Print all the attributes and values of Plex sensor

Configuration
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you can try something like this:

{% set player = states('media_player.shield') %} 
{% set user = state_attr('media_player.shield', 'session_username') %}
{% set media = state_attr('media_player.shield', 'media_title') %}
{% if player in [ 'playing','paused'] %}
  {% if is_state_attr('media_player.shield', 'media_content_type', 'music') %}
    {{ user}} {{ player }} {{ state_attr('media_player.shield', 'media_artist') }} - {{media }} (From {{ state_attr('media_player.shield', 'media_album_name') }})
  {% elif is_state_attr('media_player.shield', 'media_content_type', 'tvshow') %}
    {{ user }} {{ player }} {{ state_attr('media_player.shield', 'media_series_title') }} S{{ state_attr('media_player.shield', 'media_season') }}E{{ state_attr('media_player.shield', 'media_episode') }} - {{media }} (From {{ state_attr('media_player.shield', 'media_library_name') }})
  {% elif is_state_attr('media_player.shield', 'media_content_type', 'movie') %}
    {{ user }} {{ player }} {{ media }} (From {{ state_attr('media_player.shield', 'media_library_name') }})
  {% else %}
    {{ user}} {{ player }} unknown: {{ media }}
  {% endif %}
{% else %}
  Idle
{% endif %}

which is somewhat smaller. Im sure the rest can be shortened also, but it would probably require some more work…

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Let me take a step back. By default I get a sensor that displays how many viewers are watching. If I click on that sensor I can than see what they are each watching. Why is it difficult to have that information displayed as well without the need to click on it?

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If you go to “Developer Tools” > “States”, anything you see there can be pulled in to a template sensor.
The trick is that homeassistant does extra magic to show what’s in the UI so you don’t always have access to the magic.

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silly of me to forget, to post this:

{% if states('sensor.plex') != '0' %}
  {%- for attr in states.sensor.plex.attributes %}
    {%- if not attr in ['friendly_name', 'unit_of_measurement','custom_ui_state_card','icon','supported_features','entity_picture'] %}
                  {{attr}} is watching {{states.sensor.plex.attributes[attr]}}
     {%- endif %}
   {%- endfor %}
 {% else %} Watching Plex: {{states('sensor.plex')}}
{% endif%}

which works just fine, why don’t you have a look if this is something you can use

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Tested that here with a single user playing and it works. @teitelbot this looks like your solution.

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Thank You. Works great. Anyway I can get it to show a pic instead of text, the way it shows up in plex?

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not that easily i am afraid.
You can get the images of the individual media_players like this:

        entity_picture_template: >
         {% if states('media_player.plex_telefoon') == 'playing' %}
            {{state_attr('media_player.plex_telefoon','entity_picture')}}
         {% else %} /local/various/plex.png
         {% endif %}

but these players are created dynamically, so you would need to give it some thought how to incorporate that in to the sensor I shared above, considering that is not targeting a single media_player.

the individual player looks like this:

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