PlayFavorite
Plays a specified item from your LMS favorites, using one of 4 approaches to specify the value of {Favorite}:
- [NAME] 'Play favorite "Jazz FM"' → looks for a (fuzzy) match by name.
- [NUMBER] 'Play favorite number 6' / 'Play my sixth favorite' → plays a favorite from any hierarchical level, based on its position in the overall flattened hierarchy. Useful if the favorite-name is long/unwieldy or Alexa regularly misunderstands it.
- [ITEM] 'Play favorite: folder "Podcasts", item 4' → plays a favorite within a named folder, denoted by the favorite's numbered position within that folder. Useful for targeting e.g. episodes by number when you cannot remember names.
- [DOT] 'Play favorite 5 dot 1 dot 6' → plays favorites based on their folder nesting/hierarchy level as displayed in the default LMS skin.
If you need to specify a non-assumed player, just include the player name together with the favorite specification and a bridge such as 'on/in the {Player} and the skill will try to extract matches to known players. If that fails, just say e.g. 'Play a favorite on the Kitchen player' and Alexa will follow up with "What favorite?" for you to then mention the favorite on its own.
See also: 'ListFavorites' command.
Invocation options (choose based on grammar-fit):
Alexa, [ open / start / launch ] MediaServer
Alexa, [ ask / tell ] MediaServer [ to / for ] …
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