Play YouTube videos on Samsung TV without extra devices (No Chromecast, no nothing)

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As the title says, thanks to a couple of guys from the community (jaruba, Screwdgeh), it’s possible to declare a rest_command to achieve that. The TV always asks for a confirmation which you can hit with jaruba’s send_key command or maybe with a Broadlink.

Payload needs to be the identification number of any youtube video at the end of the url, just the “v=” section with its number

rest_command:
  video_youtube_rest:
    url: 'http://yoursamsungtvlocalip:8080/ws/apps/YouTube'
    method: POST
    content_type: 'text/plain'
    payload: 'v=RsZDdNDiq7Y'

example script

test_youtube:
  alias: test yotube
  sequence:
  - service: rest_command.video_youtube_rest
  - delay: 00:00:01
  - service: media_player.play_media
    data:
      entity_id: media_player.your_samsung_tv
      media_content_type: send_key
      media_content_id: KEY_ENTER
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Wonderful, if you want the same video over and over!

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there’s no loop option

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I think nick was more talking about the fact that you need to setup a separate rest command for each youtube video you want to watch,its not dynamic.

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oh yeah, that’s the best for the moment. It’s better than nothing I guess

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I don’t think there’s any reason you can’t have payload be a template.

Untested(don’t have this kind of tv), but something like:

rest_command:
 video_youtube_rest:
   url: 'http://yoursamsungtvlocalip:8080/ws/apps/YouTube'
   method: POST
   content_type: 'text/plain'
   payload: 'v={{ video_id }}'

Then call it as a service via automation, script, or compatible lovelace card:

automation:
- alias: 'Tiny Kittens'
  trigger:
    ...
  action:
    - service: rest_command.video_youtube_rest
      data:
        video_id: "RsZDdNDiq7Y"
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you could probably incorporate a text input where you could type or paste the video id.

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Then again, it seems far easier to find the YT video on your phone, then share/cast it to your TV.

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If we wanted to get really clever, we’d regex the v_id, so one could paste just id, or any of the bunch of ‘standard’ youtube urls out there (shortened, playlists, etc.).

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It’s usefull if you want to play a youtube video as part of a scene with lights and so on…

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At one stage you could actually buy fireplace and aquarium VHS tapes :slight_smile:

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guys, is this command for pre-tizen models? i have a tv from 2015 i think , H model

thnx in advance

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tried it, with code below

rest_command:
  video_youtube_fish:
    url: 'http://192.168.0.62:8080/ws/apps/YouTube'
    method: POST
    content_type: 'text/plain'
    payload: 'v=7Y7QaIQET0E'

fish:
  alias: Aquarium
  - service: rest_command.video_youtube_fish
  - delay: 00:00:01
  - service: media_player.play_media
    data:
      entity_id: media_player.ue55h6400
      media_content_type: send_key
      media_content_id: KEY_ENTER

But i receive:

2021-11-10 19:49:36 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.samsungtv] Unsupported media type

any idea?

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media_content_type

A media type. Must be one of music , tvshow , video , episode , channel or playlist

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I was using same script as thread starter? It worked for him? What should I use then?

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Read the first post then, you seem to need something called yaruba’s sendkey command, but there is no pointer to what on earth that is.

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That send key, is just an enter / ok button command, the error on my tv is already there from the rest command, so it’s already wrong there…

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Hi guys, I was trying this script to launch on my Samung TV with Tizen the YouTube video from HomeAssistant.

All the commands are working except the launching of the video :slight_smile:

I’m able to launch YouTube app on my TV from HomeAssistant (by sending empty POST to HTTP://myip:8080/ws/apps/YouTube/)

I’m able to send ENTER key (or any other available key) and TV reacts correctly.

But when I send “v” parameter in body of POST request with ID of some YT video, nothing happens.

Do you have some advice or idea for me? I would be really grateful! Thanks

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Same here , on pre-tizen model…
I get “something went wrong” , see some posts above

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In my case when I launch the script from the first message, Youtube app launch on my TV and the ENTER key is sent (so the first video I see in Youtube app is launched, because ENTER key launch it).

I tried to remove sending the ENTER key and in this case just Youtube app is launched and that’s it. “v” parameter is ignored and no video is played and I don’t see any message on my TV to approve something or some error.