Sony Bravia media player as Homekit television with source list

maartenpaauw · August 10, 2019, 10:00am

I’m trying to setup my Sony Bravia TV as a Homekit Television. Here is my configuration.

homekit.yaml

filter:
  include_entities:
    - media_player.tv
entity_config:
  media_player.tv:
    name: Televisie
    feature_list:
      - feature: on_off
      - feature: play_pause
      - feature: play_stop
      - feature: toggle_mute

tv.yaml (customizations)

media_player.tv: 
  friendly_name: Televisie
  icon: mdi:television
  device_class: tv
  source_list: [HDMI 1, HDMI 3]

It shows up as a Homekit television but I can’t get the source list to work. It stays empty. When I add source_list with an array of [HDMI 1, HDMI 3] it will show up as separated Homekit entities which doesn’t do anything.

Here are some screenshots for further explanation:

What am I doing wrong?

A320Peter · August 10, 2019, 3:04pm

I had the same. Exclude your media player from HomeKit and restart Home Assistant so it will disappear completely from HomeKit. Then remove the exclusion and restart HA again. For me it solved the problem. Additionally I also removed the feature_list from the entity_config and it works without it. However I have a different TV.

BFrijns · August 10, 2019, 8:30pm

the above i removed. Then i quoted out the TV entity and config. Restarted HASS. After that included the tv. My config looks like this:

filter:
  include_entities:
    - switch.shenzhen_neo_electronics_co_ltd_wall_switch_2_channels_switch
    - media_player.tv
entity_config:
  media_player.tv:
    name: TV Slaapkamer
    feature_list:
      - feature: on_off

After a reboot it looked like this in the Apple Homekit. (iOS 13 beta):

Hopes it help

maartenpaauw · August 10, 2019, 11:05pm

Thank you so much @BFrijns and @A320Peter! I did what you both told me to do. I figured out the entity_config list isn’t even needed. I removed it and it is working.

BFrijns · August 11, 2019, 5:29am

Thanks Maarten. I also removed the entity config. It is always nice to have as less config as needed
Works perfect.

juul · August 14, 2019, 7:48am

Interesting thread. So with a HomePod and IOS13 you can turn the TV on via Siri - Cool!
But how do you configure access to the TV? I have phillips tv, and have this in config:

media_player:
  - platform: philips_js
    host: <Ip address>

However, this “only” provides access to the “Android part” of the TV (i.e. Chromecast).
How do you gain access to the “TV”?, to e.g. switch between HDMI ports?

maartenpaauw · August 14, 2019, 2:18pm

Via customizations add device_class: tv. This will turn it into a Homekit Television.

maartenpaauw · August 14, 2019, 2:19pm

Here is my code (via github).

github.com

maartenpaauw/home-assistant-config/blob/942074c1664b88db184a4aace0f953c20ea44439/customizations/entities/media_player.tv.yaml#L4-L8


media_player.tv: 
  friendly_name: Televisie
  icon: mdi:television
  device_class: tv
  source_list: [HDMI 1, HDMI 3, HDMI 4]

juul · August 15, 2019, 6:10am

Hi - I already used your customization to make the TV appear in the Homekit. The button is there, but does not affect the TV.
What my question was - how do you “connect” to TV? I mean, don’t you need to enter IP address and other stuff in the configuration.yaml?
In other words: How does your system know what device media_player.tv is?

juul · August 15, 2019, 6:16am

Ahh - Got it. Found this on your GitHub:

platform: braviatv
host: !secret media_player_tv_host
name: TV

I guess this is it?

maartenpaauw · August 17, 2019, 1:07pm

No this is the part where I connect my Bravia TV as Media Player. See my previous comment. Thats the part where I register my TV as Homekit TV.

juul · August 18, 2019, 7:48am

Hey - Thanks for staying with me…
But, I am not sure I get it… Can you register your TV as a Homekit TV without having it connected as a media player?
In other words, is this the process?

Connect the TV as media player (in configuration.yaml)
Setup overall Homekit implementation (in configuration.yaml)
Register the media player as homekit TV (in customization.yaml)
or ??

maartenpaauw · August 18, 2019, 12:15pm

The steps you described are correct.

juul · August 19, 2019, 8:36pm

Thanks - I am still puzzled… How is the TV in HomeKit connected to the “Media player TV”?
In other words: How is

platform: braviatv
host: !secret media_player_tv_host
name: TV

connected to

media_player.tv: 
  friendly_name: Televisie
  icon: mdi:television
  device_class: tv
  source_list: [HDMI 1, HDMI 3]

??

What is the key field between these? How does HomeKit know that “Televisie” is the Bravia TV??

juul · August 19, 2019, 8:54pm

Got it now (I think/hope).
media_player.tv is the entity ID given by HA when registering it as a media player.

maartenpaauw · August 22, 2019, 5:38am

That’s correct. The entity is is based on the name you give.

Harry2 · November 16, 2019, 3:03pm

Hi thats interesting. Could you explain a couple of steps.
Where to put the customize thing? where to put the tv yaml. thanks

maartenpaauw · November 23, 2019, 1:16pm

It’s messed up for my current configuration (with the new ios). I need to fix it again .

masip85 · February 28, 2020, 12:12am

Is there any way to add the apps like Netflix or hbo in this config?

FlavorFX · March 2, 2020, 4:34pm

Did you make it again after iOS update? I tried it but I failed. HomeKit does not show TV.
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