Smartthings problem With Samsung TV ( tvchannelname )

[ShadowFist]

@Jessev83

That other Samsung integration does not have that option

I don’t own a Samsung TV, but I had a quick look at the local integration and it should have support for both the media_content_id (Channel number) and media_channel (channel name), since it uses the generic media player.

I think your problem is that you’re expecting the channel to show as a separate sensor when in fact it is now an attribute of the media player entity.

If you still have the local integration installed, it’s easy to verify this:

• Turn on your TV & switch to any channel
• In HA, go to Developer tools > States tab, search for media_player & find the entity created by the Samsung Smart Tv integration.
• Look under the attributes column on the right - it should show you the channel details.

@Frank_Beetz

write a little script in HA with the following content

I think this can be massively simplified by calling the dedicated service to change channels inside the medial player according to the docs

action: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id: media_player.samsung_tv
data:
  media:
    media_content_id: 590
    media_content_type: channel

[Frank_Beetz]

@ShadowFist

I think this can be massively simplified by calling the dedicated service to change channels inside the medial player according to the docs

action: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id: media_player.samsung_tv
data:
  media:
    media_content_id: 590
    media_content_type: channel

Hi ShadoFist

tried your script and (at least on my TV -around 2016) ,it does not work.
The TV just responds with a message on the OSD saying 4 times “NOT AVAILABLE”

But thanks anyway for the idea of a different approach.

[Frank_Beetz]

@ShadowFist

I don’t own a Samsung TV, but I had a quick look at the local integration and it should have support for both the media_content_id (Channel number) and media_channel (channel name), since it uses the generic media player.

I think your problem is that you’re expecting the channel to show as a separate sensor when in fact it is now an attribute of the media player entity.

If you still have the local integration installed, it’s easy to verify this:

• Turn on your TV & switch to any channel
• In HA, go to Developer tools > States tab, search for media_player & find the entity created by the Samsung Smart Tv integration.
• Look under the attributes column on the right - it should show you the channel details.

Tried that and unfortunately you don’t get much through the attributes:

[ShadowFist]

I half expected that based on your previous reply. Looks like your TV doesn’t expose the channel as part of the attributes