I wanted to share a squeezebox script I wrote that allows a locally stored mp3 file to be played on a squeezebox music player via a home assistant automation. (See post 20 below for an updated script that uses the home assistant TTS component to play the audio, rather than using a local mp3 file). It allows setting an “alert volume” and also supports resuming previously playing music after the alert is done playing. It also restores the previous volume, repeat setting and on/off state of the player.
Note, in the example below, I used an online tool to merge two mp3 files together… the first part of the mp3 file is a beep sound and I merged that mp3 with audio generated from an online TTS website (So the audio will beep and then say “The basement door is open”). This was just to simplify needing to handle multiple mp3 files in the script.
This script was written before the TTS component was added, which offers similar functionality. However, I don’t believe the current squeezebox support via the media_player component allows resuming of previously playing music. Note, it isn’t necessary to add a squeezebox platform under the media_player component for my script to work.
Note, you will need to edit the “user”, “pass”, ip and port of your squeezebox music server on the following line in the squeezebox_alert.sh file (remove “user:pass@” if you don’t use LMS password protection):
JSONRPC=“http://user:[email protected]:9000/jsonrpc.js”
Here is an example of using the script in home assistant. The script takes 3 parameters. The MAC of your squeezebox player, the full path to the mp3 file you want to play, and the alert volume:
automation:
- alias: "Play kitchen alert on gate opened"
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.gate
to: 'open'
action:
- service: shell_command.play_gate_opened_alert_in_kitchen
- alias: "Play bedroom alert on gate opened"
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.gate
to: 'open'
action:
- service: shell_command.play_gate_opened_alert_in_bedroom
- alias: "Play kitchen alert on basement door opened"
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.basement_door
to: 'open'
action:
- service: shell_command.play_basement_door_opened_alert_in_kitchen
- alias: "Play bedroom alert on basement door opened"
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.basement_door
to: 'open'
action:
- service: shell_command.play_basement_door_opened_alert_in_bedroom
shell_command:
play_gate_opened_alert_in_kitchen: bash /volume1/homeassistant/squeezebox_alert.sh "00:04:20:01:02:03" "//volume1//homeassistant//mp3//beep_the_gate_is_open.mp3" 65
play_gate_opened_alert_in_bedroom: bash /volume1/homeassistant/squeezebox_alert.sh "00:04:20:04:05:06" "//volume1//homeassistant//mp3//beep_the_gate_is_open.mp3" 65
play_basement_door_opened_alert_in_kitchen: bash /volume1/homeassistant/squeezebox_alert.sh "00:04:20:01:02:03" "//volume1//homeassistant//mp3//beep_the_basement_door_is_open.mp3" 65
play_basement_door_opened_alert_in_bedroom: bash /volume1/homeassistant/squeezebox_alert.sh "00:04:20:04:05:06" "//volume1//homeassistant//mp3//beep_the_basement_door_is_open.mp3" 65
squeezebox_alert.sh:
#!/bin/bash
#NOTE: Edit "user", "pass", ip and port below
JSONRPC="http://user:[email protected]:9000/jsonrpc.js"
#Example command arguments
#mac="00:04:20:01:02:03"
#alert_song="//volume1//homeassistant//beep.mp3"
#alert_volume=60
mac=$1
alert_song=$2
alert_volume=$3
#get power state
power=$(curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["power","?"]]}' \
$JSONRPC | jq '.result._power')
prev_power=0
if [[ $power =~ .*1.* ]] ; then
prev_power=1
fi
echo "prev_power=$prev_power"
#get play mode
prev_mode=$(curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["mode","?"]]}' \
$JSONRPC | jq '.result._mode')
echo "prev_mode=$prev_mode"
if [[ $prev_mode =~ .*play.* ]] ; then
# pause any currently playing song
curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["pause"]]}' $JSONRPC
echo "pause"
#May want to pause here before playing alert song
#sleep 1
fi
# GET SETTINGS TO RESTORE AFTER PLAYING ALERT SONG
#get current volume
prev_volume=$(curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["mixer","volume","?"]]}' \
$JSONRPC | jq '.result._volume')
echo "prev_volume=$prev_volume"
#get current repeat setting
prev_repeat=$(curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["playlist","repeat","?"]]}' \
$JSONRPC | jq '.result._repeat')
echo "prev_repeat=$prev_repeat"
# SET SETTINGS FOR ALERT SONG
#set alert_volume to command argument value
curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["mixer","volume",'$alert_volume']]}' $JSONRPC
echo "set alert_volume"
#set repeat setting to 0
curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["playlist","repeat",0]]}' $JSONRPC
echo "set repeat_setting to 0"
#get number of tracks
num_tracks=$(curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["playlist","tracks","?"]]}' \
$JSONRPC | jq '.result._tracks')
echo "num_tracks=$num_tracks"
prev_time=0
prev_index=0
# IF MUSIC IS PLAYING, SAVE OFF INFO TO RESUME LATER
if [[ $prev_mode =~ .*play.* ]] ; then
echo "music is playing"
# get paused time
prev_time=$(curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["time","?"]]}' \
$JSONRPC | jq '.result._time')
echo "prev_time=$prev_time"
#get current song index
prev_index=$(curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["playlist","index","?"]]}' \
$JSONRPC | jq '.result._index')
echo "prev_index=$prev_index"
#add alert song to end
curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["playlist","add","'"$alert_song"'"]]}' $JSONRPC
echo "add alert song to end"
#jump to and play alert song
curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["playlist","index",'"$num_tracks"']]}' $JSONRPC
echo "jump to and play alert song"
else
#play alert song (this will clear current playlist)
curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["playlist","play","'"$alert_song"'"]]}' $JSONRPC
echo "play alert song"
fi
# WAIT FOR ALERT SONG TO STOP PLAYING
echo "wait for alert song to stop playing"
cur_mode="play"
while [[ $cur_mode =~ .*play.* ]]; do
sleep 1
cur_mode=$(curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["mode","?"]]}' \
$JSONRPC | jq '.result._mode')
done
echo "alert song stopped playing"
# RESTORE PREVIOUS SETTINGS
#restore prev_volume setting
curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["mixer","volume",'"$prev_volume"']]}' $JSONRPC
echo "restore prev_volume setting"
#restore prev_repeat setting
curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["playlist","repeat",'"$prev_repeat"']]}' $JSONRPC
echo "restore prev_repeat setting"
#restore prev_power setting
if [ $prev_power -eq 0 ] ; then
echo "prev_power setting was off, power off"
curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["power",0]]}' $JSONRPC
# RESUME PREVIOUSLY PLAYING MUSIC
elif [[ $prev_mode =~ .*play.* ]] ; then
# delete alert song from playlist
curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["playlist","delete",'"$num_tracks"']]}' $JSONRPC
echo "delete alert song from playlist"
#jump to and play prev_index
curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["playlist","index",'"$prev_index"',1]]}' $JSONRPC
echo "jump to and play prev_index"
#skip ahead in song to prev_time
curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id":1,"method":"slim.request","params":["'"$mac"'",["time",'"$prev_time"']]}' $JSONRPC
echo "skip ahead in song to prev_time"
fi
The ideal solution would probably be for the media player component to handle alerts (saving and resuming the current playlist)… but this will be very player dependent so it won’t be easy to implement.