thlucas1
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23 hours ago I am not familiar with the details of Music Assistant, so not sure how to direct you there.
As for SoundTouch device DLNA support, I believe all you have to do is add a "Music Library on Computer" music service entry via the SoundTouch App, as well as have the "SoundTouch Music Server" running in the background (on Windows OS anyway):
This will appear as a source in the SoundTouchPlus device list:
The SoundTouch Music Server then exposes the defined music service as a DLNA endpoint which should be recognized (I would think anyway) by Music Assistant.
Also note that the SoundTouch App music service "Music Library on NAS" is different than the "Music Library on Computer" music service. I'm not sure if the "Music Service on NAS" uses DLNA for streaming or not; I think it does, but the DLNA server would be the NAS device instead of the "SoundTouch Music Server". I'm fuzzy on that though, as it's been awhile since I played with DLNA support on my SoundTouch devices.
I believe the Upnp source is reserved for Bose internal use; I have never tried to select that source directly. I have always used the play_contentitem SoundTouchPlus service to play content from the "SoundTouch Music Server" DLNA server (notice the source: LOCAL_MUSIC setting):
# play dlna local music content.
service: soundtouchplus.play_contentitem
data:
entity_id: media_player.soundtouch_10
name: Welcome to the New
source: LOCAL_MUSIC
source_account: 3f205110-4a57-4e91-810a-ad949d25abb2
item_type: album
location: 'album:983'
container_art: http://192.168.1.1:8085/v1/albums/983/image?_=1&w=62
is_presetable: trueI have always used the play_contentitem SoundTouchPlus service to play content from the "NAS" DLNA server (notice the source: STORED_MUSIC setting):
# play music library on NAS content.
service: soundtouchplus.play_contentitem
data:
entity_id: media_player.soundtouch_10
name: Welcome to the New
source: STORED_MUSIC
source_account: 'd09708a1-5953-44bc-a413-123456789012/0'
location: '7_11412345'
container_art: http://192.168.1.1:10243/WMPNSSv4/2050238549/0_N18xMTRlOGRlOS00MDE5.jpg?albumArt=true
is_presetable: trueAs for Music Assistant being able to play on the SoundTouch devices, I would think it would not be possible unless MA implements some sort of interface to the SoundTouch Web API. Or maybe you have to configure the MA to call the soundtouchplus.play_contentitem service? Not sure how MA works for that.
Hope it helps!
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Hi @thlucas1 , I'm wondering if you ever tried to use soundtouchplus devices with Music Assistant.
Until a few weeks ago, my soundtouch speakers were working correclty as DLNA Media Renderer and i used this DLNA devices to play music from Music Assistant.
Well, adding my soundtouchplus devices (ST10 and ST20) to Music Assistant directly as Home Assistant players (because for some reason DLNA Media renderer are "Unavailable") will not work until i change the source to "Notification" in the SoundTouchPlus home assistant media players. I have to manually do this every time on speakers that i want to use from Music Assistant. Problems are somehow expected (https://music-assistant.io/player-support/ha/).
If i switch the source to Upnp (which should be the one used by DLNA, afaiu) the device becomes unavailable and I have to go with the Bose SoundTouch App to play a song from spotify or wherever to have the device back in a proper state in Home Assistant.
I have opened an issue about the DLNA problem (https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/131537), It should not be related to SoundTouchPlus though.
Do you have any experience here? What's the best way to use Music Assistant with SoundTouchPlus devices (via Home Assistant Player Provider or via DLNA Player Provider? Consider that I also use SoundTouch devices to TTS notifications)?
Thanks!
PS I also have no idea why it goes to unknown when I play via Music Assistant as an Home Assistant Player:
On the ST-20 i get clear errors in logs:
but also on the ST-10 when trying to play via DLNA:
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