Failed to call service script. Error: No active player

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#1

Hi, I have a script to turn on TV, switch input to Kodi and play a playlist on it. But sometimes (seemingly randomly), it doesn’t work and gives me this:

Failed to call service script/turn_on_tv_and_kodi. Error: No active player.

The log entry is here and the script is here.

Any idea? Thanks.

#2

You don’t have to use external code posting sites on the forum. Paste them inside code blocks here.

#3

Nobody? Problem still stands. “No active player” when calling a Kodi playlist. There was no Kodi update and the script worked before.

#4

Still not fixed. Now with 2022.4 it’s an issue even with different integrations such as Spotify, Sonos, Alexa Media Player.

#5

Still an issue as of August 2023. I’m trying to play media to Kodi, I get “no active player”.

#6

Not an answer to your question, but a suggestion: re-read the post from tom_I and directly paste your code and logs in a forum post here.
Using external posting sites for code is not user friendly and could potentially be a security risk.

Edit:
Ah! I just saw that you in fact did this 18 minutes ago, so good for you.

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#7

Right, okay

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/automation/__init__.py", line 659, in async_trigger
await self.action_script.async_run(
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 1569, in async_run
return await asyncio.shield(run.async_run())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 420, in async_run
await self._async_step(log_exceptions=False)
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 470, in _async_step
self._handle_exception(
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 493, in _handle_exception
raise exception
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 468, in _async_step
await getattr(self, handler)()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 703, in _async_call_service_step
response_data = await self._async_run_long_action(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 665, in _async_run_long_action
return long_task.result()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 1974, in async_call
response_data = await coro
^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 2011, in _execute_service
return await target(service_call)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity_component.py", line 235, in handle_service
return await service.entity_service_call(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 870, in entity_service_call
response_data = await _handle_entity_call(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 942, in _handle_entity_call
result = await task
^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/kodi/media_player.py", line 242, in wrapper
await func(obj, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/kodi/media_player.py", line 749, in async_set_shuffle
raise RuntimeError("Error: No active player.")
RuntimeError: Error: No active player.