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[mattkhan]

If we can get https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,139872.0.html implemented then it will be possible to include images like so

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/flex-table-card/461173/45

[sjhilton]

latest version includes 2 additional sets of sensors

sensor.<mediaserver>_<zone>_audio_is_direct
a boolean showing whether audio playback is direct or not

sensor.<mediaserver>_<zone>_playlist
a sensor with extra attributes which is a list of items from the current playlist in that zone

I'm not sure if this format is ideal for rendering, it's probably usable in a markdown card using some template or you could install https://community.home-assistant.io/t/flex-table-card/461173 like so

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views:
  - title: Home
    cards:
      - type: custom:flex-table-card
        entities:
          include:
            - sensor.paradroid_music_playlist
        columns:
          - name: Artist
            data: entries
            modify: x.Artist
          - name: Album
            data: entries
            modify: x.Album
          - name: '#'
            data: entries
            modify: 'x[''Track #'']'
          - name: Name
            data: entries
            modify: x.Name
    type: custom:vertical-layout

if there's some other format that makes more sense and/or some good card to use for it then do share that

Thanks mattkhan - this looks great - my only suggestion would be to try to add a play icon in a separate column where the track/item is playing now. I've tried doing this with a few different cards, including this one and unfortunately haven't been able to figure it out. (In response to your next post - agree it would be great to have access to the image file somehow)

[mattkhan]

Perhaps, you could probably do that yourself by creating an extra column formatted as appropriate

[mattkhan]

another way to handle this playing now situation is via https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,139901.0.html if that gets implemented

[mattkhan]

latest version adds ImageURL as an attribute on each entry (which gives a url to get a small thumbnail so you can include the pic in the playlist if you want to)

[mattkhan]

another update to support Playing Now in the remote view definitions (though it doesn't work properly yet due to a bug on the MC side) requires 33.0.37 to have this option available

[sjhilton]

I've developed a new playlist card. Playing now track is bold and current time elapsed displays in brackets. This is based on the new playlist sensor. You can also add a player entity at the top (generic HA one). If anyone's interested please let me know and I'll share the code. This uses custom:hui-element with a markdown card

[avpman]

Is there a Playing Now view available showing all the tracks queued? If so, I can't find it. It would be a great addition.

Did this get added? Sorry, I'm a little behind in the updates.

[sjhilton]

Hi mattkhan - I'm not sure if this is feasible, but it would be great to have either a search or filter function. Eg a filter function that could be applied to the 'browse media' popup when it opens. I've tried crafting my own with a variety of different custom cards and javascript, but it's proven quite difficult to get working. Just a thought.

That's probably the last thing I can think of from a usability perspective. The HA integration is certainly now my preferred way of interacting with MC and my library. Thanks for all of your work on this.

[mattkhan]

Did this get added? Sorry, I'm a little behind in the updates.

the data is there, you need to configure some view yourself to display that

[mattkhan]

Hi mattkhan - I'm not sure if this is feasible, but it would be great to have either a search or filter function. Eg a filter function that could be applied to the 'browse media' popup when it opens. I've tried crafting my own with a variety of different custom cards and javascript, but it's proven quite difficult to get working. Just a thought.

yes definitely, this is a big gap in the media browse feature in the HA UI (along with the ability to customise what information is shown) and the main thing missing from my old custom UI. It's a moderately sized undertaking to create such a custom card though and I don't like javascript very much so haven't been inclined to make one yet.

[avpman]

the data is there, you need to configure some view yourself to display that

Hopefully, someone could share what they've done. I'm still relatively new to HomeAssistant and have no idea how to accomplish this.

[mattkhan]

Hopefully, someone could share what they've done. I'm still relatively new to HomeAssistant and have no idea how to accomplish this.

there was a basic example in https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,137808.msg969917.html#msg969917

sjhilton's version looks nicer (I made no attempt to format mine, it was just to illustrate)

[sjhilton]

Here is the code for mine. The square bracketed sections need to be completed with your player entity/custom text and the comments are for further explanation. Any questions please let me know.

(This should have the odd formatting fixed as well, which I fixed using https://onlineyamltools.com/minify-yaml and removing additional \n entries. I think this is a quirk of the YAML editor in HA.)

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type: entities
entities:
  - entity: media_player.[entity] # this bit is optional if you wanted to have a player function integrated. I didn't include this in mine as I use mini media player. It could be improved.
    name: [insert text]
  - type: custom:hui-element # this custom card needs to be installed using HACS or manually
    card_type: markdown
    content: >
      ## [Your title]

      {% for track in state_attr('sensor.[name]_playlist',
      'entries') %} {% if is_state_attr('media_player.[name]',
      'media_title', track.Name) %} **{{ track.Name }}** <span
      style="margin-left: 10px; font-size: smaller; display: block; margin-top:
      -8px;">
        {{ track["Track #"] }} - {{ track.Artist }} - {{ track.Album }} - {{ '%02d:%02d' % (track.Duration // 60, track.Duration % 60) }} ({{ '%02d:%02d' % (state_attr('media_player.[name]', 'media_position') // 60, state_attr('media_player.[name]', 'media_position') % 60) }})
      </span> {% else %} {{ track.Name }} <span style="margin-left: 10px;
      font-size: smaller; display: block; margin-top: -8px;">
        {{ track["Track #"] }} - {{ track.Artist }} - {{ track.Album }} - {{ '%02d:%02d' % (track.Duration // 60, track.Duration % 60) }}
      </span> {% endif %} <br> {% endfor %}
visibility: # Completely optional - I made my playlist disappear if media isn't playing. Delete these lines if you don't want to do this.
  - condition: state
    entity: media_player.[name]
    state: playing


[rhgh]

Home Assistant MC version 0.3.3
Media Center Windows 32.0.58
Since today the following error message
Setup failed, will try again: unhandled errors in a TaskGroup (1 sub-exception)
no devices and no entities.
Home Assistant log as attachment
Reinhard

[mattkhan]

looks like it is timing out when trying to talk to MC, implies problem at MC end

every error is during a call to MCWS/v1/Playback/Info

in your log you can see the timeout as

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2024-10-31 11:23:26.054 DEBUG (MainThread) [custom_components.jriver.coordinator] Finished fetching jriver data in 5.638 seconds (success: False)

so it's sitting there blocked by jriver not responding

in my log, you can see a normal response time for comparison

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2024-10-31 10:47:56.725 DEBUG (MainThread) [custom_components.jriver.coordinator] Finished fetching jriver data in 0.047 seconds (success: True)


[rhgh]

looks like it is timing out when trying to talk to MC, implies problem at MC end

every error is during a call to MCWS/v1/Playback/Info

in your log you can see the timeout as

Code: [Select]

2024-10-31 11:23:26.054 DEBUG (MainThread) [custom_components.jriver.coordinator] Finished fetching jriver data in 5.638 seconds (success: False)

so it's sitting there blocked by jriver not responding

in my log, you can see a normal response time for comparison

Code: [Select]

2024-10-31 10:47:56.725 DEBUG (MainThread) [custom_components.jriver.coordinator] Finished fetching jriver data in 0.047 seconds (success: True)


I restarted MC, the configuration in HA was completed without errors.
But:
The PC with MC has been running for a week without restarting, MC too.
The PC only restarts when updates have been installed.
The error will then appear again at some point, right?

Reinhard

[rhgh]

I restarted MC, the configuration in HA was completed without errors.
But:
The PC with MC has been running for a week without restarting, MC too.
The PC only restarts when updates have been installed.
The error will then appear again at some point, right?

Reinhard

Why doesn't the error occur with jremote?
The DLNA connection is the same.

[mattkhan]

Why doesn't the error occur with jremote?
The DLNA connection is the same.

There's no dlna connection, I have no idea how jremote is implemented so can't comment on similarities or differences. I have never seen such an error so can't say if it will recur. MC logs can be hard to read but probably you need to look there for further clues.

[bob]

There's no dlna connection, I have no idea how jremote is implemented so can't comment on similarities or differences. I have never seen such an error so can't say if it will recur. MC logs can be hard to read but probably you need to look there for further clues.

JRemote uses MCWS calls, not DLNA.

[JimH]

Media Center Windows 32.0.58

mattkahn,
Should that version of MC work?

[mattkhan]

mattkahn,
Should that version of MC work?

yes it should work ok

[bob]

If I had a hand installed version of JRiver (0.2.7) how should I switch to the new HACS integration?

[mattkhan]

just overwrite with latest files from the repo as per https://github.com/3ll3d00d/jriver_homeassistant?tab=readme-ov-file#manual-installation