How to send a random .mp3 from a folder to media player?

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I have a working config to send random text statements to the TTS engine. I’d like to add the ability to upload a folder full of mp3s and send a random one to a media player based on a trigger. The best method would just grab a random file from the chosen folder so I could swap files without changing the config, however, if that’s hard, I’d be OK putting specific file names into a list. Anyone done this? What would the config for something like that look like?

Thanks!

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I guess no one has a way to do this with yaml. Would it be easier to try this in Node Red or Appdaemon? I haven’t delved into that yet.

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I want to do something similiar. Maybe some one can help?

I have a folder with some mp3 files in it. I just want to play a random song over one of my Google Home devices. Can do it trough YAML automation or Node Red.

Thanks!

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Figured it out with Node Red. Key was giving the mp3 number file names like 1.mp3, 2.mp3, …

Then I generate a random number in Node Red and pass it to a play_media service call.

{"media_content_id":"http://192.168.178.30:8123/local/{{payload}}.mp3","media_content_type":"audio/mp3"}

Works perfect!

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Easy to do in YAML as well.

- service: media_player.play_media
  data_template:
    entity_id: media_player.something
    media_content_type: audio/mp3
    media_content_id: "http://media_server/audio/{{range(1, 51)|random}}.mp3"

It assumes there are 50 tracks available, from 1.mp3 to 50.mp3.

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Hi, what media player hardware is needed for this YAML? Would this work on Alexa? Thanks!