[Solved] Templating an automation based on input_select for multiple media players

[jones]

Hello everyone,

I’m trying to template an automation that plays predefined playlist on my 4 Bose Soundtouch speakers. Currently I have 4 seperate automations that are working fine but I’d like to combine them into one. My current setup and config:

• 4 Bose Soundtouch media players

  • media_player.soundtouch_kuche
  • media_player.soundtouch_wohnzimmer
  • media_player.soundtouch_room2
  • media_player.soundtouch_schlafzimmer

• 4 input_select to chose from 6 predefined playlists

  • input_select.soundtouch_presets_kueche
  • input_select.soundtouch_presets_wohnzimmer
  • input_select.soundtouch_presets_room2
  • input_select.soundtouch_presets_schlafzimmer

  They look like this:

  soundtouch_presets_kueche:
    name: Soundtouch Presets
    options:
     - "-- Select --"
     - "Deep Mix Moscow Radio"
     - "Spotify: Slow Blues"
     - "SomaFM: Covers"
     - "Spotify: Sunday Soul"
     - "Spotify: Mix der Woche"
     - "Spotify: Mellow Beats"
  

• 4 Automations that observe each input_select and play desired playlist e.g.

  - id: soundtouch_presets_kueche
    alias: Soundtouch Preset Kueche
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: input_select.soundtouch_presets_kueche
    action:
    - service: media_player.play_media
      data_template:
        entity_id: media_player.soundtouch_kuche
        media_content_id: > 
          {% if is_state("input_select.soundtouch_presets_kueche", "Deep Mix Moscow Radio") %} 1 
          {% elif is_state("input_select.soundtouch_presets_kueche", "Spotify: Slow Blues") %} 2 
          {% elif is_state("input_select.soundtouch_presets_kueche", "SomaFM: Covers") %} 3 
          {% elif is_state("input_select.soundtouch_presets_kueche", "Spotify: Sunday Soul") %} 4 
          {% elif is_state("input_select.soundtouch_presets_kueche", "Spotify: Mix der Woche") %} 5 
          {% elif is_state("input_select.soundtouch_presets_kueche", "Spotify: Mellow Beats") %} 6
          {% endif %}
        media_content_type: PLAYLIST
    - service: input_select.select_option
      data:
        entity_id: input_select.soundtouch_presets_kueche
        option: -- Select --
  

I tried the following approach to monitor the state of all 4 input_select but somehow it’s not working:

- id: soundtouch_presets
  alias: Soundtouch Preset Select
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id:
      - input_select.soundtouch_presets_schlafzimmer
      - input_select.soundtouch_presets_kueche
      - input_select.soundtouch_presets_room2
      - input_select.soundtouch_presets_wohnzimmer
  action:
  - service: media_player.play_media
    data_template:
      entity_id: >
        {% if trigger.entity_id == "input_select.soundtouch_presets_schlafzimmer" %} media_player.soundtouch_schlafzimmer
        {% elif trigger.entity_id == "input_select.soundtouch_presets_kueche" %} media_player.soundtouch_kuche
        {% elif trigger.entity_id == "input_select.soundtouch_presets_room2" %} media_player.soundtouch_room2
        {% elif trigger.entity_id == "input_select.soundtouch_presets_wohnzimmer" %} media_player.soundtouch_wohnzimmer
        {% endif %}
      media_content_id: >
        {% if trigger.to_state == "Deep Mix Moscow Radio" %} 1
        {% elif trigger.to_state == "Spotify: Slow Blues" %} 2
        {% elif trigger.to_state == "SomaFM: Covers" %} 3
        {% elif trigger.to_state == "Spotify: Sunday Soul" %} 4
        {% elif trigger.to_state == "Spotify: Mix der Woche" %} 5
        {% elif trigger.to_state == "Spotify: Mellow Beats" %} 6
        {% endif %}
      media_content_type: PLAYLIST

Homeassistants log shows the following error when one of the 4 input_select are set to a playlist:
WARNING [homeassistant.components.media_player.soundtouch] Unable to find preset with id

Can anybody help?

[jones]

Got it working! This is the solution in case anyone runs into the same problem:

- id: soundtouch_presets
  alias: Soundtouch Preset Select
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id:
      - input_select.soundtouch_presets_schlafzimmer
      - input_select.soundtouch_presets_kueche
      - input_select.soundtouch_presets_room2
      - input_select.soundtouch_presets_wohnzimmer
  action:
  - service: media_player.play_media
    data_template:
      entity_id: >
        {% if trigger.entity_id == "input_select.soundtouch_presets_schlafzimmer" %} media_player.soundtouch_schlafzimmer
        {% elif trigger.entity_id == "input_select.soundtouch_presets_kueche" %} media_player.soundtouch_kuche
        {% elif trigger.entity_id == "input_select.soundtouch_presets_room2" %} media_player.soundtouch_room2
        {% elif trigger.entity_id == "input_select.soundtouch_presets_wohnzimmer" %} media_player.soundtouch_wohnzimmer
        {% endif %}
      media_content_id: >
        {% if trigger.to_state.state == "Deep Mix Moscow Radio" %} 1
        {% elif trigger.to_state.state == "Spotify: Slow Blues" %} 2
        {% elif trigger.to_state.state == "SomaFM: Covers" %} 3
        {% elif trigger.to_state.state == "Spotify: Sunday Soul" %} 4
        {% elif trigger.to_state.state == "Spotify: Mix der Woche" %} 5
        {% elif trigger.to_state.state == "Spotify: Mellow Beats" %} 6
        {% endif %}
      media_content_type: PLAYLIST