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. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UsnhL2z_UUY.html
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.
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.
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!
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!!
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?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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!!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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 !
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?
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.
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.
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!
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
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?
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!
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
Maybe there is another noob like me wondering why it's not working and recieving the message "unknown error". You need to press enter so it creates a 2 line on "data" field. It's good to go now! Thank you!
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
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
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 )
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!
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 :)
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)
@@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.
@@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.
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
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 😎
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
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 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.
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?
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?
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.
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 :(
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,
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.
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.
Important to say, and overlooked by me: the url has to refer to the right regional amazon site! If the right Amazon is not being choosen, the devices won't react in the cards etc. And you don't see a background picture if you play music!
@@MarkWattTech I'm checking it right now. I'm using Nabu Casa as the url to connect to Home Assistant. The media player works, but I don't get the notify service in combination with my echo dot. So I'll check to use the internal Home Assistant url instead of the Nabu Casa url......
First, I restarted Home Assistant after I reconfigure the Alexa integration. That was the trick to get the notify. service in the Developer tool console. It works.
You can use a skill called My Pod which allows Alexa to access your music. you can then use HA to trigger Alexa to call the service and your music. I have previously used it and it works but it is a bit of a setup. There’s not a simple way really to access your own music with Alexa and HA (as far as i know). You would need to store your music in a place accessible by my pod or use the my pod host. You can use HA to tell Alexa to trigger a set song or playlist using music services too.
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.
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
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.
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
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?
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
What a great tutorial video! So well explained... Its hard to missunderstanding things with you. Thanks a lot!! I found that some entities are unavailable: (sensor.alexa_xx_next_alarm, next_timer, switch.alexa_xx_repeat, shuffle and input_text.alexa_actionable_notification). I thought that I was missing something but I realized that yours are the same (at 6:50 on your video). Not a big deal because everything work fine! But just a few questions about that. Do you know what this entities are for? And.. hmm can we get rid of this entities without any Effects? Today I'm gonna check your third video about Alexa (actionnable notification).. So excited to add this features!! Again (and not enough) Thanks dude for your amazing popularized video!
@@kingkuntaSWM no worries 👌🏻. I don’t think you can change any of Amazons functionality. But if you are heading to the echo to press buttons anyway, you could use a wireless scene remote? Or buttons? :)
@@MarkWattTech I saw a random picture of a flush wall mounted echo Dot and thought, "that would be a really looking light switch." Lol just wondering. They are cheaper than actual smart switches and they do 10x more.
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 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?
@@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
Is there a way to link the shopping lists between home assistant and the Alexa app so you can use Alexa to add stuff to the shopping list on home assistant
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
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?
