Custom Component / Card: Plex meets Home Assistant

JurajNyiri · February 17, 2023, 8:06am

It will be orange if you use runBefore.

MonolithNZ · February 19, 2023, 12:15am

Hi there, fantastic work. Thank you very much.
I have a problem when viewing the card on the home assistant mobile app. No matter what I try with the settings, the card always displays with one movie on a second row, as pictured. I have it configured for 1 row only. It displays correctly when viewed on my computer.

The bug only appears when horizontal scroll is turned on.

sythesigh · February 20, 2023, 12:50pm

Hello there, great card thanks.
Is there any way to wrap the synopsis Text? It’s currently going off on a horizontal scroll and I’d really like to keep it within the card borders.
Thanks for all you’re doing.

bobloadmire · February 26, 2023, 9:54pm

I have multiple players set up, but when I click an item, it just autoplays to a random device in my list. how do I choose a device when I play something?

fin05 · April 3, 2023, 12:45am

I have the dashboard set up and can search movies and play in the browser - I also have 3 tvs set up as entities - how do I choose which one the movie plays on?

bmurphy88 · May 22, 2023, 12:00am

The card will not let me select http. Only https is listed. How can I resolve this?

JurajNyiri · May 22, 2023, 7:00am

Read readme it is answered there including reason and solution.

jimmisavage · May 30, 2023, 8:37pm

Excuse me if this has already been detailed but I can’t find what I’m looking for.

I have this set up with my plex music library with 6 devices/speakers (mixture of sonos and google home devices) configured. When I select the music I want and click on the play button it doesn’t allow me to choose which device to play on, instead seemingly choosing a random device instead.

Have I missed something here? Ideally I would like a popup or something to choose the device I want it to play on.

jimmisavage · May 31, 2023, 10:52am

Did you manage to work this out?

JurajNyiri · May 31, 2023, 11:06am

It is not random. Check readme which describes how the order works and also do what you want to do.

github.com

JurajNyiri/PlexMeetsHomeAssistant/blob/b3b3773de75be8afd3828f3d8a49f5971b19d21c/DETAILED_CONFIGURATION.md

# Detailed Configuration

**type**: 'custom:plex-meets-homeassistant'

**token**: Enter your [Plex Token](https://support.plex.tv/articles/204059436-finding-an-authentication-token-x-plex-token/)

**ip**: Enter ip address of plex server. You can also enter hostname without protocol or port.

**libraryName**: Name of the library you wish to render.

_Available special libraries:_

| Special Library   | Description                                                                                                                 |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Watch Next        | Shows Continue Watching feed just like in your new plex interface. **Does not work with old servers.**                      |
| Recently Added    | Shows recently added tv show episodes, might use old Plex API. For recently added movies use sort with your movies library. |
| Continue Watching | Shows movies and tv shows in progress, uses old Plex API.                                                                   |
| Deck              | Shows tv shows on deck, uses old Plex API.                                                                                  |

You can also use Live TV library by specifying its name, usually "Live TV & DVR".

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jimmisavage · May 31, 2023, 1:16pm

I’m a little confused on how to use ‘input_select’.
My devices list 5 cast devices and 2 sonos but I’m reading that the sonos speakers would not be possible to include in the input_select?

Sorry of this sounds simple but where do i find input_select anyway? It’s not an option in the dropdown of devices. Capture

edit: okay, now i see input_select is an integration - great! Thanks for the help

thewolf56 · June 5, 2023, 6:23pm

Were you able to figure this out? I am trying to create a card for my daughter’s bedroom. I created a playlist for her and added it to the card. I selected her bedroom’s Sonos speaker as the device. I set shuffle to “Yes” in the code editor. If I press play on the first track on the playlist, it plays the track through the speaker just fine, but stops at the end of the track.

Kelvin · October 24, 2023, 5:40pm

Is there a way to play on a LG smart TV

reotto · October 24, 2023, 8:31pm

Yes. I have this setup up on all my LG TVs (6).

Kelvin · October 25, 2023, 6:37am

How did you do it?

reotto · October 25, 2023, 1:22pm

Call a script inside the card which is one of the options.

The script calls that specific TV and sets the input to Plex.

Kelvin · October 25, 2023, 3:29pm

Thanks
Have you got the code I can work from.

reotto · October 25, 2023, 4:41pm

reotto · October 25, 2023, 4:47pm

Here is the code version:

type: custom:plex-meets-homeassistant
protocol: https
sort: addedAt:desc
displayType: ''
playTrailer: false
showExtras: false
showSearch: true
ip: My IP
token: My Token
port: '32400'
entity:
  - plexPlayer | LG 43UN7000PUB | 10.7.96.100 | bs3ngr6md1q0stirptm7hyfu
libraryName: Movies
maxCount: ''
maxRows: '10'
useHorizontalScroll: 'No'
displayTitleMain: 'Yes'
displaySubtitleMain: 'No'
minWidth: '200'
minEpisodeWidth: ''
minExpandedWidth: ''
fontSize1: '16'
fontSize2: ''
fontSize3: ''
fontSize4: ''
minExpandedHeight: ''
title: ''
runBefore: script.turn_on_basement_se_tv_and_set_source_to_plex

Kelvin · October 26, 2023, 3:58pm

Thanks that worked a treat.