Apologies if this is repeated. Search isn't working. I've scanned several pages and the only Alexa suggestion talks about playing though the alexa devices and little more. This suggestion should be a lot simpler to implement as you only need to send commands to MM. It will benefit anyone with a moderate sized collection that won't fit in a cloud storage solution without paying subscriptions. Plus it will also partially answer the other request if Bluetooth facilities are available
Can you develop Alexa skills to control the Media Monkey client...which can be used to play music through whatever your pc/laptop/phone/tablet is connected to (internal speakers, USB speakers, amp, streaming player, **Amazon device VIA BLUETOOTH!!** etc...)
sample commands.
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to
play genre "Pop Music" (queue up and play Genre's)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to
{play/start} playlist "Epic Motown" (queue up and play a playlist)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to
play music by "Ozric Tentacles" (queues up and plays songs by this Band)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to
play "Jump" (queues up to now playing and plays immediately songs with this name)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to
add "The Only one I know" to now playing (adds at end)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to
{play/queue} last "The Only one I know" (same as above)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to
{play/queue} next "This is how it feels" (adds next to "now playing")
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to
play music from {"the 80's"/"2017"} (queues up and plays songs from a year or dacade)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to
play some music (random tracks)
In addition to the above command you may wish to further refine your commands with
...
.by {"Van Halen"/"Kris Kross"/etc..} (specifies which band/version you mean)
...
with 3 stars or more (if you've rated you tracks you won't want to play the ones you don't like)
In terms of play control
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to
resume (start playing already queued music)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to
pause (stop)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to
play next (skip)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to
play previous (go back)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to
repeat current track (repeat current track once...once it finishes)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to
restart current track (go back to the start of the current track...immediately)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to
shuffle tracks (shuffle "now playing")
With very few commands this could become a very powerful feature that would promote buying the pro version. You might not get a sale from me, since I already have MM gold, but I think it would be a huge selling point for anyone running the freeware version.
I hope you agree this could really add to the usefulness of an already brilliant app so please "show this some love".
Cheers
Jimmy
Apologies if this is repeated. Search isn't working. I've scanned several pages and the only Alexa suggestion talks about playing though the alexa devices and little more. This suggestion should be a lot simpler to implement as you only need to send commands to MM. It will benefit anyone with a moderate sized collection that won't fit in a cloud storage solution without paying subscriptions. Plus it will also partially answer the other request if Bluetooth facilities are available :)
Can you develop Alexa skills to control the Media Monkey client...which can be used to play music through whatever your pc/laptop/phone/tablet is connected to (internal speakers, USB speakers, amp, streaming player, **Amazon device VIA BLUETOOTH!!** etc...)
sample commands.
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to [b][color=#0000FF]play genre[/color][/b] "Pop Music" (queue up and play Genre's)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to [b][color=#0000FF]{play/start} playlist[/color][/b] "Epic Motown" (queue up and play a playlist)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to [b][color=#0000FF]play music by[/color][/b] "Ozric Tentacles" (queues up and plays songs by this Band)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to [b][color=#0000FF]play[/color][/b] "Jump" (queues up to now playing and plays immediately songs with this name)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to [b][color=#0000FF]add[/color][/b] "The Only one I know" to now playing (adds at end)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to [b][color=#0000FF]{play/queue} last[/color][/b] "The Only one I know" (same as above)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to [b][color=#0000FF]{play/queue} next[/color][/b] "This is how it feels" (adds next to "now playing")
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to [b][color=#0000FF]play music from[/color][/b] {"the 80's"/"2017"} (queues up and plays songs from a year or dacade)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to [b][color=#0000FF]play some music[/color][/b] (random tracks)
In addition to the above command you may wish to further refine your commands with
...[b][color=#0000FF].by[/color][/b] {"Van Halen"/"Kris Kross"/etc..} (specifies which band/version you mean)
...[b][color=#0000FF]with 3 stars or more[/color][/b] (if you've rated you tracks you won't want to play the ones you don't like)
In terms of play control
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to [b][color=#0000FF]resume[/color][/b] (start playing already queued music)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to [b][color=#0000FF]pause[/color][/b] (stop)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to [b][color=#0000FF]play next[/color][/b] (skip)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to [b][color=#0000FF]play previous[/color][/b] (go back)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to [b][color=#0000FF]repeat current track[/color][/b] (repeat current track once...once it finishes)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to [b][color=#0000FF]restart current track[/color][/b] (go back to the start of the current track...immediately)
Alexa, ask MediaMonkey to [b][color=#0000FF]shuffle tracks[/color][/b] (shuffle "now playing")
With very few commands this could become a very powerful feature that would promote buying the pro version. You might not get a sale from me, since I already have MM gold, but I think it would be a huge selling point for anyone running the freeware version.
I hope you agree this could really add to the usefulness of an already brilliant app so please "show this some love". :wink:
Cheers
Jimmy