Music Assistant is now officially supported by Home Assistant!

[@photelegy]

❓4:33 I also created player-groups. Is it somehow possible to change how the groupe-volume influences the individual volumes? Example: How it behaves right now. Group = vol.60 -> vol.30 (60-30) Player1 = vol.80 -> vol.50 (80-30) Player2 = vol.40 -> vol.10 (40-30) (So it's by addition/subtraction of the volume.) ❗Example: How I want it to behave: Group = vol.60 -> vol.30 (60/2) Player1 = vol.80 -> vol.40 (80/2) Player2 = vol.40 -> vol.20 (40/2) (So it's by multiplication/division of the volume.) BECAUSE than the relative volume relative to eachother is kept equal! So if I have 2 speakers in opposite corners, I sit closer to Player2 and I have adjusted their volume so they sound for this position equally loud they still sound equally loud with multiplication/division but NOT with addition/subtraction. I hope it's understandable what I mean. Can someone give me some ideas or help how to achieve this? Thank you all very much!

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

Yes, I totally get what are asking for. I don't think that there is a way to customise this at the moment, let's hope it comes soon!

[@elevatedviewstcl]

This is amazing. I was just wanting something like this in home assistant. Thank you so much for this video.

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

@@elevatedviewstcl yes I think it is one of the best add ons I have played with !

[@NicksStuff]

How does it choose the source to use if you ask it to play a genre or an artist? Will is prioritize music without ads or something?

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

No adds are played as you need a premium account. You select either local or streaming source

[@NicksStuff]

@simonsayshomeassistant Thank you

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

@@NicksStuff Only a pleasure!

[@joemccall8991]

Got tired of waiting for the 2.0 release of MA and simply integrated Lyrion into my HA setup. Might have to revisit MA but unsure it will provide any features I don't already enjoy with LMS.

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

Oh cool I must check out Lyrion@

[@elisalant]

Another Great video Simon I’m listening to Radio 702 Take me back a few years😂

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

@@elisalant thank you ! oh yes I loved 702 do you remember John Berks and his prank calls?

[@finchilla]

Needs Echo support, i have them all over the house, once that happens then this will be a must have for me!

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

Yes, I agree Echo support would be awesome!

[@jasinskihd]

Works great with my musiccast system. I also have number of AMZN devices and i follow forum in this respect, and probably it will "not fly" in recognizable future due to AMZN limitations

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

@@jasinskihd Yes it would be great if it could include the Amazon!

[@shanebekker]

Hey Simon. EX SA here in Thames NZ. What about Echo speakers?

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

Hey Shane, great to hear from you! It doesn't seem like Echos are supported on MA

[@TechMate_NZ]

Cool video, it works really well with Sonos speakers.

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

Oh yes I am sure, Sonos are great speakers!

[@michaelthompson657]

So what’s the difference between this native add on and the music assistant HACS integration?

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

The HA one will be officially supported by them, not sure what else

[@michaelthompson657]

@@simonsayshomeassistant so do you know if there’s any difference? It’s hard to understand from the docs

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

@@michaelthompson657 I agree it is very hard to tell, I am not sure either.

[@michaelthompson657]

@@simonsayshomeassistant hmm, might have to ask on Reddit!

[@wapphigh5250]

Great question yes the HACS version was extremely buggy and remained in beta a very long time. It looks like it still is?! For example, It would often stall when playing albums and not progress onto the next rack. It also broke with a HA firmware upgrade and was left like that for months. There was also no samba share feature to set up a music file source as I recall which was a game changer for me.. so I ended up unloading it. It would need to be a Sonos replacement for me to go down this path again. And have excellent Spotify integration (which also won't break in the future). So what is the background about why has this been "officially* supported and how is it different? I think I'll wait for a more detailed review on what's changed. thanks

[@joyouslyloving4857]

Is there a way to play music off of my phone such as bluetooth or a headphone jack? Just would prefer my phone’s interface for using music such as spotify rather than Home Assistant’s interface if that makes sense. I want the synchronized speaker feature but the convenance of streaming audio directly off of my phone. It would also allow me to continue watching KZbin directly off of my phone but with the house speakers if this is possible.

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

Hi, I will be doing a new video on Music Assistant V2 and I will see if this is possible

[@joyouslyloving4857]

@ That is wonderful to hear, thank you

[@R0el0]

Any idea why the MAS starting page always reverts to the setting menu? I'm trying to built a dashboard wit a webpage card using the address xxx/#/home but it lands on the settings page

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

Not sure why it does that but I get the same thing happening on my side

[@AaronEisele-hf5ho]

Is there a way to integrate Amazon Music? We have only that because our Amazon Echos on Spotify don't support multiple accounts (only one playback is possible) whereas AM supports up to 5 simultaneous playbacks.

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

I have not found a way to do this yet

[@Capozzi3]

Can i stream music from de pc that im runnig home assistant?

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

No, not as far as I can see

[@theweejr]

Anyone using homepod and facing problem that aong not play via homepod ?

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

I am using an homepod mini and it works perfectly

[@indubitablyodin]

What I actually want to do is cast music from PlexAmp to Home Assistant so the music will play from a local smart speaker.

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

I don't think that Music Assistant offers the option for this at the moment. Let's hope this will come in the future

[@wapphigh5250]

If you ran the HACS version do you have to uninstall it before getting this? Last time I tried this it was a bit of a PITA to remove and get out of my project to be honest. I ended up turning it off then ignoring the updates that kept popping up. It would definitely need to be less beta than the HACS version which promised a lot but failed to deliver IMO.

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

Yes, I would uninstall the HACS version first. It seems to work fine for me but I would not select the beta version if you want to avoid bugs

[@Obtuse94]

Haven't installed any versions yet, but curious what the project promised that hasn't been delivered?

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

@@Obtuse94 Seems to have met all the functionality promised from what I can see, plus some extras like syncing music across various hardware platforms

[@nickguy5922]

Unfortunately Spotify not working for me, found my username and added password, worked once now rejected. Looked under spotify online showed as Kodi, removed, now re-adding spotify rejects username and password even with a password change. Also tried on a clean instance of HA. Shame any ideas anyone? p.s use standard spotify login not facebook

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

@@nickguy5922 sorry I am at a loss my Spotify connection is stable for a week now