Playing MP3 Files Directly to Volumio without Needing a Playlist

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Primarily using NodeRED for automations
Volumio running on another host (RPi3).

Calling a media source (Playlist) is quite simple, when addressing a media player, and it works…so that’s good.

What’s frustrating is having to make a cacophony of playlists, one for each sound, in order to get a media player to play just one sound, rather than injecting a single MP3 file for playback into a media player.

It is yet possible to select a single MP3 file to play on Volumio without needing to nest it inside of a playlist?

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I have not seen any updates to volumio to make that happen, no. Only updates to the code it looks like have been to add shuffle.

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Is there an alternative media player solution out there that isn’t a “smart” speaker connected to the cloud?

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Take a look at the media_player options in HASS and see if any work for you. https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/#media-player

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sorry to bump this old topic, but in case anyone else is stuck on this see my other comment Volumio - How to play specified files or playlist or shuffle songs? - #48 by kaitlinsmth