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

title	description	ha_category	ha_release	ha_iot_class	ha_domain	ha_platforms	ha_integration_type	related	ha_quality_scale
Channels	Instructions on how to integrate Channels into Home Assistant.	Media player	0.65	Local Polling	channels	media_player	integration	docs title /docs/configuration/ Configuration file	legacy

The Channels platform allows you to control Channels from Home Assistant. Play, pause, seek, or skip commercials on an instance of Channels that is running on your network.

Your favorite channels will appear as sources in the Source List in Home Assistant.

Configuration

To add Channels to your installation, add the following to your {% term "configuration.yaml" %} file. {% include integrations/restart_ha_after_config_inclusion.md %}

# Example configuration.yaml entry
media_player:
  - platform: channels
    name: Family Room Channels
    host: 192.168.1.50

{% configuration %} host: description: The IP address of the device running Channels, e.g., 192.168.1.50. required: true type: string port: description: The port where Channels is accessible. required: false default: 57000 type: integer name: description: The name of the Channels instance in Home Assistant, e.g., Family Room Channels. required: false default: Channels type: string {% endconfiguration %}

Action seek_forward

Seek forward by the number of seconds currently set in settings on the instance of Channels.

Data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	no	String that points at entity_id of Channels app.

Action seek_backward

Seek backward by the number of seconds currently set in settings on the instance of Channels.

Data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	no	String that points at entity_id of Channels app.

Action seek_by

Seek forward or backward by a provided number of seconds.

Data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	no	String that points at entity_id of Channels app.
seconds	no	Number of seconds to seek in the timeline by. Negative seconds seeks backwards.