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description: Player Grouping Functionality in Music Assistant
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# Manual Sync
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# Groups
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!!! warning "Note"
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Do not delete or disable a player which is in a group while the group is playing
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## Manual Sync
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These are temporary group players that are configured via the [Player List](ui.md#player-list).
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## Features
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###Features
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- Players can dynamically be added or removed before or during playback
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- The HA action [media_player.join](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/media_player/#action-media_playerjoin) can be used to create this type of group
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## Known Issues / Notes
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###Known Issues / Notes
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- Players can be linked via the chain icon in the [Player List](../ui.md#player-list)
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- Only like player types that support synced playback are allowed to be joined. These players will then play in sync
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- When players are grouped in this way only the main player holds the queue. For example, player A has an existing queue and players B and C are joined to player A. If player A is turned off players B and C will stop
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- Some player types may pause momentarily as a new device is joined
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# Sync Groups
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##Sync Groups
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These are permanent group players that are configured via the MA settings. These should be used when the make up of the group will rarely change.
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## Features
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### Features
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- The native player types shown (i.e. not the Universal Group option) support perfect sync (this is a requirement to be shown in the list)
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- In addition to playing in sync the group will hold the queue regardless of which player(s) in the group are powered off
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## Known Issues / Notes
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###Known Issues / Notes
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- As mentioned above the group player holds the queue rather than any individual player, however, if the group leader is lost then playback will stop but the queue can be restarted
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- The group will not power on if one of the child players is synced to another group
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# Universal Groups
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##Universal Groups
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Music Assistant has support for grouping dissimilar playback devices.
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All devices (except Chromecast) can be grouped but not all will play in sync. See the individual players for their limitations.
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- Radio mode (Similar to Deezer flow)
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## Configuration
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Login by pressing the `Authenticate` button when adding the provider in the Music Assistant interface.
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Authentication with Deezer happens through an Access and ARL Token. Unfortunately, Deezer does not officially support third party logins, so you will need to obtain your own ARL Token. Instructions were written for Chrome:
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1. in the MA SETTINGS select ADD MUSIC PROVIDER and then DEEZER.
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2. Launch the authentication process by pressing the `Authenticate` button
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3. Login to Deezer on the popup window
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4. After logging in the MA settings page will have the ACCESS TOKEN automatically populated but the ARL TOKEN now needs to be manually obtained
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5. Navigate in another browser tab to [https://deezer.com/](https://deezer.com/)
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6. Right click on the browser window and select INSPECT. A new window will open
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7. Click the 'Application' tab. You might need to expand your window or click the `>>` button
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8. Under Storage > Cookies, click "https://www.deezer.com" and find the entry labelled "arl"
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1.**[MANUAL SYNC.](faq/groups.md#manual-sync)** As shown in the [Player List](#player-list) section players can be linked via the chain icon in the player list. Only like player types that support synced playback are allowed to be joined. These players will then play in sync. It should be noted that when players are grouped in this way only the main player holds the queue.
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2.**[SYNC GROUP.](faq/groups.md#sync-groups)** Create a (permanent) group player via the settings. In addition to playing in sync the group will also keep the queue on the group player instead of one of its child players.
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3.**[UNIVERSAL GROUP.](player-support/universal.md#universal-groups)** This allows grouping of dissimilar player provider types but carefully note the potentional limitations on the linked page.
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4.**NATIVE GROUP.** Use the native functionality to group players offered by some player provider types (e.g. Google Cast)
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