Play a series/movie and enable scene

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I am searching for the following solution :slight_smile:

I have an Nvidia Shield media player, with Plex on it. And a plex server running at home.
In my library I have some series and some movies and I would like to play them with an automation.

Let’s say I want to watch a certain series, so an automation starts running which looks up the series, and plays the next episode automatically.

Even better would be if I could tell Google home which series I want to watch, and it would be completely automatic. But that’s the ultimate goal.

2

Is it a shot in the dark, or did you already try:

3

A, will play a little bit with that one :slight_smile:

4

So that worked, but I get a error when I try to play from the library:


Logger: homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection
Source: components/plex/media_player.py:487 
Integration: Home Assistant WebSocket API (documentation, issues) 
First occurred: 10:27:15 (8 occurrences) 
Last logged: 10:35:48

[140260817148928] Client is not currently accepting playback controls: Plex (Plex for Android (TV) - SHIELD Android TV)
[140260810631120] Client is not currently accepting playback controls: Plex (Plex for Android (TV) - SHIELD Android TV)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/commands.py", line 199, in handle_call_service
    await hass.services.async_call(
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 1849, in async_call
    task.result()
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 1889, in _execute_service
    await cast(Callable[[ServiceCall], Awaitable[None]], handler.job.target)(
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity_component.py", line 226, in handle_service
    await service.entity_service_call(
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 798, in entity_service_call
    future.result()  # pop exception if have
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 981, in async_request_call
    await coro
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 838, in _handle_entity_call
    await result
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/media_player/__init__.py", line 789, in async_play_media
    await self.hass.async_add_executor_job(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 58, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/plex/media_player.py", line 487, in play_media
    raise HomeAssistantError(
homeassistant.exceptions.HomeAssistantError: Client is not currently accepting playback controls: Plex (Plex for Android (TV) - SHIELD Android TV)
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@marcel1988 May I see your YAML code for the automation? I’m struggling too.

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i dont use a YAML code.

I use the media browser of the integration. Then i get this error in the logs.

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Got mine working :slightly_smiling_face:

target:
  entity_id: media_player.plex_plex_for_android_tv_shield_android_tv
data:
  media_content_type: EPISODE
  media_content_id: >-
    { "library_name": "TV Programs", "show_name": "House", "episode.unwatched":
    true, "episode.inProgress": [true, false], "resume": 1, "sort":
    "addedAt:asc", "maxresults": 1 }```
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@matthew1
Nope, still no luck here.

When i do this:

service: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id: media_player.plex_plex_for_android_tv_shield_android_tv
data:
  media_content_type: EPISODE
  media_content_id: >-
    { "library_name": "Tv-series", "show_name": "The Good Doctor", "episode.unwatched":
    true, "episode.inProgress": [true, false], "resume": 1, "sort":
    "addedAt:asc", "maxresults": 1 }```

Nothing happens.
I also see that my Plex client is inactive. (It is only going active when i play something manual on the plex client.

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@matthew1
Any update? :slight_smile:

10

does it work if you already have plex open on the Shield?

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No, even then i get the same error message.
When i dont have plex open, the only thing that i see is that the Plex client is unavailable.

Can you tell me how you are running Plex server en on wich device are you playing the media files?

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Weird, Synology 918+ with Plex installed natively. I play files on Phillips TV and Nvidia Shield, both with Android TV.

13

@matthew1 is your client inactive? or is it active?

And what about port forwarding? Did you do any of that? Because my ports are all closed.

14

Oddly i just want to test mine again and nothing - no response at all. I ended up rebooting the TV and now it’s working again. I seem to have to do that a lot at the moment, can you rebooting your Android TV device?

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@matthew1

I have tested it on several devices:

2x Nvidia Shield
2x Windows pc’s
1X Linux ubuntu device.

I already have setup Plex server on:
Windows system
Linux System
Synology system

I’m really out of ideas at the moment :frowning:

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@matthew1

I have installed Plex HTPC for windows, and that works like a charm without any problems i can select my own media from the Media Browser in Home Assistant.

But when i do it to the Nvidia Shield Plex client i get that error message.

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@matthew1

i got it to work to play a movie or serie on the Shield.
But it seems that it picks randomly a episode. :thinking:

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Ah yes i had the same problem, finally sorted it last night with a different sort filter.

service: media_player.play_media
data:
  media_content_type: EPISODE
  media_content_id: >-
    { "library_name": "TV Programs", "show_name": "James Martin's Saturday
    Morning", "episode.unwatched": true, "episode.inProgress": [true, false],
    "resume": 1, "sort": "originallyAvailableAt:asc", "maxresults": 1 }
enabled: true
target:
  entity_id: media_player.plex_plex_for_android_tv_5g

How did you get it working in the end?

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@matthew1

I figured something out, but i dont understand :rofl:
I have 3x a Nvidia Shield in my house.
Living room = 2019 pro model
Bedroom = 2015 model
Bedroom son = 2015 model.

Both the 2015 models play instant the media without any error en without becomming unavailable.
The 2019 pro model will not work. i have checked the settings on the network side and those are all the same.

Wich model of the Nvidia shield do you have?

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I bought mine in 2017 so guessing it not a 2019! Amazon say the model number was ‎L380287. So looks like the issue is only with the 2019 then?

Did you get the play order sorted?