Hello Community,
I have no idea what did I do (in terms of the update as I have done a lot recently) but it seems that I cannot play any media on media_player service (or even media_extractor). Was wondering did you experience similar difficulties too?
I usually use node-red to run my automation scripts. First I notice the issue in there, spent hours fixing it with no joy. Then replicated the script in the native home_aassistant script editor and the result was the same.
The symptoms are,
- the communication between HA and the media player device takes place
- It seems that HA receives no error back from the player (logs are healthy)
- The player indicates that comms in progress by showing the cast logo (see attached)
- Yet nothing plays
I tried it on Google nest, Bravia TV, and Volumio and the result was consistent. resetting devices and HA did not help.
Here is the simple script:
Action type
Call service
Service:
media_player.play_media
entity ID:
media_player.office_display
Service data:
entity_id: media_player.office_display
media_content_id: https://www.youtube.com/LINK_TO_A_VIDEO
media_content_type: video/youtube
Oh BTW, changing content type had no effect.
Have I missed something or the services is really broken?
Thanks in advance