Emby Alexa Default Music Service and Default Media Type

[ginjaninja 536]

Could Emby skill register itself as a music service (without hampering its other talents) and could that make  Emby music more accessible/simpler and easier and/or more robust to instruct?

https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/music-skills/steps-to-create-a-music-skill.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oajp-hfLRFI

If a guest could play emby music with little or no instruction then that would be testament to Emby Alexa music friendliness and a worthwhile design goal.

Can i make the case that of all the media types music (songs in particular) make a strong case to be the default by virtue of their small size and more frequent user interaction (than say a 1.5 hr film or 30min tv show)...on the assumption that this would help music playback in its varied guises.

 

 

[hatharry 85]

The abstraction would be a benefit, but there are a few issues that prevent us from using it.

The first is, this is only available in the US. Emby supports multiple countries and languages. We do not want users to have different experiences.

Amazon requires a catalog of music to be uploaded. This is not possible due to emby not being a centralised music provider with a database of songs.

 

Thanks for the suggestion. Hopefully this improves in the future.