As @mcarty alluded to Remove From Library does not delete from the share.
Thanks. What perplexes me is that even if I delete Music Assistant and reinstall (including original remote share), it automatically restores obsolete playlists to the library. How can I delete it from the share?
Its your filesystem so go to your files and delete it?
BETA 30 is released with a bunch of exciting things for you to try and provide feedback on!
- Groups have been completely rewritten and the UI has changed to support those changes. Should be smoother, more consistent and less buggy!
- āDonāt Stop The Musicā feature has been added on a per player basis.
- Huge number of bugfixes
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Sorry to continue to be obtuse. But to reframe the question, I have a playlist which I created but subsequently added no content. Where is this empty list saved so that I can delete it permanently?
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Which provider did you save it to? If you go to the playlist view you should be able to see that under the name of the playlist.
Just wanted to share my experience with Music Assistant: After installing it I tried to add Deezer as a music provider. After successfully authenticating I couldnāt save the settings. Turns out you need to provide an āarlā, with not explanation what it is and a dead link in the info-popup. The Deezer-documentation of Music Assistant doesnāt mention it either.
So I entered a random string and tried to save, which froze the page. After the reloading, Deezer is in the list of music providers but not working.
I then added Spotify which instantly worked, but it wonāt start playing on my Sonos, although the title and cover art are shown on the player.
Guess Iāll try again in a few months 
@dantist Sonos is working in the beta.I will look into the Deezer situation as I donāt use it.
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@dantist Here are the Deezer Login Instructions. The docs will be updated soon:
- in the MA SETTINGS select ADD MUSIC PROVIDER and then DEEZER.
- Launch the authentication process by pressing the
Authenticatebutton - Login to Deezer on the popup window
- After logging in the MA settings page will have the ACCESS TOKEN automatically populated but the ARL TOKEN now needs to be manually obtained
- Navigate in another browser tab to https://deezer.com/
- Right click on the browser window and select INSPECT. A new window will open
- Click the āApplicationā tab. You might need to expand your window or click the
>>button - Under Storage > Cookies, click āhttps://www.deezer.comā and find the entry labelled āarlā
- Copy the cookie value and use this in Music Assistant as the āARL TOKENā
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Thanks! Iāll give it a try. Edit: Works fine.
Ah - I get it now. The remote share playlists are in the Music folder on my Mac. Thanks very much for pointing this out - I was being thick after all!
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What players are supported best at the moment/in the future? Currently Iām using a mix of different players, and I am having issues with syncing playback on universal groups.
So if I were to invest into a whole new speaker setup for my home, which brand/protocol should I go with?
This is difficult to say without more information. A summary table is available here Player Support - Music Assistant
More people can comment if you ask in discord in this channel Discord
Slimproto on the basis of that table.
SIRIUS/XM - Installed the newest version of MA, added the SXM music source with my credentials. Itās the SXM streaming credentials, not the credentials for your account.
Using Browse, all subscribed channels appeared. Picked a channel. Worked perfectly. Nice job. @OzGav
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This phenomenon can occur depending on how you connect your speakers. The speakers I brought from HA had this phenomenon, so I brought them to Chromecast and solved it.
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This is great for the DIY route (I use picoreplayers) but if someone already has some players of one of the other ecosystems then it makes sense from a grouping perspective (if you want to use this) to stick with one. Note the comment about DLNA at the top of that page.
The question was:
Iām sure this has been asked before, my applogies for not being able to find this, but how can we stream to out mobile phone? i.e. the device I am holding when accessing and navigating Music Assistant thorugh the HA Mobile Companion App?
Snapcast at this point. Either the Android app or point your phone browser at the snapcast server port 1780