Playing an MP3 over Sonos

[pwcutajar]

Hi

I have the following working#

but i can get the following to work any help I would be grateful

I dont get an error just nothing plays

[pwcutajar]

Anybody?

[jjlawren]

When playing local media, it's easier to get the URL correct by using the script/automation UI and selecting the your media that way. You can then copy the media_content_id & type to other automations.

[pwcutajar]

jjlawren thanks for coming back to me

Im a bit confused by your answer, ive followed the example in the documentation but to no avail. Can you get it to work at your end and paste a screen shot of the setup?

ive also tried

media_content_id: media-source://local/doorbell-1/mp3

neither play. ( its a shame but im working remotely HA reports success but i cant get to any sonos log files)

[jjlawren]

1. Create a new automation or script (you won't need to save it).
2. Choose the "Play media" action.
3. Select your Sonos device and choose your file using the UI media browser.
4. Switch to YAML for the service call it generates, which you can copy & paste into other automations. The important data will look like this:

   service: media_player.play_media
   target:
   entity_id: media_player.sonos_basement
   data:
   media_content_id: media-source://media_source/sound_files/doorbell-front.mp3
   media_content_type: audio/mpeg

   

[pwcutajar]

Thanks I can follow that vastly different to the documentation will this bring the volume down and not interrupt any current playlist?

[pwcutajar]

or are you saying cut and paste the line to my original automation

[jjlawren]

This is just to determine the correct media-source ID.

For the audio overlay, you can continue to use this integration or simply use the built-in Sonos integration with the announce feature (recommended). The features from this custom integration have been (mostly) ported back.