rPi Plexamp release audio device when no file is playing

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Deprecated native solution has been integrated.
Had some time to come up with and code a solution to the extra start calls. the script will no longer produce any unnecessary calls to change the output device between tracks.

import requests
import sys
import time

#replace with the hostname or IP of your raspberry pi.
#if your tautulli install is a docker container you'll probably have to use an IP address
rpi_host = "172.16.0.34" #replace with host name or ip of your raspberry pi
rpi_port = "32500"
rpi_path = "/settings"
rpi_url = "http://" + rpi_host + ":" + rpi_port + rpi_path

rpi_player_name = "rpi audio desk" #<--- this is the name of my player change for yours

#information for tautulli requests
tautulli_host = "172.16.0.32"  #replace with the host name or IP of your tautulli install
tautulli_port = "8181"
tautulli_path = "/api/v2"
api_key = "c996af6732dc45578fbf52dc8d58ccae" #found in settings -> Web Interface
tautulli_url = "http://" + tautulli_host + ":" + tautulli_port + tautulli_path

device = "0,0" #default device
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    device = sys.argv[1]

make_request = True

if len(sys.argv) > 2 and sys.argv[2] == "start":
    response = requests.get(rpi_url)

    if response.status_code == 200:
        current_device = response.json()["audioDeviceUuid"]
        make_request = device not in current_device #if device is not a sub string of current device set to True

#wait 1 second then make a request to see if playback has actually stopped
elif len(sys.argv) > 2 and sys.argv[2] == "stop":
    time.sleep(1)
    
    params = {
        "apikey": api_key,
        "cmd": "get_activity"
        }
    response = requests.get(tautulli_url, params=params)
    
    if response.status_code == 200:
        sessions = response.json()["response"]["data"]["sessions"]
        
        #if the session still exists break if it doesn't set make_requet to false
        for session in sessions:
            if session["player"] == rpi_player_name and session["state"] == "playing":
                make_request = False
                break

if make_request:
    params = {
        "name": "audioDeviceUuid",
        "value": "hw:" + device
        }
    requests.put(rpi_url, params=params)

in addition to the change to the playback stop argument change from the previous point add a space and the word "start the playback start argument.

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I’d like to get to the point where the script can get the current playing status from the rpi directly instead of having to make a get request to tautulli but I’ll leave that for another day.

Plexamp on Raspberry Pi - Hooks