does this not work with alexa ? Or am I doing something wrong ?
I replaced the media_player with my spotify account and the speakers with my echoes.
as a groupt platform: alexa
Yes, probably not reading the documentation, which says in relation to speaker grouping
Supported platforms
in relation to the generic media_player entry, the footnote says
3 HomeAssistant added join/unjoin services to the media_player. Future official integrations will implement these services (which are slightly different from the ones, which are already supported by this card) instead of implementing them in their own domain.
I am really unclear which media_player integrations have had support added for join/unjoin, but it certainly isnāt many of them.
caught ^^ā¦ unfortunately I only read it āroughlyā.
I havenāt seen anything like this before either.
the only possibility i see is if you create groups:
- Everywhere
- Downstairs
- Upstairs
- Front of House
- Bedroom
but thatās not really what I want.
Suppose I have 5 speakers and just want to turn on ā1 + 3 + 4āā¦
If I want to switch off 4 and switch on 5, then I would need another group for thisā¦ etcā¦ not really good
So only all below, or only all above, thatās clear to me, but itās not really a solution either
Have you tried this? Didnāt work for me.
EDIT: Canāt work:
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Yes, itās not supported, also group playing is not (directly) supported.
Responsible for playing, grouping etc. is IMO the integration, here the Alexa Media Player integration and it does not support join and even has limitations when it comes to group play.
However, there is currently a hack that may or may not work
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Thank You updateā¦ This update resolves a visual issue.
v1.16.2
thanks for the link! then I donāt need to search any longerā¦ just (maybe) only waitā¦
but it should works with āgroupsā ?!?
if you know beforehand which echo should be in which group, i mean you can do that.
I also think that I once saw a solution for NodeRed. But since I only had one speaker, it was uninteresting.
You mean the workaround Jƶrg mentioned?
Itās not an issue for me, I was just playing around and was curious if it could work 
Default sound level
I am trying to have a default volume setting on this media card and I donāt seem to find a way of doing it.
tested with an automation, the setting gets updated on the receiver but not on the media card.
is there a way to have the card āmatchā the actual setting of the receiver?
That attribute is in HA from the receiver entity.
any suggestions and/or ideas will be most welcoming
Thank you
Something is broken, the card reflects the entity for all my media players.
thanks for the feedback.
I will do some trouble shooting
How can i add the following service to a button?
service: remote.send_command
data:
command: Hdmi2
device: remote.sony_bravia_tv
target:
device_id: 7e22d84c4ddf0d3881d3a116c6be22a5
entity_id: remote.sony_bravia_tv
My mini-media-player cards, where source is not hidden, are all appearing expanded in the background (see pic). And clicking on the source button does not bring up the list. Anyone else experiencing this?
it was fixed after 2022.3.x Have you updated the card?
Hmm. Iām on HA 2022.3.5, and have updated mini-media-player to v1.16.2.
Maybe I need to clear some cachesā¦
Maybe. I had same issue but fixed after card update. How did you install card? Maybe try F12 in chrome and right click on empty cache and hard reload. Are you using HACS or manual install? If manual did you update the resource?
Yep, clearing browser caches fixed it. Thanks.
Hopefully something like this should work:
- type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.your_player
shortcuts:
columns: 2 # Max buttons per row
buttons:
- name: "HDMI 2"
image: "/your/image/path.png"
type: service
id: remote.send_command
data:
entity_id: remote.sony_bravia_tv
command: Hdmi2
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Thanks it works!
It is possible to change the artwork or the track info based on the selected shortcut?
Streaming an AAC track that does not provide that info, so looking for a way to manually add those.