Help with value_template in Automation

Configuration
1

Two parter…

Can some tell me what is wrong with this? Template editor is throwing TemplateSyntaxError: unexpected '}’

  trigger:
    - platform: template
      value_template: "{% if is_state('media_player.emby_basement', 'playing') and (state_attr('media_player.emby_basement', 'media_content_type') in ['movie', 'tvshow']) }true{% endif %}"

Also, can I list multiple value templates as triggers for an automation? Such as:

trigger:
   - platform: template
     value_template: 11111111
   - platform: template
     value_template: 2222222
   - platform: template
     value_template: 333333
2

Your problem is that you’re missing a % before the }true. But in all honesty, none of that is needed. You can simply trigger with

value_template: "{{ is_state('media_player.emby_basement', 'playing') and state_attr('media_player.emby_basement', 'media_content_type') in ['movie', 'tvshow'] }}"
3

Yes. They just have to be templates that return true and false.

4

Can I nest the the 3 templates into one statement using “or”? May be too complicated though

5

Yes you can. It can be as complicated as you want it to be.

6

Thanks. One more question on the same topic. Is this a proper template to trigger an action when the boolean is “on” and the state changes from playing? The state could change to paused or idle which is why i used “from”. It does not seem to be working though.

  trigger:
    - platform: template
      value_template: "{{  is_state('input_boolean.video_playback_basement', 'on') and from_state('media_player.emby_basement', 'playing') }}"
7

No, there is a list of available functions that can be used in templates. What you are tying to do is not possible for a template trigger.

8

How about converting your action to something like

trigger:
 - platform: state
   entity_id: media_player.emby_basement
   from: 'playing'
condition:
  condition: template
  value_template: "{{  is_state('input_boolean.video_playback_basement', 'on') }"

(I didn’t check syntax, just an idea)