Stream to apple TV Error Failed to call service "already streaming to device"

dbreon88 · May 15, 2022, 8:33pm

I cant get any media to stream to my new apple tv integration. I can control the apple Tv and change the app and use the remote but when i try to airplay a local file i get the following error:

Failed to call service media_player/play_media. already streaming to device

I dont understand why because i am not streaming to the apple tv. this happens from any media source. I have tried deleting and re connecting the integration with no luck. Has anyone run into this issue?

I am running Home assistant core on a raspberry pi.

here is the full error logs

Logger: homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection
Source: components/apple_tv/media_player.py:297
Integration: Home Assistant WebSocket API (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 1:21:45 PM (10 occurrences)
Last logged: 1:41:11 PM

[547139197632] already streaming to device
[547141705200] already streaming to device
[547061415840] already streaming to device
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.9/site-packages/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/commands.py", line 189, in handle_call_service
    await hass.services.async_call(
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.9/site-packages/homeassistant/core.py", line 1627, in async_call
    task.result()
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.9/site-packages/homeassistant/core.py", line 1664, in _execute_service
    await cast(Callable[[ServiceCall], Awaitable[None]], handler.job.target)(
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.9/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/entity_component.py", line 204, in handle_service
    await service.entity_service_call(
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.9/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 677, in entity_service_call
    future.result()  # pop exception if have
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.9/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 964, in async_request_call
    await coro
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.9/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 714, in _handle_entity_call
    await result
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.9/site-packages/homeassistant/components/apple_tv/media_player.py", line 297, in async_play_media
    await self.atv.stream.stream_file(media_id)
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyatv/core/facade.py", line 382, in stream_file
    await self.relay("stream_file")(file, **kwargs)
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyatv/protocols/raop/__init__.py", line 341, in stream_file
    self.playback_manager.acquire()
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyatv/protocols/raop/__init__.py", line 141, in acquire
    raise exceptions.InvalidStateError("already streaming to device")
pyatv.exceptions.InvalidStateError: already streaming to device

yngve0 · September 12, 2022, 6:57pm

Same issue by me

henrikrox · October 31, 2022, 7:32am

Same issue here

SamBGB · February 1, 2023, 1:59am

I have started seeing this tonight.

Could it be some kind of rate limit as I have been doing some heavy testing with TTS.

altzone · February 5, 2023, 11:35pm

Same issue with all of Apple TV device

baudh · December 3, 2023, 6:32pm

I am also running into this issue. I can pause/play whatever is currently playing on the apple tv from my home assistant setup, but as soon as I try streaming media from home assistant I get the same error. Has anyone been able to figure out how to resolve this?

Ben-Da · December 5, 2023, 7:13pm

I removed the Apple TV integration and added it again. Then it works again.

fleep · January 13, 2024, 8:08am

I also have this same issue.

What I have tried:

Delete all Apple Home setup and recreate
Reset all HomePods (Original Model) and all have latest firmware and then added to Apple HomeKit
Removed AppleTV from Home Assistant and Re-added Add-On
Add HomePod via IP instead of name.

My HA is very basic with only Z2M running and HACS with a small amount of extra layout cards.

This issue of Failed to call service media_player/play_media. already streaming to device happened occasionally when before I upgraded to HA 2024.1.2 but now it happens all the time since upgrading.

Is there anything else that I should be doing?

Thonglor · January 21, 2024, 7:47am

Similar issue here (HA 2024.1.5), when I want to play a stream on Apple TV (Apple TV 4K [1G, 64GB], TVOs 17.2) it only works randomly one out of ten times:

service: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id:
    - media_player.living_room
data:
  media_content_id: https://edge56.live-sm.absolutradio.de/absolut-relax/stream/mp3
  media_content_type: audio/mp3

Error message comes up:

The log shows the following:

Content of log:

Logger: homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection
Source: components/apple_tv/media_player.py:303
Integration: Home Assistant WebSocket API (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 08:43:19 (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 08:43:19

[546000969152] Error handling message: Unknown error (unknown_error) XXX from 192.168.188.52 (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/116.0.0.0 Iron Safari/537.36)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/decorators.py", line 26, in _handle_async_response
    await func(hass, connection, msg)
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/commands.py", line 782, in handle_execute_script
    script_result = await script_obj.async_run(
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 1587, in async_run
    return await asyncio.shield(run.async_run())
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 426, in async_run
    await self._async_step(log_exceptions=False)
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 479, in _async_step
    self._handle_exception(
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 502, in _handle_exception
    raise exception
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 476, in _async_step
    await getattr(self, handler)()
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 713, in _async_call_service_step
    response_data = await self._async_run_long_action(
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 675, in _async_run_long_action
    return long_task.result()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/core.py", line 2173, in async_call
    response_data = await coro
                    ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/core.py", line 2210, in _execute_service
    return await target(service_call)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/entity_component.py", line 272, in handle_service
    return await service.entity_service_call(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 882, in entity_service_call
    single_response = await _handle_entity_call(
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 952, in _handle_entity_call
    result = await task
             ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/components/apple_tv/media_player.py", line 303, in async_play_media
    await self.atv.stream.play_url(media_id)
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyatv/core/facade.py", line 356, in play_url
    await self.relay("play_url")(url, **kwargs)
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyatv/protocols/airplay/__init__.py", line 124, in play_url
    takeover_release = self.core.takeover(RemoteControl)
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyatv/core/facade.py", line 744, in takeover
    relayer.takeover(protocol)
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyatv/core/relayer.py", line 119, in takeover
    raise exceptions.InvalidStateError(
pyatv.exceptions.InvalidStateError: Protocol.AirPlay has already done takeover

Logger: homeassistant.helpers.script.websocket_api_script
Source: helpers/script.py:476
First occurred: 08:43:19 (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 08:43:19

websocket_api script: Error executing script. Unexpected error for call_service at pos 1: Protocol.AirPlay has already done takeover
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 476, in _async_step
    await getattr(self, handler)()
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 713, in _async_call_service_step
    response_data = await self._async_run_long_action(
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 675, in _async_run_long_action
    return long_task.result()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/core.py", line 2173, in async_call
    response_data = await coro
                    ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/core.py", line 2210, in _execute_service
    return await target(service_call)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/entity_component.py", line 272, in handle_service
    return await service.entity_service_call(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 882, in entity_service_call
    single_response = await _handle_entity_call(
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 952, in _handle_entity_call
    result = await task
             ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/homeassistant/components/apple_tv/media_player.py", line 303, in async_play_media
    await self.atv.stream.play_url(media_id)
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyatv/core/facade.py", line 356, in play_url
    await self.relay("play_url")(url, **kwargs)
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyatv/protocols/airplay/__init__.py", line 124, in play_url
    takeover_release = self.core.takeover(RemoteControl)
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyatv/core/facade.py", line 744, in takeover
    relayer.takeover(protocol)
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pyatv/core/relayer.py", line 119, in takeover
    raise exceptions.InvalidStateError(
pyatv.exceptions.InvalidStateError: Protocol.AirPlay has already done takeover

somogyvari.zoltan · April 5, 2024, 12:33pm

Same here, from 2024.3 release, all of my homepods went unreliable, sometimes dropping already streaming error, or just simply not playing sounds.
Integration should be reloaded, it helps for a while, but after 1-2 hours (or an unknow reason) it fails again.

Will try to remove and re-add them, hope it helps.