Maxi Media Player

[the_badluck (J)]

@windelwipper

• How would i Set the favorites? Its not necessary, to do this dynamically. For me its enough, when i can set favorites in Settings or yaml.
• Is there a way, to play complete media folders instead of single files from local disk? In my case i use mopidy, if it is necessary.
• Is there a way to filter the sources?

Did you have any luck finding answers since there has been a reply posted

[Aiden-King]

I love the card and im using it with spotify. When i go to the favorites tab instead of showing me my playlists it shows me my spotify connect devices? has anyone found a solution for this?

[gbcatrinoiu (Bogdan)]

@PunxsutawneyPhil The card is just amazing, thank you! Would you be able to advise on how to set the favorites? It now shows only the radio channels, no matter what I set to topFavorites.

[jusdoit (Michael)]

I am as well having this outcome too. Would like to display playlists as documented. Tried with SpotifyPlus as entity and same result. Any other means to show playlist?

[PunxsutawneyPhil]

@gbcatrinoiu @Aiden-King @the_badluck @windelwipper @TMidi
You can create your own favorites (for instance if the device platform you use doesn’t already provide it):
Maxi Media Player - Custom Favorites

[Supermankal718]

cant seem to be able to install this with HACS. theres also no option for lovelace or frontend with the newer update.

[PunxsutawneyPhil]

HACS changed their UI. It’s called “Dashboard” now. I have updated this card’s documentation.

[HPLJ (Hans Peter Jensen)]

Hi there,

I’ve followed the steps outlined and I can see the Maxi Media Player as doenloaded in HACS, but I don’t know how to use it. When I try and edit a dashboard and add a card, Maxi Media Player is not available. I’m probably doing something hopelessly (I’m still very much learning!)… I hope someone can give me a hint as to how to actually use this - it looks amazing!

[bkh]

Can you confirm that you did steps 4-9 of the install?

1. click on the icon at the right top corner then on Custom repositories
2. For the repository add this: GitHub - punxaphil/maxi-media-player: Media card for Home Assistant UI with a focus on managing multiple media players, but not excluding single player setups.
3. For the category select Dashboard then click Add
4. Now click on Maxi Media Player then on the Download button
5. Go back on your dashboard and click on the icon at the right top corner then on Edit dashboard
6. You can now click on Add card in the bottom right corner and search for Maxi Media Player

https://github.com/punxaphil/maxi-media-player

[ColtonYYZ]

I have it installed, all the buttons are present, but how do I add media, or map to my shared network media?

[Andrea_Ciullini]

Hi. thank you for your project.
can I hide volume slider?

[abercrombie1892]

Is there a way to operate the whole thing together with the music assistant?

[PunxsutawneyPhil]

you need card_mod for that

[PunxsutawneyPhil]

If Music Assistant supports the standard media player operations, then yes.

[PunxsutawneyPhil]

Make sure have added your media to Home Assistant in a way so that it works to play in the built in media player (http://homeassistant.local:8123/media-browser/browser)

[ColtonYYZ]

Thanks for getting back to me @PunxsutawneyPhil!

So I can see my media in the native Media section on the sidebar - I’m using NAS so it lost the connection. But I still don’t see it in Maxi Music Player.

Here’s are photos of what I have now. First, I click on the Star, then I can click on CESmedia or the White box with music notes in it, but it say no media.

Here is the card yaml:

type: custom:maxi-media-player
sections:
  - player
  - volumes
  - groups
  - grouping
  - media browser
showVolumeUpAndDownButtons: true
entities:
  - media_player.colton_s_echo_show
  - media_player.4kmaxlivingroom_185
  - media_player.apartment_door_echo_amz
  - media_player.bathroom_echo_show_5
  - media_player.bedroom_echo_left_amz
  - media_player.bedroom_echo_right_amz
  - media_player.bedroom_fire_tv_amz
  - media_player.couch_echo_left_amz
  - media_player.couch_echo_right_amz
  - media_player.dell_pc_chrome_browser
  - media_player.kitchen_echo_plus_amz
  - media_player.this_device
topFavorites:
  - ""
showSourceInPlayer: true
showChannelInPlayer: true
announce: true
cache: true
customSources:
  all:
    - title: BBC
      media_content_id: media-source://radio_browser/98adecf7-2683-4408-9be7-02d3f9098eb8
      media_content_type: music
      thumbnail: http://cdn-profiles.tunein.com/s24948/images/logoq.jpg
    - title: CESmedia
      media_content_id: media-source://CESSERVER/Music
      media_content_type: music
      thumbnail: /local/images/CESmedia-logo-grey-bg-yellow-and-white.png
showFastForwardAndRewindButtons: true
fastForwardAndRewindStepSizeSeconds: 15
predefinedGroups:
  - name: All Speakers
    media: ""
    entities:
      - player: media_player.all_speakers
        volume: 20
      - player: media_player.colton_s_echo_show
        volume: 40
mediaArtworkOverrides:
  - ifMissing: false
dynamicVolumeSlider: false
dynamicVolumeSliderThreshold: 20
showBrowseMediaInPlayerSection: true

[PunxsutawneyPhil]

It’s under “browse media”

[ColtonYYZ]

I updated my yaml. I copied an older card. And when I tap on browse media, I get the following error:

**Edit: When I tap on BBC World Service, I get an spoken error from Alexa: “To send TTS, please set announce equals true. Music can’t be played this way.”

[PunxsutawneyPhil]

Please create an issue on GitHub so we can dig into this

[Chris_Newman]

How can I add a Stop Button, instead of the Pause Button? I read here and the GitHub, I cannot find an option.

I use HEOS on my Denon to play XM, and it does not support pause, only play and stop.