From b487c12ab12b59a55f21489d2a013df515116167 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:51:03 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove unreachable code in ESPHome media_players (#143203)

---
 homeassistant/components/esphome/entity.py       | 1 +
 homeassistant/components/esphome/media_player.py | 4 ----
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/homeassistant/components/esphome/entity.py b/homeassistant/components/esphome/entity.py
index ff08e5f578a..cace3a701cd 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/esphome/entity.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/esphome/entity.py
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ class EsphomeEntity(Entity, Generic[_InfoT, _StateT]):
     _static_info: _InfoT
     _state: _StateT
     _has_state: bool
+    device_entry: dr.DeviceEntry
 
     def __init__(
         self,
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/esphome/media_player.py b/homeassistant/components/esphome/media_player.py
index 4706ca2ff56..b05a453aca2 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/esphome/media_player.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/esphome/media_player.py
@@ -148,10 +148,6 @@ class EsphomeMediaPlayer(
         announcement: bool,
     ) -> str | None:
         """Get URL for ffmpeg proxy."""
-        if self.device_entry is None:
-            # Device id is required
-            return None
-
         # Choose the first default or announcement supported format
         format_to_use: MediaPlayerSupportedFormat | None = None
         for supported_format in supported_formats: