Watson über Sonos abspielen Fehlermeldung

[virtualrom]

Hallo,
versuche eine Watson Ansage über meine Sonos Lautsprecher abzuspielen, leider bekomme ich immer eine Fehlermeldung (Failed to execute request)
Die mp3 Datei wird korrekt erzeugt und auf dem server abgespeichert und lässt sich manuell abhören.
Hat jemand eine Idee woran das liegen könnte?

[jeka]

Hello, I think the documentation of that flow needs an update, sorry for that. Here's some additional steps that are important:
1. edit the IP address of SONOS Queue node it should be the IP of your realKNX (currently http://192.168.9.249:1880/tts/tts.mp3)
2. open the SONOS configuration node from the hamburger menu and set the IP of the SONOS speakers (currently 192.168.9.34)
3. if you have a Synology the path in the "Save to File" to node is fine, but if you have a RevPi it must be changed from "/volume1/@appstore/realknx/public/tts.mp3" to "/tmp/tts.mp3"
4. Repeat step 3 also for the "read mp3 file"

As an alternative solution I can recommend the "Sound & UI – Voice Announcement with SONOS and Amazon Polly text-to-speech" https://proknx.com/nodered/sound-ui-sonos-polly/
This flow was created and shared by user TheMax74 from this KNX user forum!

[virtualrom]

Thanks for your answer.
I checked step 1 to 4, everything is already configured as you describe.
I will test the alternative.
Btw, is it possible to use a SAPI5 voice that I bought ?

[jeka]

Hello, no we haven't tested SAPI5, but if you manage to integrate SAPI5 we would appreciate if you share your experience!
Keep us posted if the Watson or Polly solution works for you, BTW are you on Synology or RevPi?

[virtualrom]

Watson still not working, actually trying the Polly solution but no luck so far.
I get this error: Failed to retrieve current track

[TheMax74]

Hello virtualrom
about the error, it’s a know one with sonos node.
You need to reboot your sonos player in order to restore from the error, or play something from your library (not an mp3, try somethings from spotify or apple music)
If you play something directly with sonos play, for example line in audio or an mp3, the sonos node stops working again.
That’s frustrating
if you can, use sonospollytts instead, but watch the node version requirement, because sonospollytts needs an updated node version. But you can try....

[virtualrom]

Hi Max74,
just got Watson and Polly working for the first time.
I installed the sonospollytts like you mentioned, and updated the node.js to 8 but it is not listed in node-red like on your example picture.
Do I have to update other things?
Also noticed that the HomekitBridge automatically stops running.

[TheMax74]

Hello virtualrom
homebridge stops working because of an incompatibilty with recent node version. I suggest you to revert to the node version recommended by proknx for RealKnx.
If watson and polly do works, leave it as they are. You’ll use sonospollytts as soon as realknx can be updated to a more recent node version without breaking homebridge.
You don’t need to update any other thing.

[jeka]

@virtualroom, did you manage to fix the problems ?