Alexa music playlists

[MarvinB 1]

Has this been resolved?

I am having a similar problem

 

Thank you

[Luke 42266]

@MarvinBHI, can you please describe the issue that you're having? Thanks !

[MarvinB 1]

@Luke

Hi,

I am having issues with Playlists, specifically getting Alexa to recognize and play a playlist. 

I am moving from Plex to Emby.

I exported a playlist from Plex using a tool called Webtools-NG, I then modified the file to be a normal playlist with .m3u extension

I tested it in Itunes and Vox, both played successfully.

I then moved the file to the proper playlist folder location that is on my NAS. Scanned the music folder. Example; /shares/Music/Playlist/Playlist_filename

I went into Emby, saw the playlist, clicked play and the playlist played

I went to Amazon Echo Dot and spoke the following; Alexa, ask MB Home to play playlist Chill Mix

Alexa replied, the requested media is not in the Library.

Alexa plays individual songs ok

Alexa plays songs by artists ok

Alexa plays albums ok

Alexa will not play a playlist.

It doesnt matter if I create the playlist in Emby or I create the playlist outside of Emby, Alexa does not see it. 

I have checked that the Amazon emby skill logs in the same way I created the playlist inside of Emby.

 

There is my story. I hope this gives you a clear picture of my struggles and assist you in finding a solution.

Thank you,

 

Marvin

 

Edited Saturday at 06:22 AM by MarvinB

[MarvinB 1]

@Luke

 

I am running Emby 4.9.3 on a WD My Cloud EX 2 Ultra, OS 5.

I see there is a new/updated version 4.10.??   Is this newer version ok to run on my NAS?  How do I get the newer version?  

It may help me with these pesky playlist issue(s) I am experience, do you think so?

I also attached the server log, hoping this will let you see my problem

embyserver (4).txt

Edited Saturday at 02:33 PM by MarvinB
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[MarvinB 1]

@Traction Tim @Luke

 

Did this ever get resolved?

I'm new to Emby and I am experiencing similar problems with my playlists.

[Luke 42266]

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Alexa will not play a playlist.

@MarvinBwhat exactly happens when you try to play a playlist? Can you please go over an example? Thanks.

[MarvinB 1]

I get a reply from Alexa saying the requested media is not in the library.

I just thought of something that I will test tomorrow, could this be user permissions related. Public vs Private playlist?

 

 

[Luke 42266]

32 minutes ago, MarvinB said:

I get a reply from Alexa saying the requested media is not in the library.

I just thought of something that I will test tomorrow, could this be user permissions related. Public vs Private playlist?

 

 

If you see the same playlist in the Emby web app, and you are logged in with alexa as the same user, then it should work. So please try that and let us know how things go.