Play local mp3 out internal soundcard

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I have looked over numerous posts and cannot find anything that has helped me overcome this hurdle. I have hass.io installed on a ubuntu 18.04.4 mini pc. I am trying to play an mp3 over it’s onboard soundcard in Home Assistant, but I cannot find the correct combination for my configuration.

I am able to play the mp3 via the shell. Any help is appreciated.

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Have you tried creating a Shell Command and then calling it as a Service?

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I did try that, but I think I was tired and was running into permission issues. I decided to create a python script to subscribe to an mqtt topic and play the mp3. It works pretty well. May not the most elegant solution, but it works :slight_smile: Thanks for the input.