Tunein Jingle

[Korki67]

Hi there,

since some time we have this "tune-in" jingle when starting radio with -r. It does not play with "-e textcommand: ..." but that has longer delay to start.

I assume there is no workaround other then -e textcommand. In case anybody found something, would be great to read about here.

Regards, Horst

[adn77]

Sorry, I have no idea what you're referring to. Is that some sort of advertising by TuneIn? If you use the textcommand Amazon might select a different provider for the stream - you can see which in the app.

Give the playmusic command a try and see if the result is different.

[Korki67]

Hi Alex,

I also tried playmusic and Jingle is played as well. Yes, it is an advertisement of tunein. Many don't like it ... see link.

Regards, Horst

[Korki67]

Well using playmusic with tunein gives same Jingle. But with voice command Amazon uses "ARD Audiothek". So that is the difference.

Now I don't see how to use playmusic with ARD Audiothek. I tried some options but nothing happened. No error and no music.

Below, I post the -q output. Would be great to learn how to trigger that with -e playmusic:channel:music.

Thanks for your support, Horst

queue info for dev:Arbeit type:A1RABVCI4QCIKC serial:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
{
  "playerInfo": {
    "hint": null,
    "infoText": {
      "header": null,
      "headerSubtext1": null,
      "multiLineMode": false,
      "subText1": "ARD Audiothek",
      "subText2": null,
      "title": "SWR3"
    },
    "isPlayingInLemur": false,
    "lemurVolume": null,
    "lyrics": null,
    "mainArt": {
      "altText": "Albumdesign",
      "artType": "UrlArtSource",
      "contentType": "image/jpeg",
      "url": "https://img.ardmediathek.de/standard/00/42/92/12/72/-2114473875/1x1/64?mandant=ard"
    },
    "mediaId": "38034a45-18e3-4116-a8f9-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:1",
    "miniArt": {
      "altText": "Albumdesign",
      "artType": "UrlArtSource",
      "contentType": "image/jpeg",
      "url": "https://img.ardmediathek.de/standard/00/42/92/12/72/-2114473875/1x1/64?mandant=ard"
    },
    "miniInfoText": {
      "header": null,
      "headerSubtext1": null,
      "multiLineMode": false,
      "subText1": "ARD Audiothek",
      "subText2": null,
      "title": "SWR3"
    },
    "playbackSource": null,
    "playingInLemurId": null,
    "progress": {
      "allowScrubbing": false,
      "locationInfo": null,
      "mediaLength": 0,
      "mediaProgress": 26,
      "showTiming": false,
      "visible": true
    },
    "provider": {
      "artOverlay": null,
      "fallbackMainArt": {
        "altText": null,
        "artType": "IconArtSource",
        "iconId": "music-no-art",
        "iconStyles": null
      },
      "providerDisplayName": null,
      "providerLogo": {
        "altText": "ARD Audiothek",
        "artType": "UrlArtSource",
        "contentType": "image/png",
        "url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/CAPS-SSE/alexa_music_skills/c53e/ask.skill.wordmark.axxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa/APP_WORDMARK_LARGE?versionId=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx41Wwx0G&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20220211T214456Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=7200&X-Amz-Credential=AKIxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=6fxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx47012xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx544"
      },
      "providerName": "ARD Audiothek"
    },
    "quality": null,
    "queueId": "38034a45-18e3-4116-a8f9-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "state": "PLAYING",
    "template": null,
    "transport": {
      "closedCaptions": null,
      "layoutType": "MusicTransportLayout",
      "lyrics": "HIDDEN",
      "next": "DISABLED",
      "playPause": "ENABLED",
      "previous": "DISABLED",
      "repeat": "HIDDEN",
      "shuffle": "HIDDEN"
    },
    "upNextItems": null,
    "volume": {
      "muted": false,
      "volume": 23
    }
  }
}
{
  "clientId": "Dee-Domain-Music",
  "contentId": "ard-vox-station-5852",
  "contentType": "LIVE_STATION",
  "currentState": "PLAYING",
  "imageURL": "https://img.ardmediathek.de/standard/00/42/92/12/72/-2114473875/1x1/256?mandant=ard",
  "isDisliked": false,
  "isLiked": false,
  "looping": false,
  "mediaOwnerCustomerId": null,
  "muted": false,
  "programId": null,
  "progressSeconds": 26,
  "providerId": "MUSIC_SKILL",
  "queue": null,
  "queueId": null,
  "queueSize": 0,
  "radioStationId": null,
  "radioVariety": 0,
  "referenceId": "38034a45-18e3-4116-a8f9-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:1",
  "service": "UNKNOWN",
  "shuffling": false,
  "timeLastShuffled": 0,
  "volume": 23
}
{
  "queueInfo": {
    "header": {
      "actions": null,
      "infoText": null,
      "primaryAction": null,
      "queueId": "38034a45-18e3-4116-a8f9-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
    },
    "media": [
      {
        "actions": [],
        "art": {
          "altText": "Albumdesign",
          "artType": "UrlArtSource",
          "contentType": "image/*",
          "url": "https://img.ardmediathek.de/standard/00/42/92/12/72/-2114473875/1x1/64?mandant=ard"
        },
        "artOverlay": null,
        "index": 1,
        "infoText": {
          "header": null,
          "headerSubtext1": null,
          "multiLineMode": false,
          "subText1": "ARD Audiothek",
          "subText2": null,
          "title": "SWR3"
        },
        "mediaId": "38034a45-18e3-4116-a8f9-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:1",
        "primaryAction": null
      }
    ],
    "nextPageToken": null,
    "previousPageToken": null,
    "queueType": "SINGLETON_QUEUE"
  }
}

[adn77]

Using the -c switch shows all available PlayMusic channels:

alexa_remote_control.sh -c
CLOUDPLAYER - My Library Music provider
AMAZON_MUSIC - Amazon Music Music provider
TUNEIN - TuneIn Music provider
DEFAULT -  Default Music provider

I just tested DEFAULT and "Ard Mediathek" is chosen by Alexa.

[adn77]

Hmm, the way I implemented the command execution doesn't really work for multi-room setups. The command is executed for each member of the multi-room group... if I find time I'll have a look at how this can be averted.

[Korki67]

perfect, thanks! -e playmusic:DEFAULT:swr3 works fine without jingle.

[adn77]

Beware of using PlayMusic in multi room setups. My script actually iterates over all members and plays more or less at the same time on the members. If you have a group of three devices, you'll end up with the streams - not necessarily in sync...

[Korki67]

Hi there,

-e playmusic:DEFAULT:swr3 now also starts with the TuneIn jingle. Annoying.

For SWR3 radio station, I found this workaround: -e textcommand:"Spiele SWR3 von ARD"

But this is specific to SWR3. And the script is perfect, the advertisement of TuneIn has nothing to do with it. I am just posting this in case it may help somebody to avoid the jingle and see how to do this.

Regards, Horst