Troubleshooting Scripts and events | Home Assistant | Page 1

dull condor Mar 18, 2025, 7:32 PM

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Hi everyone, need some pointers. I have set up a script then setup a button on my dashboard (and an automation). I've tried it and it worked..... at least once lol. Now, however, it'll start and a second later go idle. I can't get it to fire off now, and not sure how to isolate. Here are my bits, perhaps someone can see the galring error?

Script

alias: Play White Noise Loop
sequence:
  - target:
      entity_id: media_player.home_assistant_voice_90210_media_player
    data:
      media_content_id: >-
        media-source://media_source/local/Unraid/media/music/Sleep/White-Noise-60min.mp3
      media_content_type: music
    action: media_player.play_media
  - wait_template: >-
      {{ not is_state('media_player.home_assistant_voice_90210_media_player',
      'playing') }}
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 0
      milliseconds: 100
  - target:
      entity_id: script.play_white_noise_loop
    action: script.turn_on
    data: {}
description: ""

Button:

show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
name: Play White Noise
icon: mdi:sleep
tap_action:
  action: call-service
  service: script.play_white_noise_loop

Any ideas would be super appreciated!

low rapids Mar 18, 2025, 7:36 PM

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Kind of an odd looking script... maybe you need to use mode: restart ?

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If you try to call a mode: single script from itself it might just refuse to start.

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I could image that occasionally working due to race conditions, but don't know if it will work reliably.

dull condor Mar 18, 2025, 9:12 PM

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low rapids Kind of an odd looking script... maybe you need to use `mode: restart` ?

To be fair, I cobbled this together using GPT's output as a base and expanded on it.

dapper ether Mar 19, 2025, 12:31 AM

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dull condor Hi everyone, need some pointers. I have set up a script then setup a button on m...

You are running script.play_white_noise_loop from inside script.play_white_noise_loop.

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You don't need the script at all. Just do in the button:

tap_action:
  action: call-service
  service: media_player.play_media
  target:
    entity_id: ...
  data:
    media_content_id: ...

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Unless you intend to play this media through other means besides pressing this button?

dull condor Mar 19, 2025, 12:58 AM

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I have 2 use cases; an automation where other lights turn off/dim/etc then it plays OR by a button on the dashboard.

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I've deleted it out, and tried to play with the builder again, and this seems to be working:

alias: Play White Noise Loop
sequence:
  - metadata:
      title: White-Noise-60min.mp3
      thumbnail: null
      media_class: music
      children_media_class: null
      navigateIds:
        - {}
        - media_content_type: app
          media_content_id: media-source://media_source
        - media_content_type: ""
          media_content_id: media-source://media_source/local/Unraid
        - media_content_type: ""
          media_content_id: media-source://media_source/local/Unraid/media
        - media_content_type: ""
          media_content_id: media-source://media_source/local/Unraid/media/music
        - media_content_type: ""
          media_content_id: media-source://media_source/local/Unraid/media/music/Sleep
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.home_assistant_voice_90210_media_player
    data:
      media_content_id: >-
        media-source://media_source/local/Unraid/media/music/Sleep/White-Noise-60min.mp3
      media_content_type: audio/mpeg
    action: media_player.play_media
  - delay:
      milliseconds: 100
  - metadata: {}
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.bedroom_speaker
    data:
      repeat: one
    action: media_player.repeat_set
description: Play White Noise

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