here is another clue
when I typed:
pulseaudio --kill
all the built up sounds all played at once!
after restarting pulseaudio --start playSound on OpenHAB command line still does NOT work
smarthome:audio play text.mp3
does nothing… no error in the log…
Edit to add:
a restart (required for other reasons) has restored playSound to functioning. That gives me no confidence of it stopping working again. I’m convinced this might be an OpenHAB issue because the system audio works normally.
Does anyone have a clue as to where to file an issue with the playSound command?
Is it part of the core?