Sonos script only plays mp3 for about half a second

Configuration
1

Hi all, any idea what is wrong with this automation and script? Only a very small part of the mp3 is heard.

The automation:

alias: Deurbel mp3
description: "2020-05-14"
trigger:
  - from: "off"
    platform: state
    to: "on"
    entity_id: binary_sensor.voordeur_ding
action:
  - service: script.sonos_mp3_script
    data:
      delay: "00:03:00"
      sonos_entity: media_player.woonkamer
      volume: 0.3
mode: single

The script:

alias: Sonos MP3 script
sequence:
  - data_template:
      entity_id: "{{ sonos_entity }}"
    service: sonos.snapshot
  - data_template:
      entity_id: "{{ sonos_entity }}"
    service: media_player.unjoin
  - data_template:
      entity_id: "{{ sonos_entity }}"
      volume_level: "{{ volume }}"
    service: media_player.volume_set
  - data_template:
      entity_id: "{{ sonos_entity }}"
      media_content_id: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8123/local/doorbell.mp3
      media_content_type: music
    service: media_player.play_media
  - data_template:
      entity_id: "{{ sonos_entity }}"
    service: sonos.restore
mode: single

and the log:

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It looks a bid as if the script order is wrong. But what to do? Any help would be nice.

2

You’re not waiting for the media to stop playing.

Actions are issued as quickly as possible, so HA sends the play_media command and immediately moves on to the next action.

You need either a fixed delay or some logic with a wait_template.

3

I have a delay of 3 seconds in the automation. If I remember correctly I needed this because I have a long TTS message, but I am not sure anymore. I will test if it doesn’t just delay time before the message is played. So should I use a delay in the script somewhere?

4

You have delay: "00:03:00" as data for the script, but your script doesn’t do anything with it.

5

I really appreciate the fact that you are trying to help me. But I have no indeep knowledge of what I am doing here. I just copy/past from what I can find and try if it works. So honestly I have no idea what to do.

6

Oh, data_template was deprecated in 2020, it’s just data

  - data_template:
      entity_id: "{{ sonos_entity }}"
      media_content_id: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8123/local/doorbell.mp3
      media_content_type: music
    service: media_player.play_media
  - data_template:
      entity_id: "{{ sonos_entity }}"
    service: sonos.restore

You need to have a delay between those two actions.

  - data:
      entity_id: "{{ sonos_entity }}"
      media_content_id: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8123/local/doorbell.mp3
      media_content_type: music
    service: media_player.play_media
  - delay: "{{ delay }}"
  - data:
      entity_id: "{{ sonos_entity }}"
    service: sonos.restore
7

Thank you! Only by adding this line (and changed data_template to just data) it made it work.

- delay: "{{ delay }}"

But I can see in the trace the sonos. restore does not take place. because the script is aborted. I did not yet specify a delay time. I will try!