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Plex for Home Assistant
HACS Requirements
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Plex Meets Home Assistant | Frontend | A very nice card to search and start movies/series on your devices that support Plex |
It is HIGHLY recommended that you setup the Plex integration before using this card, it is not required but it will make the experience a lot better.
You can use any of the following options to modify your addon.
Stack and Addon Config
| Name | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| title | no | undefined | Set the title of the stack, ommitting this line will or setting title: hide will hide the title |
| view_layout | no | undefined | This is best used in conjunction with the layout addon, but can also be used to control whether to show this stack on different screen sizes. |
| conditional | no | false | Setting this to true will make the stack condtional |
| conditions | no | undefined | Add entities and conditions, this will determine when this addon will be shown, e.g. if entity x is turned on, then show this addon (see addons for examples |
| plex_token | yes | unknown | Your plex token, if you want to know how to get your plex token click here |
| plex_ip | yes | unknown | The ip of your plex server |
| plex_port | no | 32400 | The port of your plex server, by default it will use 32400 |
| libraryName | yes | movies | The name of the library to show in this card, this must match the library name you have used on your Plex Server |
| protocol | no | http | Set if you should connect over http or https, if you connect with Home Assistant through https you MUST have plex available over https as well! |
| maxCount | no | 10 | How many items to show per page |
| android_tv | no | optional | Set an Android TV entity, this will be used as media player |
| kodi | no | optional | Set a Kodi entity, this will be used as media player |
| plex_player | no | optional | Set an Plex PLayer entity, This can be any plex entity. This will be used as media player |
# views.yaml (example with extra options)
my_view:
addons:
plex:
- title: Movies
plex_token: !secret plex_token
plex_ip: !secret plex_url
plex_port: 443
protocol: https
library_name: Movies
android_tv: media_player.nvidia_s_h_i_e_l_d_tv_pro
- title: Series
plex_token: !secret plex_token
plex_ip: !secret plex_url
plex_port: 443
protocol: https
library_name: TV Series
android_tv: media_player.nvidia_s_h_i_e_l_d_tv_pro
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