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The media_extractor component gets an stream URL and send it to a media player entity.

To use the media extrator service in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
media_extractor:

{% linkable_title Use the service %}

Go the the "Developer Tools", then to "Call Service", and choose media_extractor/play_media from the list of available services. Fill the "Service Data" field as shown in the example below and hit "CALL SERVICE".

This will download the file from the given URL.

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	yes	Name(s) of entities to seek media on, eg. media_player.living_room_chromecast. Defaults to all.
media_content_id	no	The ID of the content to play. Platform dependent.
media_content_type	no	The type of the content to play. Must be one of MUSIC, TVSHOW, VIDEO, EPISODE, CHANNEL or PLAYLIST MUSIC.