NFC Kodi Media player

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This is a media player for my Kids. It plays movies on Kodi with an nfc scanner. I know there are a lot of projects like this but searching the forum I did not see any examples of this particular setup. I’m sure there are other ways that might be better then what I have done, but I wanted to share anyways.

I have the Kodi app on my Shield tv. I wanted a tag to trigger a movie on the kodi. So I have the automation turn on the shield, launch the Kodi app, and then play the movie.

I had trouble with the timing on waiting for the kodi to turn on before trying to play a movie. I am a novice at home automation. I like to tinker, so I have experience copying and pasting bits of code here and there but I do not have a large understanding of it. I used the if/then action and it works pretty well now. I’m proud of this small accomplishment.
I used the Kodi integration, and the android tv integration.

This is the example for a movie.

alias: Fantasia
description: plays movie
trigger:
  - platform: tag
    tag_id: 04-26-A2-6A-0C-3A-81
condition: []
action:
  - service: media_player.turn_on
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.android_tv_192_168_0_108
  - service: media_player.select_source
    data:
      source: " org.xbmc.kodi"
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.android_tv_192_168_0_108
  - if:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: media_player.android_4
        state: "off"
    then:
      - wait_for_trigger:
          - platform: state
            entity_id:
              - media_player.android_4
            from: "off"
            to: idle
      - service: media_player.play_media
        target:
          entity_id: media_player.android_4
        data:
          media_content_id: "998"
          media_content_type: movie
        metadata:
          title: Fantasia
          thumbnail: >-
            
          media_class: movie
          children_media_class: null
          navigateIds:
            - {}
            - media_content_type: movie
              media_content_id: ""
    else:
      - service: media_player.play_media
        target:
          entity_id: media_player.android_4
        data:
          media_content_id: "998"
          media_content_type: movie
        metadata:
          title: Fantasia
          thumbnail: >-
            
          media_class: movie
          children_media_class: null
          navigateIds:
            - {}
            - media_content_type: movie
              media_content_id: ""
mode: single

This is an example of playing a random episode from a playlist on the kodi.

alias: Peppa Pig
description: |
  plays a peppa pig episode
trigger:
  - platform: tag
    tag_id: 1C-E4-72-0F
condition: []
action:
  - service: media_player.turn_on
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.android_tv_192_168_0_108
  - service: media_player.select_source
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.android_tv_192_168_0_108
    data:
      source: org.xbmc.kodi
  - if:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: media_player.android_4
        state: "off"
    then:
      - wait_for_trigger:
          - platform: state
            entity_id:
              - media_player.android_4
            from: "off"
            to: idle
      - service: kodi.call_method
        data:
          method: Playlist.Clear
          playlistid: 0
          entity_id: media_player.android_4
      - service: kodi.call_method
        data:
          method: Playlist.Add
          playlistid: 0
          item:
            recursive: true
            directory: special://profile/playlists/video/pig.xsp
        entity_id: media_player.android_4
      - service: kodi.call_method
        data:
          method: Player.Open
          item:
            playlistid: 0
            position: 0
        entity_id: media_player.android_4
    else:
      - service: kodi.call_method
        data:
          method: Playlist.Clear
          playlistid: 0
          entity_id: media_player.android_4
      - service: kodi.call_method
        data:
          method: Playlist.Add
          playlistid: 0
          item:
            recursive: true
            directory: special://profile/playlists/video/pig.xsp
        entity_id: media_player.android_4
      - service: kodi.call_method
        data:
          method: Player.Open
          item:
            playlistid: 0
            position: 0
        entity_id: media_player.android_4
mode: single

This works well for me. Disney infinity figures are great for this use. My 3 year old loves it.

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