How to configure a radio stations player

Hi guys,

In this article I introduced how to use Home Assistant to listen to internet radio stations.

What described in that article was something super basic. Nothing was created, I had just simply used what Home Assistant provides by default.?

Today I want to go a little bit deeper.

Recetly I've created some things to be able to:

• select the radio station from a pre-configured list
• select the device on which playing the radio stations (in my case google speakers)
• increase / decrease volume
• start / pause / stop playing

Software configuration

1. Home Assistant. I'm currently running version?2022.9.6.
2. Google Cast integration?configured in Home Assistant. This integration allows you to control your google devices for video streaming as well as audio via Home Assistant.

Home Assistant code (yaml) / procedure

I've created the following objects described below:

• A brand new view named Radio and the following entities card:

• The entities card is composed by:

Dropdown list to select the Radio station you want to listen to

Another dropdown list to select the speaker on which playing the radio station

A button to start playing

A control area to pause / stop playing and set the volume on the selected device

Please refer to this video to get in touch with the feature:

Are you curious to see the code written to do this?

Well, this is the code - as Script - I've written to manage everything:

sequence:
? - service: media_player.volume_set
? ? data_template:
? ? ? entity_id: |
? ? ? ? {%- if is_state("input_select.google_speaker_radio", "Casa") -%}
? ? ? ? ? group.multimedia
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.google_speaker_radio", "Cucina") -%}
? ? ? ? ? media_player.cucina
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.google_speaker_radio", "Cameretta") -%}
? ? ? ? ? media_player.camera_matrimoniale
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.google_speaker_radio", "Soggiorno") -%}
? ? ? ? ? media_player.soggiorno
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.google_speaker_radio", "Studio") -%}
? ? ? ? ? media_player.studio
? ? ? ? {%- endif -%}
? ? ? volume_level: 0.15
? - delay: 0.5
? - service: media_player.play_media
? ? target:
? ? ? entity_id: |
? ? ? ? {%- if is_state("input_select.google_speaker_radio", "Casa") -%}
? ? ? ? ? group.multimedia
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.google_speaker_radio", "Cucina") -%}
? ? ? ? ? media_player.cucina
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.google_speaker_radio", "Cameretta") -%}
? ? ? ? ? media_player.camera_matrimoniale
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.google_speaker_radio", "Soggiorno") -%}
? ? ? ? ? media_player.soggiorno
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.google_speaker_radio", "Studio") -%}
? ? ? ? ? media_player.studio
? ? ? ? {%- endif -%}
? ? data:
? ? ? media_content_id: >
? ? ? ? {%- if is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "One Dance") -%}
? ? ? ? ? media-source://radio_browser/7a67fe09-ab18-11e9-88f4-52543be04c81
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "R101 La Banda di
? ? ? ? R101") -%}
? ? ? ? ? media-source://radio_browser/b34742d3-7fad-11e8-a43d-52543be04c81
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "R101 Enjoy The
? ? ? ? Music") -%}
? ? ? ? ? media-source://radio_browser/96262cd1-0601-11e8-ae97-52543be04c81
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "R101 '90") -%}
? ? ? ? ? media-source://radio_browser/9639f338-0601-11e8-ae97-52543be04c81
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "R101 '00") -%}
? ? ? ? ? media-source://radio_browser/9624a5a0-0601-11e8-ae97-52543be04c81
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "Radio 105
? ? ? ? Network") -%}
? ? ? ? ? media-source://radio_browser/9619ea14-0601-11e8-ae97-52543be04c81
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "Radio Kiss Kiss
? ? ? ? Italia")-%}
? ? ? ? ? media-source://radio_browser/961756e4-0601-11e8-ae97-52543be04c81
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "Radio Babboleo
? ? ? ? Suono")-%}
? ? ? ? ? media-source://radio_browser/af6fdb6a-a57b-4cc9-ab92-53c826041aef
? ? ? ? {%- endif -%}
? ? ? extra:
? ? ? ? thumb: >
? ? ? ? ? {%- if is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "One Dance") -%}
? ? ? ? ? ? ?https://onedance.fm/img/apple-touch-icon-114x114.png
? ? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "R101 La Banda
? ? ? ? ? di R101")-%}
? ? ? ? ? ? ?https://www.r101.it/favicon_7.ico?v=1561631502000
? ? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "R101 Enjoy The
? ? ? ? ? Music") -%}
? ? ? ? ? ? ?https://www.r101.it/favicon_7.ico?v=1561631502599
? ? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "R101 '90") -%}
? ? ? ? ? ? ?https://www.r101.it/favicon_7.ico?v=1561631502000
? ? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "R101 '00") -%}
? ? ? ? ? ? ?https://www.r101.it/favicon_7.ico?v=1561631502599
? ? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "Radio 105
? ? ? ? ? Network") -%}
? ? ? ? ? ? ?https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/0/01/105.png
? ? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "Radio Kiss Kiss
? ? ? ? ? Italia") -%}
? ? ? ? ? ? ?https://kisskissitalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-favicon-kisskissitalia-180x180.png?
? ? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "Radio Babboleo
? ? ? ? ? Suono") -%}
? ? ? ? ? ? ?https://players.fluidstream.it/RadioBabboleo/images/babboleo_suono.png
? ? ? ? ? {%- endif -%}
? ? ? media_content_type: audio/aac
? ? metadata:
? ? ? title: >
? ? ? ? {%- if is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "One Dance") -%}
? ? ? ? ? One Dance
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "R101 La Banda di
? ? ? ? R101") -%}
? ? ? ? ? R101 La Banda di R101
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "R101 Enjoy The
? ? ? ? Music") -%}
? ? ? ? ? R101 Enjoy The Music
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "R101 '90") -%}
? ? ? ? ? R101 90
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "R101 '00") -%}
? ? ? ? ? R101 00
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "Radio 105
? ? ? ? Network") -%}
? ? ? ? ? Radio 105 Network
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "Radio Kiss Kiss
? ? ? ? Italia") -%}
? ? ? ? ?Radio Kiss Kiss Italia
? ? ? ? {%- elif is_state("input_select.radio_stations_list", "Radio Babboleo
? ? ? ? Suono") -%}
? ? ? ? ?Radio Babboleo Suono
? ? ? ? {%- endif -%}
mode: single
icon: mdi:radio
alias: AscoltaRadio        

Some specifics about the code / steps above

• The script above is executed everytime you click this button

• I've set a default volume at 15%
• The speaker device to be used and the radio station to listen to are dynamically selected according to the dropdown lists
• Of course you can customize the radio station list with your favourite ones. Here you can find any radio station you want

Thank you for reading and watching. ?? I hope you have enjoyed this article and video too.

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