philchillbill wrote:
> They are deletable from your Alexa mobile app. The only reason they
> appeared at all is because you changed your uuid.
>
> The reason it unlinked for you must be related to an ngrok drop. Maybe
> ngrok is finally time-limiting the free service, who knows.
Yup I
slartibartfast wrote:
> Now Alexa.amazon has been deprecated how do you remove duplicate
> devices? I can't see a way to remove all devices and rediscover them.
>
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
They are deletable from your Alexa mobile app. The only reason they
appeared at all is
philchillbill wrote:
> Yep, they've deprecated that portal. You now have to use the mobile app
> which is not very suited to linking my LMS skills.
>
> The only solution to this for me is to have people create an account
> with smartskills.tech and set up their proxy in a dashboard on a real
philchillbill wrote:
> Yep.Well this is weird. It has only gone and expired again. I have no idea
what is going on.
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philchillbill wrote:
> I've been promising @staresy to do this for a while now but was
> busy with other stuff. :rolleyes:
Ha, no worries, my system has been stable ever since you did the dual
location tweak a while back, so re-links are rarely needed now on my
system. So no rush! :)
philchillbill wrote:
> Smart :cool: I had forgotten that!That worked for me [emoji106]. I still had
> to change the UUID though.
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Paul Webster wrote:
> Can still find it at
> https://www.amazon.co.uk/smartskills-tech-LMS-lite/dp/B083H9JTJY
Smart :cool: I had forgotten that!
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> Can still find it at
> https://www.amazon.co.uk/smartskills-tech-LMS-lite/dp/B083H9JTJYHmm, you
> can't enable it there can you?
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Can still find it at
https://www.amazon.co.uk/smartskills-tech-LMS-lite/dp/B083H9JTJY
Paul Webster
author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc),
planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm etc), kcrw, abc
australia and cbc/radio-canada
and, via the extra \"radio
slartibartfast wrote:
> So I should probably unlink both skills and reenable them on my phone
> and then edit the updater with the new UUID. Will that work?
>
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
Yep.
philchillbill wrote:
> Yep, they've deprecated that portal. You now have to use the mobile app
> which is not very suited to linking my LMS skills.
>
> The only solution to this for me is to have people create an account
> with smartskills.tech and set up their proxy in a dashboard on a real
slartibartfast wrote:
> Looks like Amazon have removed a lot of functionality from
> HTTPS://alexa.amazon.co.uk
> I can't even find skills now.
>
Yep, they've deprecated that portal. You now have to use the mobile app
which is not very suited to linking my LMS skills.
The only solution to
philchillbill wrote:
> Yes. Deleting localStorage can be done but is separate from deleting
> cookies/history.Looks like Amazon have removed a lot of functionality from
HTTPS://alexa.amazon.co.uk
I can't even find skills now.
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slartibartfast wrote:
> Would that hold even if all cookies etc are deleted each time the
> browser closes?
>
Yes. Deleting localStorage can be done but is separate from deleting
cookies/history.
philchillbill's
philchillbill wrote:
> Your browser remembers the uuid in localStorage. If you use the same
> browser that you used when you originally linked, then you will see the
> same uuid.Would that hold even if all cookies etc are deleted each time the
browser closes?
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slartibartfast wrote:
> How do I relink LMS- lite with the original UUID contained in the
> updater script? If I try to link I get a new UUID.
Your browser remembers the uuid in localStorage. If you use the same
browser that you used when you originally linked, then you will see the
same uuid.
philchillbill wrote:
> Over the summer, I changed LMS-lite to automatically unlink the skill
> when the connectivity towards LMS is gone. See post #285.
>
> To get it back, you need to re-link LMS-lite (only). Before doing so,
> make sure ngrok is running and that the update script ran
slartibartfast wrote:
> I just received this message. I can't remember ever seeing it before..
>
Over the summer, I changed LMS-lite to automatically unlink the skill
when the connectivity towards LMS is gone. See post #285.
To get it back, you need to re-link LMS-lite (only). Before doing
I just received this message. I can't remember ever seeing it
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The second post in this thread ahs been updated with a list of how to
speak several commands in French and German. If anybody can suggest
working phraseology for e.g. playing favorites and changing
shuffle/repeat modes, I'll add them. Amazon has no docs on their own
voice model I'm afraid :(
chaug wrote:
>
> So the MediaServer skill is available in German? (It doesn't say so on
> your website). If that is the case, that explains why the agent says it
> is available on the German store.
>
Many thanks I got the details in your PM and will play with it to
generalise for others.
philchillbill wrote:
> When you say 'a US address', did you need a* physical street address* in
> the US to do that or do you mean just selecting the *.com *domain?
>
Yes, a physical address. The support agent said I could just enter a
random address, but I used one where I did indeed live
chaug wrote:
> Okay, I just had a longish chat with the amazon.com support and learned
> that the country that Alexa checks (and that she refers to when she says
> that something is not available in your country) is the country set
> under Content and Devices. As soon as I changed it to a US
Okay, I just had a longish chat with the amazon.com support and learned
that the country that Alexa checks (and that she refers to when she says
that something is not available in your country) is the country set
under Content and Devices. As soon as I changed it to a US address, it
worked.
chaug wrote:
>
> Don't you have any subscribers from Germany? As a
> skill-developer/seller, do you have some support at amazon that you can
> ask what either your customers or you can do, to make the subscription
> available in non-english speaking countries like, well, most European
>
philchillbill wrote:
>
> I live in NL and Amazon used to be ok with my getting skills in the
> .co.uk store when there was no Amazon.nl site and we were 'expected' to
> shop on Amazon.de. Ironically, after they created Amazon.nl, they expect
> our skills to come from Amazon.de and no longer
chaug wrote:
> Okay, so it is the location under "digital content" that's relevant
> here. Good to know. Unfortunately that doesn't explain why Alexa won't
> let me subscribe because my location under digital content is Germany:
>
> It's not as simple as that though. Because I manage my
philchillbill wrote:
> It should just work. Or has Amazon decided to link the Swedish store to
> Germany? Anyway, a workaround is to temporarily set your Amazon store
> account for digital content to .co.uk for locale en-GB. Start the
> subscription. Then change back.
>
Okay, so it is the
There is no Swedish for Alexa so shes fine with UK English for Sweden
(in the EU, the UK store is default for all unsupported languages.
Amazon never thought Brexit would actually happen).
It should just work. Or has Amazon decided to link the Swedish store to
Germany? Anyway, a workaround is
Presumably it would have to be available in Swedish for Amazon to allow
it to be used there.
See the first 2 posts in this thread for references to language
variants.
Paul Webster
author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc),
planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala,
I have successfully installed the free version of Mediaserver, yay! But
when I say "Alexa, tell mediaserver I want a subscription" she says
something like "the content is not available in your country".Why would
the subscription not be available in Sweden? Where do I set "my
country"?
Amazon
It looks like Amazon has finally made the PlaybackController interface
available for it-IT. This means that LMS-lite can be made available in
*Italian *if the description text for the Amazon skill-store/app is
translated. It's quite a short description: see
There's a new sorting rule for favorites in order to match the new
behaviour in MediaServer. Nested folders are exhaustively recursed
before popping back up a level to the next item there. This provides
consistency up to 1000 items per nested folder and makes the numbering
100% predictable. When
Paul Webster wrote:
> New feature with Alexa
for people with more than one device
a bit
> like the Walk With Me plugin.
> You can do Alexa Pause on one device and then Alexa Resume Here on
> another one to continue.
> My setup is currently out of service but would be interesting to see
>
New feature with Alexa
for people with more than one device
a bit
like the Walk With Me plugin.
You can do Alexa Pause on one device and then Alexa Resume Here on
another one to continue.
My setup is currently out of service but would be interesting to see
what happens if LMS/Lite skill
I've updated my Amazon Lambda function for LMS-lite to use Python 3.9
instead of 3.6. Please advise if you notice any anomalies.
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As recently mentioned in the MediaServer forum thread, while examining
the LMS source code around favorites-handling, I discovered an
undocumented legacy feature which allows the entire favorites hierarchy
to be retrieved with a single API call. This means that there is no more
recursion needed
ashceryth wrote:
> Not really, but they have a nice API ;) Digged into this a little bit
> further but can't figure out why some requests don't reach my proxy. All
> my test curl requests work fine, but some of the skill requests don't
> make their way through Cloudflare and seem to cause the
philchillbill wrote:
> You use Cloudflare with your proxy - are they a DDNS provider too?
Not really, but they have a nice API ;) Digged into this a little bit
further but can't figure out why some requests don't reach my proxy. All
my test curl requests work fine, but some of the skill
ashceryth wrote:
> I tested with with curl and executed some API calls (same as the skill)
> which worked out well. I tracked the issue down to Cloudflare. Now also
> all players are shown with their correct state in the Alexa app (so no
> "not responding" messages any more). I can now also see
philchillbill wrote:
>
>
> Did you try to reach LMS using your proxy URL and credentials in a
> browser? That would help troubleshoot a proxy problem...
I tested with with curl and executed some API calls (same as the skill)
which worked out well. I tracked the issue down to Cloudflare. Now
ashceryth wrote:
> Thanks for checking! Now I can be sure it's something on my side. My
> bad, sorry! Just for clarification: Are there any other requests from
> your skill than POSTs to .../jsonrpc.js? Any GETs or other methods or
> other paths? Anything else? I would like to perform some
philchillbill wrote:
> I see dozens of *400 Bad Request* errors in the log after you re-linked,
> meaning that your proxy is likely not working. Can you test it in a
> browser and verify if you can see the LMS GUI?
>
Thanks for checking! Now I can be sure it's something on my side. My
bad,
ashceryth wrote:
> I don't know exactly but I think it started happening maybe like two
> months ago. I tried to debug it on my side for a while and tuned some
> nginx proxy settings. There is also Cloudflare in front but I couldn't
> see any issue there either.
>
> I just disabled an
philchillbill wrote:
>
> When did the issues start occurring for you?
>
I don't know exactly but I think it started happening maybe like two
months ago. I tried to debug it on my side for a while and tuned some
nginx proxy settings. There is also Cloudflare in front but I couldn't
see any
ashceryth wrote:
> Something seems to be fishy.
I agree ! I use an Apache2 proxy myself with LMS-lite and it stays up
for months without re-linking. Spontaneous unlinking only happened to me
2x in a year, most recently when the Akamai cloud service went down that
killed half of Amazon.com for
philchillbill wrote:
> If LMS-lite stops showing under "your skills" then it has been both
> disabled and unlinked. Are you sure your Amazon account is not being
> used by somebody else who is doing this unknown to you? There's no way
> skills should disable themselves and they stay enabled for
ashceryth wrote:
> Thanks for the clarification. I don't see it in the "your skills"
> overview, but if i search for it the skill page says that the link
> between the accounts has expired and that I have to reactivate the skill
> (analogous translation from German).
If LMS-lite stops showing
ashceryth wrote:
> Thanks for the clarification. I don't see it in the "your skills"
> overview, but if i search for it the skill page says that the link
> between the accounts has expired and that I have to reactivate the skill
> (analogous translation from German).
The expiration on the
philchillbill wrote:
> Certainly not. Skills should be link and forget. Just to be clear, the
> skill stays enabled (i.e. installed) but shows in the app as "account
> linking required"? Or do you even lose the skill in the "your skills"
> overview?
> Just to clarify: It's -your -Amazon account
ashceryth wrote:
> Ok, but I need to re-link it every other day not just every now an then.
> Is that normal?
Certainly not. Skills should be link and forget. Just to be clear, the
skill stays enabled (i.e. installed) but shows in the app as "account
linking required"? Or do you even lose the
philchillbill wrote:
> Seems to be a bug on Amazons end. Ive had it myself and had to
> re-link. Not related to whether you use ngrok or not.
Ok, but I need to re-link it every other day not just every now an then.
Is that normal?
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ashceryth wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since a few weeks the skill gets unlinked quite often and I have to
> relink it in the Alexa app. After one or two days the skill gets
> unlinked again. It's a bit annoying. Is this a known issue? What causes
> the skill to get unlinked? Using a reverse proxy if that
Hi,
Since a few weeks the skill gets unlinked quite often and I have to
relink it in the Alexa app. After one or two days the skill gets
unlinked again. It's a bit annoying. Is this a known issue? What causes
the skill to get unlinked? Using a reverse proxy if that matters.
Thanks!
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I had the same problem, on the advice of a friend, I just installed an
additional sensor, and then synchronized it through Alex, and everything
worked. As a result, I got a completely 'connected home'
(https://h2smarthome.com/). This approach has one big plus, since you
will order additional
Perhaps related to the Akamai issue that took out half the web yesterday
for a while (including Amazon.com) I found that LMS-lite had somehow
unlinked itself without my intervention. I could re-link it no problem
via the web-portal/app. Just so you know if it unlinked for you, it's
not a problem
philchillbill wrote:
> The very first post in this thread has a link to the setup help.
this?
https://smartskills.tech/lmslitesetup/
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nervoteso's
nervoteso wrote:
> where is the help info? should i set uk english on echo show?
>
> i try on pc on amazon.co,uk but it ask to set a uk address...too
> difficult for me
The very first post in this thread has a link to the setup help.
where is the help info? should i set uk english on echo show?
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nervoteso wrote:
> i'm on iphone, how to install skills from amazon store?
>
> it says it's impossible to install from italy also on co.uk
You install the skill on your Alexa device. Set your Amazon account
country to UK to install the skill and then change back to Italy. I
think that is
nervoteso wrote:
> i'm on iphone, how to install skills from amazon store?
>
> it says it's impossible to install from italy also on co.uk
Do it from pc or Mac chrome and follow the online help instructions.
>From phone is a disaster.
philchillbill wrote:
> You will have to set your Amazon store to .co.uk and install the skill.
> Afterwards you can restore to .it.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
i'm on iphone, how to install skills from amazon store?
it says it's impossible to install from italy also on co.uk
nervoteso wrote:
> i can't see any mediaserver skill in the alexa app. i'm in italy
You will have to set your Amazon store to .co.uk and install the skill.
Afterwards you can restore to .it.
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i can't see any mediaserver skill in the alexa app. i'm in italy
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slartibartfast wrote:
> I just had to relink the skills and enter the new UUID in update.py.
> What determines the UUID?
>
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
My cloud generates it. Your browser remembers it. If you clear your
browser, my cloud gives you a new one. Hence the advice earlier
philchillbill wrote:
> Thats why I have so many notes.txt files sitting in so many directories
> [emoji41]
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI just had to relink the skills and enter
> the new UUID in update.py.
What determines the UUID?
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slartibartfast wrote:
> I think everything is working. I even think my authtoken stayed the
> same. I also think it wasn't even your skill playing up. I also changed
> the password to my tp-link smart plugs so Alexa couldn't turn on my
> amplifier. The problem is you set these things up and then
philchillbill wrote:
> Then everything should just have stayed working as is. Your yml file
> would need your new authtoken as listed in your ngrok account page and
> ngrok would need a restart.I think everything is working. I even think my
> authtoken stayed the
same. I also think it wasn't
slartibartfast wrote:
> The only ngrok password I changed is the one for the ngrok account on
> their website. The Auth username and password are still the same. Does
> that make things easier?
>
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
Then everything should just have stayed working as is.
philchillbill wrote:
> Browser is on PC or mac/iPad, not on pi. But then use the same browser
> for all of the setup sessions needing a browser. In other words, don't
> download the setup script on a PC and then go and try and link from a
> mac. The localStorage needs to be consistent across
slartibartfast wrote:
> Do I need to use a browser on the Pi? This has the potential to go badly
> wrong, I might be better off editing the existing files. Are the
> original instructions still available?
>
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
Browser is on PC or mac/iPad, not on pi. But
philchillbill wrote:
> Yes. And when the script completes, click on the grey autolink link in
> the setup help page to automatically link the skills. Use the same
> browser.Do I need to use a browser on the Pi? This has the potential to go
> badly
wrong, I might be better off editing the
slartibartfast wrote:
> What happens to all the unwanted original files on the system?
>
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
The only residual file will be your original updater.py or updater.pl
script. It can be deleted when you have verified the new setup works.
slartibartfast wrote:
> I have downloaded a script generated by the Easy Setup page. Do I unlink
> both the skills and then run the script on my Pi?
>
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
Yes. And when the script completes, click on the grey autolink link in
the setup help page to
slartibartfast wrote:
> I have downloaded a script generated by the Easy Setup page. Do I unlink
> both the skills and then run the script on my Pi?
>
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using TapatalkWhat happens to all the unwanted original
> files on the system?
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philchillbill wrote:
> Changed credentials always mean re-linking the skills (both!).
>
> If you changed your ngrok credentials then you will need to edit the
> ngrok config yml file to update accordingly, also the updater.py or .pl
> script that updates the skill(s) when you reboot. Then you
slartibartfast wrote:
> Actually I changed the ngrok password as well that is probably more
> relevant.
>
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
Changed credentials always mean re-linking the skills (both!).
If you changed your ngrok credentials then you will need to edit the
ngrok config
slartibartfast wrote:
> I changed my Amazon password and now the skill doesn't seem to work.
> What is the best way to get it working again?
>
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using TapatalkActually I changed the ngrok password as
> well that is probably more
relevant.
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I changed my Amazon password and now the skill doesn't seem to work.
What is the best way to get it working again?
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> Where do i find the tunnel adress to link the alexa skill?
In the setup docs.
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Choosing Raspberry Pi OS 32-bit for the install script did the job.
Now i can play around more...
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Code:
[12:18:54] openhabian@openHABianDevice:~$ systemctl status
ngrok.service
ngrok.service - ngrok
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/ngrok.service; enabled; vendor
preset: en
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2021-06-06 08:59:03
patrick31698 wrote:
> I would like to try LMS-lite on a Pi3 runnning with openhabian. But i
> cant intall it using your installer.
> I am not really sure which OS to choose.
>
> >
Code:
> >
> > [08:54:33] openhabian@openHABianDevice:~$
I would like to try LMS-lite on a Pi3 runnning with openhabian. But i
cant intall it using your installer.
I am not really sure which OS to choose.
Code:
[08:54:33] openhabian@openHABianDevice:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
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The way *favorites* are handled by LMS-lite has been changed. Under the
hood, if you asked for Favorite 'N', it used to call
["favorites","playlist","play","item_id:'+str(int(N) - 1)+'"] which is
fast but does not traverse nested favorites. On Squeezeboxes with a
display, it also led to a heart
FredFredrickson wrote:
> Is there a way to tell this skill to play a certain song or artist, or
> should I continue using Media Server?
Thats not possible in a smart home skill so you will have to continue
using MediaServer for those commands. This skill is more for accessing
the players for
Is there a way to tell this skill to play a certain song or artist, or
should I continue using Media Server?
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2 Receivers
1 Controller
2 Radios
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A user asked if it would be possible to add a slider for player volume
for use in *Alexa Routines*. It's now live and is called
Player Volume
Volume du lecteur
Player-Lautstärke
Enjoy !
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gianpaoloracca wrote:
> Hi, I would like to help translating the app in italian, since I have to
> keep my devices on italian language.
> Let me know if I can help. Thanks!
Thanks for offering to translate. For smart-home skills, it's not the
skill voice model that needs translating but the
philchillbill wrote:
> LMS-lite is now available in *French *for both the fr-FR (France) and
> fr-CA (Canada) locales.
>
> Thanks to DrMacabre for translating the skill store description at
> https://www.amazon.fr/smartskills-tech-LMS-lite/dp/B083H9JTJY/.
>
> Thanks to Google translate for
@Didjean, can you PM me with the name and MAC address of one of the
players that is not responding after you have made a few attempts so the
logs can reveal something ?
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didjean wrote:
> Yes. And it works on native squeezebox devices (Touch, Radio,...).
The player type should not make any difference. Strange.
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philchillbill wrote:
> Good that the install went well. Regarding the Play command in French,
> the syntax is "Alexa, mets lecture sur l'appareil" or "Alexa, Remets
> lecture sur l'appareil".
>
> Is that what you tried?
Yes. And it works on native squeezebox devices (Touch, Radio,...).
didjean wrote:
> I am every day on the forum and I missed both your PM and posts :-)...
> As mentioned, the automated setup works beautifully
>
> Quick question about LMS-lite: Voice commands on a
> piCorePlayer/Squeezelite are not all working - is this normal? "Play on
> X" doesn't work while
philchillbill wrote:
> I've sent you a PM linking the help page for the new automated set-up. I
> just tried it here on a fresh m2p install and the whole setup was <1
> minute :cool:
>
> I'd appreciate your feedback before I put it all live.
I am every day on the forum and I missed both your
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> I definitely can wait, and happy to be the guinea pig :-)
I've sent you a PM linking the help page for the new automated set-up. I
just tried it here on a fresh m2p install and the whole setup was <1
minute :cool:
I'd appreciate your feedback before I put it all live.
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