Automation to add to playlist

[zaidorx]

I have been trying to find a way to easily add current playing song to a playlist and can't find an easy way. My intention is to work with my local music library (Filesystem provider) and add the current playing song to a predefined playlist.
Using the mass.search actions I can get a lot of information, but the uri points to something like this: library://track/29643 which did not work when I tried it on the playlist. What I am looking for is the relative path to the current playing song with respect to the root folder of the library.
My idea is to use the File Integration to create an automation to add current playing song to a predefined playlist, which is also a m3u file in the local file system.

[OzGav]

I think you are thinking too narrowly for what MA does. It combined streaming providers as well as local files. So there are no "relative paths", there are uri to the items.

Probably the closest thing being looked at currently is being able to add an item to your favourites. You would then be able to use the built-in ALL FAVOURITES playlist

[zaidorx]

@OzGav Thank for the response. I believe that I understand the concept of MA, at least at a basic level. I think it's an awesome piece of technology and have a great appreciation for all the people involve in this project.
Think I might've not explained properly my request.
Using the developers tools in Home Assistant and making a search using the "Music Assistant: Search Music Assistant" action with the following parameter:

action: mass.search
data:
  name: "Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 \"Pathétique\": I. Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio"
  media_type: track  
  limit: 2
  library_only: false

I get this response: (shortened to the relevant parts)

artists: []
albums: []
tracks:
  - item_id: "20480"
    provider: library
   name: >-
      Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": I. Grave – Allegro di molto
      e con brio
    version: ""
    sort_name: >-
      sonata no. 8 in c minor, op. 13 "pathétique": i. grave – allegro di molto
      e con brio
    uri: library://track/20480
     ...   
    artists:
      - item_id: 827
      ...        
    album:
      item_id: 3748
      provider: library
      name: Beethoven's Greatest Hits, Volume 1
      ...
      image:
        type: thumb
        path: >-
          Ludwig_van_Beethoven/Beethoven's_Greatest_Hits,_Volume_1/08_String_Quartet_No._14_in_C-sharp_minor,_Op._131.png
        provider: filesystem_local--ZQDEo6wk
        remotely_accessible: false
    ...
  - item_id: Oi6XzxiHak4
    provider: ytmusic
    name: >-
      Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": I. Grave -
      Allegro di molto e con brio
    version: ""
    ...
    artists:
      - item_id: UCDU1kkuZqoSHYp3Lv5qx77Q
        provider: ytmusic--vi7h4aWP
       ...
    album:
      item_id: MPREb_El0Gs3PspyC
      provider: ytmusic--vi7h4aWP
      name: "Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 5-7, Op. 10 Nos. 1-3 & No.8, Op.13"
      version: ""
      sort_name: "beethoven: piano sonatas nos. 5-7, op. 10 nos. 1-3 & no.8, op.13"
      uri: ytmusic--vi7h4aWP://album/MPREb_El0Gs3PspyC
      external_ids: []
      media_type: album
      available: true
      image: null
    disc_number: 0
    track_number: 0
playlists: []
radio: []

if you look at the results of the search, there is one from provider : library and another from provider: ytmusic. In the album section of each one there is an "image" property. In the case of the "provider: library" is has the value of the relative path to the album image and in the case of the provider: ytmusic that very same value is "null". So my question is, Could it be possible to have a property in the track section that tell us where the uri is pointing to? Or the path of the track if the provider is library, similar to the image of the album, and null if it is other provider?

[OzGav]

The URI is a database entry it isn't pointing to anywhere. Within the database the information about the actual location of the source is retained. You can see this if you SHOW INFO on a track and look down in the PROVIDER DETAILS.

In answer to your final question the answer is yes it would be possible. This would be a feature request. I can transfer this discussion to that category if you like. Note that feature requests are generally prioritised on the basis of votes. You would also need to make clarify what you actually want here. What is the purpose of obtaining the actual path? Note that playlists on each different provider are stored differently.

[zaidorx]

please do.
I just want to be able to use an automation, that could be triggered by any possible way, to add the current playing song in a specific player provider, to a preselected m3u playlist that is store along the music files that I have on my local storage, with the added benefit that said playlist could be used by other software.