This skill plays music and audiobooks that you've uploaded to our website, Google Drive or your own server. If you enable this skill, you'll get access to our website via Alexa (just ask: what are my login details for the website). At https://music.myhp.mobi you can manage your music and create playlists. This Skill supports shuffle play, single track play, artist play, album, genre, and plays playlists you define.
The easiest way to start is to upload your music to out website.
Here is a Video which shows how: https://youtu.be/aUkvjuppdks
If you use your own server or GoogleDrive you can use this skill for free!
It requires quite some experience to use, so here is a video: https://youtu.be/U7HSW9eJDro
You can say the following:
Alexa, start my music player
Start shuffle play
Play the title <title name>
Play my <Playlist name> Playlist
Jump to (track/chapter) number <number>
Start shuffle play for my <playlist name> playlist
Play music from the genre <genre>
Play music from <Artist>
Play music from the album <Album>
Alexa, ask my music player what is the name of this song
Switch the expert mode <on / off>
What are my login details for the website?
What is the website address?
Connect my existing account
Reset my password
Which playlists are there?
Continue my <playlist name> playlist. (Only after a break, while playing the playlist, by saying: Alexa, Stop)
In the Alexa app, under the menu more and then item activity, is shown what Alexa understood if something did not work out.
Questions and Answers:
After logging in, there is a FAQ section where questions and suggestions can be left, please use them instead of writing bug reports in the reviews of the skill.
If your music files contain the metadata such as title, artist, album, etc. in an ID3v2 tag,
it is possible to simply upload a list of URLs to the import section and the system will read the metadata automatically from the music files, and write them to the database.
- With which kind of servers does this skill work?
The skill works with all servers that are accessible via https and have a valid official SSL certificate. In order for https to work you need to install an SSL certificate. Chekout https://letsencrypt.org/ for free SLL Certificates.
- Do I have to enter each title manually or is there an easier way? The system has the possibility to upload a CSV file, as you know it eg with Excel or LibreOffice Calc. With this you can import all titles in one go. The format of the file is: either
"Title", "Artist", "Album", "Release year or a 0 for unknown", "Genre ID (0-147 or 255 for unknown) "," URL (Google Drive Link or Custom URL) "," Playlist IDs separated by semicolon (optional) "," 1 = Overwrite existing data or empty "," Line number (optional) "The quotation marks that include each value are optional , the character set is UTF-8.
Or if the files contain ID3v2 tags:
"URL (Google Drive Link or Custom URL)", "Playlist IDs separated by semicolon (optional)", "1 = Overwrite existing data or blank (optional)", "Line number (optional)"
There is a Google Spreadsheet plugin around in order to import the uploaded titles directly into a spreadsheet.
See:
https://www.syncwithtech.org/google-drive-direct-links/
and
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/drive-direct-links/ngpoldeingjjfdakifaogalmonjjdblm
- I already have an account on your website, which contains my music, what do I do now?
If you already have access to our website, you can connect Alexa to your existing account. Go to the website, log in and go to 'Personal Data' where you will see the key to the account connection. Say: Alexa, start my music player and then: connect my existing account. Now you will be asked for the key to the account, speak clearly digit by digit. Alexa will then connect your existing account.
The account that Alexa created for you the first time the skill is started will be deleted.