Music player tile for Spotify on Echo Dots?

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So just out the 2 tiles over each other and then found what the ID was (tile-9) and used z-index.

#tile-9{
z-index:-1;
}

With the attributes, is there something else have to do to use more then one? As when drop down list comes out I can only select one option.

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You have to add more than one. Unless you have SuperTiles app? That way you can add a lot of attributes to one tile.

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Oh ok, yeah I have that app just not messed around with it. Going to check it out now and see what can do with it. Cheers for the help :slight_smile:

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No worries. I took it a little further and added virtual switches to use for artists or genre, but I use webCoRE to perform the search, so control all I want from three different dashboard (for each Alexa device).

I copied the layout json for each then changed the Alexa device where needed. Works really well. I suspect you can do the same with Rule machine perhaps. The virtual switches I set as variables and use the search Spotify command, and pass the virtual switch name in the command.

Feel free to PM me if you’d like more info mate :+1:

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You don't need to use CSS to stack tiles. The newest tile is always going to be on top when you stack them using the GUI. That's what I did.

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This is mine at the min, although I'm using Echo Speaks via ST and HubConnect, so been a little tricky.

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Hey yeah that looks pretty cool! Was just going to have the player but I like the idea of having a few favs can select from like that.

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How do the favorites buttons work? I’d like to do something like that but with sonos.

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They trigger a search on Spotify via the Echo Speaks app when switched on. I don’t have Sonos, so I’ve no idea if you can do the same sadly. Sorry :neutral_face:

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So tapping on that just fires Echo Speak to get Spotify to play that? And that part all done via Webcore? Think could post screen shot of you piston for me to try and replicate that?

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Sure, here you go mate.

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That looks awesome Royski!!
Love your work

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i am curious to the people who were doing this with the album art, artist, etc., how quick was the dashboard updating? When I tried, the tile wouldn't update until 30 seconds or more into the song so it seemed pointless. I am using Echo Speaks thru HubConnect.

Fortunately, I found a way to do it Node Red where the album art, song title, and artist are updated immediately when song starts.

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Home Assistant does this through Alexa‘s unofficial API. The link below may give you some ideas on how to replicate this in HE.

The album art changes immediately as soon as the song starts.

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Hello,
Not sure if I am missing something but I am looking to also control my echo dots from the dashboard and saw this post.

"if you add the device and use the music player template"

How exactly did you make your "echo-office dot" show up as a device that you can control? Are you using an add in like "Echo Speaks"?

Appreciate the help in advance!

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Hi, I used the add in "Echo Speaks". It will add each of your echo's as a device. You can then use the music player tile to stop/start and control the volume and use the media source tile for additional information. The application is slick and can do all sorts of things with the echo. My specific issue is that I can't seem to get the Tune in search to work within the echo speaks actions app. If you decide to load up Echo Speaks, I would love to know if you or anyone else has the same issue. Have fun!

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I don’t seem to options for google devices... it shows which app but not the music playing..

Unless I’m missing something ?

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I hope some of the original posters are still active on this post, I just found it through googling.

My Spotify runs off of a Windows 10 machine housed inside an arcade cabinet, and is controlled primarily thru a 4:3 touchscreen, but is there a way I could link this to a Spotify tile like I'm seeing in this post?

So effectively I want to swap out the echo for a windows 10 pc.

Is this possible? Feasible?

Another thought, alexa can now run on a Windows pc... so could alexa be incorporated into said pc, which then is linked to Spotify :thinking:

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Completely read this thread - Summary: Anything you can say to an Echo can be made an automation with a virtual device. It is detailed, but very doable. I would give this a shot, Spotify is smart enough to see your account playing music on another device, so the Win10 PC should reflect what is being played (I think...) Good Luck

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Works for TuneIn. Might work for Spotify too.