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Simplify local media sources more info (#21153)

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Co-authored-by: Franck Nijhof <git@frenck.dev>
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@ -3,17 +3,28 @@ title: "Setting up local media sources"
description: "More information on how to set up local media sources in Home Assistant."
---
In order to use the media browser with Home Assistant, it needs to know where to
find your local media.
Home Assistant has a local media folder. Any audio or video files placed in this folder will be accessible via the media browser.
## Home Assistant OS and Supervised
The easiest way to manage your local media is using the {% my supervisor_addon title="Samba" addon="core_samba" %}.
No action is needed from your end to set it up. Home Assistant will
automatically use the "media" folder that is provided on these systems.
## Using custom folders
It is also possible to set up custom and additional media directories. To do
so, you'll need to adjust the [core configuration][basic-configuration].
This example adds the two media folders to Home Assistant:
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml
homeassistant:
media_dirs:
media: /media
recording: /mnt/recordings
```
## Home Assistant Container
If you run the Home Assistant Container in, for example, Docker, you'll need to
If you run the Home Assistant Container you'll need to
add a Docker volume mount to the Home Assistant container, to mount in
your local media.
@ -45,8 +56,7 @@ in a similar fashion as listed in the command above.
## Home Assistant Core
If you run Home Assistant Core directly in, for example, a Python virtual
environment, you'll need to create a media folder yourself.
If you run Home Assistant Core you'll need to create a media folder yourself.
By default, Home Assistant will look for the `media` folder inside your current
Home Assistant configuration folder.
@ -59,19 +69,4 @@ Then you'll need to create a media folder in that same path:
`/home/frenck/.homeassistant/media`
## Using custom folders
It is also possible to set up custom and additional media directories. To do
so, you'll need to adjust the [core configuration][basic-configuration].
This example adds the two media folders to Home Assistant:
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml
homeassistant:
media_dirs:
media: /media
recording: /mnt/recordings
```
[basic-configuration]: /docs/configuration/basic/#media_dirs