You can maybe use the spotify integration to choose the playlist. but not through owntone
Not sure if anyone else has encountered this, but Iāve been having an issue with the Owntone integration controlling the HomePod Connect Owntone instance after a VM reboot. The integration would be able to read the state of entities, but no controls would go through until either a HA reboot or the Owntone integration config was deleted and re-added.
Looked into it a bit and ended up resolving it by changing the add-on config startup option to āservicesā from āapplicationā, so that the add-on is ready prior to Home Assistant starting.
Iāve created a PR for this, but it may need testing to see if it affects others with different configurations than myself.
I saw posts from @wildekek and @6502c and was hoping for some help with my setup. Hereās what Iām trying to do. Iād like to be able to use an HA dashboard card to control Spotify (I have a premium account) and be able to select my playlists and output speakers, including Apple Homepod minis.
Hereās what Iāve doneā¦
I have the following integrations setup:
- Spotify
- Spotcast
- OwnTone/Librespot
- HomePod Connect
Iām able to launch the OwnTone setup and see my Spotify account info (playlists, etc.), as well as all of my speakers, including the Apple Homepod minis. However, I can only access this via a web page. I saw screen shots from @wildekek and @6502c of a mini player with multiple speakers. Are any of those Homepod speakers?
If so, would you mind sharing the setup (instructions, YAML, etc.)? I think Iām close to getting this setup, I just need the dashboard card stuff working. Many thanks in advance.
(Example)
This is the yaml configuration I use that reduces clutter and only includes the needed elements.
The LG webOS TV LQ625S device will run a script to turn on theTV and set volumes etc. It is not perfect, but works.
type: grid
square: false
columns: 1
cards:
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.owntone_server_2
group: true
icon: mdi:spotify
artwork: material
hide:
name: true
volume: false
source: true
power_state: false
artwork_border: true
scale: '1.4'
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.owntone_output_yamaha_tv_2
group: true
name: Yamaha TV
hide:
play_pause: true
mute: true
power_state: false
background: black
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.owntone_output_ba790_ta_2
group: true
hide:
play_pause: true
mute: true
power_state: false
name: BA790 TA
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.owntone_output_onkyo_cd_living_room
group: true
name: Onkyo CD Living Room
hide:
play_pause: true
mute: true
power_state: false
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.owntone_output_basement_west_onkyo_cd
group: true
name: Basement West Onkyo CD
hide:
play_pause: true
mute: true
power_state: false
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.owntone_output_basement_east_2
group: true
name: Basement East
hide:
play_pause: true
mute: true
power_state: false
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.owntone_output_lg_webos_tv_lq625s_2
group: true
name: LG webOS TV LQ625S
hide:
play_pause: true
mute: true
volume: true
power_state: false
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.turn_on
service_data:
entity_id: script.turn_off_lg_webos_smart_tv
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.owntone_output_onkyo_cd_living_room_2
group: true
hide:
play_pause: true
mute: true
power_state: false
name: Living Room Onkyo CD
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.owntone_output_kitchen_speaker_2
group: true
hide:
play_pause: true
mute: true
power_state: false
name: Chromecast Speaker
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.owntone_output_sabrent_de86
group: true
name: Onkyo CD Attic
hide:
play_pause: true
mute: true
power_state: false
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.owntone_output_apple_tv_attic
group: true
name: Apple TV MBR
hide:
play_pause: true
mute: true
power_state: false
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.owntone_output_front_porch_pair
group: true
name: Front Porch Speaker
hide:
play_pause: true
mute: true
power_state: false
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.TuneAero
group: true
name: TuneAero
hide:
play_pause: true
mute: true
power_state: false
Does that work with output to Apple Homepod minis?
@wildekek Do you mind sharing your YAML code? I like the look of the volume control on the same line as the speaker.
Hiding controls should give you that look.
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.owntone_output_yamaha_tv_2
group: true
name: Yamaha TV
hide:
play_pause: true
power_state: false
controls: true
Thanks. The hide \ controls code worked for me.
hide:
controls: true
Does anyone have the problem that it stops playing after about 3 songs? And then wonāt be able to open the song playing in Spotify, so u have to restart this integration and then only then it works
Hi Alex,
thanks for this modified OwnTone image. I am not using HA yet, but the image works nice in standalone mode. I am using it on my Raspi4 to have a default setting, which stream Spotify to all rooms with HomePods.
Spotify Connect works from WebPlayer, Android and old iPhones which otherwise can not stream to HomePods (with new home firmware) anymore.
First I saw a lot of āRequest failed status: 500 Internal Server Errorā - in this link I found the solution that my AirPlay access was the problem.
Allowing AirPlay access
- Launch Home app on iPhone or iPad.
- Tap on the ā¦ menu at the top right, then tap Home Settings.
- Tap Speakers & TV.
- I needed to switch from āOnly People Sharing this Homeā to āEveryoneā (also āAnyone On the Same Networkā did not work)
- I also tried āRequire Passwordā, but I could not find where to configure the password in Owntone.
Btw, what are the benefits or the requirements of using the librespot-java library instead of the librespot in the linuxserver/daapd?
Very happy that this addon works again! I canāt get used to Music Assistant and it keeps losing the connection to my speakers. Glad that Owntone works again!
Yeah I also tried it, but itās so unreliable rn. Also after a couple of seconds the speakers are out of sync. Owntone is really doing a good job here.
The other one is the old deprecated implementation. Also it does not support Spotify connect (if I remember correctly). That was the reason I made the add on in the first place. Because at the time there was already an Owntone based add on which did not work with Spotify connect.
Yeah thatās true. Itās btw also mentioned in the first post.
Hi, thanks for this amazing addon.
Need a little help for the spotify connect configuration.
So i tried the ZERO_CONF and librespot can be discovered within local network, except it just keeps connecting. Also tried using username and password combination but then it doesnāt show up in spotify connect menu at all.
Is there any way to access the logs of librespot?
Thanks again.
Anyone know where the pipe goes?
I have a custom SMB directory mounted as my media directory and OwnTone doesnāt autostart the pipe from librespot-java.
Logs show the audio is running through the pipe with no issue; spotify is continuing to stream; OwnTone doesnāt show that anything is playing. Starting a Spotify stream from within OwnTone is fine, just not from within Spotify on other devices.
Did you ever get this working the way you described it? Iām in the same boat.
Multiple HomePods. Spotify Premium.
I want to be able to pick a playlist from the dashboard (e.g. Spotify Lovelace Card) and tell it to play on one or multiple specific homepods. Bonus points if I can see the album art etc. on the player card.
Yes I did. I folllowed the OwnTone instructions and can play Spotify content (playlists, artists, etc) to one or more Homepods. The only catch I found is that I have issues if I try to setup a 2nd instance with another Spotify userās profile. It seems to work best with only one. In the screenshot, Kitchen Mini and Family Room Mini are Homepods.
Thanks, thats encouraging. But where do you select to which homepod you want to cast? I can create a media card with the OwnTone Server just fine, and pick my Spotify playlists from the integrated media browser, but I donāt see a way to tell it where to cast right from within my dashboard. Iād have to change it from the webserver frontend.
EDIT: Nevermind. Figured it out by looking at your screenshot some more.
You add one media player with the OwnTone Server entity to pick and control music. You add other media cards with each of your player entities (homepods etc.) and just use the on/off icon to activate/deactivate them.
Sorry itās been a while so I donāt remember exactly, but I think you have it right. From what I recall, the OwnTone server handles the media, and each speaker is a separate media_player.xxx entity.