Dynamically group players

[wjbeckett]

I'd love to be able to dynamically create speaker groups for use in MA.
having a checkbox or something next to the output list to select multiple speakers to send the music to.
Could this be some sort of dynamically created helper group?

[marcelveldt]

I like the idea and I guess you'd like to control this from Home Assistant service calls (e.g. automations) ?
From the Music Assistant interface this is already possible:

1. In Home Assistant go to integrations - helpers
2. Create a group helper, type media player
3. Add the players you want
4. Add this new groupplayer to Music Assistant

The default behavior of MA is that it will only start streaming to those players that are powered on in that group.
So you can just power on some of the players in that group and start music on the group player. Voila.

[johanneswilkens]

It would be nice if this could also be done by using the media_player.join and media_player.unjoin services, I think by using the helper it will start playing music on the tv when someone is watching something, and you want to play music in 2 rooms (which are in a group with the tv)?

[erkr]

I move this request to the discussions, thanks for filing.