In what local directory are you punting your mp3 files to play? I made a folder inside the config folder to keep the audio files organized but I can’t get the system to play anything to the Sonos speakers. I’m trying to limit my configuration to local polling as much as possible, and no access from the outside. If I’m not home I access homeassistant through my VPN firewall, so I don’t use duck DNS or SSL on my setup.
Any help is appreciated, thanks you.
You’ll need to create a folder called “www” in the folder where your configuration.yaml lives. And put your mp3 in there. Then you can use this url to link in your script:
Thank you,
I finally got that working.
Regards,
DP.
I made 2 separate scripts using your example. First to give the MP3 as a variable so I can use the same script for multiple mp3 files (doorbell, burglar alarm and whatever comes to mind). And a second to play the MP3 in all rooms.
sonos_mp3_one_room:
alias: Sonos - MP3 - One Room
sequence:
- service: sonos.snapshot
data_template:
entity_id: '{{ sonos_entity }}'
- service: sonos.unjoin
data_template:
entity_id: '{{ sonos_entity }}'
- service: media_player.volume_set
data_template:
entity_id: '{{ sonos_entity }}'
volume_level: '{{ volume }}'
- service: media_player.play_media
data_template:
entity_id: '{{ sonos_entity }}'
media_content_id: '{{ sonos_source }}'
media_content_type: music
- delay: '{{ delay }}'
- service: sonos.restore
data_template:
entity_id: '{{ sonos_entity }}'
sonos_mp3_all_rooms:
alias: Sonos - MP3 - All Rooms
sequence:
- data_template:
entity_id:
- media_player.kitchen
- media_player.living_room
service: sonos.snapshot
- data_template:
entity_id:
- media_player.kitchen
- media_player.living_room
service: sonos.unjoin
- data:
master: media_player.living_room
entity_id: all
service: sonos.join
- data_template:
entity_id:
- media_player.kitchen
- media_player.living_room
volume_level: '{{ volume }}'
service: media_player.volume_set
- data_template:
entity_id: media_player.living_room
media_content_id: '{{ sonos_source }}'
media_content_type: music
service: media_player.play_media
- delay: '{{ delay }}'
- data_template:
entity_id:
- media_player.kitchen
- media_player.living_room
service: sonos.restore
These can be used with the following automation actions:
action:
- data:
delay: 00:00:03
sonos_source: https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.duckdns.org:8123/local/doorbell.mp3
volume: 0.3
service: script.sonos_mp3_all_rooms
or
action:
- data:
sonos_entity: media_player.livingroom
delay: 00:00:03
sonos_source: https://xxxxxxxxxxxx.duckdns.org:8123/local/alarm.mp3
volume: 0.9
service: script.sonos_mp3_one_room
Noto, do you have a multi-room (not all) script?
This is AWESOME
thanks for creating and sharing this!
i had a quick question please…
what is this “master” section for?
data:
master: media_player.living_room
entity_id: all
service: sonos.join
and why is living room (or whatever the master one is) called out specfically on its own again here?
- data_template:
entity_id: media_player.living_room
media_content_id: '{{ sonos_source }}'
media_content_type: music
service: media_player.play_media
finally… rather then call out indiviaully entities, could you have a group?
then every time you add a new Sonos speaker, you can add it to the group and it will flow into this?
You set it in the script so you’re sure that in the following steps you’re talking to the master and not to a slave spreaker. That’s also the reason they are first unjoined and then joined again.
media_player.living_room is a group containing 2 speakers. They are merged by Sonos because they are in the same room.
ahhh thnaks
i dont have any linked speakers, only 1 sonos per room
so i assume it doesnt matter which one i pick to have there in the code?
No that doesn’t matter which you set as a master, as long as the rest of the script you send commands to that speaker
thanks again, this is fantastic
Hey
this seems to have stopped working for me recently and im unsure why?
i checked all my entites and they are all the same
i got an error about the delay, so i wrapped that in single quotes ’ however it still doesnt seem to work
i think i also saw some errors about volume but they are not showing up now
automation:
- id: play_doorbell_sound_all_sonos
alias: Play Doorbell Sound on All Sonos Devices
trigger:
- entity_id: binary_sensor.front_door_ding
from: 'off'
platform: state
to: 'on'
action:
- data:
delay: '00:00:01'
sonos_source: http://homeassistantssd.local:8123/local/audio/doorbell.mp3
volume: 0.4
service: script.sonos_mp3_all_rooms
script:
sonos_mp3_all_rooms:
alias: Sonos - MP3 - All Rooms
sequence:
- data_template:
entity_id:
- media_player.bedroom
- media_player.ensuite
- media_player.living_room
- media_player.spectrum_studio
service: sonos.snapshot
- data_template:
entity_id:
- media_player.bedroom
- media_player.ensuite
- media_player.living_room
- media_player.spectrum_studio
service: sonos.unjoin
- data:
master: media_player.living_room
entity_id: all
service: sonos.join
- data_template:
entity_id:
- media_player.bedroom
- media_player.ensuite
- media_player.living_room
- media_player.spectrum_studio
volume_level: '{{ volume }}'
service: media_player.volume_set
- data_template:
entity_id: media_player.living_room
media_content_id: '{{ sonos_source }}'
media_content_type: music
service: media_player.play_media
- delay: '{{ delay }}'
- data_template:
entity_id:
- media_player.bedroom
- media_player.ensuite
- media_player.living_room
- media_player.spectrum_studio
service: sonos.restore
Could anyone hook me up with the mp3 you are using for the ring?
HomeBee, my use case was slightly different, but my dumbed down solution might help you, if you’re still looking.
I’m running both S1 and S2 Sonos systems in the house so considered adjusting this to serve the file to both an S1 group and an S2 group, but the S1 and S2 grouping speeds seem a bit different and variable depending on what combination of speakers are grouped at the time, so the sync wasn’t ever going to be perfect with the mix of the two systems.
Since that’s the case, I decided not to worry about the sound being sync’ed at all.
My script dumbed down the original and removes the joining of different rooms and just defines the speakers (a mix of S1 and S2) that I want the sound to play on as a comma separated list in the entity_id: each time it is referenced. e.g.
entity_id: media_player.kitchen_sonos_move, media_player.ms_study, media_player.loft
It works well and the sync is only a bit out. The main aim was to hear the door bell in key rooms throughout the house, so job done.
I haven’t had the inclination to test if this might be quicker than joining all the speakers into their S1 and S2 groups and then playing the sound through the two groups, but I wonder if this way each speaker starts playing the chime when it’s ready, rather than waiting for the slowest speaker to group up before playing. Dunno.
Noto
I am struggling. I used the scripts you provided but I cannot hear anything. Perhaps I set the volume too low.
This is your automation script.
This is my automation script.
action:
- data:
delay: 00:00:03
sonos_entity: media_player.sonos_1
sonos_source: https://192.168.xxx.xxx:8123/local/zapsplat_emergency_alarm_2.mp3
volume: 0.1
service: script.sonos_mp3_one_room
mode: single
This is the location of the MP3 file on the RPi on which I run HA.
]This is the location of the MP3 file in Media Browser.
Any and all pointers gratefully accepted.
There seems to be an issue with using local media now through Sonos. There is another thread somewhere on it, I don’t have the link to hand sorry.
I got around this by using my NAS as a media server connected to Sonos, put my local files in there, and then added them to the Sonos app. Lastly created a playlist and then added just the file to that playlist. I then call the playlist instead of the file direct.
Small delay and a bit of a pain, but works.
sonos_doorbell:
alias: "Sonos doorbell script"
sequence:
- service: sonos.snapshot
data:
entity_id: media_player.lounge_room_sonos
- service: sonos.unjoin
data:
entity_id: media_player.lounge_room_sonos
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: media_player.lounge_room_sonos
volume_level: 0.5
- service: media_player.play_media
data:
entity_id: media_player.lounge_room_sonos
media_content_id: Doorbell
media_content_type: playlist
- delay: 00:00:08
- service: sonos.restore
data:
entity_id: media_player.lounge_room_sonos
Much appreciated
Never mind, my mistake was that I did not added a delay after the chime play… Problem solved.
I think I’m having a similar problem with Sonos not being able to play an mp3 from my HomeAssistant media library. Did you find a solution?
No, just got back to it today.
Seems that most people suggest setting up the sounds you want to play in a SONOS playlist through SONOS app and then playing then from HA. There must be a better way.
To be honest I have even lost the basic sounds, such as a door opening, that I had playing on Google Home speakers.
I can see the files in Media Browser and I can even play them from there on the Googel speakers, not the SONOS.
I’ve commented out the Configuration setting to allow then to default.
I’ve create a test script, but I can’t hear anything when I play the script.
media_test:
alias: Media Test
sequence:
- service: media_player.play_media
target:
entity_id: media_player.office
data:
media_content_type: wav
media_content_id: media/Ping_2.wav
mode: single
I’ve tried lots of different value for media_content_id, but none make a sound, even though I don’t get an error.
Any suggestions? I presume the issue is the media_content_id, but I really cannot work out what value to use. Once I have this working I will go back to SONOS.
Made a little bit of progress using the Sonos app for OSX. I was able to create a Sonos media library and upload my mp3 file to the Sonos media library. I can now see the Sonos Media library when I select a Sonos speaker from the Home Assistant media library by clicking “Choose Player” in the upper right hand corner. Still can’t figure out how to select that file as a source when trying to build an automation though.
