Script to resume Google Cast devices after they have been interrupted by any action

samuel81 · April 22, 2022, 2:20pm

Aaaannd - back

As of lately I’m now having partial resume. Has Spotify changed something? (Livingroom resumes, Kitchen doesn’t and complains “Spotify account is used on another account”.

https://www.codepile.net/pile/yXBd6ZYN

JHerbY2K · April 22, 2022, 2:47pm

I’m having that issue just by telling Google to play something on spotify. Think its just a general spotify issue.

TheFes · April 22, 2022, 2:51pm

How did you start this Spotify stream? Is it playing on a speaker group, or did you change the output speakers in the Google Home app or on your Nest Hub or whatever.
Could you send the trace of the main script instead of the Perform resume script?

It kinda seems like the resume is performed on the individual members instead of on the group (if a group has been used).

samuel81 · April 22, 2022, 3:20pm

Started the Spotify stream on the speaker group (downstairs), then the announcement was played downstairs, then this happened…

https://www.codepile.net/pile/yj0yOAG8

TheFes · April 22, 2022, 6:05pm

Fixed in v.2.3.3

TheFes · April 22, 2022, 6:08pm

Update

Version 2.3.3 - 22 April 2022

Bug fixes

Fix for resume of speaker groups

Version 2.3.2 - 18 April 2022

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug caused by storing the volume of a a speaker with state unavailable
Fixed restore of volume for non playing entities

tivoo · April 25, 2022, 9:13am

Thanks for the recent bug fixes, script is working like a charm again (and also much faster without the Google bell before announcement?!) Thanks!

Manazer · April 25, 2022, 1:28pm

All errors fixed after upgrade to core 2022.4.7 and Script 2.3.3
Thank you.

Adrian_Stanciu · April 25, 2022, 8:29pm

I guess I didn’t wrote very clearly. that mp3 file is the doorbell ring that interrupts my radio which is played on my google devices through a script. So I should resume radio , not mp3 file

TheFes · April 25, 2022, 8:47pm

Did you actually try the code I suggested? Because that it will do exactly what you describe here.

diodorus · April 27, 2022, 10:09am

I am getting an error:


Call service script.google_home_resume
00 🔊 Google Home Resume (script.google_home_resume) started
00 🔊 Google Home Resume (script.google_home_resume) turned on
00 🔊 Google Home Resume (script.google_home_resume) turned off
Stopped because an error was encountered at 27 April 2022, 11:05:08 (runtime: 0.56 seconds)

Entity media_player.stereo_speakers does not support this service.

Any ideas? Thanks!

TheFes · April 27, 2022, 11:10am

Could you send the trace of the script? There is information in how to do that in the start post.

diodorus · April 28, 2022, 7:35am

here it is:

https://www.codepile.net/pile/y09wpyk6

TheFes · April 28, 2022, 8:57am

I assume media_player.stereo_speakers is a stereo pair?
It seems that the media_player.turn_on service is not supported by this entity. I use that to turn it on and retrieve the volume.

There is actually a PR which allows turning on speaker groups, and I assume this also accounts for speaker pairs.

I’m already on 2022.5.0b1 so I ~~could check this, but I can’t seem to find the option to create Stereo Pairs anywhere in the Google Home app~~ did a test, and the turn_on service works fine in 2022.5

2022.5 also introduces the option to continue the script/automation when a service call fails, I will make sure to add this to this service call. However, at this moment I can’t do much about this, unless I remove the service call at all (or make it optional), however that would be a lot of work for something that will be an easy fix in less than a week.

diodorus · April 28, 2022, 9:45am

Thanks, yes, it’s indeed a stereo pair. I will wait and test it again on 2022.5 then.
Probably unrelated: I don’t have groups and don’t use the radio, so I commented the “radio_data” and “speaker_groups” bits (rows 37 to 64). Is that right, or doesn’t it matter/hurt to keep them as they are?

TheFes · April 28, 2022, 10:17am

No, that’s fine. If you don’t use them, you can leave it out (or comment it out like you did).

ryantrip · May 4, 2022, 9:03pm

Quick question: I’m confused about compatibility. Is it only compatible with the services you listed, or can I use this script to resume my Apple Music or Pandora streams on my Google Home?

caohuongls · May 5, 2022, 3:26am

Hi @TheFes, do you intend to add resume script for Flex Media ?

TheFes · May 5, 2022, 6:45am

I assume you mean Plex here, and not Flex. Flex is something I’ve never seen before.
I don’t have a Plex server, so this is tricky for me to add and support. I’m not sure what kind of service calls are used to start media.

@ryantrip the same applies to your request, I don’t use Apple Music and Pandora, and I don’t know how resume for these services would work. Pandora isn’t available in the Netherlands, so I can’t even test that.

TheFes · May 5, 2022, 7:52am

Update

Version 2.4.0 - 5 May 2022

BREAKING

Due to implemented changes introduced in 2022.5 this version is now required for the script

Improvements

Merged the Perform Resume and Restore Non Playing devices helper scripts into one script
Code review and implementation of new script actions introduced in HA 2022.5