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JimH:
Craig (cncb) has been working on getting Alexa going in MC.  Here's a very early look at where he's at.

It's running now on our idtest machine, but won't output audio for a few more days.

On a mobile phone, install Alexa if you haven't already.   Available on the App Store and Play Store.  Confirm that Alex works.

On the same device, Install the Skill. 

The skill is called Media Center.

You will be addressing Alexa on your mobile phone or other Alexa device.  MC on our idtest machine is the server.

To watch what's happening, you can open a browser  to idtest.jriver.com:52199 (login: first, second). 
Select the "Player" zone in Panel's settings.

Then try this dialog:
Alexa, open media center[once you address Alexa, the command mode remains open]

Commands that will work now are:

what's playing
play
pause
next
create a classical playlist [the "a" is essential]
exit [exits the command mode]

You won't hear anything.  The only way you can see what's happening is to view Panel.  Maybe next week, you'll be able to hear something.

This will not be in MC29.  Only in MC30.

JimH:
This thread is mainly for getting instructions right.

dtc:
 :) :) :)

marko:

--- Quote ---On the same device, Install the Skill.

The skill is called Media Center.
--- End quote ---
If this isn't a wind-up, is it geo-fenced? When I search from inside the Alexa app, there is no "Media Center" skill available.

In Firefox, the skill link you posted loads a blank white page. In Chrome, it reports that the page "Is not working" with an http 401 error. In Safari on my phone, it asks me if I want to download "e3ddc4b4f3375ea493f54225da89a49cf8d82c22a0f2ff21f92bec3571c698f839c06921b800136 45419d239e3cc8ee21bbaf19d3971e7c5ce6831cd1b5ebc80e84665a18d2980d5ab0a891e5141a2 3ed58cb9de32618a12456a2d0138c44400f5db8ad63c226ef11d85fee7a0f59428"

In the meantime, I'm listening to some Mozart via panel. Perfect for my morning coffee, thank you :)

Hendrik:
The Skill is in beta right now, you won't have access unless specifically granted.

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