Install Music Player Daemon [MPD] on your host.
It will open a port for HA to connect to:
sudo apt install mpd
Check card and device number:
sudo apt install alsa-utils
aplay -l
For example:
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC255 Analog [ALC255 Analog]
gives us card 1 and device 0.
Update config file
sudo vim /etc/mpd.conf
add below entry, changing card and device numbers.
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audio_output { type "alsa" name "Local Audio" device "hw:1,0" mixer_type "software" } |
Restart MPD
sudo systemctl restart mpd
Add MPD integration in HA.
Host:
localhost
Port:
6600
Test using Media > Text To Speech > Google Translate. Be sure to change the chosen media player device at the bottom.