The following will play an mp3 to the specified google home device. However if the device has been idle for a while, it will precede the mp3 with an “announce” sound. Any idea on how to prevent this from happening?
- service: media_player.play_media
data_template:
entity_id: media_player.entryway_speaker
media_content_id: https://homeassistant.example.com/local/beep.mp3
media_content_type: 'audio/mp3'
lolouk44
March 20, 2019, 11:37am
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check this post:
I love my Google Homes but THE one thing that really bugs me about them is that anytime I want to cast a TTS or sound file to them, they rudely kill my buzz with that annoying “turn-on” prompt sound, (you know the one, “BWOMPT”). For some ridiculous reason, Google allows this to be disabled for Chromecast Audio but not the Homes. I assume one day Google will address this shortcoming but I am not a patient man so I decided to take matters into my own hands.
The first thing I did was test why the…
It’s not a 100% but prevent most of them
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I noticed that you can change the volume of Google Home Mini while it is off. To avoid the prompt sound, this should work:
check if GH is off
store current volume
set volume to 0
turn GH on (the prompt sound is played at zero volume)
set volume to the previous level
Haven’t tried it myself, but might work.
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