Opening Snapweb in EchoShow - Automate clicking Play Button

[GJCD]

Hi, I have an Echo Show and I’ve set up Home Assistant on my Mac Mini M4. Music Assistant works really well, and I’ve also installed Snapcast within it.
Now, all I need to do is open Silk (the Echo Show browser) and navigate to the Snapcast server address: http://192.xx.xx.xx:1780/.
Once there, I just click the play button on the page, and I can stream music to my Echo Show without any issues.

My question is: Is there a way to automate clicking the play button or have it automatically start playing when the webpage loads? Right now, I can open the webpage remotely on my Echo Show, but I always have to manually click the play button to start the music. Any suggestions?

Thanks

[OzGav]

Not through MA. You would have to see if there is any entity available in HA that you could automate off.

[GJCD]

Let me explain a little bit better ...

I always have to manually click the play button in the Echo Show to start the music.

And the target was to NOT have to click any button, just open Silk and receive the streaming.

See the red circle in the picture to undestand what I mean:

Thanks

[OzGav]

A question for the snapcast people then. @SantiagoSotoC might know?

[SantiagoSotoC]

There is no possibility to automate it, it is a limitation of the browsers, so that websites do not start playing audio without the user's consent.

[GJCD]

Hello Santiago,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my request.

I wanted to follow up with another question. I consulted one of the an AI tools out there, and it provided me with a couple of options. However, I don’t have the expertise to determine whether these suggestions are feasible or simply hallucinations.

If you don’t mind, I’d appreciate your insight on the following two options. Could you clarify if they’re viable?

Here they are:

and another one:

Apologies for pressing on this, but if we can find a way to make it work, it could take SnapCast to a whole new level!

Thanks again for your help!