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Jon Maddox 5b8ec9986f add docs for Channels media player (#4842) 
* add docs for Channels media player

* note about favorite channels

* Minor cleanup
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page Channels Instructions on how to integrate Channels into Home Assistant. 2018-03-06 11:00 true false true true channels.png Media Player 0.65.0 Local Polling

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.

To add Channels to your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

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

Configuration variables:

  • host (Required): The IP of the device running Channels, e.g., 192.168.1.50
  • port (Optional): The port where Channels is accessible, defaults to 57000.
  • name (Optional): The name of the Channels instance in Home Assistant, eg. Family Room Channels. Defaults to Channels.

{% linkable_title Service channels_seek_forward %}

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

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

{% linkable_title Service channels_seek_backward %}

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

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

{% linkable_title Service channels_seek_by %}

Seek forward or backward by a provided number of seconds.

Service 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.