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frank saffron Feb 25, 2026, 2:37 AM

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Im trying to get music assistant to play files stored on my HA Green. i have the files in a playlist and they play fine when i trigger the automation, but the playlist will always start at the same song and never shuffle. how do i get it to shuffle the playlist so it always starts at a different song and shuffles the playlist?

vernal hearth Feb 25, 2026, 2:47 AM

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service: media_player.shuffle_set
target:
  entity_id: media_player.your_player

  shuffle: true

frank saffron Feb 25, 2026, 2:49 AM

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ok, i have no clue how to impliment any of this

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where ams i selecing 'service'?

vernal hearth Feb 25, 2026, 2:50 AM

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alias: Play shuffled playlist on MA
mode: single
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.good_morning   # or whatever your trigger is
    to: "on"

action:
  - service: media_player.shuffle_set
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.your_player
    
      shuffle: true

  - service: mass.play_media
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.your_player
    
      media_content_id: "Your Playlist Name or URL"
      media_content_type: playlist
      enqueue: replace      # or 'play', 'add' etc.

Run this from an automation

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Gemini / Claude / GPT can really help you out.

frank saffron Feb 25, 2026, 2:53 AM

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tried gemini with changing the wake word and it gave me 100% worthless code

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how do i get the entity_id of my media player (a voice PE)?

frank saffron Feb 25, 2026, 3:15 AM

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says "extra keys not allowed @ data [actions] [target] [shuffle]"

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wont save

vernal hearth Feb 25, 2026, 3:22 AM

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frank saffron how do i get the entity_id of my media player (a voice PE)?

Look in settings/devices/music assistant

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Or esphome

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But you need the Music Assistant media player.

frank saffron Feb 25, 2026, 3:25 AM

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i found it, but the code you gave me cannot be saved or even triggered

#Music Assistant automation