Sony Bavia integration questions

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Hi all,

after switching to HAs new Bravia intergration, I try to use it in a scene. What I want is that it is turned on with Netflix open.

I suspect that I need a script to start the Netflix App? But the docs here https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/braviatv/ dont tell me how to send any command there to start an app or something. Can I found those information somewhere?

Second thing I noticed: The integration is not able to power my TV on when it is off while it works fine with the older Bravia TV PSK integration (HACS installed integration). Anybody else with that problem?

With the Bravia PSK integration I can start Netflix in a script like this:

netflix_tv:
  sequence:
  - data:
      entity_id: media_player.bravia_psk
      media_content_id: Netflix
      media_content_type: tvshow
    service: media_player.play_media

But that script is not working with HAs Bravia integration.

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Sony BraviaTV integration treats apps as sources. Change the source to Netflix and Netflix app will start on your TV.

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Thank you.

However I switched back to use the custom integration Bravia PSK. It’s just working better and it is able to start my TV even when it was switched off for a while, what the official integration doesn’t seem to.

I often don’t understand why there are integrations built into HA that have much less functionality than existing custom integrations and that often don’t work as well as the custom integrations. Another example is Spotify. Had a custom integration that was working fine, now with the one that coms with Home Assistant, covers are not displayed any more and when they are, they are updated three songs later…

Kind regards

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Maybe because instead of submitting an issue or feature request on GitHub, users start using a different component? Developers can’t improve anything unless they know something is not working as it should.

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There is a difference: I don’t starting the custom integration, I was using it already, so why should I switch start using one that is not working as expected (answer: After an official integration is released, the development of the custom ones might end quite soon)? I think when there is one that is working really good, why is somebody doing it different again? If I would create such an integration, I would have a look at what is existing already.

However this is not about complaining because why should I cry about work that somebody else did for free? I am thankful about what is possible today and for everbody developing here. That are just my thoughts when I start using an integration that found it’s way in the official Home Assistant release and notice the custom integration I used before was working much better or had more functionality (it’s not the first time). In the end it might also still be possible that the error is somewhere else with me and not in the integration, but the remote power on problem is quite common and the Bravia PSK integration was the only one that solved it so far I think. And with the AndroidTV integration it is working, too.

But you are right and I will open an issue for that later. And this is also a mistake by me: I presume that whoever creates a HA integration will also read here, but of course you are right, the git is the right place for it.

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Or maybe I dont start an issue yet because while trying to reproduce it seems to be working…will try again when the TV was off for a few hours. Would of course be best when it just works :slight_smile: