Alexa in Home Assistant - TTS, Sound Effects, Sequence Commands, Media Player, Scripts + Automations

In todays video we are setting up the Alexa Media Player in Home Assistant. This will allow us to make use of TTS (Text to speech), Sound effects and more. I will show you how to use Text to speech in automations with a few examples and ideas and also how to setup the Mini Media player.
By the end of this video you should have a basic grasp of using the TTS service calls and be able create your own automations using them.
For anyone worried about the blurred parts of the video showing in some areas - don't :P I was experimenting with a new video tool just to see how well it worked. Cheers.
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0:00​​ - Intro
0:23​​ - Alexa Warning!
0:29 - What do we need for this tutorial?
1:29​​ - Alexa Media Player install and setup (HACS)
3:49​ - Create snapshot of HA (SD Card Migration Only)
4:58​​ - Mini Media Player Card (Setup and install - HACS)
6:36 - How to find your echo entity ID
7:00​​ - Mini Media Player Card with TTS
8:12​ - Developer tools using TTS
10:30​ - Sequence Commands (Sounds effects and Sequence)
11:42 - Alexa Joke
11:58 - More Sequence info
13:31 - Alexa SSML (Speech synthesis markup language)
14:40 - Whispered notification (SSML Voice Effects)
15:01 - Taking what we have learned and creating automations
16:59 - TTS automation examples and ideas
18:03 - Call scripts with Alexa
19:08 - Summary
19:45 - Outro
19:53 - Bloopers
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[@MarkWattTech]

Hey Guys! Here’s an updated version of this video if you are following along in 2022! - I am rebooting this series and will have a few videos on each of the topics. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6TRmX9or8SIi7s

[@jgarmoreira]

Mark, youre tutorials are the best I found on KZbin. Many thanks . It would be great if you do a video to add Alexa to HA. Regards from Portugal

[@MarkWattTech]

Thanks João. Really appreciate that! I will be doing a video showing how to do this, and another showing the extra features I talked about in this video. Cheers.

[@ourpublicposts208]

Thank you so much! I couldn't for the life of me figure out why I couldn't see my echo's sensors. You answered my question right off - I didn't have 2 factor authentication turned on in my Amazon account. I really love the idea of using the mini media player to send messages but the line to enter text never shows up in my player. Might anyone be able to tell me what I need to add?

[@donpedro2912]

Hi mark, this is really the most helpful Tutorial concerning HA-TTS-Alexa that I could find. I have spent a lot of time to get my Alexa-notifications running, this vid helped me a lot for beeing finally successful. Subscribed!

[@MarkWattTech]

Glad you found it helpful 😁. Thank you for the feedback

[@maxmustermann194]

Thanks to your concise way of teaching, I was able to do what I almost gave up on because people would say it cannot be done. I can now trigger my robot vacuum via home assistant, which is connected by a third party alexa skill to the amazon echo device. I connected my HA to my Alexa dev account and setup an alexa routine to turn on the vacuum. That routine is then triggered via a homeassistant script or automation just as you showed, with only a couple seconds delay. Perfect!! The mini player doesn't work for me yet, but I only use the wonderful HA spotify integration anyway to have additional context and control over what and where spotify is playing.

[@KeyJayHD]

Thanks for this dude! Now I can reliably do TTS notifications without relying on that questionable implementation that required me to reauthenticate my Amazon account every three days. THANK GOD! I also managed to get this working in Node-Red based on the information here; was just a matter of putting the blocks together. Once I saw how you did it in developer and call service, I knew what time it was lol. Thanks again! Going to look at your Actionable Notification video next to get her to ask for starting Flash Briefings.

[@MarkWattTech]

Nice one mate! Thank you for sharing :)

[@minagirgis2222]

Amazing video! I like the way you explain things and escalate the difficulty from a beginner level to a really advanced one. The good thing you do and others don't is that you don't assume that the viewer knows anything. Also you keep everything to the point. I am binging your videos!!

[@northwindx79]

it does not mention the most important thing, the system he's using is home assistant cloud or standalone?

[@VignanTej]

It works on HA standalone also. Been using it for a while now.

[@lucapontara273]

Amazing video...very useful. Very clear explenation and now i can’t wait for the next video on script, scene and playing media and music. Mini media player is awesome!!

[@MarkWattTech]

Cheers Luca :) appreciate the feedback.

[@lucapontara273]

@@MarkWattTech i’m just trying in these days to activate scripts on Alexa and google home...and this guide arrive just in time 😄

[@syncro53]

I have been trying to get alexa to announce that I am almost home forever finally got it to work with your help😀

[@marksplace]

Switching from Vera over to Home Assistant isn't an easy task. I just want to thank you for this video. You went about it at a perfect pace and explained everything clearly, best video I've seen yet on Home Assistant. Thank you, I just became a subscriber.

[@MarkWattTech]

Glad you found it helpful :)

[@fearthesmeag]

Thanks Mark, these are really awesome tuts. Ive had HA for about 3 months now, so integrating my Echo's (x4) into HA is really cool!

[@luisfgp80]

Great video, I was looking for something like this for 4 hours, explanation was clear and even the suggestions to watch the other videos to follow up saved me some more headaches, thanks!

[@geektoolkit]

Really well done video, thorough with solid examples and interesting tidbits. Thanks for the work you do on these!

[@MarkWattTech]

Thank you 🙏🏻😁

[@dodgecrickets7862]

Bro .. Iv been trying to do this for a long time .. your video is the only video that helped me get it working .. thanks 🙏🏾

[@MarkWattTech]

Glad to help :D I have a follow up to this video soon covering some extra bits I mentioned in this video.

[@dodgecrickets7862]

@@MarkWattTech Bro trust me .. you are the man 👊🏾👊🏾

[@geraldjohn47]

Great tutorial. Finally got my Alexa echos working in Home Assistant. Thank you

[@MarkWattTech]

Happy to have helped!

[@hosparky1]

I've spent multiple days trying to get TTS to work and I just came across this video. Why I didn't find this before I'll never know but it covers everything I wanted plus more. I have now subscribed and going to make my way thru your other HA videos.

[@MarkWattTech]

Glad you found it useful :) I have a new Alexa video dropping tomorrow!

[@ainasauciageras]

Hello! Thanks for this dude! I have problem. Failed to activate media player, two-step verification successful, getting confirmation for integration, but the player is no more than in the list of devices and is not among the objects. I don’t get that picture already as in your clip at 4:15 min.

[@sylwestersuchecki9034]

You are the best of them all pal! Your instructions are very clear. You seem relaxed and there is no very silly jokes. Thank you for your hard work. You have helped me so many times now. I will try to help you get more popular by sending links to your videos to my friends. Great work.

[@MarkWattTech]

Appreciate that, thank you for the feedback 🙂

[@CGraza]

Hi mark. Installed Hacs, all went well. When I open "Add respositories", it shows me a long list of them, but "Alexa media Player" doesn't show up. Any idea why? Thanks in advanced.

[@robertdalga128]

Same here??? Why isn't showing up in the repository ?

[@crazydiamonduk]

Very nicely done. I had to remove "tts' in data otherwise it would not work.

[@dannyjensen4954]

I needed to install and re-install the mini media player . Thanks for this video.

[@k84953]

Thank you for the awesome tutorial, one of the best ones yet! I got all the way to the mini media player yaml and my TTS prompt isn’t showing up in the preview. Is there a prerequisite for the TTS prompt to show?

[@nitroedge]

ya mine is not showing up either

[@vedrankrizic7046]

great video, thank you. Please keep in mind that after installing mini-player you might need to reset the whole HA again. :)

[@PaulMeredith]

Another great video Mark, will be using some of these tips in my automations !!

[@MarkWattTech]

Thanks Paul :) The TTS is great in combo with automations. Things like announcing your door has been left open, washing machine is finished etc.

[@knallaff]

Oh Chris my hero! I missed the text input field in the player, now I know why! The lines with the TTS were missing from me! :-)

[@RedG0bb0]

For anyone getting server 500 errors when trying to login this is probably because of a bug in Alexa Media Player (bug #1440) fixed in a later version (v3.10.13 or 14 I think) but this version requires the 2021.12 version of HA. So you need to first update HA, then Alexa Media Player. Also clearing my browser cache fixed the custom element not found error for me.

[@mithrilerbravorl991]

Thx a lot mate, Great content and guide. Would like to see more in deep Mini Media Player configurations, for more than one speaker, integration with spotify, etz, .... in a future video. Till then, ... good job and thx.

[@MarkWattTech]

I have a few more Alexa videos in the works :) There is a Part 2 of this one (covering the bits I mentioned plus a couple you just mentioned) Alexa Actionable Notifications And a new video dropping today on playing your own custom mp3s I will get round to them :D

[@Marco-jp2rm]

hi mark, when i try that yaml config with mini media player only get this message ---> Custom element not found: mini-media-player .....can u help me?

[@Marco-jp2rm]

i made a restart and now it works ;))

[@pascalmeulenkamp1365]

Thanks! I've got this working fine when I switch the echo to English. Once I revert it back to my mother tongue Dutch, nothing is said by Alexa / echo. I guess the TTS isn't ready for other languages, maybe switching to a different TTS service might help?

[@masterpenky]

super helpful, thank you very much! Nicely explained and I really like the speed. Don't wasting any time, getting right to the point. Amazing tutorial.

[@MarkWattTech]

Thank you for the feedback :)

[@bhaskarchandra2486]

Great Video. Exactly what I was looking for to dip my toe into Alexa and HA integration.

[@Kiloptero]

Hi! any idea to use in more than 1 speaker at the same time? Im not able to use in more than one.. looks like when 1 speaker is waiting for the response.. There other are not connected. Thanks!

[@jacopocec]

Please, keep going !! (regards from Italy) Finally I got what I needed for my smart home, thanks to You !

[@MarkWattTech]

Awesome thanks Jacopo. Plenty more to come :D

[@keeplistening7989]

Liked you're videos all the times:D Can u please make a video with "Alexa Acctionable Notification" ? Thx

[@MarkWattTech]

I will be doing the actionable notifications soon 😁👍🏻

[@dj9p]

Hi thank you for all !!! But i have a question! Can we get alexa to speak on all speakers at the same time? thank for your reply!!

[@marcelogomes1268]

Congratulations for the video! I´m from Brazil, I followed all your Alexa steps and it worked very well! Thanks! Do you know if have any integrations to ir remote controller - of tuya? If have, could you teach in a video too?

[@MarkWattTech]

Thanks Marcelo. I currently don't have any tuya IR devices to play around with or test, so not sure on that one sorry.

[@RaigyCar85]

Thanks for the guide. Any idea if it is possible to create a button on a Home Assistant dashboard to play a radio station? For example would normally say "Alexa play BBC Radio 6 music", but replace this with a dashboard button? Ideally would like to have 1 button t start playing radio and one button to stop playing. Thanks!

[@Dorff_Meister]

Great video! I just started using alexa for TTS in my automations a couple days ago and wish I would have found this video sooner :P The one additional thing I've done is target all of my alexas with the alexa notifications -- since I could be in any room. I originally set these up to go to my Google devices but strangely those seem far less reliable to start speaking.

[@gripperrod]

Unfortunately when I try this after I get taken to the external website and add my amazon login and complete the captcha I get taken to a page saying "500 Internal Server Error" I've looked this up and there are a lot of people with the same error but the solution seems inconsistent between them. Any ideas?

[@Phelper99]

Best video I've seen all year. Yes, very informative and a great tutorial. But now, my mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention. What can I do with this knowledge? Besides antagonize the dog, which was also fun. This is so great.

[@MarkWattTech]

Thanks Michael. If you enjoyed this one you might like the other Alexa tutorials i have done :) I also started a reboot for my Alexa videos so lots more to come.

[@PedrokasPT]

Thank you for this amazing video/tutorial ! Really helped me ...I confess that I was struggling to make my Avexas talk via HA :-) ahggg that type: tts part ....Thank you ! Yes I really would like to see that video that you promised with more automations and echos :-) Greetings from Portugal !

[@stinkler]

AMP installed and configured successfully. Spotify installed and configured successfully. My Alexa Sonos One happily plays music/does TTS. All of my Amazon related Alexa devices (echos/shows/dots etc) appear correctly in the AMP, and can have their basic controls altered by HA (volume, on/off, pause/play) but none can play any form of media: 'Media player does not support browsing media' is the error message when I try. I'll straight up PayPal you £50 if you can fix it Mark!

[@Boali.85]

Hi..i hope you could help me with this question..i managed to let alexa show me a live feed from my eufy doorbell camera on my echo show 8..my question is can Alexa pull a picture of the live feed instead of the feed it self? I only want a picture not a video (im doing this with the Alexa app on my iphone not with the assistant )

[@adammourad1873]

Thank you Lewis! for the information, Great video! well done i have some media issues and CCTV that i don't know they don't work for me is it possible to get you to have look at for me please much appreciated

[@KubedPixel]

The mini media card didn't work for me, kept getting an obscure error message so gave up. A seemingly simple idea seems to be taking FOREVER to implement. I want Alexa to tell me if my phone battery is getting below a certain %. I've tried using some butchered attempt from this video but it just doesn't seem to be working. Back to the drawing board.

[@ManOfTomorrow85]

thank you so much, really clear and helpful! A question: is it normal that alexa starts speaking after at least 3 seconds?

[@MarkWattTech]

Thanks for the feedback :) I would say yes :) Sometimes there is a small delay, and others it appears to be instant. It’s never been long enough for me to question or worry about it.

[@mychroleslie]

Its not working. :( I installed Alexa Media Player, setting up 2SV, which was successfull, i see that the App is enrolled in amazon. After this step the app is opening locally to login to amazon (like in your video about 3:55), typed in the keys succssfully (login and pass is ok) but when i hit Sign-in, after a few seconds it throws me an "500 Internal Server Error". Tried in Edge, Chrome, Opera, same results. Possible that the app does not work anymore with Amazon?

[@paulgregory3467]

Hi Ive had tts working in the past cant get it working now just wandering if anyone else is have same issues, wont work in developer tools services or on Ha cloud page TTS (try it). Incidentally I can get google assistant to work from same try it location. Thank you. Home Assistant Core 2022.6.5 Home Assistant Supervisor 2022.05.3 Home Assistant OS 8.1

[@arjanvanvugt1933]

How quickly does Alexa answer or execute scripts? Getting sick of Google assistant compared to local HomeKit. It takes like 5 seconds to respond

[@anthonydash85]

For some reasons am unable to get the tts to works, more to that my echo dot always shows either unavailable or on standby

[@Dimtastic]

Hi, Thanks for this Mark. Having a bit of an issue after I've done the whole login with the 2 factor auth. The media player is showing on HA, however It didn't pick up any of my other echos like it did with yours strangely. I have normal echos, echos with screens and the Alexa's that you can plug straight into the wall. Any ideas why they aren't showing? I'm struggling to connect Alexa to the HA. Cheers

[@gustavohenriquevieira2853]

Great job! Thank You! It helped me a lot! Greetings from Brazil! Araçatuba/SP

[@mohammedhawana885]

Hello, my name is hawana...I followed the instructions thru installation and I can see Alexa Media Player in the HACS list of configuration. However, after restarting Home Assistant, going to the Configuration tab and hitting + button, Alexa does not appear in that list...Can you shed some light on the problem I'm seeing ? (PS: HACS version 1.15.2, and Alexa Media Player version v3.10.10)...Your guidance is much appreciated. Thank you in advance.

[@dannydzware2023]

Thank you a lot for that setup. I made itr how discribed and it worked. I only had to add under Settings - Dashboard-Ressources the JavaScript-Modul /local/mini-media-player-bundle.js?v=1.16.5. My question now is, how is it possible to stream mp3 or other media i have stored on home assistant. For example I want to wake up with a special song (mp3), how can I do that? The automation part is clear, but I don't know what to write as media content type / id

[@shanebekker]

My Echo's status seems to go offline when Echo's go into Standby mode. Anyway to fix this?

[@tay3140]

Hello mark, I’m struggling. I’ve got as far as the configuration page with Amazon login details. I notice your url ending with :8123 is for your local but mine is pre-filled with nabu casa external link. When I submit I get 500 internal server error. I tried typing the IP address for my local HA pi and I get the same error. Am I being really thick? Probably yes!

[@jefferytse]

Can I use alexa media player to show unifi camera motion detected?

[@josediniz1472]

What a wonderful video. I wish I had had access to it longer ago. I did all the steps and my Echos were available on devices but I can't use them because they appear unavailable. Any ideas on how to solve this problem?

[@marcomanferdini]

Hi, can I use my android phone as Eco Dot? I have tried but I can not use text to speech... nothing heard

[@lornehampel1330]

Is it possible to substitute a helper value into the message of the notify? I would like the message to include a numeric value from a helper. e,g. "The temperature is now set to " input_number.temperature_setting.

[@MarkWattTech]

You can yes :)

[@lakeishajoseph3851]

Great video, but im getting an error after I verify the account and loading back to the next step. im trying to figure out how to clean the cookies hopefully that works.. I'm new to HASS

[@lakeishajoseph3851]

I got it working 🎉🎉

[@pashadavidson6808]

I can't get TTS working with the mini-media player. When I try she says, "Sorry text to speech can only be called with the notify.alexa_media service . Please see the alexa_media wiki for details" . It works if I set up a yaml from scratch in scripts, templates, and automations. (I even set up the actionable notifications)

[@MarkWattTech]

Hey Pasha, did you manage to resolve it in the end?

[@pashadavidson6808]

@@MarkWattTech I have had this problem since I first installed Alexa Media Player. I would try it in Dev Tools, and it wouldn't work, and forgot about it since it works properly in everything I would want it to. But, it's been over a year now, and after watching your video I can see that this is not normal behavior. I know this is a long shot, but is there any chance that it's because I am in the US?

[@MaciejSzaaj]

​@@pashadavidson6808 I have exactly same issue. Thought it is now fixed when watching Mark's tutorial, but no change. TTS feature does not work straight from Media Player - I can use it only via notify.alexa

[@eepmatt]

I have the same error as Pasha... everything else seems to work fine though.

[@russmazzaro]

@@eepmatt Same here...I wonder if something changed and broke the TTS....

[@TheWinkaway]

Dude, this is an amazing tut, please carry on with the future vidz you have planned. Fantastic work

[@MarkWattTech]

Thanks for the feedback Jason! Really appreciate it :D

[@alexisjorge3044]

I know it's pretty randomly asking but do anyone know a good website to stream newly released movies online ?

[@brodiegus2473]

@Alexis Jorge I use Flixzone. You can find it by googling :)

[@roccoaxton4045]

@Brodie Gus Yup, have been using flixzone for months myself :)

[@alexisjorge3044]

@Brodie Gus thanks, signed up and it seems like a nice service :) I really appreciate it!!

[@brianmorgan7207]

When trying to find the Notification: Send a notfication via alexa_media_Bfrian_s_echo does not appear in the services list. The Dashboard manual panel plays text just fine. Any ideas as to the cause?

[@MarkWattTech]

Hey Brian, have you tried rebooting HA?

[@brianmorgan7207]

@@MarkWattTech Many times. It took a few to get the UI Manual card to work, but that works great.

[@llarabrady]

@@brianmorgan7207 what was the fix? Im struggling also not seeing this in the services list >.

[@lbg-assassin3037]

Great video but anyone know why I get a server 500 error when submitting the form to setup the Alexa integration.? 2FA enabled on Amazon acct but it errors every time. Any help greatly appreciated

[@paulot88]

Great video! I'm trying to use Alexa more through HA but stumbles a bit. When my home is empty I want all wake up alarms in Alexa to be stopped before they go off in a empty house. I cna't find a command to send and how to send it. Can you point me in the right direction?

[@JoseBerruezo]

Hi Mark, I picked a sound for alexa in her library, but that sound is too low. How can I increase the level of this sound? I'm using the notify option with TTS. Thanks

[@blissweb]

Great video. I have a big objection to 2F auth and have it turned off on everything possible. Will it work without 2F auth on Alexa ??

[@PeanutButter92]

I have a "qingshi doorbell" it is Alexa compatible. I have integrated it to Alexa and it's working. Does anyone know how I can integrate it to home assistant now that it's connected to Alexa? I cannot understand how to do it. When I integrate Alexa into home assistant it doesn't come up as a camera device. The doorbell uses ubox app to set up

[@hillebrandstreet1882]

Mark just a quick one Your Kitchen Group is that done in Home assistant , how did you create a group please , I have 4 Alexa Echo`s was hoping to group them so I can send TTS to all t one please

[@MaddinS]

hey. my alexa media player was running some weeks without problems. but some days ago it stopped and asked for a new configuration. now i have problems enter a valid url. the normal url (http-ip) doesnt work (nothing there because of of duckdns and https. but the duckdns-url and the normal-ip with https didnt work ether. maybe you have some tipps because you run duckdns and media player ?

[@danieltodd2987]

I keep getting a 500 internal server error on this. I've rolled it back to older versions and continue to get the same error. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[@renot67]

I did exactly as the video said but when I go to use the mini media player it reports that all of the devices are "unavailable". Tried restarting HA, same. Tried deleting and reading, same. Any ideas on what I am going wrong?

[@MarkWattTech]

Hey Paul. Did you have any luck with this? Try clearing your browser cache and check your logs for any errors.

[@marceskenazi]

Thanks for the really helpful video. One thing: some of my Echos are not showing the 'Local Speaker' and won't accept tts. My Echo Dots and Echo Plus are fine, but my Echo Show and Fire Tablet are not. Thanks for any help.

[@MarkWattTech]

Hey Marc. Is TTS working for those devices if you manually target them with Dev tools ?

[@marceskenazi]

@@MarkWattTech Thanks for the reply. No. Those 2 devices don't wotk using the Dev tools or the mini media player card. The Echo Show is working in an automation, but that is calling the notify service.

[@marceskenazi]

@@MarkWattTech Yes, using the notification service.

[@littlepetebexley]

apparently the mini tts has been removed, and you have to use the mediaplayer. how are we to redirect to the alexa's

[@macartanmcquaid22]

Another great video Mark, so much detail packed into each video you put out 😎😎 I now have a mini switch set in an automation to turn on the office with Alexa playing my fav radio station from Tunein. Is it possible to toggle the alexa media player do you know? So, first single press turns everything on, another single press turns everything off? I can use the toggle for the light and the plug but don't know if this can be implemented on the alexa media player? Thanks again, Mac

[@MarkWattTech]

Hey Mac! Thanks for the feedback. Really appreciate it 😁. Glad you find the content useful. You can pause and stop music yes :) theres an example in the documentation. You will need to use either pause or stop in the media player call in your script or automation. Cheers 😎

[@anasiot5107]

Hi, Is it possible to have interaction with Alexa using Home assistant , for example , trigger via home assistant if temprature in my room is >25 degree then Alexa will ask via echo saying temp is high in your room , so you want to start the fan ? Si here if I say yes it should trigger to start a devise if I say no it exit.

[@MarkWattTech]

I did a tutorial on this. The thing you are after is called "Actionable Notifications". I will be creating a new tutorial on this in the future.

[@PedrokasPT]

Mark I have one doubt that I already search in your Facebook and here but could not figure out an answer.... How can I set the sound to a certain volume on a. certain sound or text / message ?

[@Jcarlier50]

In ha, can i Send a command to Alexa to execute a skill (by exemple a radio in Tuneln radio) ????? thanks

[@DennisDuysak]

Great Tutorial! Thanks

[@MarkWattTech]

Thanks Dennis :)

[@WeedRa1]

waiting future video :). nice tut

[@harrydawso]

Hi, I set up Alexa Media player the other day but I am now locked out of my amazon account because I can't get the OTP. Is there any way to find the auth secret through the config or something? Or to get home assistant to generate the code for me so I can login? Thanks, Harry

[@amineteslahome1869]

Great video!

[@MarkuzP66]

Thanks for the helpful Video! Wow, you own an La marzocco :-) Nice!!

[@lordicon3644]

hey, thx for this Video. I have a Question. Can i Search on the Media Player Card for Music?

[@ChrisThompsonthetechguy]

Can't wait to scare the Kids on Halloween. We are planning to use lights and strobe lights along with something like a scary witch laugh tide to a motion sensor and speaker on the front porch. Lol

[@MarkWattTech]

I did something similar with adding door creaking sound effects 😂

[@KhursheedSiddiqui]

Thanks for excellent video. However I do have a question. How do you play mp3 on multiple echo? I have already created a group everywhere in Alexa app. media_player.everywhere does not work

[@ecutechltd]

Hi. I have bought another speaker. How do i add it?

[@TerryCary]

“Alexa, what is the temperature in the garage?” I got it working - but it only answers on specified Alexa devices ‘hard coded’ into the HA Script. I want it to answer on the Echo I asked the question to, not every device in the house or a device that I’m not near. Is there any way to capture the triggering device and hand it to the script? Maybe if I use the Lambda implementation? Anyone know?

[@MarkWattTech]

Heya. I plan on covering this in a future video (think I touch on it in one of my other alexa videos) but for now check the documentation for the last alexa called. You create a sensor to find the last spoken to echo. Then in your script the response comes from that echo. Works well.

[@mrteausaable]

Hello, how do you adjust a set volume on the echo device when you using the call service/codes? You example only show send the text to speech. How do you turn up the set volume also because some of my echo setting volume is too low to hear?

[@MarkWattTech]

Heya. You will find a bunch of different examples in the documentation at : github.com/custom-components/alexa_media_player/wiki#setting-the-volume-for-the-last-called-device-at-a-certain-level

[@amatthew3t259]

I struggled with this integration for almost a week and this video help me resolve the issue, thanks!

[@mikeernst3832]

Mark, I have added the Alexa Media Player to Lovelace using the mini media player card. It is not showing what is currently playing when I have Alexa playing music. Is there a setting I need to add for this? If not, any ideas what I am doing wrong? Thanks, Mike

[@MarkWattTech]

Hey Mike. Do you have the line "artwork: full-cover" In your media player card yaml? There is a code snippet in the description which may help (if you didn't allready try it).

[@blopak2]

Hi Mark. Thanks for the video. Please do the Alexa Actionable Notifications!. Regards from chile

[@MarkWattTech]

Hey Pablo. I have started working on it! I have an Alexa video dropping tomorrow, and the Alexa one after tomorrows will be on actionable Notifications (maybe next week)

[@blopak2]

@@MarkWattTech thanks a lot. Another question. When you say to expose the script to alexa, you do the nabu casa integration, right? the other method would be the custom skill to integrate HA to Alexa, I imagine? thanks again.

[@MarkWattTech]

@@blopak2 I do yeah. So you can expose a script via nabu casa. Alexa see the scripts as a scene. You can then ask alexa to run that scene, which in turn launches the script in HA. The other way to do it would be to create a custom skill yes. The actionable notification will use a simple custom skill.

[@tillenbg4845]

Hi Mark, great vid for a HA newbie like me. Worked fine, Alexa has been integrated and Mini Media player has been installed. But with the card, I can only send TTS to my Alexas. The Mini Media Player card does not show any music or Album covers etc that is played on any of my Alexas. In your vid, this was not quite clear how to get this done. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

[@MarkWattTech]

Heya :) If you open the card in the editor you should see an option for 'artwork', In my setup I have this set as full-cover which presents your album art.

[@Dmkjr]

Great video. Do you have anymore content related to using Alexa to control a scene? I see my scenes available, but only the automations. I do not see the scripts within Alexa when creating a routine. I believe a lot of folks would find more Alexa related content beneficial. Cheers!

[@MarkWattTech]

I have a few new Alexa Tutorials planned :) I’ve just moved house so will be setting up a new Smart Home and rebooting some of these older tutorials :)

[@pablojbaquerizo]

Thanks for the video. I have one quesiton. Is it possible to reproduce mp3 located in local media or dlna server of home assistant through alexa echo? In other words, i want to be able to choose what alexa echo is going to play the local music in home assistant that i am listening in my pc for instance.

[@MarkWattTech]

I did a video on how to play custom MP3s. But if its a set track etc I would reccomend checking out something like MyPod or other bits of software. This will allow you to host files on your PC and have Alexa play them. You can then use HA to trigger the track etc via a script or automation. Theres currently not a super clean way to do it :S (That im aware of anyway)

[@CkPlaylist]

Very interesting video! Good Jobs Can we on the other hand during TTS message Adjust volume I tested with: type: tts volume_level: 0.7 does not work :(

[@tutorialz]

I've tried some other Amazon Sounds, most of them don't work. The Doorbell worked, many others dont. No idea why some dont work.... Did you notice similar behaviour?

[@MarkWattTech]

Heya :) I've actually been asked this a few times this week. I will whip up a very quick video to show you how to do it. You need to use the TTS call and then you can use any of the Alexa Skill Sounds. Should have it for you later today. And for anyone else there will also be a link in the description of the video :)

[@jaynesjunction]

Thank you for the article - Is there a way to integrate without the risk of disclosing all your Amazon Credentials? I definitely would like to get this working,

[@MarkWattTech]

Unfortunately to get the TTS and media player Access you need to use your credentials. You can use the App Auth method so that you don’t need to submit 2FA codes and they will generate themselves. But you still initially need to login with your credentials.

[@JoseBerruezo]

Nice video, waiting for the next one!

[@MarkWattTech]

Thanks Jose! :D