Parked player needs to play to know the track and position

[msknight]

I've got a script that sends a queue to a target player while the main player plays the news on radio 4, and then transfers the queue back.
Here's the problem.... If the queue is transferred back from the parked player then the main player reverts to the beginning of the queue.
Here's the work around... if the queue is played briefly on the parked player, then paused, it comes back to the main player while remembering where it was.

I'm not sure whether to report this as a bug because transfer is not supposed to be used, how I'm using it... but on the other hand, information is being lost somewhere down the line.

sequence:
  - variables:
      player: media_player.office_squeezelite_player
      dummyplayer: media_player.office_ha_player
      is_playing: "{{ states(player) }}"
      volume_level: "{{ state_attr(player, 'volume_level') | float(default=1.0) }}"
  - action: media_player.media_pause
    metadata: {}
    target:
      entity_id: "{{ player }}"
    data: {}
  - if:
      - condition: template
        value_template: >
          {{ player == 'media_player.office_squeezelite_player' and
          is_state('switch.teac_ai_301da', 'off') }}
    then:
      - target:
          entity_id:
            - switch.teac_ai_301da
        action: switch.turn_on
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 2
      milliseconds: 0
  - variables:
      media_position: "{{ state_attr(player, 'media_position') | float(0) }}"
  - target:
      entity_id: "{{ dummyplayer }}"
    data:
      source_player: "{{ player }}"
    action: music_assistant.transfer_queue
  - target:
      entity_id: "{{ dummyplayer }}"
    action: media_player.media_pause
    data: {}
    enabled: true
  - action: media_player.volume_set
    metadata: {}
    target:
      entity_id: "{{ player }}"
    data:
      volume_level: 1
  - target:
      entity_id: "{{ player }}"
    data:
      media:
        media_content_id: >-
          http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_55057080/live/ww/bbc_radio_fourfm/bbc_radio_fourfm.isml/bbc_radio_fourfm-audio=96000.norewind.m3u8
        media_content_type: R
    action: media_player.play_media
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 3
      seconds: 0
      milliseconds: 0
  - target:
      entity_id: "{{ player }}"
    action: media_player.clear_playlist
  - target:
      entity_id: "{{ player }}"
    data:
      volume_level: 0
    action: media_player.volume_set
  - target:
      entity_id: "{{ player }}"
    data:
      source_player: "{{ dummyplayer }}"
    action: music_assistant.transfer_queue
  - wait_template: |
      {{ state_attr(player, 'media_title') is not none
         and state_attr(player, 'media_duration') not in [none, 0] }}
    timeout: "00:00:10"
    continue_on_timeout: true
  - alias: Get current queue
    action: music_assistant.get_queue
    data:
      entity_id: "{{ player }}"
    response_variable: queue_info
  - variables:
      q_items: "{{ queue_info[player]['items'] | int(0) }}"
  - if:
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{ q_items > 0 }}"
    then:
      - delay:
          hours: 0
          minutes: 0
          seconds: 1
          milliseconds: 0
      - if:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ is_playing == 'playing' }}"
        then:
          - action: media_player.media_play
            metadata: {}
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: "{{ player }}"
          - delay:
              hours: 0
              minutes: 0
              seconds: 2
              milliseconds: 0
          - action: media_player.media_seek
            continue_on_error: true
            target:
              entity_id: "{{ player }}"
            data:
              seek_position: "{{ media_position | float(0) }}"
          - delay: "00:00:02"
          - repeat:
              until:
                - condition: or
                  conditions:
                    - condition: template
                      value_template: "{{ repeat.index >= 5 }}"
                    - condition: state
                      entity_id: media_player.office_squeezelite_player
                      state: playing
              sequence:
                - action: media_player.media_play
                  metadata: {}
                  data: {}
                  target:
                    entity_id: "{{ player }}"
                - delay: "00:00:02"
        else:
          - action: media_player.media_play
            metadata: {}
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: "{{ player }}"
          - delay:
              hours: 0
              minutes: 0
              seconds: 1
              milliseconds: 0
          - action: media_player.media_seek
            continue_on_error: true
            target:
              entity_id: "{{ player }}"
            data:
              seek_position: "{{ media_position | float(0) }}"
          - delay: "00:00:01"
          - action: media_player.media_pause
            metadata: {}
            target:
              entity_id: "{{ player }}"
            data: {}
          - delay:
              hours: 0
              minutes: 0
              seconds: 1
              milliseconds: 0
          - action: media_player.media_pause
            metadata: {}
            target:
              entity_id: "{{ player }}"
            data: {}
  - target:
      entity_id: "{{ player }}"
    data:
      volume_level: "{{ volume_level }}"
    action: media_player.volume_set
    enabled: true
alias: Inject Radio 4 News into Office Player Queue
description: ""
mode: restart

[OzGav]

I think this is a bug. I think I have a fix. Ill let you know if it gets merged.

[OzGav]

Try this again when 2.9.0RC3 comes out

[msknight]

Thanks. I'll give it a check later on.