Hello, People!
I want to know if the vmdk image is usable with VMware Player. Currently, if I try to use the vmdk file, I get the following message: Error while opening the virtual machine: VMX file is corrupt.
Can someone help?
Open the .vmx file instead???
Where can I find the .vmx file? It is not linked in the download page.
The error that you posted above seemed to be saying that you were trying to have VMware launch a virtual disk file (.vmdk), and not the VM’s configuration file (.vmx). Common mistake with VMware.
Did you download the VMware .ova virtual appliance from here, which I assume contains both the .vmx file as well as the .vmdk file?
https://www.home-assistant.io/installation/alternative#download-the-appropriate-image
If I use the .ova file, I get the following error:
Error while converting to a virtual machine: SHA digest of file home-assistant.vmdk does not match manifest.
I’m hitting the same brick wall here. Did you ever get VMware Player to work?
If I try using the .vmdk file it complains and then generates an empty “-0” version.
If I try using the .ova file I get the SHA digest error.
I’m stumped 
@Omcsesz Shortly after posting my message I found the following article: https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/issues/1335
After reading this. I closed down VMware Player and edited the home assistant.vmx file and changed the following:
- Added a line in the file:
firmware = "efi" - Edited the
SCSI0:0.fileNameentry and changed it to the downloaded.vmdkdisk image filename
Opening VMware Player and clicking run then worked for me 
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