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Addons > Remote Control
This addon gives your view a remote control that is suitable for Android TV, it also works for Apple TV’s though not all features are working yet.
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 |
| media_player | yes | undefined | Set your media_player entity here, usually this is something like media_player.shield_tv or media_player.kitchen_apple_tv |
| sound_player | yes | undefined | If you have a separate sound player you can enter the entity here, else use the same entity as the media_player |
| remote_entity | yes | undefined | Set your entity that is used as the remote control (for Android TV you must use the same entity as the media_player) |
| type | no | undefined | Set to atv if you have an Apple TV, otherwise don’t use this line |
| 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 |
# views.yaml (example shield tv)
my_view:
addons:
remote_control:
- title: Livingroom
media_player: media_player.nvidia_shield
sound_player: media_player.nvidia_shield
remote_entity: media_player.nvidia_shield
# views.yaml (example apple tv)
my_view:
addons:
remote_control:
- title: Bedroom
media_player: media_player.apple_tv
sound_player: media_player.apple_tv
remote_entity: remote.apple_tv
type: atv
# views.yaml (example Android and ATV remote on the same view)
my_view:
addons:
remote_control:
- title: Livingroom
media_player: media_player.nvidia_shield
sound_player: media_player.nvidia_shield
remote_entity: media_player.nvidia_shield
- title: Bedroom
media_player: media_player.apple_tv
sound_player: media_player.apple_tv
remote_entity: remote.apple_tv
type: atv
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