Speaker group sync_volume does not work with volume_stateless

v1.2.2 (Never tried with an earlier version.)

Speaker group sync_volume works fine when volume_stateless: false but does not work when volume_stateless: true. In that case, only the volume of the master device changes.

sync_volume works in this example:

type: 'custom:mini-media-player'
volume_stateless: false
source: icon
artwork: full-cover
entity: media_player.dining_room_2
hide:
  controls: false
  icon: true
  info: false
  mute: true
  name: true
  power: true
  source: false
  volume: false
info: scroll
speaker_group:
  entities:
    - entity_id: media_player.dining_room_2
      name: Dining Room
    - entity_id: media_player.living_room
      name: Living Room
    - entity_id: media_player.kitchen
      name: Kitchen
      volume_offset: 15
    - entity_id: media_player.guest_room_2
      name: Guest Room
    - entity_id: media_player.library
      name: Library
    - entity_id: media_player.master_bedroom_2
      name: Master Bedroom
    - entity_id: media_player.study
      name: Study
    - entity_id: media_player.garden
      name: Garden
      volume_offset: 43
  expanded: false
  platform: sonos
  show_group_count: true
  sync_volume: true

sync_volume does not work in this example:

type: 'custom:mini-media-player'
volume_stateless: true
source: icon
artwork: full-cover
entity: media_player.dining_room_2
hide:
  controls: false
  icon: true
  info: false
  mute: true
  name: true
  power: true
  source: false
  volume: false
info: scroll
speaker_group:
  entities:
    - entity_id: media_player.dining_room_2
      name: Dining Room
    - entity_id: media_player.living_room
      name: Living Room
    - entity_id: media_player.kitchen
      name: Kitchen
      volume_offset: 15
    - entity_id: media_player.guest_room_2
      name: Guest Room
    - entity_id: media_player.library
      name: Library
    - entity_id: media_player.master_bedroom_2
      name: Master Bedroom
    - entity_id: media_player.study
      name: Study
    - entity_id: media_player.garden
      name: Garden
      volume_offset: 43
  expanded: false
  platform: sonos
  show_group_count: true
  sync_volume: true

[ronschaeffer]

Ah, understood. I assumed that it was just stateless relative to the UI. That solution won’t work for my purposes if volume offset isn’t supported, but I suppose that it might help others since it may not be obvious that the behavior differs when volume is stateless.

My reason for looking at this was to have a larger or easier volume control for use on a wall-mounted tablet. In the event, I’ve taken your suggestion here volume slider and made a second card just for volume. That is much more usable on the tablet.

[dannymertens]

@ronschaeffer Hi your Sonos set-up looks awesome! I’m quite new to HA and to be honest not everything is always so clear to be honest, are you willing to share the configuration file so I can have a look how you got this configured? #151 (comment) Thanks in advance!!!

@dannymertens Here you go. I think that it’s probably overly complex and could be achieved more elegantly using some of the newer custom card types. I keep meaning to spend some time on it. If you’d like more info, you can message me with the same user name on the Home Assistant Community forum.

  - color_type: blank-card
    styles:
      card:
        - height: 10px
    type: 'custom:button-card'
  - cards:
      - entity_picture: /local/images/sonos_logo_light_grey.png
        show_entity_picture: true
        styles:
          card:
            - height: 38px
            - width: 105px
          entity_picture:
            - height: 17px
            - width: 86px
        tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: script.turn_on
          service_data:
            entity_id: script.call_sonos_groundfloortab_launch
        type: 'custom:button-card'
      - color_type: blank-card
        type: 'custom:button-card'
      - icon: 'mdi:home'
        name: INSIDE
        styles:
          card:
            - font-size: 9px
        tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: script.turn_on
          service_data:
            entity_id: script.sonos_play_whole_house
        type: 'custom:button-card'
      - icon: 'mdi:home-floor-g'
        name: DOWNSTAIRS
        styles:
          card:
            - font-size: 9px
        tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: script.turn_on
          service_data:
            entity_id: script.sonos_downstairs_only
        type: 'custom:button-card'
      - icon: 'mdi:tree'
        name: GARDEN
        styles:
          card:
            - font-size: 9px
        tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: script.turn_on
          service_data:
            entity_id: script.sonos_pause_whole_house
        type: 'custom:button-card'
    type: horizontal-stack
  - color_type: blank-card
    styles:
      card:
        - height: 10px
    type: 'custom:button-card'
  - artwork: full-cover
    entity: media_player.dining_room
    hide:
      controls: false
      icon: true
      info: false
      mute: true
      name: true
      power: true
      progress: true
      source: false
      volume: true
    info: scroll
    source: icon
    type: 'custom:mini-media-player'
    volume_stateless: true
  - artwork: none
    entity: media_player.dining_room
    hide:
      controls: true
      icon: true
      info: true
      mute: false
      name: true
      power: true
      progress: false
      source: true
      volume: false
    info: scroll
    max_volume: 50
    source: icon
    speaker_group:
      entities:
        - entity_id: media_player.dining_room
          name: Dining Room
        - entity_id: media_player.living_room
          name: Living Room
        - entity_id: media_player.kitchen
          name: Kitchen
        - entity_id: media_player.guest_room
          name: Guest Room
        - entity_id: media_player.library
          name: Library
        - entity_id: media_player.master_bedroom
          name: Master Bedroom
        - entity_id: media_player.study
          name: Study
        - entity_id: media_player.garden
          name: Garden
          volume_offset: 43
      expanded: false
      platform: sonos
      show_group_count: true
      sync_volume: true
    type: 'custom:mini-media-player'
    volume_stateless: false
style: |
  ha-card {
    background: none;
    box-shadow: none;
  --secondary-text-color: var(--primary-text-color);
  }
type: 'custom:vertical-stack-in-card'

@ronschaeffer

Hi Ron,

Sorry for my late reply, but off course, here do whatever you want with it, you can share, customize to your heart believes 😛

But first I’m not a developer and/or designer so if I look at your Github profile you probable understand these things better than I do 😉 I created a small manual to hopefully make things clear, I also give you a copy of my configuration file, but to be honest that’s quite a mess with all the things I’m trying out, playing with, so hopefully the short manual make things more clear 😉

Sonos.zip

Good luck and looking forward to what you can do with it

Kind regards, Danny