Audio & Media

Overview

The home has a rich multi-room audio and media setup anchored by Music Assistant (MA) as the central music server, with Amazon Alexa devices, Apple TV, Samsung TVs, Sony BRAVIA, and a VLC media player providing playback targets across every room.

Music Assistant

Integration: music_assistant | Add-on: Music Assistant v2.9.3 | Entry: 01KGVC9C8528A127QZ3ZQSFCDH

Music Assistant (MA) is a free, open-source media library manager that aggregates streaming services and plays to speaker groups.

MA Players

Player	Source	Area
Living Room	Apple TV 4K Gen3	Living Room
Kitchen	Amazon Echo	Kitchen
Everywhere	Speaker Group	(all rooms)
Rajeev's Samsung Soundbar	HW-Q930B	Media Room
Bedroom	Amazon Echo Show 5	Bedroom
Office Dot Clock	Echo Dot w/ Clock	Office
Media Room	Amazon Echo Dot w/ Clock	Media Room
Guest	Amazon Echo Dot	Guest Bedroom
Rajeev's ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium	ecobee	Living Room
Basement Alexa	Amazon Echo Dot	Basement
Garage	Amazon Echo Dot	Garage
Rajeev's Samsung Soundbar S60B	Samsung HW-S61B	Living Room
Basement	Amazon Speaker Group	Basement
Full House	MA Sync Group	(all)
BRAVIA 4K UR2	Sony BRAVIA	Media Room
Rajeev's TV	Amazon Fire TV	Basement
Soundbar	Samsung HW-Q930B	Media Room
Living Room soundbar	Samsung HW-S61B	Living Room
jeevesiy-ltmh242	MacBook (AirPlay)	(mobile)
Rajeev's MacBook Air	MacBook Air (AirPlay)	(mobile)
Music Assistant	ShairportSync (AirPlay)	(system)
Home Assistant Voice 0919e8	ESPHome (AirPlay)	Bedroom

YT Music PO Token Generator add-on (v1.3.1) provides YouTube Music authentication tokens for MA.

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Amazon Alexa Devices

Integration: alexa_devices (HACS) | Account: jeeves5454@gmail.com

All Amazon Echo devices are integrated via the Alexa Devices integration, providing media player control and TTS announcements.

Alexa Devices

Device	Model	Area
Kitchen	Amazon Echo (4th gen)	Kitchen
Rajeev's Samsung Soundbar S60B	Samsung Soundbar S60B	Living Room
Basement Alexa	Amazon Echo Dot	Basement
Rajeev's ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium	ecobee (Alexa built-in)	Living Room
Everywhere	Speaker Group	(all)
Media Room	Amazon Echo Dot with Clock	Media Room
Bedroom	Amazon Echo Show 5	Bedroom
Guest	Amazon Echo Dot	Guest Bedroom
Rajeev's TV	Amazon Fire TV 2-Series	Basement
Garage	Amazon Echo Dot	Garage
Basement	Speaker Group	Basement
Rajeev's Samsung Soundbar	Samsung Soundbar Q930B	Media Room
Office Dot Clock	Amazon Echo Dot with Clock	Office

Each Alexa device exposes:

• media_player.* — play/pause/volume/track
• sensor.*.next_alarm — next alarm time
• notify.*_speak / notify.*_announce — TTS announcement

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Apple TV

Integration: apple_tv | Device: Apple TV 4K Gen3 (tvOS 26.5) | Area: Living Room

Entity	Notes
media_player.living_room (Apple TV)	Play/pause/volume/app control
remote.living_room	Remote control (directional, menu)

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Samsung TVs

Samsung Frame 55 (Living Room)

• Integrations: samsungtv_smart (primary, HACS) + samsungtv (native) + smartthings
• Model: QN55LS03BAFXZC
• Entities: media_player.samsung_frame_55, remote.samsung_frame_55
• SmartThings adds energy monitoring: sensor.living_room_tv_energy

Living Room TV (via SmartThings)

• Integration: smartthings | Model: QN55LS03BAFXZC
• media_player.living_room_tv

Living Room Soundbar (HW-S61B)

• Integration: smartthings + alexa_devices
• Samsung soundbar model HW-S61B

Media Room Soundbar (HW-Q930B)

• Integration: smartthings + alexa_devices
• Samsung soundbar model HW-Q930B (firmware HW-Q930BWWB-1010.0)

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Sony BRAVIA 4K UR2

Integrations: androidtv_remote + cast + dlna_dmr | Area: Media Room

The BRAVIA appears under three different integrations:

• androidtv_remote — full Android TV control (apps, directional, volume)
• cast — Google Cast receiver
• dlna_dmr — DLNA media renderer

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VLC (Local Media Player)

Integration: vlc_telnet | Add-on: VLC v1.0.0 | Area: Media Room

VLC is available as a local media player target for TTS and audio playback:

• media_player.vlc_telnet

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DLNA

Three DLNA DMS (media server) entries for the Lusankya NAS (3× UPnP discovery instances), plus a Giga Hub entry and HDHomeRun DMS.

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Notes / Gotchas

• The Samsung Frame 55 is registered three times — use samsungtv_smart as the primary control path; the native samsungtv entry may conflict.
• Music Assistant and Alexa Devices both register media_player entities for Echo devices — this creates duplicate entities. Use the MA entity for music control and the Alexa entity for TTS announcements.
• Apple TV integration can lose connection when the TV enters deep sleep; a retry is handled automatically.

Last Updated

2026-06-24