Unable to send a local mp3 on alexa

Configuration Voice Assistant
1

First , i am on Amazon.fr
i can’t send a local mp3 on my alexa echo

service: media_player.play_media
data:
media_content_id: http://192.168.y.xxx:8123/local/Alarm-System_alarm1.mp3
media_content_type: music
target:
entity_id: media_player.echo_dot_carlier

have you a solution ? THANKS

2

as far as I know (unless something has recently changed) there has never been a way for any Echo to play a local MP3.

3

How can i, in an automation, use alexa to send a alarm voice ?

thanks

4

you can play a local file only iuf it’s accessible via the internet.

If you have a Nabu Casa subscription and you have the Alexa Media Player custom component installed then you can play the media that way using the following example:

        service: notify.alexa_media
        data:
          message: "<audio src='https://<my_nabu_csa_url>.ui.nabu.casa/local/mp3/nws_alert_tone.mp3' />"
          target: 
            - media_player.computer_room_dot
            - media_player.kitchen_dot
            - media_player.livingroom_dot
            - media_player.lg_webos_tv_echo
          data:
            type: tts

or you could use an offsite file storage such as dropbox to host the file.

5

thanks

can you explain the second solution (‘dropbox’) and an exemple of code please

6

I’ve never used it for playing an mp3 thru an echo but here is what I used to use for playing an mp3 via my chromecast audio:

     - service: media_player.play_media
        data:
          entity_id: media_player.chromecastaudio1984
          media_content_id: "https://www.dropbox.com/s/<my_dropbox>/trespass_warning.mp3?dl=0&raw=1"
          media_content_type: audio/mp4

you should be able to just change the previous post above URL to the dropbox URL (keeping the same format) and I think it should work.

so something like:

        service: notify.alexa_media
        data:
          message: "<audio src='https://www.dropbox.com/s/<my_dropbox>/trespass_warning.mp3' />"
          target: 
            - media_player.computer_room_dot
            - media_player.kitchen_dot
            - media_player.livingroom_dot
            - media_player.lg_webos_tv_echo
          data:
            type: tts
7

thanks but where i can found <my_dropbox> ?

8

ok i have it

9

but doen’t work…

alexa says ‘no possible to access for the moment…’ in french
but i can access it with the url on chrome

service: notify.alexa_media_echo_dot_carlier
data:
message: >-

12

service: notify.alexa_media_echo_dot_carlier
data:
message: >-
<audio
src=https://www.dropbox.com/s/…/Alarm-System_alarm1.mp3?dl=0&raw=1
/>
data:
type: tts

13

Hi, I was able to make it work this way but it only works once, then if I stop the playback (for example I say “Alexa, stop”) then I’m not able to make it work again. I have to power off and on the Echo Dot. Even switching to a fixed message won’t work.
Anyone has any idea why?

EDIT: When the mp3 starts to play, if I stop it then I have to say “Alexa, delete notifications”… if not, recalling the script again will freeze tts completely and I have to reboot the Echo Dot. Very odd.