Don't know if it's an issue . Alexa can't commands the wiim ultra

[elz64]

#alexa, #control

Hi,
Newbie with Wiim Ultra.
Just set it and works great, expect that I'm totally puzzled by the Alexa pseudo integration
Read on this forum:
"Since the WiiM device appears under Echo&Alexa devices in the Alexa app, you can use it exactly as if it were a real echo - you can direct music to it and include it anywhere you’d include an echo, for example in an Alexa multi room music (MRM) group or in a smart home device/room group."

That exactly the very basic use of Alexa : send orders through an echodot in the room to ask to play something on the wiim.

It's like I'm doing a rain dance expecting the rain comes.. just nothing happens.
It works with radio ( Alexa play xxx on Wiim" this is ok and only this (using french )
No other service works. " Alexa start Spotify music on wiim."..start playing on the echodot itself !
Alexa play music on SoundCloud...just a ding
Also any better to set volume on Wiim is vain..

Wtf is this ???
SoundCloud Spotify and probably Amz music run on thought the Wiim app. (Except the weird intégration of Spotify that is strange)
Thank you for any help.

 

[Burnside]

Given you probably quoted that from one of my posts, can you please let us know what other parts of that post’s advice did you follow? Have you given your wiim device an alternative name that Alexa will easily understand? Have you created an Alexa device/room group and set the WiiM as default speaker?

Re Spotify, have you linked that to your Alexa account and made it the default music service? The example you give for Spotify would struggle to be understood on an echo device never mind directed to a WiiM device - I’d simply ask “Alexa, play some music from Spotify on device-name”.
See this link for an exhaustive list of Alexa music commands https://smartenlight.com/alexa-music-voice-commands/

Also, you should note that voice control only works for services supported by Alexa - if it doesn’t work on an echo, it won’t work on a WiiM device.

 

[Wiimer]

#alexa, #control

Hi,
Newbie with Wiim Ultra.
Just set it and works great, expect that I'm totally puzzled by the Alexa pseudo integration
Read on this forum:
"Since the WiiM device appears under Echo&Alexa devices in the Alexa app, you can use it exactly as if it were a real echo - you can direct music to it and include it anywhere you’d include an echo, for example in an Alexa multi room music (MRM) group or in a smart home device/room group."

That exactly the very basic use of Alexa : send orders through an echodot in the room to ask to play something on the wiim.

It's like I'm doing a rain dance expecting the rain comes.. just nothing happens.
It works with radio ( Alexa play xxx on Wiim" this is ok and only this (using french )
No other service works. " Alexa start Spotify music on wiim."..start playing on the echodot itself !
Alexa play music on SoundCloud...just a ding
Also any better to set volume on Wiim is vain..

Wtf is this ???
SoundCloud Spotify and probably Amz music run on thought the Wiim app. (Except the weird intégration of Spotify that is strange)
Thank you for any help.

Please also read this tutorial.

Set Your WiiM Device as the Alexa Preferred Speaker

Using Alexa to play music through WiiM device and Echo is convenient. However, you must specify a device by name each time you want to play music. To simplify your experience, configure your WiiM device as the Alexa preferred speaker in the Alexa...

faq.wiimhome.com

 

[elz64]

Thank you.

As said, of course my Amazon account is linked otherwise the commands to play some tunein radios on Wiim wouldn't work neither.
Also no volume command are understood by Alexa
I tried the connection process 2 ou 3 times (deleting the Wiim from Alexa first) and doing again the whole process with new authentication to Amazon.
As I run a home assistant ecosystem, HA see instantly also the Wiim and presents it to Alexa ( so skill is self installed by Alexa without any manual manipulation)
The auto discovered name is always the full complex name and I renamed it 'Wiim'.

Once it's done I can ask Alexa to play radios on Wiim ( my Tune in account is also linked to win app like Spotify and SoundCloud and Amazon music)

Regarding the default speaker it's a total no to set the Wiim as default because the goal of it is to modernize my hifi that is of course never ON, except when I want to listen to actual music. (My AV Denon amp don't have a trigger in plug)

All the rest of the time the living room echodot must remains the default.

 

[Wiimer]

Regarding the default speaker it's a total no to set the Wiim as default because the goal of it is to modernize my hifi that is of course never ON, except when I want to listen to actual music. (My AV Denon amp don't have a trigger in plug)

All the rest of the time the living room echodot must remains the default.

You don't need to set WiiM as the default speaker for your Echo device. Create a group on your Echo and designate WiiM as the preferred speaker for music within that group. This means WiiM will only play sound when you instruct it to play music via voice control. Additionally, you can omit the WiiM name when using voice control.

 

[elz64]

You don't need to set WiiM as the default speaker for your Echo device. Create a group on your Echo and designate WiiM as the preferred speaker for music within that group. This means WiiM will only play sound when you instruct it to play music via voice control. Additionally, you can omit the WiiM name when using voice control.

"preferred speaker for music within that group"
Hmm how should I do this please?

 

[Wiimer]

"preferred speaker for music within that group"
Hmm how should I do this please?

Please watch the video tutorial at the bottom of this page.

Set Your WiiM Device as the Alexa Preferred Speaker

Using Alexa to play music through WiiM device and Echo is convenient. However, you must specify a device by name each time you want to play music. To simplify your experience, configure your WiiM device as the Alexa preferred speaker in the Alexa...

faq.wiimhome.com