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Interacts with media players on your network. Currently only supports Chromecasts. These will be automatically discovered if you setup the discovery component. Can also be forced to load by adding the following lines to your configuration.yaml:
media_player:
platform: chromecast
Chromecasts have recently received a new API which is not yet supported by Home Assistant. Therefore we currently can only detect them and do not know what they are up to.
Services
Media control services
Available services: turn_off, volume_up, volume_down, media_play_pause, media_play, media_pause, media_next_track
| Service data attribute | Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|
entity_id |
yes | Target a specific media player. Defaults to all. |
Media play services
There are three services to start playing YouTube video's on the media player.
Service media_player/play_youtube_video
Service to start playing a YouTube vide on the media player.
| Service data attribute | Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|
entity_id |
yes | Target a specific media player. Defaults to all. |
video |
no | YouTube video to be played, ie. L0MK7qz13bU |
Service media_player/start_fireplace and media_player/start_epic_sax
Will either start a fireplace or Epic Sax Guy 10h on the media player.
| Service data attribute | Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|
entity_id |
yes | Target a specific media player. Defaults to all. |