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

title, description, ha_category, ha_release, ha_quality_scale, ha_domain, ha_iot_class

title	description	ha_category	ha_release	ha_quality_scale	ha_domain	ha_iot_class
Media Player	Instructions on how to setup your media players with Home Assistant.	Media Player	0.7	internal	media_player

Interacts with media players on your network.

Services

Media control services

Available services: turn_on, turn_off, toggle, volume_up, volume_down, volume_set, volume_mute, media_play_pause, media_play, media_pause, media_stop, media_next_track, media_previous_track, clear_playlist, shuffle_set, repeat_set, play_media, select_source, select_sound_mode

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	yes	Target a specific media player. To target all media players, use all.

Service media_player.volume_mute

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	yes	Target a specific media player. To target all media players, use all.
is_volume_muted	no	True/false for mute/unmute

Service media_player.volume_set

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	yes	Target a specific media player. To target all media players, use all.
volume_level	no	Float for volume level. Range 0..1

Service media_player.media_seek

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	yes	Target a specific media player. To target all media players, use all.
seek_position	no	Position to seek to. The format is platform dependent.

Service media_player.play_media

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	yes	Target a specific media player. To target all media players, use all.
media_content_id	no	A media identifier. The format of this is integration dependent. For example, you can provide URLs to Sonos and Cast but only a playlist ID to iTunes.
media_content_type	no	A media type. Must be one of music, tvshow, video, episode, channel or playlist. For example, to play music you would set media_content_type to music.

Service media_player.select_source

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	yes	Target a specific media player. To target all media players, use all.
source	no	Name of the source to switch to. Platform dependent.

Service media_player.select_sound_mode

Currently only supported on Denon AVR and Songpal.

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	yes	Target a specific media player. For example media_player.marantz
sound_mode	no	Name of the sound mode to switch to. Platform dependent.

Service media_player.shuffle_set

Currently only supported on Sonos, Spotify, MPD, Kodi, Roon, Squeezebox and Universal.

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	yes	Target a specific media player. For example media_player.spotify
shuffle	no	true/false for enabling/disabling shuffle

Service media_player.repeat_set

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	yes	Target a specific media player. For example media_player.kitchen
repeat	no	off/all/one for setting repeat mode

Device Class

The way media players are displayed in the frontend can be modified in the customize section. The following device classes are supported for media players:

• tv: Device is a television type device.
• speaker: Device is speaker or stereo type device.