For the Kids, not me


#1

completely impractical piston for me, but kids love it.

With the push of a minimote, they get a random funny sound or clip from a movie or a tv show (or fart noise). By far my most time consuming creation yet, simply because I had to search the www for wav and mp3 url’s.

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@ady624, is there a limit on big I can make this? because I plan on adding more to the variable.


Easiest way to set up echo randomly choosing a list of responses (have Echo Speaks)
#2

Once you start getting into the upper end of the 20 chunks your chance of a successful save start dwindling.


#3

Hmm maybe save some chunks using url shortening tools


#4

i dont use a connected speaker. i am so tempted to freaking buy one, just so i can try this. :slight_smile:

anybody want to recommend a cheap standalone connected speaker? no ipad / laptop solution please. or alexa or home - i dont like always listening devices in the home. :slight_smile:


#5

Here is an updated version. Added more url’s. 99% kids stuff (that I thought would entertain my kids and probably- as an unintended byproduct–decrease WAF)


#6

most of these don’t seem to work on SONOS :frowning:


#7

The number of links working for me has decreased as well. Maybe over time, the web addresses become obsolete or get changed?


#8

yeah maybe, it also kept saying unsupported format which was odd. I tweaked it and put only MP3s on and theses seem to work at the moment.

the odd thing is the expression box goes crazy with this amount of stuff though i really struggled. It was as if they were all layered on top of each other?


Spotify not playing (Sonos)
#9

Hey Steve,
I’m working on playing a sound clip upon arrival. I’m new to webcore, so I’m not quite positive how to do this. My question is, if the .mp3 I’m playing is super long, can I set a timer so that it only plays the first say 10 seconds?


#10

Yes. Make your first action play the MP3. Then make your second action a “wait” that is 10 seconds long


#11

Thanks! Do I do another task after the wait? Or how do I set the sonos to return to their previous state, whether that be playing the tv audio or just silent? Would I use the “refresh”, or “previous track” action?


#12

I am not sure how to answer that. perhaps because I have a Samsung R3speaker and not a Sonos. Maybe play track and resume?


#13

I thought maybe that, but the play track and resume asked for the track to play next before resuming. I’m thinking either refresh, or previous track. Unfortunately there’s no “resume” action.