[WORKAROUND] Source list not showing up in universal media_player

Jmi · March 19, 2021, 8:37am

Hello,

I have some universal media_player used to select some action to perform in Apple HomeKit.
Unfortunatelly since a few time the list of source doesn’t show anymore in Home Assistant (and therefore in Homekit)
It’s quite strange because it was working fine… and then stopped.

Here is my configuration

in configuration.yaml

media_player:
  - platform: universal
    name: Chauffage 
    commands:
      turn_on:
        service: input_select.select_option 
        entity_id: input_select.chauffage 
        data:
          option: Normal
      turn_off:
        service: input_select.select_option 
        entity_id: input_select.chauffage 
        data:
          option: Eté
      select_source:
        service: input_select.select_option
        data_template:
          entity_id: input_select.chauffage
          option: >-
            {% if source == 'Normal' %}
              Normal 
            {% elif source == 'Confinement' %}
              Confinement
            {% elif source == 'Visite' %}
              Visite 
            {% elif source == 'Présent' %}
              Présent
            {% elif source == 'Télétravail' %}
              Télétravail
            {% elif source == 'Absence longue' %}
              Absence longue
            {% elif source == 'Absence courte' %}
              Absence courte
            {% elif source == 'Eté' %}
              Eté
            {% else %}
              Normal 
            {% endif %}
    attributes:
      state: input_boolean.homekit_chauffage
      source: input_select.chauffage

in input_select.yaml

chauffage:
  name: Etats du Chauffage
  icon: mdi:home-minus
  options:
   - Normal
   - Confinement
   - Visite
   - Présent
   - Télétravail
   - Absence courte
   - Absence longue
   - Eté

in customize.yaml

chauffage:
  name: Etats du Chauffage
  icon: mdi:home-minus
  options:
   - Normal
   - Confinement
   - Visite
   - Présent
   - Télétravail
   - Absence courte
   - Absence longue
   - Eté

And the result which unfortunatelly doesn’t show the list of sources anymore

0xFelix · March 21, 2021, 5:54pm

For what it’s worth, I got the same problem after upgrading to 2021.3.x

petro · March 21, 2021, 6:00pm

universal media player typically only shows controls when the device is on.

0xFelix · March 21, 2021, 6:53pm

This did work previously and volume controls are still shown when the device is on. Only source selection is missing.

Jmi · March 21, 2021, 8:36pm

I openned a bug, since it’s a regression compared to previous versions : https://github.com/home-assistant/frontend/issues/8673

Jmi · June 19, 2021, 4:09pm

Did someone find a solution to this issue ?

Jmi · July 22, 2021, 9:02pm

Adding a children: entry, I managed to get it working again.

petro · July 23, 2021, 11:02am

Can you please use home assistant lingo and explain what you did so other users coming to this thread can work around the issue? Thanks.

Jmi · July 23, 2021, 1:28pm

What is home assistant lingo ?
As explained above, I added one entry in the configuration of the media_player config to indicate that one entity is used as a children.

From :

media_player:
  - platform: universal
    name: Chauffage
    commands:
      turn_on:
        service: input_select.select_option 
        entity_id: input_select.chauffage 
        data:
          option: Normal
      turn_off:
        service: input_select.select_option 
        entity_id: input_select.chauffage 
        data:
          option: Eté
      select_source:
        service: input_select.select_option
        data_template:
          entity_id: input_select.chauffage
          option: >-
            {% if source == 'Normal' %}
              Normal 
            {% elif source == 'Confinement' %}
              Confinement
            {% elif source == 'Visite' %}
              Visite 
            {% elif source == 'Présent' %}
              Présent
            {% elif source == 'Télétravail' %}
              Télétravail
            {% elif source == 'Absence longue' %}
              Absence longue
            {% elif source == 'Absence courte' %}
              Absence courte
            {% elif source == 'Eté' %}
              Eté
            {% else %}
              Normal 
            {% endif %}
    attributes:
      state: input_boolean.homekit_chauffage
      source: input_select.chauffage

To (search for children)

media_player:
  - platform: universal
    name: Chauffage
    children:
      - media_player.cuisine
    commands:
      turn_on:
        service: input_select.select_option 
        entity_id: input_select.chauffage 
        data:
          option: Normal
      turn_off:
        service: input_select.select_option 
        entity_id: input_select.chauffage 
        data:
          option: Eté
      select_source:
        service: input_select.select_option
        data_template:
          entity_id: input_select.chauffage
          option: >-
            {% if source == 'Normal' %}
              Normal 
            {% elif source == 'Confinement' %}
              Confinement
            {% elif source == 'Visite' %}
              Visite 
            {% elif source == 'Présent' %}
              Présent
            {% elif source == 'Télétravail' %}
              Télétravail
            {% elif source == 'Absence longue' %}
              Absence longue
            {% elif source == 'Absence courte' %}
              Absence courte
            {% elif source == 'Eté' %}
              Eté
            {% else %}
              Normal 
            {% endif %}
    attributes:
      state: input_boolean.homekit_chauffage
      source: input_select.chauffage```

petro · July 23, 2021, 1:34pm

Thanks, this lingo was unclear to me, and potentially others:

The lingo I would expect: “I added a media_player entity_id to children”

0xFelix · August 2, 2021, 4:50pm

Got a different problem then but also found a solution. Currently it is important to not use whitespace when defining the source_list attribute.

See home-assistant/core#53804

0xFelix · August 18, 2021, 8:00am

Fixed in 2021.8.7

skynet-network · February 8, 2023, 8:53pm

service: media_player.select_source
data:
  source: Netflix
target:
  entity_id: media_player.sony_bravia_tv

Open a app like Netflix work in the media player pick th application and it works but not in service