Music Assistant: Features I Would Love to See Implemented in the Integration

[netsoft-ruidias]

Integration name

Music Assistant

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/music_assistant/

Describe the enhancement

I believe the integration could go further than it currently does.
Below is a list of features I would love to see implemented in the Music Assistant integration.

Player

• A select entity containing all Music Assistant players and player groups, allowing me to choose a player.

• A generic media_player entity from Music Assistant. This media player would control playback on whichever player is selected in the select above.

Queue

• A select entity containing the queue of the currently selected player. Choosing an item from this queue should make that track play immediately on the media_player.

• A button "Clear Queue" to clear the selected player's queue.

Search

• A text_input for entering search text.

• A select showing the list of results from the search above. Selecting an item does nothing by itself.

• A button "Play Now" to play the selected item immediately on the media_player.

• An button "Add to Queue" to add the selected search result to the chosen player's queue.

Favorites

• A select containing all Music Assistant favorites. Selecting an item does nothing.

• A button "Play Favorite Now" to play the selected favorite immediately on the media_player.

• An button "Add Favorite to Queue" to add the selected favorite to the chosen player's queue.

• An button "Add Playing to Favorite" to add the currently playing track to the favorites list.

Audiobooks / Podcasts / Radio

• A select for each category: Artists, Albums, Tracks, Audiobooks, Podcasts, and Radio.

• A button "Play Now" for each category (e.g., Play Artist Now, Play Album Now, etc.) that immediately plays the selected item on the media_player.

Use cases

The idea is that the current integration creates a separate entity for every Music Assistant player, often duplicating what already exists. This also makes it difficult to build a single, unified view to control all players.
By having just one generic player entity, it becomes much easier to manage the whole house from one consistent place.

Anything else?

The integration should create a device for each instance of Music Assistant that we have.
This is the list of all entities created:

• Device: music-assistant
• Entities:
  • select.music_assistant_players
  • media_player.music_assistant_player
  • select.music_assistant_queue
  • button.music_assistant_clear_queue
  • text_input.music_assistant_search
  • select.music_assistant_search_results
  • button.music_assistant_search_play_now
  • button.music_assistant_search_add_queue
  • select.music_assistant_favorites
  • button.music_assistant_favorite_play_now
  • button.music_assistant_favorite_add_queue
  • button.music_assistant_play_add_to_favorite
  • select.music_assistant_audiocasts
  • select.music_assistant_podcasts
  • select.music_assistant_radios
  • button.music_assistant_audiocast_add_queue
  • button.music_assistant_audiocast_add_queue
  • button.music_assistant_audiocast_add_queue
  • button.music_assistant_podcast_add_queue
  • button.music_assistant_podcast_add_queue
  • button.music_assistant_podcast_add_queue

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