I don’t know if this was possible before, but at least now, I cannot control the volume output from the spotify app. Is that something that is supported with go-librespot? Right now I seem to only be able to control the output volume via changing the levels on the amplipi interface. Thanks!
Sorry for that change. We had to remove volume control initially from our spotify go-librespot integration. Initial testing gave bad quality audio when the volume was low. We are looking at different options to support this in the future.
Volume control would be great because… last night I was playing spotify at probably 30% volume on the amplipi, then an announce came on that’s set to 80% volume (which stopped the spotify playback?). I then resumed spotify playback and the volume was back at 80%, which was terribly loud. Grabbed the phone and hit the volume slider out of habit, but that of course had no affect.
I’m trying to keep from needing to go into the amplipi GUI on a regular basis. Previously, I did not have any of the amplipi volume controls exposed in HA, but I might need to add them as a just-in-case. I built out the following with a grid of custom-button cards. It lists out my 6 zones and 4 inputs. But the only volume I had was to mute the whole zone.
Quick change, just added a hold-action to my template card to show more-info of the entity:
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Wow that’s pretty slick. I haven’t seen a grid like that before. How did you make that?
As for Spotify volume, we have some ideas to test but I don’t want to make an promises yet…
Thanks! I used the custom:button-card (GitHub - custom-cards/button-card: ❇️ Lovelace button-card for home assistant) inside of custom:layout-card (GitHub - thomasloven/lovelace-layout-card: 🔹 Get more control over the placement of lovelace cards.) grid from hacs:
type: custom:layout-card
layout_type: custom:grid-layout
layout:
grid-template-columns: 55px 55px 55px 55px 55px 55px 55px
grid-template-rows: auto
width: 300
max_cols: 7
cards:
- type: custom:button-card
template: amplipi_header
- type: custom:button-card
template: amplipi_header
icon: mdi:pot-steam
- type: custom:button-card
template: amplipi_header
icon: mdi:sofa
- type: custom:button-card
template: amplipi_header
icon: mdi:desk
- type: custom:button-card
template: amplipi_header
icon: mdi:bed
- type: custom:button-card
template: amplipi_header
icon: mdi:toilet
- type: custom:button-card
template: amplipi_header
icon: mdi:stairs
- type: custom:button-card
template: amplipi_header
icon: mdi:speaker-message
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.kitchen_speakers
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 1
- type: custom:button-card
template: amplipi_card
entity: media_player.living_room_speakers
variables:
source: Source 1
- type: custom:button-card
template: amplipi_card
entity: media_player.office_speakers
variables:
source: Source 1
- type: custom:button-card
template: amplipi_card
entity: media_player.bedroom_speakers
variables:
source: Source 1
- type: custom:button-card
template: amplipi_card
entity: media_player.bathroom_speaker
variables:
source: Source 1
- type: custom:button-card
template: amplipi_card
entity: media_player.hallway_speakers
variables:
source: Source 1
- type: custom:button-card
template: amplipi_header
icon: mdi:spotify
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.kitchen_speakers
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 2
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.living_room_speakers
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 2
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.office_speakers
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 2
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.bedroom_speakers
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 2
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.bathroom_speaker
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 2
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.hallway_speakers
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 2
- type: custom:button-card
template: amplipi_header
icon: mdi:dlna
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.kitchen_speakers
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 3
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.living_room_speakers
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 3
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.office_speakers
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 3
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.bedroom_speakers
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 3
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.bathroom_speaker
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 3
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.hallway_speakers
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 3
- type: custom:button-card
template: amplipi_header
icon: mdi:spotify
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.kitchen_speakers
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 4
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.living_room_speakers
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 4
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.office_speakers
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 4
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.bedroom_speakers
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 4
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.bathroom_speaker
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 4
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.hallway_speakers
template: amplipi_card
variables:
source: Source 4
- type: custom:button-card
template: amplipi_header
icon: mdi:volume-off
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.kitchen_speakers
template: amplipi_mute_card
icon: mdi:volume-off
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.living_room_speakers
template: amplipi_mute_card
icon: mdi:volume-off
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.office_speakers
template: amplipi_mute_card
icon: mdi:volume-off
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.bedroom_speakers
template: amplipi_mute_card
icon: mdi:volume-off
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.bathroom_speaker
template: amplipi_mute_card
icon: mdi:volume-off
- type: custom:button-card
entity: media_player.hallway_speakers
template: amplipi_mute_card
icon: mdi:volume-off
title: Control
columns: 7
And in the lovelace configuration, you can add templates to use over and over (which a grid like this basically is):
button_card_templates:
amplipi_header:
name: '[[[ return variables.var_name ]]]'
show_label: false
styles:
card:
- width: 50px
- height: 50px
amplipi_mute_card:
name: '[[[ return variables.var_name ]]]'
entity: '[[[ return entity.entity_id ]]]'
show_label: false
styles:
card:
- width: 50px
- height: 50px
state:
- operator: template
value: |
[[[
var muted = entity.attributes.is_volume_muted;
if (muted == null)
muted = new Boolean(true);
if (muted)
return true;
else
return false;
]]]
color: grey
icon: mdi:volume-off
- operator: template
value: |
[[[
var muted = entity.attributes.is_volume_muted;
if (muted == null)
muted = new Boolean(true);
if (muted)
return false;
else
return true;
]]]
color: grey
icon: mdi:volume-medium
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.mute_toggle
data:
media_player: '[[[ return entity.entity_id ]]]'
hold_action:
action: more-info
amplipi_card:
variables:
on_color: '#276e1d'
off_color: '#030303'
red_color: '#8f2d28'
name: '[[[ return variables.var_name ]]]'
color: grey
state:
- operator: template
value: '[[[ return (entity.state == "playing"); ]]]'
color: '#21618C'
- operator: template
value: '[[[ return (entity.state != "playing"); ]]]'
color: grey
label: '[[[ return variables.source.substr(5,5); ]]]'
show_label: false
icon: |
[[[
var source = entity.attributes.source;
if (source == null)
source = '';
if (source.substr(0,(variables.source).length).toUpperCase() == (variables.source).toUpperCase())
return 'mdi:radiobox-marked';
else
return 'mdi:radiobox-blank';
]]]
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: media_player.select_source
data:
source: '[[[ return variables.source ]]]'
target:
entity_id: '[[[ return entity.entity_id ]]]'
styles:
card:
- width: 50px
- height: 50px
amplipi_source:
variables:
source_name: media_player.amplipi_source_1
zone_name: media_player.amplipi_kitchen
source_id: 0
zone_id: 0
name: |
[[[
return states[variables.source_name].attributes.source
]]]
entity: |
[[[
return variables.zone_name
]]]
entity_picture: |
[[[
return states[variables.source_name].attributes.entity_picture
]]]
show_entity_picture: true
aspect_ratio: 1/1
triggers_update: all
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: rest_command.amplipi_set_zone
service_data:
zone_id: |
[[[
return variables.zone_id
]]]
source_id: |
[[[
return variables.source_id
]]]
state:
- operator: template
value: |
[[[
return states[variables.zone_name].attributes.source == states[variables.source_name].attributes.source
]]]
styles:
card:
- background-color: rgb(255, 193, 7)
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HOLD UP DUDE - this is a very slick way to think about it-- I’m assuming the top are zones and the down is the source? Way to go on this…I need to figure out how to do this too. What’s with the different colors? I’ve got 13 or so zones so this would really help me out on the configuring fast haha
Correct. The “columns” are my zones (Kitchen, Living Room, Office, Bedroom, Bathroom and Stairs). The colors trigger off of the state of the media_player, which is a bit of an odd concept, but the blue means the Kitchen and Living Room are set to playing in HA, even though they are muted. On the Amplipi GUI, it looks like this (Upstairs = Kitchen and Living Room):
And the HA entity:
vs the Office, which is not attached to an input:
It’s not perfect, and I’m sure someone can come up with a better way, but I like how I can easily see a grid of inputs and outputs.