Thanks… i’ll correct both my errors and see if it will work.
As i said, i must improve my templating…
Changed my configs accordingly to yours, restarted HA and got this:
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/template.py", line 420, in async_render
render_result = _render_with_context(self.template, compiled, **kwargs)
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/template.py", line 1933, in _render_with_context
return template.render(**kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/jinja2/environment.py", line 1301, in render
self.environment.handle_exception()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/jinja2/environment.py", line 936, in handle_exception
raise rewrite_traceback_stack(source=source)
File "<template>", line 2, in top-level template code
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/template.py", line 1600, in forgiving_as_timestamp
raise_no_default("as_timestamp", value)
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/template.py", line 1402, in raise_no_default
raise ValueError(
ValueError: Template error: as_timestamp got invalid input 'None' when rendering template '{% if not is_state_attr('sensor.skyq_schedule', 'skyq_scheduled_start', none) %}
{{((state_attr('sensor.skyq_schedule', 'skyq_scheduled_start')|as_timestamp|int - now()|as_timestamp|int)/60)|int}}
{% else %}
9999
{% endif %}' but no default was specified
Really don’t understand why it doesn’t work!
EDIT: Restarted again and got:
2022-11-28 11:56:02.400 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.helpers.event] Error while processing template: Template("{% if not is_state_attr('sensor.skyq_schedule', 'skyq_scheduled_start', none) %}
{{((state_attr('sensor.skyq_schedule', 'skyq_scheduled_start')|as_timestamp|int - now()|as_timestamp|int)/60)|int}}
{% else %}
9999
{% endif %}")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/template.py", line 1597, in forgiving_as_timestamp
return dt_util.as_timestamp(value)
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/util/dt.py", line 132, in as_timestamp
raise ValueError("not a valid date/time.")
ValueError: not a valid date/time.
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/template.py", line 420, in async_render
render_result = _render_with_context(self.template, compiled, **kwargs)
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/template.py", line 1933, in _render_with_context
return template.render(**kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/jinja2/environment.py", line 1301, in render
self.environment.handle_exception()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/jinja2/environment.py", line 936, in handle_exception
raise rewrite_traceback_stack(source=source)
File "<template>", line 2, in top-level template code
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/template.py", line 1600, in forgiving_as_timestamp
raise_no_default("as_timestamp", value)
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/template.py", line 1402, in raise_no_default
raise ValueError(
ValueError: Template error: as_timestamp got invalid input 'None' when rendering template '{% if not is_state_attr('sensor.skyq_schedule', 'skyq_scheduled_start', none) %}
{{((state_attr('sensor.skyq_schedule', 'skyq_scheduled_start')|as_timestamp|int - now()|as_timestamp|int)/60)|int}}
{% else %}
9999
{% endif %}' but no default was specified
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/template.py", line 536, in async_render_to_info
render_info._result = self.async_render(variables, strict=strict, **kwargs)
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/template.py", line 422, in async_render
raise TemplateError(err) from err
homeassistant.exceptions.TemplateError: ValueError: Template error: as_timestamp got invalid input 'None' when rendering template '{% if not is_state_attr('sensor.skyq_schedule', 'skyq_scheduled_start', none) %}
{{((state_attr('sensor.skyq_schedule', 'skyq_scheduled_start')|as_timestamp|int - now()|as_timestamp|int)/60)|int}}
{% else %}
9999
{% endif %}' but no default was specified
2022-11-28 11:56:02.409 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.helpers.template_entity] TemplateError('ValueError: Template error: as_timestamp got invalid input 'None' when rendering template '{% if not is_state_attr('sensor.skyq_schedule', 'skyq_scheduled_start', none) %}
{{((state_attr('sensor.skyq_schedule', 'skyq_scheduled_start')|as_timestamp|int - now()|as_timestamp|int)/60)|int}}
{% else %}
9999
{% endif %}' but no default was specified') while processing template 'Template("{% if not is_state_attr('sensor.skyq_schedule', 'skyq_scheduled_start', none) %}
{{((state_attr('sensor.skyq_schedule', 'skyq_scheduled_start')|as_timestamp|int - now()|as_timestamp|int)/60)|int}}
{% else %}
9999
{% endif %}")' for attribute '_attr_native_value' in entity 'sensor.skyq_minutes_to_next_recording'
I changed the template in this way and now i get the right result from the template:
- sensor:
- name: SkyQ minutes to next recording
unique_id: sky_q_recording_minutes
unit_of_measurement: "min"
state: >-
{% if state_attr('sensor.skyq_schedule', 'skyq_scheduled_start') is not none %}
{{((state_attr('sensor.skyq_schedule', 'skyq_scheduled_start')|as_timestamp|int - now()|as_timestamp|int)/60)|int}}
{% else %}
9999
{% endif %}
Now i get 9999 if i have no scheduled recording, but the markdown card is always empty…
If i disable the ‘Next Recordings’ section i get the markdown card showing only the first two sections ‘Recording Now’ and ‘Not Recording’ while leaving enabled also the ‘Next Recording’ section i have no card.
Sorry this is going beyond my knowledge of HA I’m afraid as it looks like some underlying issue with how it’s handling the code, I assume your HA is fully up to date is it, along with your Sky Q Integration?
Yes, all is at the last release…
Not sure then. Just to double check you do know the entities in the above snippets may have different names on your system, I assume you’ve checked all the entities in the code actually exist with the same names on your HA?
Maybe try removing all the as_timestamp and custom_timestamp formatting from the end of the markdown code and see what happens, it looks from your error log that its somehow not recognising the time you’re getting as a valid time.
Finally i found a solution.
This is what i use now:
content: >-
{% set recordings = state_attr('sensor.sky_q_schedule', 'skyq_recordings') %}
{% if recordings is sequence and recordings|length > 0 and recordings[0].skyq_recording_title is defined %}
**Recording Now:** {{ recordings[0].skyq_recording_title }}
{{as_timestamp (recordings[0].skyq_recording_start) | timestamp_custom('**Started:** %H:%M') }}
{{as_timestamp (recordings[0].skyq_recording_end) | timestamp_custom('**Ends:** %H:%M') }}
{% else %}
**Actually Not Recording**
{% endif %}
{% if state_attr('sensor.sky_q_schedule', 'skyq_scheduled_title') is not none %}
**Next Recording:** {{state_attr ('sensor.skyq_schedule', 'skyq_scheduled_title')}}
{{ as_timestamp(states.sensor.sky_q_schedule.attributes.skyq_scheduled_start) | timestamp_custom('Starts: %A %dth %H:%M') }} (in {{states ('sensor.minutes_next_sky_recording')}} minutes )
{{ as_timestamp(states.sensor.sky_q_schedule.attributes.skyq_scheduled_end) | timestamp_custom('Ends: %A %dth %H:%M') }}
{% else %}
**Actually No Scheduled**
{% endif %}
Just a question: which is the meaning of ‘%A %dth’ ? Actually i get the hours of start and end one hour before the local hours. How to set the input to have the real local hours?
%A displays the day, %d is the date. As for the “th”, in my defence I did just copy/paste this from someone else’s code but the “th” appears to just put “th” on the end of the date which obviously works great for days in the month 4 and above, but I’ve never noticed it not be correct on the 1st, 2nd or 3rd 
Therefore either accept it will be grammatically incorrect on the first 3 days of each month or delete the “th” 
As to your time being an hour out, I can only guess its something to do with the time being recorded in UTC time and I assume you’re not in the UK (although I’ll probably need to change it for BST in the summer).
Have a search on here for various ways of formatting to local time and have a play, but something like this might work, adding local=true to the end
timestamp_custom('Starts: %A %d %H:%M', local=True)
I am unable to get the buttons displayed to work. I press them & they do not do anything.
Am I missing code somewhere?
type: custom:mini-media-player
entity: media_player.sky_q
name: null
icon: phu:sky-q-logo
more_info: false
artwork: none
hide:
volume: true
source: true
power_state: true
play_pause: true
prev: true
next: true
power: true
info: true
name: true
icon: true
shortcuts:
columns: 4
hide_when_off: true
buttons:
- icon: mdi:home
type: source
id: Home
- icon: mdi:arrow-up-thick
type: source
id: Up
- icon: null
name: Guide
type: source
id: TVGuide
- icon: mdi:chevron-up
type: source
id: CHup
- icon: mdi:arrow-left-thick
type: source
id: Left
- icon: null
name: Select
type: source
- icon: mdi:arrow-right-thick
type: source
id: Right
- icon: mdi:chevron-down
type: source
id: CHdn
- icon: mdi:record-rec
type: source
id: Record
- icon: mdi:arrow-down-thick
type: source
id: Down
- icon: null
name: Sky
type: source
id: Sky
- icon: mdi:menu-open
type: source
id: Sidebar
- icon: phu:netflix
type: js
id: Netflix
media_content_id: >-
home,down,down,down,down,down,down,down,down,down,down,right,right,select
- icon: phu:disney-plus
type: js
id: Disney Plus
- icon: phu:prime-video
type: js
id: Prime Vidoe
- icon: phu:youtube-tv
type: js
id: YouTube
volume_stateless: true
group: true
info: short
toggle_power: true
source: full
For that config to work you would need to configure each of those commands as custom sources, which I guess you haven’t done. Since you are using mini media player you can use the structure shown here - Buttons | Sky Q Home Assistant
Thanks - I thought I had tried that
example of my code for netflix - am I doing something stupid? I thought I might be missing code to put elsewhere.
The other buttons have started to work.
- icon: phu:netflix
type: js
id: Netflix
media_content_id: >-
home,down,down,down,down,down,down,down,down,down,down,right,right,select
Is there a reason you are using type js, presumably for javascript? The id field is for the button commands you will send, Netflix isn’t a command, so you can’t use that, and you are mixing up a service call with the structure for mini media player.
- icon: 'phu:netflix'
id: home,down,down,down,down,down,down,down,down,down,down,right,right,select
type: skyq
I can’t remember if id field needs to be quoted or not with multiple button presses. No idea if your icon works, but I assume it does.
Thanks for the pointer. Not 100% sure what I am doing as I am relatively new to HA.
I understand what you are saying about a service & js is being used because that is what I cut & pasted from elsewhere 
Are there any possibilities of being able to watch downloaded media from the Sky Q box directly via Home Assistant?
No, the box does not support streaming to anything other than the Sky Go app.
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I use Fully kiosk on my tablet wall display, as that can launch an android app direct from a button on the dash, I have it starting sky go, kind of a work around if thats why you want it.
Hi everyone,
I noticed that the media browser no longer works, both from a PC and from a smartphone. I use chrome browser and the latest version of HA. Do you also have the same problem?
Logger: homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection
Source: custom_components/skyq/classes/mediabrowser.py:85
Integration: Home Assistant WebSocket API
Error handling message: Unknown error (unknown_error)
Thank you.
Please raise this as an issue on my Github and I’ll investigate.