Play notification sound when doors open, then resume media that was playing (if any) | Home Assistant | Page 1

sharp pebble Jan 29, 2025, 6:44 PM

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Hello all!

I have an automation setup right now that plays a notification noise on our google home speakers when an exterior door is opened (basically a fancy door chime), but if I am playing something like Spotify on a speaker, it will interrupt that (which is fine) and then stop.

Is there a way to detect what is being played, pause it, play the notification, and then resume the other media? If not, I guess I can just not play my notification if that particular media player is already playing something, but I'd prefer to pause/resume, or duck the audio and play both...

Thanks in advance!!

sharp pebble Jan 29, 2025, 7:23 PM

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I have adjusted my script to now check if the media player is playing something, and only send notification if it's not, but I'd like to either pause/resume, or overlay the notification sound if possible

lavish cradle Jan 30, 2025, 5:58 AM

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What kind of media are you playing? A radio stream? Spotify? Something else?
And how do you start the media? By voice command?

sharp pebble Jan 30, 2025, 6:11 AM

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Spotify usually, but could be YouTube, or Pandora, usually started from my PC

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But if I could also apply to the sound bar connected to the TV it would be nice

lavish cradle Jan 30, 2025, 12:01 PM

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If you start it from the PC, you could use Music Assistant

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then it will automatically do what you want

sharp pebble Jan 30, 2025, 3:13 PM

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Do you have a link for that?

#Play notification sound when doors open, then resume media that was playing (if any)