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Hi,

For Ocean scene i used this video

For the forest scene i used this video

And for the fireplace that

I used this website to encode videos to mp4

In bonus i offer this scene that i call it “sexy scene”

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Wanted to say thanks for this, added to my list!

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Is this also posible with Kodi player? I have try but i get errors…

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I don’t know i use plex and chromecast as media_player.
Sorry for that.

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No problem. anyone else know of it it working with kodi?

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For kodi ther is a new post !!!

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I know, i have made that post :wink:

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ahhh ok …
Sorry i didn’t see author :wink:

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@hokagegano did you use plex as a media source for your Chromecast ? I cant integrate Plex into HASS. Sometimes it is discovered sometimes its not. But, I am not much into discovering Plex rather want to cast media from plex though Chromecast from Home Assistant Control. But I am unable to do so… I don’t understant what should be the media_content_id if a media streamed from a Plex server.

If that part can be understood, I believe the media_player.play_media with the right media_content_id should work.

Thanks in advance.

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Hi @tarikul ,

No it’s not on plex …
I have a plex server, but my videos are on my server in mp4.

I play it on my chromecast, plex don’t decode it.

service: media_player.play_media
data:
entity_id: media_player.chromecast2
media_content_type: video/mp4
media_content_id: https://[SERVER]/local/ocean.mp4

it’s only the play_media service on the media_player component :slight_smile:

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@hokagegano Nice project mate. I am finally able to do a similar kind of stuff via Kodi and from YouTube.

Just a silly question… how did you change the view of the scripts in front-end? If I follow the similar config as you, the entity picture comes on the left and on right the activate is still there.I can’t move the activate thing from my front-end.

Thanks
Tarikul

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I think that provide from a change of config from HA.
Before i had a play symbol but now it’s only activate button …

it works anyway :stuck_out_tongue:

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Thanks for the reply… hmm activate button works but your play button look is pretty cool…

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It doesnt work: chromecast won’t play the file…

I used this code:

- service: media_player.play_media
  data:
    entity_id: media_player.living
    media_content_type: video/mp4
    media_content_id: /local/fireplace.mp4

The icon of cast will show on my tv, but it does not play the file.
I put the video on the www folder.
At the frontend I used also a picture icon, and that will load correctly. The video is in the same folder, and that would not be played… very strange…

script.fireplace:
  friendly_name: Haard
  entity_picture: /local/fire.jpg

Also I’m using chromecast ultra…

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Alright, I found the problem, it seems it has problems with playing big files… I converted the fireplace in 1080p and it took more then 3GB… Then I converted it to 720p: 1.73GB, and now it plays well…

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Very cool, will try now

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trying to make it work, when I press activate on front end it does start the chromecast icon on the TV, but nothing is projected. I also put a short video, but same

Maybe I made a mistake in configuration

# Script camino acceso
  camino:
    alias: Camino
    sequence:
      - alias: Media play camino
        service: media_player.play_media
        data:
          entity_id: media_player.cast_living
          media_content_type: video/mp4
          media_content_id: /local/Short.mp4
      - alias: Luci rosse
        service: scene.turn_on
        data:
          entity_id: scene.dimmed_living
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Probably, your link is not good… Before testing on your hass, check if you can open it in the browers…
on media_content_id, you need to locate your file… it before /local… put your host…

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yes, that should work…

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it works.

Now next step is integrate it with Google Home or Alexa: " Alexa, turn on fireplace"

ahaha.

You know how to do this?