Variable use in a wait for trigger with more values

Configuration
1

Hi,

I like to check my variable mediaplayer statues. Options are idle and standby
I got it working for one option, but more than one option is ok.
Can somebody help?

this one works for one value

          - wait_for_trigger:
              - platform: template
                value_template: "{{ is_state(mplayer, \"idle\") }}"
            enabled: true

tried more values

          - wait_for_trigger:
              - platform: template
                value_template: "{{ states(mplayer) in ["standby", "idle"] }}"
            enabled: true
2

The issue is your use of double-quotes both inside and outside the curly braces. You can use either single quotes or double quotes in either location, just make sure you use a one kind outside and the other kind inside:

          - wait_for_trigger:
              - platform: template
                value_template: "{{ states(mplayer) in ['standby', 'idle'] }}"
            enabled: true

Otherwise you have to use \ to escape as shown in your “one value” example.

3

ahh, learned again!
Does this value_template with states instead of is_state also gives a true or false ?

4

The the answer to the in() test renders true or false, the states() function alone provides the string to be tested. You can also use a list of states when using the is_state() function:

"{{ is_state(mplayer, ['standby', 'idle']) }}"

5

When i put it all together, it still does not work ok.
I want to set te volume for my nest and wait till its ready.
When i disable the sequence nr 2, wait for trigger and use a delay it works. But a delay isnt a good option. When i disable the delay and use the trigger is does not sound…

alias: Play_alarm_wav
variables:
  beep: "{{ beep if beep is defined else 1 }}"
  wacht: "{{ wacht if wacht is defined else 1 }}"
  beeps: "{{ beeps if beeps is defined else 0 }}"
  wachts: "{{ wachts if wachts is defined else 0 }}"
  volume: "{{ volume if volume is defined else 0.5 }}"
  mplayer: >-
    {{ mplayer if mplayer is defined else
    'media_player.chromecast_huiskamer_nest' }}
sequence:
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    data:
      volume_level: "{{volume}}"
    target:
      entity_id: "{{mplayer}}"
    enabled: true
  - wait_for_trigger:
      - platform: template
        value_template: "{{ is_state(mplayer, ['standby', 'idle']) }}"
    enabled: true
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: "{{wacht}}"
      milliseconds: 0
    enabled: false
6

Are you sure this is the right type of trigger for what you are trying to do? What state is the media player in prior and/or during the volume change? For the template trigger to work, the media player must change from a state that is not either ‘standby’ or ‘idle’ to ‘standby’ or ‘idle’… a change between those two states or remaining in either of those states will not cause the trigger to fire.

7

exactly!
problem seems to be the mediaplayer and its state changes…
good news is that i can reuse your solutions in another part.
for this part i use the delay