yTubeMediaPlayer error Please select a player before start playing, e.g. via the 'media_player.select_source' method or in the settings/config_flow

[mark-baumann]

Hi Kolja,

I tried to enable the debug information, but it does not help: https://github.com/KoljaWindeler/ytube_music_player/#debug-information

My error message is: Please select a player before start playing, e.g. via the 'media_player.select_source' method or in the settings/config_flow

It doesnt metter what device I take as output, the error message is always the same.

I also saw the thread https://community.home-assistant.io/t/youtube-music-media-browser/226367/430?page=22 but actually I don´t know the solution.

Do you know how I can solve the issue? I also didn´t find a config file at this custom repo.

Thanks and greetings to Hannover! Mark

[KoljaWindeler]

Hi Mark, while you select a speaker .. what is the debug log reporting? Also what Mediaplayer do you have? Google mini? Chromecast?

[Jerry0022]

Hey Mark, I had the same issue due to my incompentence in understanding the documentation^^ After struggling it finally worked with:

 - service: media_player.select_source
    data:
      source: media_player.wohnzimmer_nest
      entity_id: media_player.ytube_music_player

[mark-baumann]

Hey Mark, I had the same issue due to my incompentence in understanding the documentation^^ After struggling it finally worked with:

 - service: media_player.select_source
    data:
      source: media_player.wohnzimmer_nest
      entity_id: media_player.ytube_music_player

Where should i type in this code? Shoud it be a seperated file?

[Jerry0022]

@mark-baumann You can put it in an automation or script. E. g. create a new script change in the right top corner to yaml mode and overwrite everything with this code ;)

alias: Play Music
sequence:
  - service: media_player.select_source
    data:
      source: "{{ playbackDevice }}"
      entity_id: media_player.ytube_music_player
  - service: media_player.play_media
    data:
      media_content_id: "{{ playlistID }}"
      media_content_type: playlist
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.ytube_music_player
mode: single
icon: mdi:bullhorn
fields:
  playbackDevice:
    selector:
      entity:
        domain: media_player
    description: The media player to play it on. E.g. media_player.google_nest
    required: true
    name: Media Player Entity
  playlistID:
    selector:
      text: null
    description: >-
      Can be found in the Youtube Music Link after "list=" and before any other
      parameters separated by "&"
    required: true
    name: Playlist

[mark-baumann]

do you mean under this?

[mark-baumann]

@KoljaWindeler @Jerry0022 can you please answear my question?

[Jerry0022]

@mark-baumann I recommend you go into homeassistant settings, automations, then click on new in button right corner. Then I top right corner click on the three dots and there show it in yaml. There you can insert the code. Same but not automation works if you want to setup a script.

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