value: "{{states('media_player.john_s_echo.attributes.volume_level') | float }}"
- alias: 'set_bedroom_spot_volume_storage'
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: media_player.bedroom_spot
action:
service: input_number.set_value
data_template:
entity_id: input_number.bedroom_spot_volume_storage
value: "{{states('media_player.bedroom_spot.attributes.volume_level') | float }}"
- alias: 'set_living_room_dot_volume_storage'
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: media_player.living_room_dot
action:
service: input_number.set_value
data_template:
entity_id: input_number.living_room_dot_volume_storage
value: "{{states('media_player.living_room_dot.attributes.volume_level') | float }}"
- alias: 'Take picture when Door Bell Pressed'
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: sensor.vision_zd2102_eu_door_window_sensor_access_control_6
to: '23'
action:
- service: automation.turn_off
entity_id: automation.set_john_echo_volume_storage, automation.set_bedroom_spot_volume_storage, automation.set_living_room_dot_volume_storage
- service: media_player.media_pause
entity_id: media_player.john_s_echo, media_player.living_room_dot, media_player.bedroom_spot
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: media_player.john_s_echo, media_player.living_room_dot, media_player.bedroom_spot
volume_level: "0.7"
- service: media_player.alexa_tts
entity_id: media_player.john_s_echo, media_player.living_room_dot, media_player.bedroom_spot
data:
message: "Ding Dong. Ding Dong. Somebody is at the front door"
- service: camera.snapshot
data_template:
entity_id: camera.ip_cam_2
filename: "www/snapshots/front_door_camera_{{ trigger.to_state.last_changed }}.jpg"
- delay: '00:00:05'
- service: media_player.volume_set
data_template:
entity_id: media_player.john_s_echo
volume_level: "{{ states('input_number.johns_echo_volume_storage') }}"
- service: media_player.volume_set
data_template:
entity_id: media_player.bedroom_spot
volume_level: "{{ states('input_number.bedroom_spot_volume_storage') }}"
- service: media_player.volume_set
data_template:
entity_id: media_player.living_room_dot
volume_level: "{{ states('input_number.living_room_dot_volume_storage') }}"
- service: notify.ios_iphone
data_template:
message: 'Someone has pressed the door bell at {{now().strftime("%H:%M %d-%m-%y")}} '
data:
attachment:
content-type: jpeg
url: "http://192.168.1.110:8123/local/snapshots/front_door_camera_{{ trigger.to_state.last_changed|urlencode }}.jpg"
entity_id: camera.ip_cam_2
- service: notify.ios_karens_iphone
data_template:
message: 'Someone has pressed the door bell at {{now().strftime("%H:%M %d-%m-%y")}} '
data:
attachment:
content-type: jpeg
url: "http://192.168.1.110:8123/local/snapshots/front_door_camera_{{ trigger.to_state.last_changed|urlencode }}.jpg"
entity_id: camera.ip_cam_2
- service: automation.turn_on
entity_id: automation.set_john_echo_volume_storage, automation.set_bedroom_spot_volume_storage, automation.set_living_room_dot_volume_storage
- service: media_player.media_play
data_template:
entity_id: >
media_player.dummy
{% if is_state('input_boolean.johns_echo_playing_boolean', 'on') %}
,media_player.john_s_echo
{% endif %}
{% if is_state('input_boolean.living_room_dot_playing_boolean', 'on') %}
,media_player.living_room_dot
{% endif %}
{% if is_state('input_boolean.bedroom_spot_playing_boolean', 'on') %}
,media_player.bedroom_spot
{% endif %}Remove the > and make sure your indentation is correct.
Okay the playpack from Amazon Music works now very well and i have now virtual dogs 
they bark if the motion sensor at my door register any motion.
####
# Türbewegung bellende Hunde
####
- id: doorbird_motion_dog
alias: Doorbird Bewegung Hund
trigger:
platform: event
event_type: doorbird_haustuere_motion
action:
service: media_player.play_media
data:
entity_id: media_player.kuchenradio
media_content_id: Hundebellen.-.2.große.Hunde.bellen.bei.Türklingel,.bellender.Hund
media_content_type: AMAZON_MUSIC
Now i would transfer the knowledge to my alarm clock with the media content type TUNEIN but it dosn’t work…
# Wecker Wohnzimmer
- alias: "Wecker Wohnzimmer"
trigger:
platform: template
value_template: "{{ states('sensor.time') == (states.input_datetime.wakeup_time_wohnzimmer.attributes.timestamp | int | timestamp_custom('%H:%M', False)) }}"
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.wakeup_enabled_wohnzimmer
state: 'on'
- condition: or # One of the conditions below must be true
conditions:
- condition: state # Will be true when the switch is 'on'
entity_id: input_boolean.wakeup_weekend_wohnzimmer
state: 'on'
- condition: time # Will be true on weekdays
weekday:
- mon
- tue
- wed
- thu
- fri
action:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
entity_id: light.wohnzimmer_sofa, light.wohnzimmer_fenster, light.wohnzimmer_links, light.wohnzimmer_rechts
transition: 600 # Transition time in seconds
brightness: 255
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: media_player.radio_wohnzimmer
volume_level: 1.0
- service: media_player.play_media
data:
entity_id: media_player.radio_wohnzimmer
media_content_id: NDR.zwei
media_content_type: TUNEIN
- delay: 0:30:0
- service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.wohnzimmer_decke
… the result ist that the lights are going on but the echo don’t play the radio station over tune in
there are any one here with an idea about this problem?
I am getting an error as well. I am trying to get the file system correct.
Testing configuration at /config
Failed config
General Errors:
- Component not found: alexa_media
Successful config (partial)```
alexa_media:
accounts:
- email: secret
- password: secret
- url: amazon.com
My file structure is
HASSIO\config\custom_components\alexa_media
with
init.py
const.py
media_player.py
Am I missing something?
filename has to be
underscorex2 init underscorex2 .py
Can’t write that
try it this way instead:
alexa_media: accounts: - email: [email protected] password: XXXXXX url: amazon.com
Thanks It should work on 0.88.2 correct? I understand .89 is having issues?
I tried it that way as well.