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Automating white noise with Home Assistant

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                                                          So I have a 12 hour white noise clip I pulled from somewhere some long time ago that I have loaded into my Plex media server. I usually open Plex on my phone and cast it to my Bedtime google group every night but that gets tedious and tiresome after a while. Why not automate it to auto load at 8PM every night?  If you already have Home Assistant already configured and setup then cool! If not refer to here: Installation Guide . I installed on a Pi 3B+ with 32 gig SD card. First off, upload the mp3 file to your google drive and make it shareable to all. Follow the steps to get a  an API key and generate a direct google drive link. You will need this if you audio file is large than 100MB as google natively pops up with a display that says too large to scan and thus you cant stream it. Follow the guide here for more info to get the direct link:  https://www.wonderplugin.com/online-tools/google-drive-direct-link-generator/ Once you h