Echo Devices (Alexa) as Media Player - Testers Needed

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5407

Hi, from time to time since a few weeks I receive this error:

Logger: homeassistant.components.alexa.state_report
Source: components/alexa/state_report.py:179
Integration: Amazon Alexa (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 6. Mai 2022, 21:28:20 (3 occurrences)
Last logged: 6. Mai 2022, 21:28:20

Error when sending ChangeReport for light.wohnzimmer to Alexa: THROTTLING_EXCEPTION: Request could not be processed due to throttling.

Everything works fine. At least I cannot notice any strange behavior.
Can somebody explain what that is?

5408

It’s not related to this custom component.

5409

OK, then it comes from the cloud integration. Thanks

5410

hello,

is it not possible to listen to the “ResponseNone” Event?

i tried it with this code

platform: event
event_type: alexa_actionable_notification
event_data:
  event_id: actionable_notification_firetv_kueche_switch_off
  event_response_type: ResponseNone

but the automation get never triggered when alexa get no answer from me.

here is the automation for the question

service: script.activate_alexa_actionable_notification
data_template:
  text: Hallo, Soll ich die Shield ausschalten?
  event_id: actionable_notification_firetv_kueche_switch_off
  alexa_device: media_player.echo_show_kueche

and in the script is everything correct, the ResponseYes works well.

5411

This isn’t the right thread for this discussion. Try Actionable Notifications via Alexa Media Player - #256 by dbrunt

5412

Please post your question and the entire automation(s) and script(s) over in Actionable Notifications via Alexa Media Player - #256 by dbrunt

5413

Will this work on locally stored MP3? I tried it but no success. I replaced the URL to the local full file path but it did not work.

5414

Amazon has set very specific limits on bitrate and length so you need to make sure your file is properly formatted and isn’t too long. One of the best resources on this topic is Mark Watt’s video: Play a local mp3 file on Alexa Echo dot - #33 by MarkWattTech

5415

I’m having setup issues.
I’ve set MFA for the config app as described, however the Amazon MFA page says to click “time based” in the app setup.
I don’t see that on the HA config for the integration.
When I complete the setup and go to the next screen, it tries to log me in to Alexa however the MFA token that is generated looks to be a static one and not time based (this is my assumption) because I am getting this error:

There was a problem
The One Time Password (OTP) you entered is not valid. Please try again.

what can I do to work around this?

5416

Does anybody know where these errors received after the last restart come from:

Logger: homeassistant.components.light
Source: custom_components/alexa_media/light.py:78
Integration: Licht (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 17:15:02 (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 17:15:02

Error while setting up alexa_media platform for light
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity_platform.py", line 249, in _async_setup_platform
    await asyncio.shield(task)
  File "/config/custom_components/alexa_media/light.py", line 78, in async_setup_platform
    account = config[CONF_EMAIL] if config else discovery_info["config"][CONF_EMAIL]
KeyError: 'email'

Have that for sensor, alarm_control and switch platform as well.
Alexa speech output works

5417

Is this after the latest HACS update to 1.25.1?

I have a nightmare with HACS components since the latest upgrade but nothing (thankfully) with AMP

My errors are with lovelace components and I have a consistent error with HACS

Logger: homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection
Source: components/websocket_api/connection.py:96
Integration: Home Assistant WebSocket API (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 20:15:31 (9 occurrences)
Last logged: 20:15:31

[547876251344] Received invalid command: hacs/subscribe

But after re-downloading the components everything works!!
Still get the above error though which has occurred since updating HACS

5418

@agratam Would you mind outlining how you changed the domain. One the config is set up it does not allow you to alter any settings. Currently there are no entries in the configuration.yaml for it.

5419

It’s not in yaml but though integrations
When you add Alexa media player integration you can pick the region domain. It has to be the same where your echo devices are registered.

Regards

Matteo

5420

Remove and readd the integration to change settings. Everything should stay consistent between installs as long as your Echo serial numbers don’t change for some reason.

5421

Thank you both for your replies. I was expecting I would have to go through that whole process again. I will give it a go.

Thanks

5422

Hi,

After the recent update to Alexa Media integration (Hacs) , I keep getting notification after reboot of my raspberry pi for “Alexa Media Reauthentication required”

I reauthenticate it… until the next reboot everything works fine and after a reboot of raspberry pi the same notification comes.

Kindly guide how to fix this.

Thanks

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5423

Yes, I am experiencing the same thing. I think it’s maybe something to do with the 2022.6 update. I am on alexa_media_player 4.0.1 and 2022.5.5 with no issue after any restart of HA. No reauthentication required.

After I update to 2022.6 but still on alexa media player 4.0.1, I was getting the reauthentication message after every restart of HA. I’ve updated to 4.0.2, and still getting the same message as well.

I am seeing this error in log.

Logger: alexapy.alexalogin
Source: /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/alexapy/alexalogin.py:706
First occurred: 4:19:38 PM (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 4:19:38 PM
No access token found; falling back to credential login instead of oauth.

Logger: custom_components.alexa_media
Source: helpers/update_coordinator.py:223
Integration: Alexa Media Player (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 4:19:47 PM (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 4:19:47 PM
Error fetching alexa_media data: Error communicating with API:
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5424

Exactly the same issue here. After every reboot there is a need to reauth.

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5425

Same issue

5426

@duceduc @martoq @matteos1

  • Make sure you have removed any old Alexa Media Player configuration data from configuration.yaml.
  • If that doesn’t solve the issue, remove and re-add the integration to make sure alexapy is up to date.
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