Media_player.volume_up steps?

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I want an automation to step the volume of my chromecast audio.
This is working but i want to control the size of the steps.
Now it jumps 0,1 up for example.
This is to much to find a comfortable volume. 0,05 would be nice.
Is there a way to do this?

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Not sure if you can adjust the default step. You can probably just use the volume_set service with a value_template and get current plus whatever amount you want.

Untested:

     script:
       volume_up:
         sequence:
           service: media_player.volume_set
           entity_id: media_player.YourPlayer
           data_template:
             volume_level: '{{ states.media_player.YourPlayer.attributes.volume_level + 5 }}'
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Thank you.
Works great.
Really like this about Home Assistant.
There is always a solution.

Thanks again.

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Thanks for the advice.

Here is what I had to setup to get this code to work on my system:

data_template:
  volume_level: '{{ states.media_player.basement_office.attributes.volume_level - 0.02}}'
entity_id: media_player.basement_office
service: media_player.volume_set

I hope this helps someone. I used it on a Russound MCA-88.

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I had to use this method too with my sonos speakers. Now the max possible value for volume is 1, so adding “5” gave me errors.

Thanks for the tip!

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I have also been struggling with this issue. I encountered an error with the format. It was resolved using state_attr. The YAML code for the script is as follows:

alias: vol++
sequence:
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    data:
      volume_level: "{{ state_attr('media_player.wlan_box', 'volume_level') + 0.05 }}"
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.wlan_box
mode: single
icon: mdi:volume-plus
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Hi, how did you get this to work?

I created a script with this but I got:

Failed to perform the action script/vol. Error rendering data template: TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: ‘NoneType’ and ‘float’

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OK So eventually this version worked, however only when the Chromecast is on.

alias: vol++
sequence:
  - data:
      volume_level: "{{ state_attr('media_player.chromecast_dining_room', 'volume_level') + 0.1  }}"
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.chromecast_dining_room
    action: media_player.volume_set
mode: single
icon: mdi:volume-plus
description: ""

If it’s off, it throws the error “Failed to perform the action script/vol. Error rendering data template: TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: ‘NoneType’ and ‘float’”