Radio Browser: Missing a step to get media_content_id for use in automation

[donburch888]

Feedback

If I go to Media Sources > Radio Browser and select the Australian ABC Classics channel it starts playing

The URL is: http://192.168.1.98:8123/media-browser/browser/app%2Cmedia-source%3A%2F%2Fradio_browser/music%2Cmedia-source%3A%2F%2Fradio_browser%2Fcountry%2FAU

How to get the required value for media_content_id: in the format used in the automation example ?

URL

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/radio_browser/

Version

2024.5.3

Additional information

My guess is that you are using additional component (eg Music Assistant) or website.

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[donburch888]

Today I went to Radio_browser integration page. It still says

When creating an automation, use the Play Media action to pick a station from the directory.

I guess this hint gives a clue to experienced HA developers - but is far too subtle for new non-developers. It certainly implies that it only works for creating automations for Cast devices.

I understand now that this means ...

1. going to Settings > Automations & Scenes > create automation > Create new automation.

2. In the New Automation page, under the "then Do" section, click [+ Add Action] .

3. On the Add action pop-up, select "media Player", then the first "Play media" option - NOTE that there are 2 options both labelled "Play media" - you want the one with subtitle "Play media on media player"; and NOT the one with subtitle "Starts playing specified media". You should now see:

4. Select your media player, then pick the media (audio) file you wish to play (it uses the HA Media Sources pop-up, so you can select local files (in the /media/ folder in HAOS, or a NAS share configured on Settings > System > Storage as a Media usage), Radio Browser (if installed), an installed Text-to-speech provider, ... or I guess most anything installed in HA. It should now look like

5. Having selected the music to play, use the vertical 3-dots button to select the "Edit in YAML" option, and hey presto, there in the "data:" section is the media_content_id: that you can copy and paste into lovelace buttons, other automations, etc. There is also the title: and thumbnail: parameters.

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Note that the same media selector is not available in the Developer Tools, where I had expected it.

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