core: media_player.play_media not working with Plex Media Server
The problem
I have been trying to play some media from my plex server to a Chromecast device or a plex client.
There is no feedback when tried for a plex client and on a Chromecast device, it just says “Sorry! Something went wrong”
What is version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?
core-2021.6.3
What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?
No response
What type of installation are you running?
Home Assistant Supervised
Integration causing the issue
Plex Media Server
Link to integration documentation on our website
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/plex/
Example YAML snippet
service: media_player.play_media
data:
media_content_id: 'plex://{"library_name": "Movies", "title": "300"}'
media_content_type: movie
target:
entity_id: media_player.family_room_tv
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service: media_player.play_media
data:
media_content_id: '{"library_name": "Movies", "title": "300"}'
media_content_type: movie
target:
entity_id: media_player.plex_plex_for_mac_local
Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?
No response
Additional information
No response
About this issue
- Original URL
- State: closed
- Created 3 years ago
- Comments: 15 (7 by maintainers)
Good to hear. I’ll think about adding a warning during setup to the integration or update the docs for this wrinkle. Thanks for reporting. 👍