Thanks for all !! great solutions !!
time now to change all my TTS alerts and informations 
best regards
Sounds good
Pleas give men an update whether it works or if you have ideas for further optimization 
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Hi,
I tried with my setup (using spotify) and it doesn’t work. I think it’s pretty normal because spotify needs a custom component to allow HA to start playing music…
Hi,
I’ll take a look at it and get back.
I am not sure you do need the custom component to play spotify.
but have you tried with other sources like TuneIn for example?
Hi @Jokerigno,
Just wanted to give you an update.
I confirm that it works fine with Spotify when running on Sonos devices but, unfortunately not on Chrome cast or other google devices like the google mini or nest.
other streaming apps like TuneIn work fine on both Sonos and Google devices.
The reason basically is that calling the service media_player.play_media that is used in the script works on Sonos devices but not on google. Maybe we need the custom component you mentioned.
I’ll give it a try and look further for a solution
I’ll get back with an update
Kind regards, Ghassan
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Hi @Jokerigno ,
Good news, I found a solution
If you first install and configure:
-
The official Spofity component : Spotify - Home Assistant (home-assistant.io)
Then the updated version of the script will work with SpotifyConnect on Chrome cast devices like yours.
On Sonos it still works with Sonos if you start Spotify from the Sonos App but not if you choose the Sonos SpotifyConnect device from the the Spotify app.
On the other hand, other streaming services like TuneIn still works with both Chrome cast and Sonos devices.
Her is the updates version of the script:
alias: TTS and resume
variables:
mediaplayer_State: '{{ states(tts_entity) }}'
mediaplayer_volume_level: '{{ state_attr(tts_entity,''volume_level'') }}'
mediaplayer_media_content_id: '{{ state_attr(tts_entity,''media_content_id'') }}'
mediaplayer_app_name: '{{ state_attr(tts_entity,''app_name'') }}'
mediaplayer_Source: '{{ state_attr(tts_entity,''media_channel'') }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
volume_level: 0.75
- service: tts.google_translate_say
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
language: da
message: '{{ msg }}'
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 7
milliseconds: 0
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
volume_level: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level }}'
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_app_name == ''Spotify'' }}'
sequence:
- service: spotcast.start
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
- service: media_player.media_play
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
default:
- service: media_player.play_media
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
media_content_id: '{{ mediaplayer_media_content_id }}'
media_content_type: music
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 8
milliseconds: 0
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_Source != None }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.select_source
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
source: '{{ mediaplayer_Source }}'
- service: media_player.media_pause
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 4
milliseconds: 0
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_State == ''playing'' }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.media_play
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
mode: single
As you ca see i introduced delays several places to make sure previous commands are finished executing before new ones are called. Maybe some of these delays can be made shorter. You can experiment finetuning these.
Please let med know if this works for you
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Tomorrow in the morning I will test it and let you know asap the results! Can’t wait!
TY!
So I tested out and in my case I don’t know why is not working.
First I already have spotcast and I tested it in dev tools with this simple command and it works:
service: spotcast.start
entity_id: media_player.corridoio
What I’ve found is a simply copy paste of the script. What I’v e noticed and that my google mini make the blink after tts message but the music does not start. Moreover looking ath te spotcast docs maybe the second command of the script is not required?
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ mediaplayer_app_name == 'Spotify' }}"
sequence:
- service: spotcast.start
data:
entity_id: "{{ tts_entity }}"
##########THIS IS REQUIRED ? ###########
- service: media_player.media_play
data:
entity_id: "{{ tts_entity }}"
#######################################
Of course it is just a question. I just pasted the script as is.
I’ve checked also the logs but no error in there.
Hi @Jokerigno ,
Yes I also noticed some inconsistency too.
I don’t have a google mini but other Chinese products a Mi AI speaker and Mi TV Box box. with built in Chrome cast and these behave differently. So maybe the real Chrome cast behave in yet another way.
Try this a bit modifiede version:
alias: TTS and resume
variables:
mediaplayer_State: '{{ states(tts_entity) }}'
mediaplayer_volume_level: '{{ state_attr(tts_entity,''volume_level'') }}'
mediaplayer_media_content_id: '{{ state_attr(tts_entity,''media_content_id'') }}'
mediaplayer_app_name: '{{ state_attr(tts_entity,''app_name'') }}'
mediaplayer_Source: '{{ state_attr(tts_entity,''media_channel'') }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
volume_level: 0.15
- service: tts.google_translate_say
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
language: da
message: '{{ msg }}'
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 7
milliseconds: 0
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
volume_level: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level }}'
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_app_name == ''Spotify'' }}'
sequence:
- service: spotcast.start
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
default:
- service: media_player.play_media
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
media_content_id: '{{ mediaplayer_media_content_id }}'
media_content_type: music
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 8
milliseconds: 0
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_Source != None }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.select_source
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
source: '{{ mediaplayer_Source }}'
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 4
milliseconds: 0
- service: media_player.media_pause
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_State == ''playing'' }}'
sequence:
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 4
milliseconds: 0
- service: media_player.media_play
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
mode: single
If it still don’t work, please send me the state and attributes values for your media player from the developer tools “states tab”, before and after you call the script?
This will help us figure out what is missing
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it works!!! I need to make some other test but first impression is that it works on every condition!
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Great
Glad to hear
I was looking for something like this! Thanks for this great script!
I have edited the script to fit my use case a little better:
In the Google Home app, I have bundled my two Google Home mini speakers together to a “Home Group” (the group has the name home_group. This home group is the default playback device.
This shows up as an extra media player in Home Assistant.
Whenever I say: “Hey Google, play my favourites” it will start playing my liked songs in Spotify on both speakers.
I want to play my tts on only a single device. This automatically stops playback on the entire group for some reason.
Whenever a tts comes along, I want playback to continue on both speakers.
Here are my edits:
tts_and_resume:
alias: TTS and resume
variables:
group_State: '{{ states(''media_player.home_group'') }}'
mediaplayer_State: '{{ states(tts_entity) }}'
mediaplayer_volume_level: '{{ state_attr(tts_entity,''volume_level'') }}'
mediaplayer_media_content_id: '{{ state_attr(tts_entity,''media_content_id'') }}'
mediaplayer_app_name: '{{ state_attr(tts_entity,''app_name'') }}'
mediaplayer_Source: '{{ state_attr(tts_entity,''media_channel'') }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
volume_level: 0.15
- service: tts.google_translate_say
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
language: '{{ language }}'
message: '{{ msg }}'
- delay:
seconds: 7
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ tts_entity }}'
volume_level: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level }}'
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ group_State == ''playing'' }}'
sequence:
- service: script.turn_on
target:
entity_id: script.resume_after_tts
data:
variables:
resume_entity: media_player.home_group
mediaplayer_State: '{{ mediaplayer_State }}'
mediaplayer_volume_level: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level }}'
mediaplayer_media_content_id: '{{ mediaplayer_media_content_id }}'
mediaplayer_app_name: '{{ mediaplayer_app_name }}'
mediaplayer_Source: '{{ mediaplayer_Source }}'
default:
- service: script.turn_on
target:
entity_id: script.resume_after_tts
data:
variables:
resume_entity: '{{ tts_entity }}'
mediaplayer_State: '{{ mediaplayer_State }}'
mediaplayer_volume_level: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level }}'
mediaplayer_media_content_id: '{{ mediaplayer_media_content_id }}'
mediaplayer_app_name: '{{ mediaplayer_app_name }}'
mediaplayer_Source: '{{ mediaplayer_Source }}'
mode: single
And the resume is done in another service:
resume_after_tts:
alias: Resume after TTS
sequence:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_app_name == ''Spotify'' }}'
sequence:
- service: spotcast.start
data:
entity_id: '{{ resume_entity }}'
default:
- service: media_player.play_media
data:
entity_id: '{{ resume_entity }}'
media_content_id: '{{ mediaplayer_media_content_id }}'
media_content_type: music
- delay:
seconds: 8
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_Source != None }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.select_source
data:
entity_id: '{{ resume_entity }}'
source: '{{ mediaplayer_Source }}'
- delay:
seconds: 4
- service: media_player.media_pause
data:
entity_id: '{{ resume_entity }}'
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_State == ''playing'' }}'
sequence:
- delay:
seconds: 4
- service: media_player.media_play
data:
entity_id: '{{ resume_entity }}'
mode: single
So it detects the state of the group and will continue playing on either the tts_entity or on the group depending on the state.
It is not the most elegant solution, but this is working fine for now.
If you have multiple groups however, you’ll have to come up with an even more clever way of knowing which group is playing.
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Hi @wburgers ,
Glad to hear my script was useful and inspired you for your solution:
Maybe you can optimize the code by conditional value of the resume_entity instead of a choose construction and two different calls with the only difference by the entity. if this works, you can reconsider containing the resume scipt, in the main script saving further calls.
Try something like this (Not sure the indention is correct)
- service: script.turn_on
target:
entity_id: script.resume_after_tts
data:
variables:
resume_entity: |-
{% if is_state('group_State', 'playing') %}
'{{ media_player.home_group }}'
{% else %}
'{{ tts_entity }}'
{% endif %}
mediaplayer_State: '{{ mediaplayer_State }}'
mediaplayer_volume_level: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level }}'
mediaplayer_media_content_id: '{{ mediaplayer_media_content_id }}'
mediaplayer_app_name: '{{ mediaplayer_app_name }}'
mediaplayer_Source: '{{ mediaplayer_Source }}'
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Thanks for the suggestion! 
I’ll give it a go next week when I have more time.
hello , my script work fine! thanks @ghvader and all
this is my code:
alias: TTS and resume
variables:
media_content_id_mini: '{{ state_attr(''media_player.home_mini'',''media_content_id'') }}'
media_content_id_nest: '{{ state_attr(''media_player.nest_mini'',''media_content_id'') }}'
mediaplayer_volume_level_mini: '{{ state_attr(''media_player.home_mini'',''volume_level'') }}'
mediaplayer_volume_level_nest: '{{ state_attr(''media_player.nest_mini'',''volume_level'') }}'
mediaplayer_State_mini: '{{ states(''media_player.home_mini'') }}'
mediaplayer_State_nest: '{{ states(''media_player.nest_mini'') }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.media_pause
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.home_mini'' }}'
- service: media_player.media_pause
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
- delay: 1
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.home_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ volumen }}'
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ volumen }}'
- delay: 1
- service: tts.google_say
entity_id: media_player.minis
data:
message: '{{ message }}'
- delay: '{{ espera }}'
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ media_content_id_mini == media_content_id_nest }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.home_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level_mini }}'
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level_nest }}'
- delay: 2
- service: media_player.play_media
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.minis'' }}'
media_content_id: '{{ media_content_id_nest }}'
media_content_type: music
default:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_State_nest == ''playing'' }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level_nest }}'
- delay: 2
- service: media_player.play_media
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
media_content_id: '{{ media_content_id_nest }}'
media_content_type: music
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_State_mini == ''playing'' }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level_mini }}'
- delay: 2
- service: media_player.play_media
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
media_content_id: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level_mini }}'
media_content_type: music
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_State_mini != ''playing'' }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.turn_off
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.home_mini'' }}'
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_State_nest != ''playing'' }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.turn_off
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
mode: single
now , a further optimization …
how I can add a “choose:” or “IF” to reduce a 50% or limit to 0.3 the volume in the night ? when the sun is above_horizon by example.
regards
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I add the option to reduce the volume in the night
alias: TTS and resume
variables:
media_content_id_mini: '{{ state_attr(''media_player.home_mini'',''media_content_id'') }}'
media_content_id_nest: '{{ state_attr(''media_player.nest_mini'',''media_content_id'') }}'
mediaplayer_volume_level_mini: '{{ state_attr(''media_player.home_mini'',''volume_level'') }}'
mediaplayer_volume_level_nest: '{{ state_attr(''media_player.nest_mini'',''volume_level'') }}'
mediaplayer_State_mini: '{{ states(''media_player.home_mini'') }}'
mediaplayer_State_nest: '{{ states(''media_player.nest_mini'') }}'
volumen_noche: '{{ volumen - 0.3 }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.media_pause
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.home_mini'' }}'
- service: media_player.media_pause
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
- delay: 1
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ now().hour < 9 }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.home_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ volumen_noche }}'
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ volumen_noche }}'
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ now().hour < 23 }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.home_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ volumen }}'
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ volumen }}'
default:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.home_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ volumen_noche }}'
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ volumen_noche }}'
- delay: 1
- service: tts.google_say
entity_id: media_player.minis
data:
message: '{{ message }}'
- delay: '{{ espera }}'
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ media_content_id_mini == media_content_id_nest }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.home_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level_mini }}'
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level_nest }}'
- delay: 2
- service: media_player.play_media
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.minis'' }}'
media_content_id: '{{ media_content_id_nest }}'
media_content_type: music
default:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_State_nest == ''playing'' }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level_nest }}'
- delay: 2
- service: media_player.play_media
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
media_content_id: '{{ media_content_id_nest }}'
media_content_type: music
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_State_mini == ''playing'' }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level_mini }}'
- delay: 2
- service: media_player.play_media
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
media_content_id: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level_mini }}'
media_content_type: music
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_State_mini != ''playing'' }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.turn_off
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.home_mini'' }}'
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_State_nest != ''playing'' }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.turn_off
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
mode: single
Hi @ArielBaravalle ,
I tried to make a more compact version optimizing the conditional structure and thereby removing unnecessary duplicate code.
The script size is reduced from 125 to 78 lines .
alias: TTS and resume
variables:
media_content_id_mini: '{{ state_attr(''media_player.home_mini'',''media_content_id'') }}'
media_content_id_nest: '{{ state_attr(''media_player.nest_mini'',''media_content_id'') }}'
mediaplayer_volume_level_mini: '{{ state_attr(''media_player.home_mini'',''volume_level'') }}'
mediaplayer_volume_level_nest: '{{ state_attr(''media_player.nest_mini'',''volume_level'') }}'
mediaplayer_State_mini: '{{ states(''media_player.home_mini'') }}'
mediaplayer_State_nest: '{{ states(''media_player.nest_mini'') }}'
volumen_output: |-
{% if now().hour < 9 %}
'{{ volumen - 0.3 }}'
{% elif now().hour < 23 %}
'{{ volumen }}'
{% else %}
'{{ volumen }}'
{% endif %}
sequence:
- service: media_player.media_pause
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.home_mini'' }}'
- service: media_player.media_pause
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
- delay: 1
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.home_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ volumen_output }}'
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ volumen_output }}'
- delay: 1
- service: tts.google_say
entity_id: media_player.minis
data:
message: '{{ message }}'
- delay: '{{ espera }}'
- delay: 2
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_State_nest == ''playing'' }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level_nest }}'
- delay: 2
- service: media_player.play_media
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
media_content_id: '{{ media_content_id_nest }}'
media_content_type: music
default:
- service: media_player.turn_off
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ mediaplayer_State_mini == ''playing'' }}'
sequence:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
volume_level: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level_mini }}'
- delay: 2
- service: media_player.play_media
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.nest_mini'' }}'
media_content_id: '{{ mediaplayer_volume_level_mini }}'
media_content_type: music
default:
- service: media_player.turn_off
data:
entity_id: '{{ ''media_player.home_mini'' }}'
mode: single
Take a look at this and let me know of you have comments/questions.
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great ! thanks
now , how we can eliminate the “espera” variable ?
waiting the change of state of player to “not playing” , maybe in a WHILE loop ?
or calculating the length of the string “message” ?
If you dont mind broadcasting to all the Google Home/Nest devices then just use Assistant Relay.
A work-around to prevent it playing to all devices is to first send a command to particular devices to put them in ‘do not disturb’ mode first, then set back to normal. That setting can be done using the Google Home custom component.