Can't get audio to play via event

[stefan]

I'm trying to set up an event to play brown noise on some Nest hubs. The "test" in the plugin's Chromecasts Management works, and plays a voice through the speaker.

But when I run the event, nothing happens. This is the test event I configured:


And this is the log:

10/23/2021 11:21:57 AM
Chromecast
Debug
Office Nest Hub : media status changed, player state = Idle
10/23/2021 11:21:57 AM
Chromecast
Debug
Office Nest Hub : chromecast status changed
10/23/2021 11:21:57 AM
Chromecast
Debug
Office Nest Hub : application started Default Media Receiver
10/23/2021 11:21:57 AM
Chromecast
Debug
Office Nest Hub : chromecast status changed
10/23/2021 11:21:57 AM
Chromecast
Debug
Office Nest Hub : application started Default Media Receiver
10/23/2021 11:21:57 AM
Chromecast
Debug
Office Nest Hub : media status changed, player state = Idle
10/23/2021 11:21:56 AM
Chromecast
Debug
Playing c:\audio\brownnoise.mp3 on Office Nest Hub
10/23/2021 11:21:56 AM
HomeSeer
Event
Event Trigger "New Event"

I'm fairly sure I'm just doing something wrong, but I can't quite figure out what.

[mrceolla]

This is an old post. Sorry you didn't get any help.

When I want to play sounds through my speakers I use the native HomeSeer "Play an Audio File" action with my desired speaker or speaker group selected. I recommend using speaker groups if you wish to target multiple speakers at the same time.

Note my file is in c:\Program Files (x86)\HomeSeer HS3\Media\. File location might matter. I don't remember.



In your example, the Media URL is not a valid URL. If it's going to work at all, you need to provide a URL that your Chromecast device would be able to access. For example: http://192.168.1.100:8080/folder/filename.mp3. My guess is that is what "Play an Audio File" does under the hood when a Chromecast device is selected. I would just use "Plan an Audio File" and only mess with this plugin's "Cast Media" action if you want to cast something other than an audio file, for example a camera's video stream.