Does your media_player entity have a source setting?
Yes, but I would like to have an buttons than a down down list.
This example from the documentation includes a shortcut button set to change the player source (in this case to āBathroomā):
https://github.com/kalkih/mini-media-player#card-with-media-shortcuts
I finally tried grouping google devices but similar to yourself, no errors in the log but also no grouping taking place
Iāve just updated HA to the 2021.11.0b0 release and noticed all the icons, power, volume up/down etc, are missing from my mini media player instances.
Has anyone else found this?
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Iām about to find out but itās likely just caching?
Hi @DavidFW1960
Iāve cleared the cache but still not showing icons, I saw in the release notes that MDI was updated twice during the month.
A year or so ago there was an issue with icons in this player not showing and I manually define them in the card config now. It may well be something has changedā¦ as you say 2 updates to MDI in the release. Perhaps try a manual definition of them?
eg
- type: entities
title: Google Player Groups
show_header_toggle: false
entities:
- entity: media_player.all_speakers
type: custom:mini-media-player
icon: mdi:google-home
tts:
platform: google_translate
artwork: full-cover
hide:
power_state: false
info: scroll
I am about to upgrade nowā¦
Iāve defined the main icon and that shows but still no volume up/down, power etc.
Ugh youāre right. I see that too.
@DavidFW1960 A new beta release of the card v1.14.0-beta is now up and appears to resolve this issue after clearing the cache.
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Here is my take on media controlā¦ still got some work to do. I need to setup a drop down that changes the device i want to control when i switch between the apple tv and the rokuā¦ but im really liking the look and flow of everthing on a ipad as my main controller for the media room.
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Hi @kalkih
A while back you thought of something brilliant, which I use to make my conditional speaker cards disappear if they become a part of another group.
This is an example:
binary_sensor:
- platform: template
sensors:
dining_room_speaker_grouped_not_master:
value_template: >
{{ state_attr('media_player.dining_room', 'sonos_group')[0] | string != 'media_player.dining_room'
and state_attr('media_player.dining_room', 'sonos_group') | length > 1 }}
It has started throwing warnings, but only when I boot, and it looks like this:
2021-11-01 17:39:27 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.helpers.template] Template variable warning: None has no element 0 when rendering '{{ state_attr('media_player.dining_room', 'sonos_group')[0] | string != 'media_player.dining_room'
2021-11-01 17:39:27 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.template.template_entity] TemplateError('TypeError: object of type 'NoneType' has no len()') while processing template 'Template("{{ state_attr('media_player.dining_room', 'sonos_group')[0] | string != 'media_player.dining_room'
I know warnings, are not to be taken too seriously, but I like to keep things tidy, and I canāt grasp templating.
Do you know what to do about it?
This is great! Can you share your yaml code?
Is it possible to separate the Song and Artist into separate text rows?
Tried thisā¦ but for some reason the play/pause button doesnāt work correctly using this method.
Its just a mix of vertical stack cards and grid cardsā¦ here is my codeā¦
- title: Theater Room Remote
path: theater-room-remote
badges: []
cards:
- type: vertical-stack
cards:
- type: button
tap_action:
action: navigate
navigation_path: menu
icon: mdi:menu
icon_height: 55px
name: Menu
- type: horizontal-stack
cards:
- type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: remote.send_command
service_data:
command: home
target:
device_id: 07dd6d0543b546368346201ca1bcf188
icon_height: 55px
icon: mdi:home
name: Home
- type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: remote.send_command
service_data:
command: up
target:
device_id: 07dd6d0543b546368346201ca1bcf188
name: Up
icon: mdi:arrow-up-bold
- type: button
tap_action:
action: toggle
name: Power
icon: mdi:power
icon_height: 55px
show_state: true
entity: input_boolean.theater_switch
- type: horizontal-stack
cards:
- type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: remote.send_command
service_data:
command: left
target:
device_id:
- 07dd6d0543b546368346201ca1bcf188
name: Left
icon: mdi:arrow-left-bold
- type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: remote.send_command
service_data:
command: select
target:
device_id:
- 07dd6d0543b546368346201ca1bcf188
icon_height: 55px
name: OK/Select
icon: mdi:alpha-k-circle-outline
- type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: remote.send_command
service_data:
command: right
target:
device_id:
- 07dd6d0543b546368346201ca1bcf188
name: Right
icon: mdi:arrow-right-bold
- type: horizontal-stack
cards:
- type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: media_player.volume_up
service_data: {}
target:
entity_id: media_player.onkyo_receiver
name: Vol +
icon: mdi:volume-plus
icon_height: 54px
- type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: remote.send_command
service_data:
command: down
target:
device_id:
- 07dd6d0543b546368346201ca1bcf188
name: Down
icon: mdi:arrow-down-bold
- type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: remote.send_command
service_data:
command: back
target:
device_id:
- 07dd6d0543b546368346201ca1bcf188
name: Back
icon: mdi:undo
- type: horizontal-stack
cards:
- type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: media_player.volume_down
service_data: {}
target:
entity_id: media_player.onkyo_receiver
name: Vol -
icon: mdi:volume-minus
icon_height: 55px
- type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: media_player.media_play_pause
service_data: {}
target:
entity_id: media_player.roku_ultra
name: Play/Pause
icon: mdi:play-pause
show_state: true
entity: media_player.roku_ultra
- type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: media_player.volume_mute
service_data: {}
target:
entity_id: media_player.onkyo_receiver
name: Mute
icon: mdi:volume-mute
- type: grid
cards:
- type: button
tap_action:
action: toggle
entity: switch.open_masking_system
- type: button
tap_action:
action: toggle
entity: switch.close_masking_system
show_icon: true
icon_height: '-1px'
columns: 2
square: false
- type: grid
cards:
- type: picture-glance
image: /local/netflix.png
entities: []
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: media_player.select_source
service_data:
source: Netflix
target:
entity_id: media_player.roku_ultra
- type: picture-glance
entities: []
image: /local/plex.png
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: media_player.select_source
service_data:
source: Plex - Free Movies & TV
target:
entity_id: media_player.roku_ultra
- type: picture-glance
image: /local/disney1.png
entities: []
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: media_player.select_source
service_data:
source: Disney Plus
target:
entity_id: media_player.roku_ultra
- type: picture-glance
image: /local/appletv.png
entities: []
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: media_player.select_source
service_data:
source: Apple TV
target:
entity_id: media_player.roku_ultra
- type: picture-glance
image: /local/amazon1.png
entities: []
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: media_player.select_source
service_data:
source: Prime Video
target:
entity_id: media_player.roku_ultra
- type: picture-glance
image: /local/discovery.png
entities: []
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: media_player.select_source
service_data:
source: discovery plus
target:
entity_id: media_player.roku_ultra
- type: picture-glance
image: /local/hbo.png
entities: []
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: media_player.select_source
service_data:
source: HBO Max
target:
entity_id: media_player.roku_ultra
- type: picture-glance
image: /local/bravo.png
entities: []
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: media_player.select_source
service_data:
source: Bravo
target:
entity_id: media_player.roku_ultra
- type: picture-glance
image: /local/frndly.png
entities: []
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: media_player.select_source
service_data:
source: Frndly TV
target:
entity_id: media_player.roku_ultra
- type: picture-glance
image: /local/foxnow.png
entities: []
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: media_player.select_source
service_data:
source: FOX NOW
target:
entity_id: media_player.roku_ultra
- type: picture-glance
image: /local/espn.png
entities: []
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: media_player.select_source
service_data:
source: espn
target:
entity_id: media_player.roku_ultra
- type: picture-glance
image: /local/roku.png
entities: []
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: media_player.select_source
service_data:
source: bluray
target:
entity_id: media_player.onkyo_receiver
columns: 4
- type: horizontal-stack
cards:
- type: light
entity: light.media_room
- type: vertical-stack
cards:
- type: entity
entity: sensor.lamplife
name: Lamp
icon: mdi:projector
- type: entity
entity: sensor.projector_lamp_hours
icon: mdi:projector
name: LampHrs
- type: entity
entity: sensor.projector_lamp_status
name: Status
icon: mdi:projector
- type: vertical-stack
cards:
- type: media-control
entity: media_player.epson_projector
- type: media-control
entity: media_player.onkyo_receiver
- type: media-control
entity: media_player.roku_ultra
- type: entity
entity: sensor.aspect_ratio
icon: mdi:theater
- type: entity
entity: sensor.plex_status
icon: mdi:plex
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Anyone knows how to customize the look and feel of the media source ābuttonā. I would like to either be able to edit the default down-arrow to something else, position, size etc, or call the same source list from a template button. Any ideas to this?
Yeah itās a shame, smart home industry is still so fragmented still. Iām not sure whether Iām getting old and being more particular with my time or Iām getting lazier but Iām losing motivation in this space and thinking of just living a simple life 