cannot play media with group player

[H30lth]

What version of Music Assistant has the issue?

2024.1.0b2

The problem

When I try to play music from any provider as a group to squeezlite players it doesn't play. Though plays fine when an individual player is selected

How to reproduce

Select media Play from group device

Relevant log output

File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/providers/ytmusic/helpers.py", line 41, in get_artist return await asyncio.to_thread(_get_artist) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/asyncio/threads.py", line 25, in to_thread return await loop.run_in_executor(None, func_call) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 58, in run result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/providers/ytmusic/helpers.py", line 37, in _get_artist user = ytm.get_user(channelId=prov_artist_id) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ytmusicapi/mixins/browsing.py", line 312, in get_user user = {'name': nav(response, ['header', 'musicVisualHeaderRenderer'] + TITLE_TEXT)} ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ytmusicapi/navigation.py", line 82, in nav raise err File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ytmusicapi/navigation.py", line 76, in nav root = root[k]

KeyError: 'musicVisualHeaderRenderer

### Additional information

Tried playing group player without a home assistant intergration and also after a fresh reinstall. Still has the same error.

### What version of Home Assistant Core are your running

2024.1.3

### What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

### On what type of hardware are you running?

Generic x86-64 (e.g. Intel NUC)

[OzGav]

What do you mean by “play from group device”? Do you mean play to a universal group?

[H30lth]

Sorry yes.

[OzGav]

Looks like a YTM problem. Do you have another music provider to try? Radiobrowser is good if you have nothing else

[H30lth]

I have tried with spotify and an nsf unfortunately same issue.

[H30lth]

I just attempted again and got some log files about id3 tags. Im not sure how to find the play log. I assumed it would come up as an error if anything. Sorry I'm not very versed at this. File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/providers/filesystem_local/base.py", line 729, in _parse_track raise InvalidDataError("missing ID3 tag [albumartist]") music_assistant.common.models.errors.InvalidDataError: missing ID3 tag [albumartist] 2024-01-15 22:05:41.472 ERROR (MainThread) [music_assistant.providers.filesystem_smb] Error processing Zombies/Zombies - Time Of The Season.mp3 - missing ID3 tag [albumartist] Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/providers/filesystem_local/base.py", line 326, in sync_library track = await self._parse_track(item) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/music_assistant/server/providers/filesystem_local/base.py", line 729, in _parse_track raise InvalidDataError("missing ID3 tag [albumartist]") music_assistant.common.models.errors.InvalidDataError: missing ID3 tag [albumartist]

[OzGav]

Ok you need to properly tag your music to fix the last error. There is an option to ignore it in the local provider settings

[H30lth]

Thankyou I'll give that a go. It plays the file fine when I select a single player.

[OzGav]

Understood. Exactly what players are you trying to group?

[H30lth]

At the moment only 2 players both running picoreplayer using squeezelite. Separately they work great. They used to work as a group but since about 3 versions ago began running into problems. Thought it could be something with my setup but ran out of ideas

[OzGav]

Yeah ok. Will have to wait for someone else to see if they can recreate this as I only have multiple chromecast devices.

[H30lth]

Thanks for trying to help 🙂

[OzGav]

Beta 83 includes improvements to playback and groups. Please see if this has resolved your issue

[H30lth]

Amazing it has. Thankyou for the improvements!!!!