Help with automation to turn off lights depending on media type

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Hi,

I’m trying to set up that turns off a certain switch when media_player.Emby_… starts playing after 7pm if it’s playing anything but music.

So far i’ve got it working to turn off the switch when emby starts playing any type of media.

I;m basically stuck on one of the conditions. This is what i’ve got so far:

- id: '1602144843617'
  alias: Turn off Living room spots when Palpatine Emby starts playing after 7pm
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: media_player.emby_kodi_stormtrooper_2
    from: idle
    to: playing
  - platform: state
    entity_id: media_player.emby_chrome
    from: idle
    to: playing
  condition:
  - condition: time
    after: '19:00'
    before: 05:00
  action:
  - type: turn_off
    device_id: 38da31f5082811eb804c51ca716b67a4
    entity_id: switch.living_room_spots
    domain: switch
  mode: single

This automation has 2 triggers. both media players. When they start playing after 7pm they turn off a certain switch. Can somebody help me turning this into an automation that only does this only when the content played is not music

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I do exactly this with a Rasplex box I have in the lounge room.
If I start a movie the lounge lamp turns off.
If I start anything that isn’t a movie, nothing.

You need to know what your options are.
Start playing something on your media player then go to Home Assistant.
Under the Developer / States tab, select your media player and look for somthing you can use as a condition.

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In my case, my media player entity has an attribute
media_content_type:

and my condition

  condition:
  - condition: template
    value_template: '{{is_state_attr("media_player.plex_rasplex_2","media_content_type","movie")}}'
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Thanks for that!
I’m very new to this, is there a way to turn that template into the opposite, so it doesn’t do it when movies play? That’s what i’m after, i need the light to turn off when movies or tv series play, but not music. so the easiest way seems to just exclude music

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ok never mind!
I just found out this will do the trick

{{is_state_attr("media_player.emby_chrome","media_content_type","tvshow")
or
is_state_attr("media_player.emby_chrome","media_content_type","movie")}}

At least it gives the correct result in the template editor, so it should also work in the automation

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There is ! Unfortunately I had to go digging for it as it’s not intuitive relative to the template we already have.
You will need

{{ state_attr("media_player.emby_chrome","media_content_type") != "music" }}

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I think you’ll need to quote the 05:00 too.

Also there is no time within the period from midnight to midnight that is both after 7pm and before 5am. forget that bit!

7

Thanks for all the input!

I’ve got it working now.

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