I've installed Music Assistant server via the container method. Home assistant detects it and offers me to configure it.
However, I don't see how I can have it appear in the sidebar. The interface to do it seems to only appear if it is an add-on.
Is there a way to make it appear with the container installation?
#How do I make Music Assistant installed via container in the sidebar?
humble kelp
woven charm
You can use a webpage dashboard to point to the MA URL
Keep in mind that it will only be accessible where that URL is accessible, so if you want to access MA when away from your home network, you'll need to build a way to do that (Cloudflare tunnels, reverse proxy, etc.)
humble kelp
I'm trying that. I have to re-login into it.
It doesn't feel like a full integration: the radio player does allow me to play radio on all the audio devices I have. But this looks like a web-page within home assistant that does not know about any of my audio devices, except for the web browser speakers....
humble kelp
Right. So not quite what I'm looking for.
woven charm
It's the same thing you'd get with the addon
Perhaps describe what you're trying to do? It seems like it's changed from your initial post
humble kelp
Well, I did several search on Google about the music assistant. I got the impression that I could configure providers (I got Apple Music working in music assistant) and then from Home Assistant I'd be able to listen to music from Apple Music, say, on any of the devices that Home Assistant has access to.
Images in the result of my search were showing a list of music when the "Music Assistant" side-bar was selected.
Maybe I'm missing some steps....
woven charm
that's using the MA integration
integrations and addons aren't the same
when HA "discovered" MA and let you add its integration, that will expose media players and media sources that you can then use within HA
regardless of how you're running MA
and it has nothing to do with whether it's in the sidebar
humble kelp
OK. I got some progress.
I'm getting an idea of how this work.
This not about dashboards anymore, but do you know how I select the speaker in the Music Assistant interface?
woven charm
I really haven't used MA that much. I suggest posting in their server
humble kelp
OK. Thanks.
woven charm