Spotify does not support play_media

[ocean oracle]

The docs say that we can use media_player.play_media with a spotify URI. When I try this, I get:

Entity media_player.spotify_spotify does not support action media_player.play_media

Am I doing something wrong?

[humble dawn]

Do you have premium?

[ocean oracle]

yep

i'm pretty sure that this used to work, but it no longer does. i have removed and re-added the integration also to double check.

i see also that spotcast is blocked on an API change by spotify, so I was wondering if there is something similar going on for the core integration.

also, i can skip tracks, pause etc, which the docs say are only supported if you have a Premium account.

[humble dawn]

nope

[ocean oracle]

thanks for the relpies. what can i do to debug this? i note that when i choose media_player.play_media in the developer tools, it won't even let me select a spotify media player. if I force it (by editing yaml) i get the above error:

Entity media_player.spotify_spotify does not support action media_player.play_media

Source: helpers/script.py:2058
First occurred: March 16, 2025 at 4:05:29 PM (4 occurrences)
Last logged: 6:45:20 AM

websocket_api script: Error executing script. Error for call_service at pos 1: Entity media_player.spotify_sorrygofish does not support action media_player.play_media```

turning on debugging for the integration shows nothing additional in the logs (just info about fetching sources)

[ocean oracle]

in case it's relevant we have "spotify premium family"

[humble dawn]

I need to check on my laptop

What device are you playing on?

[ocean oracle]

sorry, what do you mean? i could have spotify playing in a chrome tab on my macbook, does that answer the question?

OH MAN! That's it! It needs to already be playing somewhere

[humble dawn]

🙂

We need to have an active session somewhere to start

be sure to look into music assistant

[ocean oracle]

can i use media_player.select_source to get the session started?

i'll try it.

music assistant sounds pretty heavy weight. but maybe i will try it if it can solve these things for me. thank you for helping me

[humble dawn]

Yes