Hi,
After asking on this forum a few weeks back what it was like living with
this skill, and getting some useful advice from the author, I bit the
bullet and installed it on my win 10 m/c using ngrok.
All went well, and it was up and running pretty soon. I opted for the
full subscription and so
philchillbill wrote:
> It's just a different control paradigm, really. If you have a remote
> with a display in your hand then the ability to browse is, of course,
> fantastic and voice will never outdo that. Where voice comes into its
> own is when you are under the shower or chopping
> ... but Im not (yet) convinced it will be any more useable than IPeng,
> or even the LMS webgui.
It's just a different control paradigm, really. If you have a remote
with a display in your hand then the ability to browse is, of course,
fantastic and voice will never outdo that. Where voice
bigf42 wrote:
> Hi
>
> First off thanks for making this available,
>
> Bored in Lock down on an Easter Monday, I thought Id give it a
> go..
>
> I went down the roll your own route as I have a static IP and domain
> name. Setup on an Ubuntu server temporarily. Certbot was an easy step.
Hi
First off thanks for making this available,
Bored in Lock down on an Easter Monday, I thought Id give it a
go..
I went down the roll your own route as I have a static IP and domain
name. Setup on an Ubuntu server temporarily. Certbot was an easy step.
Setting up Apache for the reverse
> The mymediaalexa Alexa skill has suddenly developed the capability to
> play my echo speaker and sub as a pair. I asked the developer and he
> hadn't done anything so it looks to be an enabling of functionality done
> at Amazon's end, rolling out what has been available to the big services
>
philchillbill wrote:
> It's simply undocumented how to get the AudioPlayer interface to play on
> a group of Echos - see
> https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/custom-skills/audioplayer-interface-reference.html
> and search the page for 'group'. Whether it's a deliberate ploy or just
>
Thanks for the pointers, very useful.
If anyone would like to post any real life user experiences of this that
would be handy.
Thanks all for your help.
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As the skill-author, I won't answer all your questions as I may come
across as biased. However, here are a few pointers:
- Once set up, you can totally forget about it. I use mine on a daily
basis and have not touched the setup once since September 2019.
- You can initially play with
Hi,
I've been reading this thread with interest it sounds a very
interesting. Can I ask a couple of basic (non-techy) questions about
this to people who have installed it and lived with if for a while? I
want to try and gauge how tricky it is to set-up and what the overall
user experience is
vinu.cool wrote:
> the skill is missing in amazon india. Kindly release in alexa.amazon.in
Amazon.in does not allow skills that have in-skill subscriptions, so
thats unfortunately not possible.
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the skill is missing in amazon india. Kindly release in alexa.amazon.in
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snoopy86 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> could we choose different wake word like "tell squeezebox to do...",
> "tell player to do..."
That's not supported by Amazon. Each skill can have one invocation name
only.
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Hi,
could we choose different wake word like "tell squeezebox to do...",
"tell player to do..."
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philchillbill wrote:
> Yes, that's correct. You'll get a new ngrok subdomain when you do this
> as it will be a new tunnel, so you will have to re-link the skill. Help
> is at https://smartskills.tech/mediaserver/setuphelp.html
Thanks.
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Amp: Denon PMA-50
Yes, that's correct. You'll get a new ngrok subdomain when you do this
as it will be a new tunnel, so you will have to re-link the skill. Help
is at https://smartskills.tech/mediaserver/setuphelp.html
philchillbill's
I set ngrok up ages ago to use Mediaserver - and it's worked brilliantly
since. I have totally forgotten the steps I used to set it up!
My question: currently ngrok is pointed at my LMS server on
192.168.0.117 - seems I used the command line to authorize this:
ngrok http -auth
Tried first voice commands for a while today - and I think the skill is
not sending in the right password (or perhaps any password) that it
needs to get through my nginx proxy.
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philchillbill wrote:
> No, because when using MRM you tell Alexa what group to play on by name.
> Theres no way for a skill to retrieve an MRM group name though.
Thanks for the explanation. Amazon's "Alexa Skills - Developer Voice And
Vote" page shows "Bring Multi-Room support to AudioPlayer
> Does the Alexa Multi-Room Music (MRM) feature have any relevance?
No, because when using MRM you tell Alexa what group to play on by name.
Theres no way for a skill to retrieve an MRM group name though.
philchillbill wrote:
> It's simply undocumented how to get the AudioPlayer interface to play on
> a group of Echos - see
> https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/custom-skills/audioplayer-interface-reference.html
> and search the page for 'group'. Whether it's a deliberate ploy or just
>
> "Streaming" is a great feature, but it doesn't seem to support my Echo
> Sub when paired with an Echo speaker. Actually, it seems that very few
> skills do support the Echo Sub, and I don't know whether this is a ploy
> by Amazon to steer people towards those skills that do (Amazon Music,
>
philchillbill wrote:
> One thing about this approach is that you won't be able to ask one Echo
> to stream from another Echo - the target will always be the Echo you're
> talking to which should be fine.
"Streaming" is a great feature, but it doesn't seem to support my Echo
Sub when paired
philchillbill wrote:
> What I did with my Apache equivalent of your approach is to use a uuid
> in the path name being proxied from. So just guessing my joebloggs part
> of joebloggs.sytes.net is not enough, you need to guess the uuid too.
> Its an extra level of obscurity. And make sure to
Paul Webster wrote:
> I have had this working with the free ngrok service in the early days of
> this Skill ... but always fancied trying to get it working using nginx
> so that I did not have to re-do linking on restarting ngrok (wasn't
> convinced I would use it enough to justify paying for
I have had this working with the free ngrok service in the early days of
this Skill ... but always fancied trying to get it working using nginx
so that I did not have to re-do linking on restarting ngrok (wasn't
convinced I would use it enough to justify paying for ngrok service to
avoid the
dclbas wrote:
> For my situation, I use both multiple LMS Squeezebox radios in different
> rooms and a Touch hooked into my stereo receiver, so I would just
> command via Alexa to your Mediaserver skill to request songs or albums
> from Spotty just like how you already have it enabled just for
philchillbill wrote:
> I guess I have no clue what you want. You mention Alexa processing
> commands and your audio equipment producing the music. And Sonos or
> Yamaha do this differently to how MediaServer does it? How is it
> different?
For my situation, I use both multiple LMS Squeezebox
danette5757 wrote:
> yes I understand what ou are saying... your skill allow controlling LMS
> server. This is not really what I'm looking for but anyway thanks fo the
> explanations!
I guess I have no clue what you want. You mention Alexa processing
commands and your audio equipment producing
danette5757 wrote:
> yes I understand what ou are saying... your skill allow controlling LMS
> server. This is not really what I'm looking for but anyway thanks fo the
> explanations!
I requested a similar capability in an earlier post which is to request
via Alexa to access Spotty and play
philchillbill wrote:
> Well thats the basic functionality of this skill. You ask Alexa to do
> something with LMS. She controls the LMS server using JSON commands and
> the sound comes from your Squeezeboxes. See the very first post in this
> thread.
yes I understand what ou are saying... your
danette5757 wrote:
> Bluetooth is ok but not great regarding sound quality. I would much
> prefer the other way around ie using alexa devices for voice command and
> outputing music straight from my LMS device so no bluetooth "cooking"
> (FLAC/AAC/MP3 -> SBC -> WAV) before feeding my audiophile
philchillbill wrote:
> Not sure what you mean about LMS as Alexa speakers. Using the skill, an
> Echo can be an LMS speaker (with the 'Stream' commands). For the other
> way around, you wouldn't need a skill but just Bluetooth from an Echo to
> a BT capable LMS device, like the new ESP32
arthurc wrote:
> Any chance of adding Canada to the list of available countries? I am
> not finding it in the searches so assume it is no available here.
See same question a few posts earlier in this thread.
(basically - not until Amazon offer subscription payments in Canada)
Paul Webster
This skill already has functionality to treat an Alexa device as a
player.
Perform it using the "stream" commands in the first post in this thread.
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philchillbill wrote:
> It uses a freemium model, and is available in English for both the en-US
> (for the USA) and en-GB Amazon stores (26 countries in EU).
Any chance of adding Canada to the list of available countries? I am
not finding it in the searches so assume it is no available here.
danette5757 wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> do you think it will be possible at some point to enable LMS end point
> devices as ALEXA speakers ?
> That would allow seamless music output through LMS devices (at home 2
> RADIO, one TOUCH and 1 RP3 with PICOREPLAYER and a 7" touchscreen) using
> ALEXA, like
Hi all,
do you think it will be possible at some point to enable LMS end point
devices as ALEXA speakers ?
That would allow seamless music output through LMS devices (at home 2
RADIO, one TOUCH and 1 RP3 with PICOREPLAYER and a 7" touchscreen) using
ALEXA, like what you can do using SPOTTY or
kartunes wrote:
> Why is this not available through Amazon Canada? I see that LMS-lite
> is.
>
> It would be great to have here as well.
Would love to oblige, but Amazon does not support subscriptions in
Canada. See
Why is this not available through Amazon Canada? I see that LMS-lite
is.
It would be great to have here as well.
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I've just added to the online help a mention that if your tunnels are
auto-expiring after 8 hours, it's because you didn't sign up for a
(free) account at ngrok.com.
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tushma wrote:
> Is there a year subscription or only monthly?
Only monthly
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philchillbill wrote:
> The dashboard does not show any subscriptions ended. Were you still in
> the trial period?
Yes, still in the Trial Period
I had to go in to my Amazon Account and terminate it there, Memberships
and Subscriptions
Now I see this
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The dashboard does not show any subscriptions ended. Were you still in
the trial period?
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> I checked the statistics but it wont be visible until tomorrow.
Thanks
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PHAZBLADE wrote:
> Hi, re-enabled the skill on Amazon, then
>
>
> tried this "Alexa, tell Media Server to cancel my subscription"
>
> Got reply, I dont know that one, so cant cancel that way
>
>
> Tried this "Alexa, open Media Server.
> Cancel my subscription."
>
> The skill tells me all
philchillbill wrote:
> It should, yes. If you want to double-check, re-enable the skill, ask to
> cancel the subscription explicitly, then disable the skill. During
> cancellation you will be told of any remaining time left with
> entitlement.
Hi, re-enabled the skill on Amazon, then
tried
PHAZBLADE wrote:
> Hi - thanks for the info
>
> I actually disabled the skill in my Amazon Account
>
> Does that cancel the Subs ?
It should, yes. If you want to double-check, re-enable the skill, ask to
cancel the subscription explicitly, then disable the skill. During
cancellation you will
Hi - thanks for the info
I actually disabled the skill in my Amazon Account
Does that cancel the Subs ?
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PHAZBLADE wrote:
> Had a try with this got the account linked and all that, found that the
> deeper you went into my Library the more flakey it got
>
> Simple commands worked just fine
>
> Anyhow, not for me
>
> Tried to unsubscribe, and whatever I tried "media server cant help you
> with
Had a try with this got the account linked and all that, found that the
deeper you went into my Library the more flakey it got
Simple commands worked just fine
Anyhow, not for me
Tried to unsubscribe, and whatever I tried "media server cant help you
with that" :)
Went to my Amazon account,
A shame, but it is not vital functionality for me. Thanks for trying
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david_f1976 wrote:
> Just tried the command a few times so that might give you something to
> work with.
Yep, just saw it right now - thanks. It's being returned as a 'link'
Code:
{
text: 'Football Daily',
actions: [Object],
addAction: 'go',
'icon-id':
Just tried the command a few times so that might give you something to
work with.
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david_f1976 wrote:
> Hi Phil,
>
> Just had a chance to try this after the holidays. Unfortunately no
> success so far. The response comes back, you do have a folder named
> , it it has no entry numbered 1.
>
> David
Yep, I can see that happening in the logs. It's because whatever items
philchillbill wrote:
> @david_f1976, the skill now supports playing nested favorites by calling
> out position either with *DOT *notation or specifying *folder *name and
> *ITEM* number. Examples
>
> Alexa, ask Media Server to play favorite: 4 *.* 17 (dot)
> Alexa, ask Media Server to play
Paul Webster wrote:
> Maybe wait and see what comes with mherger's new integrated music
> sources capability.
I want, I want ! [emoji851]
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philchillbill wrote:
> I'll play with it and see how much work it would be. I've not used that
> functionality in Spotty myself but I guess it's also just all available
> via the web-GUI.
Yes, limit it to content options already found within Spotty - Thanks
Maybe wait and see what comes with mherger's new integrated music
sources capability.
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dclbas wrote:
> What about limiting it to just items in "Your Library" such as chosen
> albums or songs?
I'll play with it and see how much work it would be. I've not used that
functionality in Spotty myself but I guess it's also just all available
via the web-GUI.
philchillbill wrote:
> It doesnt prevent but it seems like a lot of work for nothing. Playing
> playlists from Spotty was easy enough and thats why my skill has it.
> But searching on Spotify through the Spotty integration with LMS is a
> different baby.
What about limiting it to just items
dclbas wrote:
> So does this prevent you from issuing commands within MediaServer? The
> reason I would like to do this is to be able to play Spotify from my
> Squeezeboxes and Touch using Alexa voice commands. - Thanks
It doesnt prevent but it seems like a lot of work for nothing. Playing
philchillbill wrote:
> No, because Spotify already has an Alexa skill that can handle that
> directly.
So does this prevent you from issuing commands within MediaServer? The
reason I would like to do this is to be able to play Spotify from my
Squeezeboxes and Touch using Alexa voice commands.
dclbas wrote:
> Will it be possible to directly request albums or songs from my Spotify
> library linked from Spotty?
>
> Thanks
No, because Spotify already has an Alexa skill that can handle that
directly.
Will it be possible to directly request albums or songs from my Spotify
library linked from Spotty?
Thanks
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chaug wrote:
> Would you be willing to consider a cheaper subscription plan for people
> who oy occasionally want to use Alexa to control their music? Perhaps a
> "pay-per-command" plan or a 1 EUR plan that includes a certain number of
> commands?
I can take a loot at it, sure, but it's not
philchillbill wrote:
> Looks correct. If the curl command failed without the auth token then it
> was just a permissions error inside your local network. Glad it's
> resolved.
>
> I think I saw you in the logs trying to request playback of a specific
> version of Money by Pink Floyd by
slartibartfast wrote:
> I tried the curl command again just now and this time it worked.
> Yesterday I was trying it without using the Authtoken so that seems to
> be the only difference. The command I used to start ngrok was
> ngrok http -inspect=false -auth "user:password" 9000 > /dev/null
philchillbill wrote:
> The Authtoken is referenced in the online docs. It's under the section
> on ngrok autostart just under the accordion-tab for ngrok.
>
> What error did the curl command give you?
I tried the curl command again just now and this time it worked.
Yesterday I was trying it
slartibartfast wrote:
> Well I got it working but not using the commands in the tutorial. I
> couldn't see any reference to the Authtoken in the instructions but once
> I had specified my Authtoken to ngrok I was able to see my tunnels in
> the ngrok dashboard. The curl command in the
Would you be willing to consider a cheaper subscription plan for people
who oy occasionally want to use Alexa to control their music? Perhaps a
"pay-per-command" plan or a 1 EUR plan that includes a certain number of
commands?
*Server*: LMS 7.9.2 on an Ubuntu 18.04 home server
*Players*:
slartibartfast wrote:
> I just tried playing an album from my library and the skill played a
> track from the album but from Spotify.
>
> Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
Check the online docs for the exact wording of the commands.
slartibartfast wrote:
> If I ask the skill to play the song "Money" by Pink Floyd it queues 21
> versions of it.
>
> Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
Correct. Itll queue as many as you have on your library.
If I ask the skill to play the song "Money" by Pink Floyd it queues 21
versions of it.
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I just tried playing an album from my library and the skill played a
track from the album but from Spotify.
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
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castalla wrote:
> You use in terminal:
>
> wget [file url]] - replace the [] with the appropriate file.
>
> The file will downloaad to the folder you issue the wget inWell I got it
> working but not using the commands in the tutorial. I
couldn't see any reference to the Authtoken in the
slartibartfast wrote:
> How do I do that from a terminal though?
>
> Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
You use in terminal:
wget [file url]] - replace the [] with the appropriate file.
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wget should do it. I forget the syntax bu you can google it.
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philchillbill wrote:
> Go to ngrok.com and choose download. Then move the file to the correct
> system directory on the pi so as not to have to do ./ngrok.How do I do that
> from a terminal though?
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slartibartfast wrote:
> I need to install ngrok to a new Pi4 server and cannot remember how to
> download ngrok to the Pi. Can someone please remind me?
Go to ngrok.com and choose download. Then move the file to the correct
system directory on the pi so as not to have to do ./ngrok.
I need to install ngrok to a new Pi4 server and cannot remember how to
download ngrok to the Pi. Can someone please remind me?
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raglencross wrote:
> Does this skill work with chromecast and airplay players with Philippe's
> bridge plugins installed on LMS? I have your skill working on a
> Raspberry Pi4 and it does list the chromecast/airplay devices, but I
> want to make sure they will work before I subscribe. I ask
Does this skill work with chromecast and airplay players with Philippe's
bridge plugins installed on LMS? I have your skill working on a
Raspberry Pi4 and it does list the chromecast/airplay devices, but I
want to make sure they will work before I subscribe. I ask because I
have only one
philchillbill wrote:
> Take a look at
> https://mediaserver.smartskills.tech/mediaserverhelp.html. The
> subscription is 2.99 per month and is free to try for 7 days. Give it a
> go !
Thank you - just getting back to this forum -- will take a look...
philchillbill wrote:
> Oh dear, it's actually my bad. Because of the free access to premium
> commands during Christmas week. There was one spot in the code that
> needed a tweak for people who are not actually subscribed to be able to
> stop a stream. It transpires that the skill -is -actually
philchillbill wrote:
> You didn't change anything, I did. I decided to add a little verbal
> cautioning so that people who insist on using non-compliant names (to
> room-barename standards) for their players and then struggle with using
> the skill might understand that their player names are
rederikus wrote:
> Alexa, stop
> Alexa, Pause
> Alexa, terminate
> Alexa, stop stream
> Alexa, stop streaming
> Alexa, stop playing
> Alexa, stop play
> Alexa, stop playing on [Player] // this did not work and I did not
> expect it to.
> Alexa, open Media Server
> stop (all of the above)
>
>
castalla wrote:
> For ages, the request to discover setup has just listed my player names.
> Suddenly, it lists names and then a long explanation about using room
> names. No names have changed for weeks.
You didn't change anything, I did. I decided to add a little verbal
cautioning so that
For ages, the request to discover setup has just listed my player names.
Suddenly, it lists names and then a long explanation about using room
names. No names have changed for weeks.
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Alexa, stop
Alexa, Pause
Alexa, terminate
Alexa, stop stream
Alexa, stop streaming
Alexa, stop playing
Alexa, stop play
Alexa, stop playing on [Player] // this did not work and I did not
expect it to.
Alexa, open Media Server
stop (all of the above)
Nothing but pulling the plug stopped Echo
philchillbill wrote:
> Sure. But the stop/pause should start working again for you - dont give
> up on it yet [emoji848]
Oh yes, that is the 2nd problem. I shall wait for Stop/Pause to start
again. I'll try again tomorrow.
As for Pandora on the Echo via MS, I am not too worried since I have
rederikus wrote:
> That is settled then. I just won;t use the skill for streaming Pandora
> on the Echos.
>
> Highly likely that I was streaming Jethro Tull. It is one of my
> favourites and I'm in Charlotte NC which is East Coast. I was using the
> favourite numbers to avoid utterance
philchillbill wrote:
> I can see in the logs that the AMAZON.Pause intent is coming through for
> you (both 'stop' and 'pause' produce that). She is not indicating an
> error in processing it. It's not handled by the skill - I just get
> notified of it in case I want to do anything too. It's
philchillbill wrote:
> I can see in the logs that the AMAZON.Pause intent is coming through for
> you (both 'stop' and 'pause' produce that). She is not indicating an
> error in processing it. It's not handled by the skill - I just get
> notified of it in case I want to do anything too. It's
rederikus wrote:
> Does the service error give a notification 'cuz I did not get one?
>
> Can you see any logs from y usage? If so maybe that will help. I still
> think this skill is great. This little thing is the last 10%
I can see in the logs that the AMAZON.Pause intent is coming
philchillbill wrote:
> Ive had that with the Echo Dot 3 a few times and once with a Show 2.
> Service error with Alexa. Goes away after a few hours.
Does the service error give a notification 'cuz I did not get one?
Can you see any logs from y usage? If so maybe that will help. I still
think
rederikus wrote:
> "Alexa, pause." does not work. I also tried "Alexa, stop playback."
> Unplugging is the only way to stop it. Works every time...
Ive had that with the Echo Dot 3 a few times and once with a Show 2.
Service error with Alexa. Goes away after a few hours.
philchillbill wrote:
> Ill take a look at Pandora later. Does Alexa, pause stop the stream?
"Alexa, pause." does not work. I also tried "Alexa, stop playback."
Unplugging is the only way to stop it. Works every time...
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*players :* 2 x rpi 2b, hifiberry
rederikus wrote:
> Most odd. This is definitely not working. MS will not stream my
> favorites (all Pandora stations). It shows that it is streaming on the
> Echo Show screen but no sound. This works fine using Play for LMS
> devices.
>
> Streaming local media to an Echo can only be
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