Binary Sensor template based on media player state

[GleDel]

Hello,

I’m trying to create a simple binary sensor based on a media player state but I cannot get it to work.

This is my binary sensor:

template:
  - binary_sensor:
      - name: Sonos Move Playing
        unique_id: "sonos_move_playing"
        state: >
          {% if is_state('media_player.sonos_move ', 'playing') %}
            on
          {% else %}
            off
          {% endif %}

This results in the sensor being off when the media player state is actually ‘playing’

Is there anyone who can tell me what i’m doing wrong here?

[tom_l]

Binary sensor templates need to resolve to true or false. This should do it:

template:
  - binary_sensor:
      - name: Sonos Move Playing
        unique_id: "sonos_move_playing"
        state: "{{ is_state('media_player.sonos_move ', 'playing') }}"

Though that is a pretty simple test you could perform anywhere, why do you need a binary sensor?

[GleDel]

I need a binary sensor to change the color of an icon in a custom lovelace card. The card requires a binary sensor.

I also tried your suggestion. As you can see In the image in my first post

{{ is_state('media_player.sonos_move ', 'playing') }}

returns ‘False’ even if the state of ‘media_player.sonos_move’ is ‘playing’

EDIT:

It looks like ‘is_state’ is not giving the correct result no matter what sensor I use.

[seanomat]

There is a blankspsce where it shouldn’t be (behind the entity_id):

is_state('media_player.sonos_move  ' , 'playing') }}

[GleDel]

@tom_l

template:
  - binary_sensor:
      - name: Sonos Move Playing
        unique_id: "sonos_move_playing"
        state: "{{ is_state('media_player.sonos_move ', 'playing') }}"

Thank you. I feel so stupid for not noticing