PLAY_MEDIA, GROUPING services not available

[NiMa08]

I'm trying to use the services PLAY_MEDIA and Grouping on my hifiberry speakers, but i see they are not added in the supported services. Also the speakers aren't visible in the media sources list. Is there a fix for this?

[willholdoway]

This would need help from @schnabel and his audiocontrol2, which is beyond my capability. I would suggest I implement as per the below:

`from homeassistant.components.media_player import MediaPlayerEntityFeature

class HifiberryMediaPlayer(MediaPlayerEntity):
"""Hifiberry Media Player Object."""

# Existing methods...

@property
def supported_features(self):
    """Flag media commands that are supported."""
    return (
        SUPPORT_HIFIBERRY |
        MediaPlayerEntityFeature.PLAY_MEDIA |  # Add support for PLAY_MEDIA
        MediaPlayerEntityFeature.GROUPING      # Add support for grouping if applicable
    )

async def async_play_media(self, media_type, media_id, **kwargs):
    """Play a media from a URL or a media source."""
    # Implementation depends on your device capabilities
    if media_type == 'url':
        await self._audiocontrol2.play_url(media_id)
    elif media_type == 'playlist':
        await self._audiocontrol2.play_playlist(media_id)
    else:
        _LOGGER.error("Unsupported media_type: %s", media_type)

# Example method to handle grouping (simplified version)
async def join_group(self, leader):
    """Join the speaker to another speaker group."""
    await self._audiocontrol2.join_group(leader)

async def leave_group(self):
    """Leave the speaker group."""
    await self._audiocontrol2.leave_group()

# Method to make the speakers visible in media sources
@property
def media_sources(self):
    """Return available media sources."""
    return [
        {'id': 'source_1', 'title': 'Playlist 1'},
        {'id': 'source_2', 'title': 'Playlist 2'}
    ]

`

[schnabel]

@NiMa08 if you are still interested ... let me know. But I do not have a lot of time at the moment :-(.

[NiMa08]

Haven’t looked at this for a while. So have to refresh myself. But yes still very interested!

[NiMa08]

is there anything i can help with? I'm new to developing home assistant integrations, but i have some time now. Just need some nudges the right direction if there is something i can do.

[schnabel]

I am not sure if I got all the requirements from @willholdoway code snippet right. I seen 4 new methods, but I am sure about the expectations.

• what needs to be done on join and leave group? Is audiocontrol2 supposed to address multiple hifiberries?
• playing urls and playlist is unclear to me because the hifiberry supports many different players (mpd, spotify, bluetooth etc.) and I think it is not easy to address them all with media_ids of tracks or playlists.

Unfortunately I have a side project that eats 150% of my time at the moment. @NiMa08 if you can clarify the requirements or if have questions or code contributions for https://github.com/schnabel/pyhifiberry ... let me know.

[NiMa08]

Hmm are you able to help with any of this @willholdoway? I'm not sure where to start. @schnabel & @willholdoway Can we chat on discord?: nima008.

[willholdoway]

Hi I’m not really sure on how to implement this to be honest, I didn’t work on the audiocontrol2 side of things. On 28 Apr 2024 at 00:40 +0100, Nick ***@***.***>, wrote: Hmm are you able to help with any of this @willholdoway<https://github.com/willholdoway>? I'm not sure where to start. @schnabel<https://github.com/schnabel> & @willholdoway<https://github.com/willholdoway> Can we chat on discord?: nima008. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#23 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABGKGPFY3H5Q4IR75A572ADY7QZNVAVCNFSM6AAAAAATT6JDT2VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDAOBRGI2TANZSGY>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[schnabel]

Hi @NiMa08. I am not on discord, sorry. It might be a good starting point to have a look at the sonos integration to understand the requirements. If you or @willholdoway can answer the questions from above, I will try to find out if there is a way to address it in audiocontrol2.