Sorry for refreshing the topic, but I think I don’t understand what should be the final configuration. Is that the one posted by @YetAnotherDave?
This post is how I have it configured. It still works for me 
core-2021.5.5
supervisor-2021.06.8
Home Assistant OS 5.13
HACS 1.12.4
Musiccast Yamaha v0.5
Mini Media Player v1.12.1
I also have some problems getting my Musiccast system up and running with Homeassistant. I browsed the examples here and on GitHub - ppanagiotis/pymusiccast: Group MusicCast Speakers with Home Assistant to do the installation. I made a card in Lovelace like this:
type: entities
entities:
- type: custom:mini-media-player
group: true
entity: media_player.esszimmer
name: Esszimmer
toggle_power: false
artwork: cover
hide:
icon: true
power_state: false
speaker_group:
platform: musiccast_yamaha
expanded: false
entities:
- entity_id: media_player.esszimmer_main
name: Esszimmer
- entity_id: media_player.kuche_main
name: Küche
- entity_id: media_player.schlafzimmer_main
name: Schlafzimmer
- type: custom:mini-media-player
artwork: cover
group: true
name: Küche
hide:
icon: true
controls: true
progress: true
source: true
info: true
power_state: false
entity: media_player.kuche
toggle_power: false
- type: custom:mini-media-player
artwork: cover
group: true
name: Schlafzimmer
hide:
icon: true
controls: true
progress: true
source: true
info: true
power_state: false
entity: media_player.schlafzimmer
toggle_power: false
This is what the card looks like:
I also add my devicecs in the configuration.yaml file. My problem is this: I cannot control or group my devices. When I click the slider, nothing happens. The slider does not move. I can only turn the devices on / off and adjust the volume.
What am I doing wrong?
Hi Guys
Has the Musiccast Group Issue been resolved as i am still recieving the Error that service not found
Also cannot get it working with the ‘official’ aiomusiccast-0.9.1 (https://github.com/ppanagiotis/pymusiccast says it’s deprecated), all documentation I find is very outdated.
I’m on 2021.9.3, the integrated MusicCast (at least their docu says) should provide a join routine.
But it tells there is no service musiccast/join.
Here’s how it looks with platform set to mediaplayer:
This is my custom card:
type: entities
entities:
- type: custom:mini-media-player
group: true
entity: media_player.rxv_werkstatt
name: RXV Werkstatt
toggle_power: false
artwork: cover
hide:
icon: true
power_state: false
source: false
speaker_group:
platform: media_player
expanded: false
entities:
- entity_id: media_player.rxv_wohnen
name: Wohnzimmer
- entity_id: media_player.rxv_kueche
name: Küche
- type: custom:mini-media-player
group: true
entity: media_player.rxv_wohnen
hide:
icon: true
controls: true
progress: true
source: true
info: true
power_state: false
- type: custom:mini-media-player
group: true
entity: media_player.rxv_kueche
hide:
icon: true
controls: true
progress: true
source: true
info: true
power_state: false
if I change the speaker_group platform to musiccast, it looks like this:
Played a bit, found a workaround:
service: media_player.join
target:
entity_id:
- media_player.rxv_wohnen
data:
group_members: media_player.rxv_wohnen
added a button card for it.
This is my screenshot of Musicast devices.
I will try the button setup but that would require multiple buttons if a eventually add all musiccast devices in each room
My Card View
Do you know if there is currently an Open Issue for this intergration
I think not, I opened one yesterday: https://github.com/vigonotion/aiomusiccast/issues/20.
You do use the (deprecated) musiccast_yamaha platform,
but I want to get it working with the ‘official’ platform, which is now musiccast.
Take a look at my previous post, I think it is an issue of mini-media-player, not of the musiccast platform.
Just tried to add the master like you did in your screenshot,
the error stays the same:
Yep, it’s a (solved) issue with mini-media-player, which does not honor the new join method in media_player platform (https://github.com/kalkih/mini-media-player/issues/528). There is no bundled release yet.
If you use platform type media_player, it works. This is my config, it works for me. The join service is part of the media_player scope I guess.
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.1st_floor_living_receiver
artwork: cover
artwork_border: true
power_color: true
show_source: true
sync_volume: true
expanded: true
speaker_group:
platform: media_player
show_group_count: true
entities:
- entity_id: media_player.2nd_floor_office_speakers
name: Musiccast Office
- entity_id: media_player.2nd_floor_loft_receiver
name: Musiccast Loft
- entity_id: media_player.1st_floor_living_receiver
name: Musiccast Living
- entity_id: media_player.basement_cinema_receiver
name: Musiccast Cinema
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Did anybody know how this could work in official musiccast integration?
thanks.
I created an automation using rest http calls , documented in Yamaha advanced api doc.
To group two speakers it takes few http calls, so it is easy enough to do.
Example or rest calls - part of configuration.yaml:
rest_command:
speaker_group:
url: "http://speaker/YamahaExtendedControl/v1/dist/setClientInfo"
method: POST
content_type: 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
payload: '{"group_id": "0000000000000000000000000000000A", "zone": ["main"]}'
mainspeaker_link:
url: "http://mainspeaker/YamahaExtendedControl/v1/dist/setServerInfo"
method: POST
payload: '{ "group_id": "0000000000000000000000000000000A", "zone": ["main"], "type": "add", "client_list": ["192.168.1.99"]}'
mainspeaker_group_name:
url: "http://mainspeaker/YamahaExtendedControl/v1/dist/setGroupName"
method: POST
payload: '{ "name": "LinkedSpeakers"}'
mainspeaker_start_group:
url: "http://mainspeaker/YamahaExtendedControl/v1/dist/startDistribution?num=0"
So, i have two speakers , named
- “speaker” with and ip address 192.168.1.99
- “mainspeaker” , which is the “owner” of the group.
then, in the automation, I am calling the services in this order:
service: rest_command.speaker_group
service: rest_command.mainspeaker_link
service: rest_command.mainspeaker_group_name
service: rest_command.mainspeaker_start_group
That is all, i have speakers linked.
The ip adress can change if dhcp is used - it is better to have the ip static for the speakers.
GroupId is whathever, as long as it is the same in both rest calls.
I was able. This one works using the custom mini media player from HACS and the official Musiccast integration.
Here is my code, Enjoy!
type: entities
entities:
- type: custom:mini-media-player
group: true
entity: media_player.home_theater_room
toggle_power: false
artwork: cover
artwork_border: true
power_color: true
show_source: true
sync_volume: true
expanded: true
speaker_group:
platform: media_player
show_group_count: true
entities:
- entity_id: media_player.kitchen_2
name: Link Kitchen
- entity_id: media_player.master_bedroom_2
name: Link Master Bedroom
- entity_id: media_player.office
name: Link Office
- entity_id: media_player.home_theater_room_zone2
name: Link Patio
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.kitchen_2
group: true
toggle_power: false
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.master_bedroom_2
group: true
controls: true
toggle_power: false
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.office
group: true
toggle_power: false
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.home_theater_room_zone2
name: Patio (Zone 2)
group: true
toggle_power: false
header:
type: picture
image: /local/images/musiccast.png
tap_action:
action: none
hold_action:
action: none
state_color: true
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With the above, can you control individual volumes for each zone? Say if I have ‘Kitchen’ as the master, and link ‘bedroom’, you still only get volume control for Kitchen. Could you include a volume control for each zone linked to the master zone?
I was hoping to configure something like this when I set it up last night also. Sync volume true wasn’t working when I tested it.
I ended up with something really ugly for individual volume.
Actually I was also having issue with volume sync not working, the code just needed slight tweaking from above. The sync_volume: true needed to be under speaker_group:. Here is my working code.
type: entities
entities:
- type: custom:mini-media-player
group: true
entity: media_player.rx_v581
toggle_power: false
artwork: cover
artwork_border: true
power_color: true
show_source: true
expanded: true
speaker_group:
platform: media_player
show_group_count: true
sync_volume: true
entities:
- entity_id: media_player.rx_v2085_zone2
name: Link Kitchen
- entity_id: media_player.rx_v2085_zone3
name: Link Office
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.rx_v2085_zone2
name: Kitchen
group: true
toggle_power: false
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.rx_v2085_zone3
name: Office
group: true
controls: true
toggle_power: false
state_color: true
After countless hours messing with this, I can confirm that this solution is working for the official MusicCast integration using platform: media_player.
Thank you all for your posts!!!
Here is my code:
type: entities
entities:
- type: custom:mini-media-player
group: true
entity: media_player.living_room
toggle_power: false
artwork: full-cover
artwork_border: true
power_color: true
show_source: true
expanded: true
speaker_group:
platform: media_player
sync_volume: true
show_group_count: true
icon: mdi:link
entities:
- entity_id: media_player.kitchen
name: Link Kitchen
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.kitchen
group: true
toggle_power: false
state_color: true
I noticed that if I add the sync volume= true after the speaker group, my main source volume didn’t work on the card. Could you please check yours. Please let me know.
Hi. I have sync volume = true enabled. If I change the grouped card’s volume, it is reflected in the individual main source card’s volume too, and vice versa. Hope that’s what you were asking.