I've been having trouble with the Alexa skill lately, where Radio Paradise does not play any music, or it will play for a while and then stop, with no ability to play new songs. Has anyone else had these problems?

Hi,
   Just like to say many thanks for the Alexa Echo integration. Will be listening even more to RP now! 

Hi Bill!

I would love to see this skill in Germany. Are there any news yet? Do you need any help for translation or beta testing (if possible)?

Thanks!

 elshagon wrote: 
It will keep the bitrate setting.

If I set the bitrate to maximum do I have to set it again next time I play RP or will it retain that setting?

 buddy wrote: 
There's more info in a different thread: RP On Amazon Echo

To get started, just say "Alexa, enable Radio Paradise".

There should be more info in the Alexa app on your device once you enable it.

 Proclivities wrote: 
It's a default Alexa music player command. It doesn't do anything on RP. Nothing useful anyway :-)

 jarro wrote: 
Thanks for that; I'll check it out.  Hmm; I didn't know there was a "Shuffle" command.

This is still a work in progress and Amazon is constantly tweaking their voice recognition (usually for the better). 
So some commands can be a bit difficult to access reliably at times.
If you find some words are hard to get accurately recognized, do let us know and alternatives can be added.  

Current commands.
June 5 2017

There are two general ways to format requests with many variations

Alexa ask radioparadise to  ....
Alexa  ....  using radioparadise

APP SPECIFIC after (Alexa play Radio Paradise)

Get Song Info
    Alexa ask Radio Paradise Who's playing
    Alexa ask Radio Paradise Who's this
    Alexa ask Radio Paradise what's playing

Get your current rating for a song
    Alexa ask Radio Paradise what is my rating

Get the average rating for a song
    Alexa ask Radio Paradise what is the average rating

Thumbs Up a song (Rate it 8)
   Alexa tell Radio Paradise thumbs up

Thumbs Down a song (Rate it 2)
   Alexa tell Radio Paradise thumbs down

Sync to live stream
  Alexa ask Radio Paradise to sync
  Alexa ask Radio Paradise to sync to live stream

Get Song Album Info
  Alexa ask Radio Paradise what album is this
  Alexa ask Radio Paradise album

Rate a Song
  Alexa ask Radio Paradise to rate this {1 to 10}
  Alexa ask Radio Paradise to rate {1 to 10}
  Alexa ask Radio Paradise to give this a {1 to 10}

Get the current stream bitrate / quality setting
    Alexa  ask Radio Paradise what's the bitrae
    Alexa  ask Radio Paradise what is the stream quality

Change  the  stream bitrate / quality setting
    Alexa  ask Radio Paradise to change bitrate to { medium,  high,  maximum / ultra} 
    Alexa  ask Radio Paradise to set stream quality to { medium,  high,  maximum / ultra}

GLOBAL COMMANDS WHILE RP IS PLAYING OR WAS LAST AUDIO APP ( no "ask radio paradise" )

Alexa Skip
Alexa Next
Alexa Stop/Pause
Alexa Resume
Alexa Shuffle

 waltwarren wrote: 
I've noticed that when using an external, bluetooth speaker, there will sometimes be a clipping of the first second or so of spoken audio from Alexa.  I don't ask "what's playing" too often, but I've noticed it if I ask the time or weather or some other question.  It doesn't happen when any spoken response is coming direct from the Echo, but I have an Echo Dot (the little, hockey puck model), so I usually use an external speaker when listening to music.  It seems to be a Bluetooth issue, not a particular app.

 BillG wrote: 
When I say "Alexa, ask radio paradise what's playing" I get just the last bit of audio of whatever she is saying.  Like she will say "teful Dead" instead of "Grateful Dead".  Or I'll get just the last syllable of a word.  Is she supposed to be saying the song too?

 offroadbiker wrote: 
'Alexa, stop stream' will stop, rather than pause (stop = pause is *not* our choice...).  Also, the pause will time out after 2 hours.

'Alexa, skip' = play next song
'Alexa, ask Radio Paradise what's playing'  does the expected thing — 'Alexa, what's playing?' does not (again, not our choice).

We've added functions for rating songs, but I've been crazy busy & haven't had time to check that out yet.  

I'll post a complete command list.

Where can I find the complete list of commands for this skill?  I don't see them in the Alexa app under the RP skill.  

Nearly every voice command I issue results in Alexa saying something like, "Sorry I'm having trouble accessing the Radio Paradise skill right now," which is frustrating because it's evident that Alexa is able to access RP when I ask the "right" questions.  I had the darnedest time figuring out that Alexa's error message did not match the error.  Alexa should be saying that the command was misunderstood, or that the command did not exist for the RP skill.

After several days of use, I still don't know how to turn off the RP skill when I'm finished listening.  The only thing that comes close is, "Alexa stop!!!"  whereupon Alexa says, "Radio Paradise is paused."  I don't want to pause and resume where I left off.  I actually want to stop the RP skill when I'm finished listening.

 Stepbak wrote: 
Occasionally this stuff is pretty straightforward & easy.  Occasionally...

Glad this was one of those occasions! 

From "I'll check into that" to installed and working in the UK in five days is pretty impressive!

Many thanks 

 

 BillG wrote: 
Woohoo installed and working ! excellent stuff 

 Gomez wrote: 
Should just be another day or two. We're working on Germany also.

 BillG wrote: 
Hi Bill 
 Any news on the Alexa skill for the UK, I heard your announcement on the radio rushed in got the echo dot connected it to the portable battery and my  soundlink mini with great excitement (just what I've been waiting for RP in even more places)  ! Only to find no uk version of the app ? 
 Keep up the great work Gomez...... 

 foof2010 wrote: 
No doubt there will be some high end audio devices w/ Alexa out before too long. Doesn't have to be from Amazon. It's an open platform, including hardware. 

I've been using the 320k feed that will supply Alexa devices (& our new web player) for a while now. It sounds kinda spectacular, if I do say so myself. 

 Stepbak wrote: 
I'll check into that.