Hey all, very new and trying to figure this out.
media_player:
media_player:
So if I have two, I would set them up like this?
They have appeared, but they have the same name. How do I name them properly?
Just add the optional “name” tag see https://www.home-assistant.io/components/media_player.yamaha/
- platform: Yamaha
name: Bedroom
host: 192.168.190.11
source_names:
HDMI1: “Living Room TV”Ok cool, thanks for that!
So the other thing, if I have the Alexa skill enabled. Will that become the name that shows up in smart home devices.
Also naming HDMI does not seem to actually do anything. When I look at the device in the dashboard it still lists the sources as what they are ie HDMI 1
I am curently using HA Bridge to control this; Alexa turn on the Bedroom Alexa; turns the amp on and swtiches it to AV4 on the bedroom amp.
Same thing for the firetv.
How would I set that up here?
Again, thanks for the help 
Ok the name thing doesn’t seem to work?
# Yamaha Lounge
media_player:
- platform: Yamaha
name: "Living Room Stereo"
host: 192.168.190.11
source_names:
HDMI1: "Living Room TV"
I have restarted HASS and doesn’t seem to change
Ok, seems my indentation was messed up; getting a green tick now;
BUT, the names still have not changed
media_player:
- platform: Yamaha
name: "Living Room Stereo"
host: 192.168.190.11
source_names:
HDMI1: "Living Room TV"
- platform: Yamaha
name: "Bedroom Stereo"
host: 192.168.190.12
source_names:
HDMI1: "Fire TV"
AV4: "BedRoom Alexa"
So after removing, restart, readd.
I now get nothing.
How can I see the logs?
Not sure if this has anything to do with it?
Log Details (ERROR)
Thu Aug 09 2018 18:26:09 GMT+1000 (Australian Eastern Standard Time)
Error doing job: Task exception was never retrieved
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 210, in async_update_ha_state
state = self.state
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 394, in state
return STATE_ON if self.is_on else STATE_OFF
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/light/hue.py", line 268, in is_on
return self.light.state['any_on']
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/aiohue/groups.py", line 44, in state
return self.raw['state']
KeyError: 'state'
Also this ;
Testing configuration at /config
Failed config
General Errors:
- Platform not found: media_player.Yamaha
Successful config (partial)
Try
media_player:
- platform: yamaha
Notice the lower-case ‘y’ in Yamaha?
Python and Linux are both case sensitive.
you need to use lower case and you need correct indenting. This is my conifg:
media_player:
- platform: yamaha
host: !secret yamaha_host
source_ignore:
- AV1
- AV2
- AV3
- AV4
- AV5
- AV6
- Pandora
- Rhapsody
- SiriusXM
- Spotify
- Tuner
- USB
- V-AUX
source_names:
HDMI1: "Xbox One"
HDMI2: "Playstation 4"
HDMI3: "Wii U"
HDMI4: "PC"
HDMI5: "Switch"
AUDIO1: "Phone"
AUDIO2: "Echo"OK,
I think I got it now, I had copied it from the web and it seems the config files are super sensitive. So pasting into notepad before pasting into the config file seems to have worked better.
So I have the name right and I seem to be able to control and name the inputs so, all good.
Now I have to work out how this works with alexa
Thanks all for your help, I really appreciate it!
Hi, I wonder if you could help me a bit. I have an automation that detects when the Yamaha AV amplifier is switched on and selects a light scene which works perfectly thus:
configuration.yaml:
media_player:
- platform: yamaha
host: '192.168.0.102'
automations.yaml:
- alias: TV On Turn On light Scene
initial_state: true
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: media_player.yamaha_receiver
to: 'on'
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: sun.sun
state: below_horizon
action:
service: scene.turn_on
entity_id: scene.tv_viewing
I want to create some more light scenes based on the input that’s selected, for example a different lighting scene for the Playstation or the Apple TV, so I used the same logic, but its not working, so it seems the method of detecting the selected input may be different from the “on” indication. Has anyone any ideas where I’m going wrong?
automations.yaml:
- alias: Apple TV Scene
initial_state: true
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: media_player.yamaha_receiver
to: 'HDMI1'
# condition:
# - condition: state
# entity_id: sun.sun
# state: below_horizon
action:
service: scene.turn_on
entity_id: scene.hdmi01
Many thanks for anyone with an Idea of what I’ve missed. BTW The scenes work perfectly if manually selected, the issue is detecting the status from the Amplifier.
Best regards,
Justin
the source is not the main state of an entity, which is the root cause of your problem. You’ll need a template trigger for that.
- platform: template
value_template: >
{{ is_state_attr('media_player.yamaha_receiver', 'source', 'HDMI1') }}
Petro, many thanks, I’ll give that a go.
Justin
Petro, many thanks indeed! Worked perfectly, You’ve also given me a clue to how to do a few more things too. Many thanks indeed. Justin
Hi guys,
I’m struggling with lovelace mediaplayer card. I think, like Hass says me, that I don’t have a unique entity id for my receiver and that’s probably the cause of this mess.
Have you done anything similar or do you have a way to fill an entity id for a yamaha receiver ? I whish to get my mediaplayer card working.
Here is my yaml declaration:
- platform: yamaha
host: 10.10.1.39
name: "Yamaha RX-775 Salon"
source_ignore:
- "AUX"
- "AV1"
- "AV2"
- "AV3"
- "AV4"
- "AV5"
- "AV6"
- "AUDIO1"
- "AUDIO2"
- "PHONO"
- "V-AUX"
- "HDMI4"
- "HDMI5"
- "Napster"
- "Spotify"
- "TUNER"
source_names:
HDMI1: "Mibox 3S"
HDMI2: "PlayStation 3"
HDMI3: "Wii U"
SERVER: "Serveurs"
NET RADIO: "Web Radios"
zone_ignore:
- "Zone2"
zone_names:
Main: "Salon"
Best regards,
Ismaël
I have pretty much the same configuration you do above and have no issue with the core Lovelace media player card or this one (my preferred):
I’m conforted that you have similar configuration ! It should be working then … I’ll give it another try with both default lovelace media player and the Mini Media Player Maybe it’s my cards that are not well configured …
Thanks
Post your Lovelace card config here if you have any issues.
Thanks tom_l, I made it work based on your Mini Media Player link ! Now I have plenty time to make it more usefull than default behaviour