LG webostv hbo go source configuration

Configuration
1

Hello,

I am trying to create a button that launches HBO GO applications on the LG webostv TV.
The buttons that enable Netflix and YouTube work fine.

This is my HBO GO button setup:

type: picture
image: /local/HBO_GO.jpg
tap_action:
  action: call-service
  service: media_player.select_source
  service_data:
    entity_id: media_player.tv
    source: HBO GO
hold_action:
  action: none

And this is the result of checking the status of the TV ( from developer tools ):

source_list:
  - Netflix
  - YouTube
volume_level: 0.17
is_volume_muted: false
source: HBO GO
sound_output: external_arc
friendly_name: TV
entity_picture: >-
  /api/media_player_proxy/media_player.tv?token=a030c4662bcd18626428d370438ac79407891d7732f0c1ea850bac584a0fd792&cache=4853fd53a6868542
supported_features: 20409
device_class: tv

As you can see in the state of the TV there is no HBO GO on source list. However, when I turn on this application on my TV, it appears in the list, and when I exit this application, it already disappears from this source list.

Can I ask for help, why I am not able to launch HBO GO from the button on the dashboard?
Has anyone had a problem launching HBO GO?

2

Hard to think you only have two sources on your tv, netflix and YouTube. What is your setup? Did you manually set the source list?

By default mine has

source_list:
  - AV
  - Al Jazeera
  - Amazon Alexa
  - Amazon Prime Video
  - Apple TV
  - Art Gallery
  - Disney+
  - Freeview On Demand
  - HDMI 1
  - HDMI 2
  - HDMI 3
  - HDMI 4
  - LG Content Store
  - Live TV
  - Music
  - Netflix
  - Photo & Video
  - Sports Alert
  - TV Cast
  - TVNZ OnDemand
  - Tennis TV
  - Twitch
  - Web Browser
  - YouTube
3

It is actually surprising that I have practically nothing. When I turn on the HBO GO application, it appears on the source list, but when I close it, it disappears from this list.

4

What is your yaml?

5

This is my yaml - from developer tools:

source_list:
  - Netflix
  - YouTube
volume_level: 0
is_volume_muted: false
source: Netflix
sound_output: external_arc
friendly_name: TV
entity_picture: >-
  /api/media_player_proxy/media_player.tv?token=a030c4662bcd18626428d370438ac79407891d7732f0c1ea850bac584a0fd792&cache=05e4febe8d4618f1
supported_features: 20409
device_class: tv

However, when I enter the HDMI4 source on the TV, for example, it appears in the source list, and when I change the TV to, for example, Netflix applications, HDMI4 disappears from the source list.

Or maybe am I wrong and we are talking about configuration.yaml?

6

yes sorry I was!

7

Yeah! So this is my TV configuration.yaml:

wake_on_lan:

webostv:
  host: 192.168.0.189
  turn_on_action:
    service: wake_on_lan.send_magic_packet
    data:
        mac: "20:17:42:C8:41:51"
  name: TV
  customize:
    sources:
      - hdmi 2
      - hdmi 4
      - youtube
      - netflix

This hdmi 2 and hdmi 4 doesn’t work.

8

take out customize: and everything below, and let it discover your sources.

1 Like
9

Thank you! It works! :smiley:

10

Is this the same process you would use on Android tv devices?