WTH M5stack Atom Echo never shows up as Media Player target in HA?

Month of "What the heck?!"
#1

I did install this using few several methods: using preinstaller from web, using manual yaml etc… there is no media player service endpoint created for it. :frowning:

#2

this my latest config from m5stack.yaml after adoption:

substitutions:
  name: m5stack
packages:
  m5stack.atom-echo: github://esphome/media-players/m5stack-atom-echo.yaml@main
esphome:
  name: ${name}
  name_add_mac_suffix: false
ota:
  password: !secret ota_password
wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password
#3

Hi,

Probably , you have already sort this out but here it goes for anyone still looking for:

media_player:

  - platform: i2s_audio

    id: media_out

    name: None

    dac_type: external

    i2s_dout_pin: GPIO22

    mode: mono
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#4

This is an issue I am currently having. As I am new to Home Assistant I am fumbling my way around and learning. That said, I have no idea where this code is supposed to go. Can someone enlighten me, please?

#5

@freedombeard I would say it goes into your ESPhome YAML code, which you can edit in the ESPHome dashboard by clicking “Edit” next to the device name

#6

Ah, that was a major part of my problem; I hadn’t installed ESPhome. Home Assistant had automatically added the Atom Echos it found.

So, now I’ve installed ESPhome and added the device. My yaml file looks exactly like OP’s now. I can now add the above media_player code from @miguelromao but I get this error: “This feature is only available with frameworks [‘arduino’].”

#7

My assumption is that media_player is already defined in (and copied/installed to the device itself):

If so, how do I call it in an automation? So far as Home Assistant is concerned a media_player.m5stack-atom-echo-xxxx does not exist. I can manually type it in (replacing - with _) and the automation runs without error. But, it does not actually play the text to speech phrase I’ve told it to (via PiperTTS.)

#8

I added the following to my atom echo esphome configuration and the media player now shows up and works.

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#9

Can you paste the YAML code please. Makes it easier to copy/try out.

#10

Just add this to your existing esphome yaml configuration and install it on the atom echo.

esp32:
  board: m5stack-atom
  framework:
    type: arduino
media_player:
  platform: i2s_audio
  id: media_out
  name: None
  dac_type: external
  i2s_dout_pin: GPIO22
  mode: mono
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