How to record Apple TV viewing history?

Configuration
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Is there a way to set the recorder to record the viewing history beyond “playing”, “paused”, “idle” etc.?

In the media controller I can see which TV show currently is playing, how do I add this to the recorder?

CleanShot 2022-04-19 at 21.02.15@2x
CleanShot 2022-04-19 at 21.02.15@2x1036×450 201 KB

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You could write them to the log like this.

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You can create a template sensor

apple_tv_currently_playing:
  friendly_name: Apple TV currently playing
  value_template: "{{ states.media_player.name_of_your_apple_tv.attributes.media_title }}"

More information about template sensors:

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Thank you. It seems your code was in the legacy template sensor configuration, but I was able to transform it in the current configuration:

template:
  - sensor:
      - name: "Apple TV Now Playing"
        state: "{{ states.media_player.name_of_your_apple_tv.attributes.media_title }}"
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