Media_content_id ... stupid question

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I think this is the only way to continue where you’ve left off. What you could try is, pick a link of the show ( not an episode) and try with that, maybe it would continue where you’ve stopped it being a specific show.

https://www.hulu.com/series/chicago-pd-02dc7191-b5e0-4c93-94a7-8094ef636822

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Add this after link in the command

&& input keyevent 23

This should automatically press center after it opens the link

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So I can pull it up how I want with

>adb shell am start -n com.hulu.livingroomplus/.WKFactivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d "https://www.hulu.com/series/how-i-met-your-mother-bc68ac79-3ace-4427-9ec0-5ee6f314d194"

and can send the command for Center after. Not sure if you saw my edit, you replied while I was editing. Any ideas on how to avoid making an automation for each individual show and to get it to recognize that “series” page? If so, then I get full voice functionality back. I guess I could set a single command to press center by voice every time and just say two commands, but if I could keep it at one that would be awesome.

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>adb shell am start -n com.hulu.livingroomplus/.WKFactivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d "https://www.hulu.com/series/how-i-met-your-mother-bc68ac79-3ace-4427-9ec0-5ee6f314d194" && input keyevent 23

Try this

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This is odd…

C:\Users\Prono\Downloads\platform-tools_r33.0.2-windows\platform-tools>>adb shell am start -n com.hulu.livingroomplus/.WKFactivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d "https://www.hulu.com/series/how-i-met-your-mother-bc68ac79-3ace-4427-9ec0-5ee6f314d194" && input keyevent 23
'shell' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
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U got 2 >> and in last example there was just one >

Meaning copy the code without any >

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'input' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
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I can just use the CENTER command in the automation afterwards since im going to be in ha anyway.
Any ideas on how to make it expose when a url “series” is called? to semd back the data to HA for a trigger?

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Have the automation watch the state of your chromecast or android tv integration, once it registered Hulu launched have it hit center

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I considered that. The problem I forsee there is if I decide to use the remote… I’m very sporadic.

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Also just notice that if ambient mode has gone active, then it won’t accept the command

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Then start the command with center or back adb shell input keyevent CodeForBackOrCenter && TheRestOfYour commandStartingWithAm

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Sorry to Necro an old thread, I’ve switched from Chromecast back to FireTV and I was trying to make this work on the FireTV, I think I am doing something wrong with the ADB command. I’ve tried the same command and tried changing it to com.hulu.plus

service: androidtv.adb_command
data: 
  command: >-
    adb shell am start -n com.hulu.livingroomplus/.WKFactivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d "https://www.hulu.com/series/how-i-met-your-mother-bc68ac79-3ace-4427-9ec0-5ee6f314d194" 
target:
  entity_id: media_player.firetv_media_room

I’ve also tried doing just the part that launches hulu both ways as well. The adb shell am start -n com.hulu.plus/.WKFactivity

No matter what, it doesn’t launch Hulu. I know this is probably something simple, but I can’t even claim to have a Basic understanding of ADB.

Any help is appreciated.

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Question similar to what is there, what would the url be for live tv to a specific channel and what is the
bc68ac79-3ace-4427-9ec0-5ee6f314d194 value?