Install on Raspberry Pi

This guide is for Raspberry Pi hosts running Raspberry Pi OS (armhf/arm64).

Before You Start

  1. Enable and link the My Media for Alexa skill in the Alexa app.
  2. Ensure your Pi is reachable on your local network.
  3. Decide whether to install through desktop GUI or SSH.

Method A: Install from Raspberry Pi Desktop

  1. Open Chromium on the Pi.
  2. Download the Raspberry Pi package (.deb) from mymediaalexa.com.
  3. Open the downloaded file in the file manager.
  4. Install the package and approve the prompt.
  5. When complete, open:
http://localhost:52051

Method B: Install via SSH

  1. SSH into the Pi.
  2. Download the package:
cd /tmp
wget https://bizmodeller.s3.amazonaws.com/MyMediaForAlexa/1.3.148.998/linux/mymedia_1.3.148.998-1_armhf.deb
  1. Install it:
sudo apt-get install ./mymedia_1.3.148.998-1_armhf.deb

For Raspberry Pi 5 / arm64, use:

wget https://bizmodeller.s3.amazonaws.com/MyMediaForAlexa/1.3.152.0/linux/mymedia_1.3.152.0-1_arm64.deb
sudo apt-get install ./mymedia_1.3.152.0-1_arm64.deb
  1. If certificate trust errors occur:
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates
  1. Open the web console from your computer:
http://<pi-ip-address>:52051

Complete Setup

  1. Pair My Media with your Amazon account.
  2. Add your music folder (for example, /home/pi/Music) in Watch Folders.
  3. Wait for indexing to complete, then test playback with Alexa.

Uninstall

sudo apt-get remove mymedia

Optional: Transcoding Support

To stream formats Alexa does not play natively:

  1. Open My Media Web Console and go to Settings → General.
  2. Scroll to Additional Audio File Formats and click Enable next to transcoding.
  3. Click the Auto install ffmpeg button and follow the prompts.
  4. Once installed, transcoding is active.
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