Media player

The media player integration is how Home Assistant controls speakers, televisions, receivers and everything else that plays.

Home Assistant has volume up and volume down, but how far those go is up to the player: its own step, or the press of its own button. Spook adds a step you choose.

Devices & entities¶

Spook does not provide any new devices or entities for this integration.

Actions¶

Spook adds the following new actions to your Home Assistant instance:

Increase volume¶

Turn a media player’s volume up by exactly the step you give, stopping at full volume.

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action: media_player.increase_volume
target:
  entity_id: media_player.kitchen
data:
  step: 5

Decrease volume¶

Turn a media player’s volume down by exactly the step you give, stopping at silent.

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action: media_player.decrease_volume
target:
  entity_id: media_player.kitchen
data:
  step: 10

Both actions work the same way:

• The step is required, in percent of full volume, and need not be a whole one: 2.5 is a fine step. A step that would go past full volume or silence stops there.

• Home Assistant’s own media_player.volume_up and media_player.volume_down remain for when the player’s own step will do.

• Muting is left alone: turning the volume of a muted player changes the level it comes back at.

Repairs¶

Spook has no repair detections for this integration.