They show up as one. So a 5.1(playbase,sub,2 ones) show up as living room or whatever. A second 5.1 (playbar,sub,2 ones) show up as a single entity say basement. even if you have 2 ones in a stereo pair they show up as a single entity…which is perfect in my mind…
Im still waiting for a clean way to do the groupings, hopefully soon. I seen an article not to long ago they opened up the api some more or something, i need to check it out.
Thanks, i will try my luck, and see what i can do. I will be checking for updates. Thanks again
I am having a hard time trying to set this up, not sure if anyone would have any ideas.
I am getting the following error:
ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Invalid service data for media_player.sonos_unjoin: Entity ID is an invalid entity id for dictionary value @ data[‘entity_id’]. Got ‘’
I am using the newer code posted above, the only difference is that my speakers are named “sonoslivingroom” instead of “living_room” and I’ve made the changes throughout.
Also in the script section, I’ve retyped the single quotes as sometimes these don’t come across well when you do a cut and paste.
Thanks
Thanks Jeremy,
I am sure that it may be something really stupid that I missed, but I looked at this close so much that it all seems normal to me now. Here is what I have:
In Input_Boolean.yaml
living_room:
name: Living Room
office:
name: Office
kitchen:
name: Kitchen
In Input_Select.yaml
master_sonos:
name: Master Sonos Player
icon: mdi:itunes
options:
- Living Room
- Office
- Kitchen
In Sensors.yaml
- platform: template
sensors:
sonos_join_speakers:
entity_id:
- media_player.sonoslivingroom
- media_player.sonoskitchen
- media_player.sonosoffice
value_template: >-
{% set master = states.sensor.sonos_group_master.state %}
{% for player in states.media_player -%}
{%- set domain, device = player.entity_id.split('.') -%}
{%- set new_domain = "input_boolean" -%}
{%- set switch = [new_domain,device] | join(".") -%}
{%- if is_state(switch, 'on') and player.entity_id != master -%}
{{player.entity_id}},
{%- endif -%}
{%- endfor %}
sonos_unjoin_speakers:
entity_id:
- media_player.sonoslivingroom
- media_player.sonoskitchen
- media_player.sonosoffice
value_template: >-
{% set master = states.sensor.sonos_group_master.state %}
{% for player in states.media_player -%}
{%- set domain, device = player.entity_id.split('.') -%}
{%- set new_domain = "input_boolean" -%}
{%- set switch = [new_domain,device] | join(".") -%}
{%- if is_state(switch, 'off') and player.entity_id != master -%}
{{player.entity_id}},
{%- endif -%}
{%- endfor %}
sonos_group_master:
entity_id:
- media_player.sonoslivingroom
- media_player.sonoskitchen
- media_player.sonosoffice
value_template: >-
{%- for player in states.media_player if player.state == 'playing' and player.attributes.sonos_group %}
{% if player.attributes.sonos_group[0] == player.entity_id %}
{{player.entity_id}}
{% endif %}
{% endfor -%}
sonos_not_group_slaves:
friendly_name: Not Group Slaves
entity_id: sensor.sonos_group_slaves
value_template: >-
{% for player in states.media_player if player.attributes.sonos_group %}
{% set n = player.attributes.sonos_group %}
{%- if n|length == 1 -%}
{{player.entity_id}},
{%- endif -%}
{%- endfor %}
sonos_group_slaves:
friendly_name: Group Slaves
entity_id: sensor.sonos_group_master
value_template: >-
{%- for player in states.media_player if player.state == 'playing' and player.attributes.sonos_group %}
{%- if player.attributes.sonos_group[0] == player.entity_id %}
{%- set slaves = player.attributes.sonos_group[1:] %}
{{ slaves|join(",")|replace("media_player", "input_boolean") }}
{%- endif %}
{%- endfor %}
In Automation.yaml
- alias: 'Set Sonos States'
initial_state: on
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.sonos_group_slaves
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.sonos_not_group_slaves
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.sonos_group_master
- platform: homeassistant
event: start
condition:
condition: and
conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{% if states.sensor.sonos_group_slaves.state != "" and states.sensor.sonos_group_master.state != "" %}true{%endif%}'
action:
- service: input_select.select_option
data_template:
entity_id: input_select.master_sonos
option: >-
{% set master = states.sensor.sonos_group_master.state %}
{% if "media_player.sonoslivingroom" in master %}Living Room
{% elif "media_player.sonoskitchen" in master%}Kitchen
{% elif "media_player.sonosoffice" in master%}Office
{% endif %}
- service: input_boolean.turn_on
data_template:
entity_id: '{{states.sensor.sonos_group_slaves.state}}'
- condition: template
value_template: '{% if not is_state("sensor.sonos_not_group_slaves", "")%}true{%endif%}'
- service: input_boolean.turn_off
data_template:
entity_id: '{%- set slaves = states.sensor.sonos_not_group_slaves.state -%}{{slaves[:-1]|replace("media_player","input_boolean")}}'
In Scripts.yaml
sonos_group_speakers:
sequence:
- service: media_player.sonos_join
data_template:
master: >-
{% if is_state("input_select.master_sonos", "Living Room") %}media_player.sonoslivingroom
{% elif is_state("input_select.master_sonos", "Office") %}media_player.sonosoffice
{% elif is_state("input_select.master_sonos", "Kitchen") %}media_player.sonoskitchen
{% endif %}
entity_id: '{%- set slaves = states.sensor.sonos_join_speakers.state -%}{{slaves[:-1]}}'
- service: media_player.sonos_unjoin
data_template:
entity_id: '{%- set slaves = states.sensor.sonos_unjoin_speakers.state -%}{{slaves[:-1]}}'
in Groups.yaml
sonos_grouping_options:
view: no
name: Group Sonos Players
control: hidden
entities:
- input_select.master_sonos
- input_boolean.kitchen
- input_boolean.living_room
- input_boolean.office
- script.sonos_group_speakersBefore I attempt this, is this still working with current version? Any updates I should be aware of?
Thank you!
Not sure if you got this working (please let me know if you did), but from my noob experience, the dictionary value error is the result of formatting errors. You either have inconsistent spacing or you have something with a value where it should actually be blank.
I have a sonos in my kitchen this is powered via a switch (unfortunately – can’t easily change either).
I would like to join to other Sonos when playing.
Do you know how to query to find master? I believe your automation above assumes/joins living_room. But what if living_room is not controller?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
~Bryan
Getting the following error when I execute the script:
Error executing service <ServiceCall script.sonos_group_speakers (c:643dc753a0374e61b6894cfe3a9c05c1)>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/core.py”, line 1130, in _safe_execute
await self._execute_service(handler, service_call)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/core.py”, line 1143, in _execute_service
await handler.func(service_call)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/script.py”, line 123, in service_handler
context=service.context)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/script.py”, line 181, in async_turn_on
kwargs.get(ATTR_VARIABLES), context)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/script.py”, line 130, in async_run
await self._handle_action(action, variables, context)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/script.py”, line 172, in _handle_action
action, variables, context)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/script.py”, line 261, in _async_call_service
context=context
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/service.py”, line 81, in async_call_from_config
domain, service_name, service_data, blocking=blocking, context=context)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/core.py”, line 1101, in async_call
processed_data = handler.schema(service_data)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/voluptuous/schema_builder.py”, line 267, in call
return self._compiled([], data)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/voluptuous/schema_builder.py”, line 589, in validate_dict
return base_validate(path, iteritems(data), out)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/voluptuous/schema_builder.py”, line 427, in validate_mapping
raise er.MultipleInvalid(errors)
voluptuous.error.MultipleInvalid: Entity ID is an invalid entity id for dictionary value @ data[‘entity_id’]
My script code is:
sonos_group_speakers:
sequence:
- service: media_player.sonos_join
data_template:
master: >-
{% if is_state("input_select.master_sonos", "Playbar") %}media_player.sonos_playbar
{% elif is_state("input_select.master_sonos", "Man Cave") %}media_player.sonos_man_cave
{% elif is_state("input_select.master_sonos", "Parlour") %}media_player.sonos_parlour
{% elif is_state("input_select.master_sonos", "Lovenest") %}media_player.sonos_lovenest
{% elif is_state("input_select.master_sonos", "Breakfast Nook") %}media_player.sonos_breakfast_nook
{% elif is_state("input_select.master_sonos", "Cabana") %}media_player.sonos_cabana
{% elif is_state("input_select.master_sonos", "Roamer") %}media_player.sonos_roamer
{% endif %}
entity_id: '{%- set slaves = states.sensor.sonos_join_speakers.state -%}{{slaves[:-1]}}'
- service: media_player.sonos_unjoin
data_template:
entity_id: '{%- set slaves = states.sensor.sonos_unjoin_speakers.state -%}{{slaves[:-1]}}'@ berniebl, I seem to be having the same issue. Were you able to figure out what was wrong? Like you, I really want to get this working but this thread seems to have dried up.
No, never got it resolved, I did review my code several times and could not find anything out of the ordinary. I will be setting up another instance of HA during the holiday season, I may give this one more shot. Keep us posted if you find a fix
Sorry to hear that. Would be great if the OP or someone else could help us both out :-). I really, REALLY want this working. Such a cool feature that is much needed for my setup.
With different types of setups and configurations, I don’t hold the OP or developer responsible to make sure that everything works for everyone. I am just happy that talented folks can share their hard work and talent to the community and help some of us that are a little more programmatically challenged. If they can spot a quick mistake to assist, I am grateful, but sicne this is working for the majority of folks, I tent to think that it’s either a mistake on my side or my setup is just a little different than others.
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I completely agree. I don’t hold anyone responsible or have any expectations. That being said, I would love to get this working lol.
Currently, when I execute, the “master player” ungroups in the Sonos app, but nothing else seems to group together. I’ve checked and double checked my code against what has been posted and can’t seem to locate any differences.
I do have my scrips in a scripts.yaml file, so it seems to require slightly different indentations from what has been posted in the config.yaml or I get config errors.
I’m happy to detail all my code, but hate to continue cluttering up this thread if it is dead.
Hey everyone, I’m really sorry I’ve been MIA lately. I started a new job recently and its been consuming a lot of my time.
Here’s an update on this project. Everything still works for me, but I do agree, due to the complexity of setting this up it’s really not ideal.
However, there is some good news! 
If you are using lovelace, you’ll probably be interested in Karl’s @kalkih Mini Media Player. He recently added Sonos grouping support and it’s MUCH easier to setup vs. my poor hacking attempt above, not to mention offers a lot more in customization over the current built in media player component.
And if you’re not on lovelace, this just might be a reason to look into it now. I would love to help everyone get this working but I also don’t want to give false hopes since my free time lately has been next to nothing. 
But if anyone wants to get my solution working, I may have a little bit of time this weekend, so shoot my a PM and I will try to help the best I can!! Thanks everyone!
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Thanks, @Jer78, after sonos supports group/ungroup services, with some guide from Phil’s blog, I have also create a different version using sonos group/ungroup services and eaiser to maintain. Happy to share it in Music Follow Me - Sonos Speakers Group/Ungroup Automation