Play Kodi Media

Configuration
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I have integrated my kodi instance with HA.

Now I want to be able to play a Kodi folder that contains music with a trigger; button, or state etc.

While being familiar with the triggering part, I am completely at sea with regards to how to play music from the folder located at \storage\music on the kodi host. I am unable to find very relevant documentation on the same either. Appreciate any help. Thank you.

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I do not play a folder, but a file (file path is given by a trigger). Maybe it helps anyway…

- id: '1639043665489'
  alias: Play on Kodi
  description: ''
  trigger:
    - platform: event
      event_type: play_on_kodi_wz
      id: play_on_kodi_wz
  condition: []
  action:
    - service: media_player.play_media
      data:
        media_content_id: '{{ trigger.event.data.filepath }}'
        media_content_type: file
      target:
        entity_id: media_player.kodi_wz_2
  mode: restart
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Sorry I didnt understand … (file path is given by a trigger)

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In my case, a local webserver fires an event via HA’s REST API. This event is called “play_on_kodi_wz” and the event data contains the file path (e.g. “/storage/media/my_movie.mp4”).
Background is: I use a webpage that lists all my videos, and by a click on a file name (a link), the webserver fires the event on HA. But that doesn’t matter for HA, it just gets an event with a file path.

I don’t know enough about your problem to help further. Do you want to play a specific file from a folder or all files from that folder? Is it always the same path or where does the path come from? Things like that

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Well actually the file resides on the same machine as HA and so does the Kodi instance (Kodi on Coreelec, and HA running dockerised).

I would ideally like to play all the files in the folder.

The path of the folder is \storage\music as far as kodi is concerned.

I would prefer my trigger to be something like 8 am in the morning on weekdays. Or lets say when I switch off a certain light which I do every morning.

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In the docs of the kodi integration you find this:

      - service: media_player.play_media
        target:
          entity_id: media_player.kodi
        data:
          media_content_type: DIRECTORY
          media_content_id: special://profile/playlists/video/feuerwehrmann_sam.xsp

look like just starting a “smart play list” is a good way to do that. Creating such a playlist can be easily done in kodi and can by dynamic. So I’d try that way.

For details on creating smart play lists, you can start here:
https://kodi.wiki/view/Smart_playlists/XSP_Method

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This seems too much and unneccessary. I dont wish to create a playlist etc. because I will have to edit it each time I add or remove new music.

Lets leave kodi out. Is it possible for HA to use some other player (or a built in player if there is one) to merely play music from a folder?

Edit: The media files can reside on the same R Pi I am using as the HA server. And would like to use the analog audio output of the Pi for sound output.