When I request music via My Media, i am told "Your My Media Server is not connected"
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 5:00 pm
My Media for Alexa runs as a server program on your computer - be that a Windows, Mac, Linux or Raspberry pi machine. The server program is responsible for searching your media collection and streaming the music to your Alexa device.
We sometimes receive emails from users who intermittedly get the error "Your My Media server is not connected" when they ask Alexa to play some of your local music.
This is frequently because the computer running My Media has either:
1. Gone to sleep
2. Hibernated
3. Been powered off
In any of these cases, Alexa won't be able to connect to your server and will yield this message. To resolve this, start or wake your computer, wait a few minutes for My Media to reconnect to the Internet and then try your query again.
If you are still having issues, then try to open the My Media Web Console by using the link in the Start menu (on Windows) or the Launchpad (Mac). If it doesn't open, then it looks like the My Media background service/daemon isn't running (although it should run all the time).
On Windows, you can restart it by going to Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services and find the 'My Media for Alexa' service; right click and choose 'Start'.
On Mac, open a terminal and then type the following:
If you still have issues, then please raise a support ticket and send us your logs so we can review.
One other thing to note - if you have installed My Media on multiple servers, then listen carefully to the message that Alexa announced - she will tell you which server she is trying to connect to. If this isn't the server you are expecting (eg an old server that isn't switched on) then use the command "Alexa, ask My Media to switch servers" to select an active server. Alternatively use the 'Servers' tab in the My Media web console to select the active server.
We sometimes receive emails from users who intermittedly get the error "Your My Media server is not connected" when they ask Alexa to play some of your local music.
This is frequently because the computer running My Media has either:
1. Gone to sleep
2. Hibernated
3. Been powered off
In any of these cases, Alexa won't be able to connect to your server and will yield this message. To resolve this, start or wake your computer, wait a few minutes for My Media to reconnect to the Internet and then try your query again.
If you are still having issues, then try to open the My Media Web Console by using the link in the Start menu (on Windows) or the Launchpad (Mac). If it doesn't open, then it looks like the My Media background service/daemon isn't running (although it should run all the time).
On Windows, you can restart it by going to Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services and find the 'My Media for Alexa' service; right click and choose 'Start'.
On Mac, open a terminal and then type the following:
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sudo /bin/launchctl stop "com.bizmodeller.mymedia"
sudo /bin/launchctl start "com.bizmodeller.mymedia"
One other thing to note - if you have installed My Media on multiple servers, then listen carefully to the message that Alexa announced - she will tell you which server she is trying to connect to. If this isn't the server you are expecting (eg an old server that isn't switched on) then use the command "Alexa, ask My Media to switch servers" to select an active server. Alternatively use the 'Servers' tab in the My Media web console to select the active server.