kadorken 1 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I set the default player to "this player" (an amazon echo plush). Then I asked alexa to "open m.b. home", and requested "play the playlist enya". Enya started playing but on the Chome mobile (in my browser that I had open watching the EMBY server dashboard). I tried again; similiar result; I have included the alexa.amazon.com 'cards' (selected text/copy only) if that helps. It may be the alexa amazon side that is problematic, but it is frustrating to have to 'argue' with the echo plus to get the output to appear where you want it ------------------------------------------------- Note the first card is the one where I actually got it to play to the echo plus ('this player'). The following cards are the attempts to change the default player, and play the playlist on that player. Play Emby The Humming... is currently playing. Voice feedback Alexa heard: "play the playlist enya" Did Alexa do what you wanted? Yes No Remove cardLearn more Less Select a player Emby Say the number you want. 1. This player, 2. chrome, emby mobile More Play Emby Playing Enya. Sent to Chrome. More Select a player Emby Say the number you want. 1. This player, 2. chrome, emby mobile More Play Emby Currently playing, Enya. Sent to Chrome. Voice feedback Alexa heard: "play playlist enya" Did Alexa do what you wanted? Yes No Remove cardLearn more Less Select a player Emby Say the number to select. 1. This player, 2. chrome, emby mobile Voice feedback Alexa heard: "change the default player" Did Alexa do what you wanted? Yes No Remove cardLearn more Less Play Emby Currently playing, The Humming.... Voice feedback Alexa heard: "one" Did Alexa do what you wanted? Yes No Remove cardLearn more Less Select a player Emby Say the number of the player to send this to. 1. This player, 2. chrome, emby mobile Voice feedback Alexa heard: "play the playlist enya" Did Alexa do what you wanted? Yes No Remove cardLearn more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14862 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Hi. All of those instances indicate she asked you which player. Did you respond with "one"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kadorken 1 Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 yes i responded with one each time. i will try to do a more controlled test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36886 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Is the player you want to play with up and running at the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kadorken 1 Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 (edited) I repeated the test; This is the dialog (not all the dialog was captured in alexa.amazon activity - in included the ones amazon listed): I said: Open M.B. Home Alexa said: M.B. Here, what could I do for you I said: what is the default player Alexa said: the default player is this player I said: change default player Alexa said: Select a player Emby Say the number to select. 1. This player, 2. chrome, emby mobile, 3. tv, dlna I said: 1 Alexa said: This player has been set as your default I then said: Voice feedback Alexa heard: "play playlist enya" Did Alexa do what you wanted? Yes No Remove cardLearn more Less Alexa said: Select a player Emby Say the number of the player to send this to. 1. chrome, emby mobile, 2. tv, dlna --------------------------- The default player did not get used, and is not in the list. The default player is an Amazon Echo Plus and it is on (I am talking to it) I have attached the embyserver.txt log (in debug mode) - there was an error about authentication to default in the log. That was me mistyping the password the first time starting the EMBY chrome session (to get the logs) embyserver.txt Edited November 14, 2019 by kadorken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kadorken 1 Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 Postscript: I tried "play playlist Enya on default player" and it did what I wanted. Play Emby Currently playing, The Humming.... Alexa heard: "play playlist enya on default player" Voice feedback Did Alexa do what you wanted? Yes No Remove card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36886 Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Postscript: I tried "play playlist Enya on default player" and it did what I wanted. Play EmbyCurrently playing, The Humming.... Alexa heard: "play playlist enya on default player" Voice feedback Did Alexa do what you wanted? Yes No Remove card Ok so it worked this time? Is there still an issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kadorken 1 Posted November 16, 2019 Author Share Posted November 16, 2019 Only an issue if the default player isn't supposed to be used when you say "Play xxx" without the direction of "on default player". I thought the purpose of "default player" was the one it would goto if the instruction didn't dictate where to play. I didn't expect it to pick the 'chrome browser' player (which just happened to be up because I was trying to watch what was happening). I'll just have to remember to always say "on xxxx" [still learning how to talk to Alexa; she hasn't got me trained yet]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36886 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Ok, we'll take a look at this. Thanks for reporting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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