Thank you for that… but I think that somehow just updated the default values to loading 
I think somehow the plugin isn’t connecting to Google Music. I had a look at the connection values for the app login. Just to confirm this is the right format?
gmusic_username: [email protected]
gmusic_password: werfrandomcrapewld
gmusic_device_id: some:11222111-2222-1111-2222-112211122211
You need to use an android device id
gmusic_device_id: some:11222111-2222-1111-2222-112211122211
should look something like
gmusic_device_id: "3d123400daee56ff"
you can use the following to get a list of all your valid device ids, but only the 16-digit android one will work with gmusic player – You should see the device ids in the logs, they are printed in an error message
gmusic_device_id: "00"
AHA! Ok. I did do that check to get my original device ID… BUUUT. I’m one of those Mac fanboys when it comes to mobile phones… haha. I ended up logging into my google acct on my fiances android phone & then tried to setup an app password from there… but I only get the options below… google also doesn’t seem to have a lot of context on how to get an android app password.
That being said, thank you for help so far.
Update
I looked at the plugin code you wrote & saw this lib linked in the comments.
https://unofficial-google-music-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/mobileclient.html
I think the only option I have is to setup oauth since the other 2 login methods also use the device_id
Update 2
Any advice on how to setup google oauth? My google fu isn’t returning any decent results, so I’m stuck in the dark yet again.
Update 3
Found it… Installed this python package.
and then ran. google-music-auth ./oauth
Time of death…
gmusicapi.exceptions.CallFailure: GetDeviceManagementInfo: 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https...
Seems to do with the internals of the auth mechanic When not supplying an actual device ID… the lib uses something called the FROM_MAC_ADDRESS value, which doesn’t seem to be reliable.
Ok I learned a bit from this… but I don’t think its worth pursuing this route much further. I believe the easiest would be to get a throw away android device that can sleep in my cupboard
you can try https://github.com/miikkajo/gmusicproxy to generate token with,
it has working oauth login in it
Gmusic works very well in HA with your proxy and Troy’s component (no timeouts or track skipping).
Sole worry is what will happen once support for Gmusic ends 
Offtopic, does anyone intend to make a custom component for TIDAL?
It’s not the easiest approach - but I’m using a device id from an Amazon Fire 7 tablet. For some added value, you can also install Fully-Kiosk or WallPanel to make further use of the tablet.
The end is near
Can anybody make a suggestion for a beginner based, on-line Python course? I can’t make any promises but there are several possibilities to revive this in the future.
I’m trying to play a playlist in an automation without shuffle but it always shuffles. How can I get it to play from track 1 onwards?
I’ve tried with the shuffle: false as data for the play script.
@OptimusGREEN – I don’t think I ever got the shuffle mode working the way I intended
From the services page, please try media_player.shuffle_set
entity_id: media_player.gmusic_player
shuffle: false
I think because it’s buggy, you might need to reload the playlist after you set shuffle: false
ideal, thats it working. thanks very much
expected a dictionary for dictionary value @ data['packages']['media_player']
can someone help ;/
just a thought that hit me… anyone have an contingency plan when gmusic finally hits the grave?
just found: Youtube Music - Media Browser
resp. https://github.com/sigma67/ytmusicapi
lets hope for the best…
There’s also a drop of hope here (but there hasn’t been any activity yet): gmusicproxy - Migrate to YouTube Music - If that happened, I might be able to make this work, since we can already play from gmusicproxy.
Honestly though, with every new release of Home Assistant, I think the more this needs this refactored from the ground up. I’d still hope someone who actually knows python will write a new integration for YouTube Music, that can also take advantage of the new media browser capabilities in Home Assistant
It’s happening…
I have received the first report, this has stopped working due to the Google Music shutdown 
I’m no help as I can’t code but I have glanced over these:
https://ytmusicapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Any way they can help with a migration from Gmusic to YTM? (now seeing one has been linked already)
Hi all,
I keep getting the “Failed legacy log in, check http://unofficial-google-music-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/mobileclient.html#gmusicapi.clients.Mobileclient.login” when I login. I have created an App-password for 2FA, but still it fails.
I also tried the properties for username and password with and without ‘quotes’. No change
Can you point me in the right direction?
What can I be missing?
I installed via HACS and changed the config file:
gmusic_player.yaml:
media_player:
- platform: gmusic_player
device_id: 00
username: my_google_music_account_name
password: app_password_provided_by_google
Do not install this component
Google Music will be completely shutdown by December 2020
This component will stop working at that time.
UPDATE: 12/05/2020
Locking this thread at OP’s request because Google Music is shut down. See the replacement in the post above this.
