home-assistant.io/source/_integrations/linkplay.markdown

title, description, ha_category, ha_domain, ha_zeroconf, ha_integration_type, ha_release, ha_codeowners, ha_config_flow, ha_platforms, ha_iot_class

title	description	ha_category	ha_domain	ha_zeroconf	ha_integration_type	ha_release	ha_codeowners	ha_config_flow	ha_platforms	ha_iot_class
LinkPlay	Connect and control your LinkPlay media players using the LinkPlay integration	Media player	linkplay	true	integration	2024.8	@Velleman	true	media_player button	Local Polling

The LinkPlay {% term integrations %} for Home Assistant allows you to control various media players based on the LinkPlay protocol. The integration supports auto-discovery on your local network through Zeroconf.

{% include integrations/config_flow.md %}

Features

Media Player

The media player entity offers robust controls and playback features from the media player integration and provides additionally:

• Preset playback: Play LinkPlay presets configured on the device using the action linkplay.play_preset.
• Multiroom: Combine multiple LinkPlay devices in a multiroom. Use the actions media_player.join and media_player.unjoin.

Buttons

The button entities provide some additional LinkPlay features available on the device:

• Time Sync: Synchronize the device's internal clock with the current time in Home Assistant.
• Restart Device: Reboot the device, allowing for convenient troubleshooting and maintenance.

Actions

The LinkPlay integration makes various custom actions available in addition to the standard media player actions.

Action linkplay.play_preset

Play a preset on a LinkPlay media player.

{% note %} Companion apps, such as 4stream, allow to save music presets (for example, Spotify playlists). This action can be used to start playing these presets. {% endnote %}

Data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	no	The speakers to target. To target all LinkPlay devices, use all.
preset_number	no	The number of the preset to play.