Custom component for Netia Player

A platform which allows you to interact with the Netia Player TV box using HTTP API and media_player entity.

Currently supported device: Netgem N7800 (Netia Player 2.0):

If you have older unit like Netia Player 1.5 (Netgem N7700) you can request change to newer one.

Homekit TV supported!

The media player will show up as Television accessories on devices running iOS 12.2 or later

Features

• Power on / power off
• Channel switching using prev/next buttons
• Volume control (+ mute function)
• Actual channel information (channel name, program title, episode info)
• Actual channel image artwork
• Progress bar with current channel
• Remote buttons support
• Application support
• Translations
• Configuration with auto discovery/UI configuration setup

Screenshots

Component can be used with default Home Assistant Media Player and Mini Media Player from kalkih:

More details are displayed in the more-info view:

Instalation

Manual installation

• Put the files from /custom_components/netia_player/ in your HA config folder under <config directory>/custom_components/netia_player/
• Restart Home Assistant
• Configure new integration in configuration.yaml, see details below
• Restart Home Assistant again
• Add netia_player entity to the UI
• Reload UI and use new integration :)

Installation via HACS

• Copy repository URL: https://github.com/korasinski/ha-netia to Custom repositories in HACS
• Click Add button and browse the repository list to install newest relase
• Integration will be loaded after restart of Home Assistant
• Configure new integration in configuration.yaml, see details below
• Restart Home Assistant again and configure netia_player entity on your UI

Configuration

Minimum configuration.yaml:

media_player:
  - platform: netia_player
    host: 192.168.1.5

Configuration variables:

key	description
platform (Required)	The platform name netia_player
host (Required)	The IP of the Netia Player, eg. 192.168.1.5
port (Optional)	The port of API in the Netia Player, default is 8080
app_support (Optional)	Application support (see details below), default is False
app_list (Optional)	List of ID's of apps displayed in source select, default is ['tv']
name (Optional)	The name the device will have in Home Assistant, default is Netia Player

Application support:
By default if app_support is False, source input list is not displayed on UI card. Only TV programs will be displayed in the component. When you switch it to True and not declare any app_list all avaliable applications in the device will be added to source input list. You can overwrite this list by declaring your favorite apps in config. For this you need to add their ID's to app_list. Config entry will look like this:

media_player:
  - platform: netia_player
    host: 192.168.1.5
    app_support: true
    app_list:
      - tv
      - youtube
      - ipla
      - tvnplayer
      - tvnmeteo
      - filmbox
      - hbogo

Lovelace configuration

Default media-control in ui-lovelace.yaml:

- type: media-control
  entity: media_player.netia_player

Custom mini-media-player in ui-lovelace.yaml:

Basic card:

- type: custom:mini-media-player
  entity: media_player.netia_player
  artwork: cover
  volume_stateless: true
  hide:
    play_pause: true
    power_state: false  

Compact card with cover artwork and remote buttons:

- type: custom:mini-media-player
  entity: media_player.netia_player
  icon: mdi:television-box
  artwork: full-cover
  volume_stateless: true
  info: scroll
  source: icon
  background: "/local/img/netia-bg.jpg"
  hide:
    play_pause: true
    power_state: false
  shortcuts:
      columns: 3
      buttons:
        - name: MENU
          type: service
          id: media_player.play_media
          data:
            entity_id: media_player.netia_player
            media_content_id: 'menu'
            media_content_type: channel
        - icon: mdi:arrow-up-box
          type: service
          id: media_player.play_media
          data:
            entity_id: media_player.netia_player
            media_content_id: 'up'
            media_content_type: channel
        - name: GUIDE
          type: service
          id: media_player.play_media
          data:
            entity_id: media_player.netia_player
            media_content_id: 'guide'
            media_content_type: channel
        - icon: mdi:arrow-left-box
          type: service
          id: media_player.play_media
          data:
            entity_id: media_player.netia_player
            media_content_id: 'left'
            media_content_type: channel
        - name: OK
          type: service
          id: media_player.play_media
          data:
            entity_id: media_player.netia_player
            media_content_id: 'ok'
            media_content_type: channel
        - icon: mdi:arrow-right-box
          type: service
          id: media_player.play_media
          data:
            entity_id: media_player.netia_player
            media_content_id: 'right'
            media_content_type: channel
        - icon: mdi:undo
          type: service
          id: media_player.play_media
          data:
            entity_id: media_player.netia_player
            media_content_id: 'back'
            media_content_type: channel
        - icon: mdi:arrow-down-box
          type: service
          id: media_player.play_media
          data:
            entity_id: media_player.netia_player
            media_content_id: 'down'
            media_content_type: channel
        - icon: mdi:resize
          type: service
          id: media_player.play_media
          data:
            entity_id: media_player.netia_player
            media_content_id: 'fullscreen'
            media_content_type: channel
        - name: Television
          icon: mdi:television-classic
          type: service
          id: media_player.select_source
          data:
            entity_id: media_player.netia_player
            source: TV
        - name: YouTube
          icon: mdi:youtube
          type: service
          id: media_player.select_source
          data:
            entity_id: media_player.netia_player
            source: YouTube

Services

As of v.0.1.0 two types of services are supported. You can call them using dev-tools or in any component (e.g. in media player).

Play media:
Send the media player the command for remote button press.

- service: media_player.play_media
  entity_id: media_player.netia_player
  media_content_id: 'ok'        # see supported buttons below
  media_content_type: channel   # does not matter, required by HA

Supported buttons:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, on_off, mute, volume_up, volume_down, channel_up, channel_down, back, fullscreen, menu, up, down, left, right, ok, play, stop, prev, next, rec, guide, delete, red, green, yellow, blue

Select source:
Send the media player the command for opening application.

- service: media_player.select_source
  entity_id: media_player.netia_player
  source: 'tv'  # see supported applications below

Supported apps:
tv, hbogo, kinoplex, ninateka, ipla, abcvod, premiumplus, npvr, goon, netiatvshop, psp, filmbox, tvnplayer, netiacloud, tubafm, tvnmeteo, tvpsport, pinkvision, erowizja, ksw, youtube, mediacenter

There are internal apps like epg and settings which you can use in the service but they will not be included in source input list on UI.

If you will open application that is not in your config it will be added to the source input list temporary (till the next restart of HA). It may cause Sources out of sync warning described below.

NOTICE: Some apps might be unavaliable in your subscription or are extra paid.

Known issues

• If you are using Homekit integration you may see warnings like: WARNING (SyncWorker_4) [homeassistant.components.homekit.type_media_players] media_player.netia_player: Sources out of sync. Restart Home Assistant may appear. This issue will be fixed later.
• sync_get_media_image error pops out when current channel image is not accessible at time of request.

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