What is Best Way to do Not Condition in Automation

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Hello there,

What is the correct way to do ‘not’ condition in Hass?
Here is an example of what im trying to achieve:

  • there is automation that is if the sensor detects motion then switch on the lights.
  • i want this automation to only work if chromecast is not in ‘playing’ state. If it is playing - dont switch on lights.

One of the way to do this is to create many or conditions, ie chromecast state is: idle,paused,off.
But is there any way to just say it is not playing?

If there is no such way is there a way to say in one line that chromecast state is in (idle,paused,off) like we do in SQL for example.

Thanks,
Alex

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condition:
  condition: template
  value_template: "{{ not is_state('media.XXX', 'playing') }}"
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