Mini Media Player

A minimalistic yet customizable media player card for Home Assistant Lovelace UI.

Inspired by Custom UI: Mini media player and custom-lovelace.

Install

This card is available in HACS (Home Assistant Community Store)

Simple install

1. Download and copy mini-media-player-bundle.js from the latest release into your config/www directory.

2. Add a reference to mini-media-player-bundle.js inside your ui-lovelace.yaml.

resources:
  - url: /local/mini-media-player-bundle.js?v=1.5.1
    type: module

CLI install

1. Move into your config/www directory

2. Grab mini-media-player-bundle.js

$ wget https://github.com/kalkih/mini-media-player/releases/download/v1.5.1/mini-media-player-bundle.js

3. Add a reference to mini-media-player-bundle.js inside your ui-lovelace.yaml.

resources:
  - url: /local/mini-media-player-bundle.js?v=1.5.1
    type: module

(Optional) Add to custom updater

1. Make sure you've the custom_updater component installed and working.

2. Add a new reference under card_urls in your custom_updater configuration in configuration.yaml.

custom_updater:
  card_urls:
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kalkih/mini-media-player/master/tracker.json

Updating

1. Find your mini-media-player-bundle.js file in config/www or wherever you ended up storing it.

2. Replace the local file with the latest one attached in the latest release.

3. Add the new version number to the end of the cards reference url in your ui-lovelace.yaml like below.

resources:
  - url: /local/mini-media-player-bundle.js?v=1.5.1
    type: module

You may need to empty the browsers cache if you have problems loading the updated card.

Using the card

Options

Card options

Name	Type	Default	Since	Description
type	string	required	v0.1	custom:mini-media-player
entity	string	required	v0.1	An entity_id from an entity within the media_player domain.
name	string	optional	v0.6	Override the entities friendly name.
icon	string	optional	v0.1	Specify a custom icon from any of the available mdi icons.
tap_action	action object	true	v0.7.0	Action on click/tap.
group	boolean	optional	v0.1	Removes paddings, background color and box-shadow.
hide	object	optional	v1.0.0	Manage visible UI elements, see hide object for available options.
artwork	string	default	v0.4	cover to display current artwork in the card background, full-cover to display full artwork, none to hide artwork, full-cover-fit for full cover without cropping.
tts	object	optional	v1.0.0	Show Text-To-Speech input, see TTS object for available options.
source	string	optional	v0.7	Change source select appearance, icon for just an icon, full for the full source name.
sound_mode	string	optional	v1.1.2	Change sound mode select appearance, icon for just an icon, full for the full sound mode name.
info	string	optional	v1.0.0	Change how the media information is displayed, short to limit media information to one row, scroll to scroll overflowing media info.
volume_stateless	boolean	false	v0.6	Swap out the volume slider for volume up & down buttons.
max_volume	number	optional	v0.8.2	Specify the max vol limit of the volume slider (number between 1 - 100).
min_volume	number	optional	v1.1.2	Specify the min vol limit of the volume slider (number between 1 - 100).
replace_mute	string	optional	v0.9.8	Replace the mute button, available options are play_pause (previously play), stop, play_stop, next.
toggle_power	boolean	true	v0.8.9	Set to false to change the power button behaviour to media_player.turn_on/media_player.turn_off.
idle_view	object	optional	v1.0.0	Display a less cluttered view when idle, See Idle object for available options.
background	string	optional	v0.8.6	Background image, specify the image url "/local/background-img.png" e.g.
speaker_group	object	optional	v1.0.0	Speaker group management/multiroom, see Speaker group object for available options.
shortcuts	object	optional	v1.0.0	Media shortcuts in a list or as buttons, see Shortcut object for available options.
scale	number	optional	v1.5.0	UI scale modifier, default is 1.

Idle object

Name	Type	Default	Description
when_idle	boolean	optional	Render the idle view when player state is idle.
when_paused	boolean	optional	Render the idle view when player state is paused
when_standby	boolean	optional	Render the idle view when player state is standby
after	string	optional	Specify a number (minutes) after which the card renders as idle (only supported on platforms exposing media_position_updated_at).

TTS object

Name	Type	Default	Description
platform	string	required	Specify TTS platform, e.g. google_translate or amazon_polly, alexa1 for "Alexa as Media Player", ga23 for use with Google Assistant Webserver or Assistant Relay, sonos2 for use with modified sonos_say script, webos4.
language	string	optional	The output language.
entity_id	string/list	optional	The entity_id of the desired output entity or a list of entity_id's, can also be all to broadcast to all entities.
volume	float	optional	Volume level of tts output (0 - 1), only supported by platform sonos.
type	string	optional	tts, announce or push, defaults to tts, only supported by platform alexa, more info here.

¹ Does not support the language option.

² Does not support language & entity_id options.

³ Requires a custom notify service named ga_broadcast, see example below.

⁴ Requires the card entity name to match the notify service name, if they don't match please specify the notify service name in the entity_id option.

# configuration.yaml
notify:
  - name: ga_broadcast
    platform: rest
    resource: http://[xxx.x.x.xxx]:5000/broadcast_message

Speaker group object

See Speaker group management for example usage.

Supported platforms

• sonos
• bluesound²
• snapcast²

Name	Type	Default	Description
entities	list	required	A list containing speaker entities of one of supported platforms, to enable group management of those speakers.
platform	string	'sonos'	The media_player platform to control. sonos, snapcast, bluesound or yamaha_musiccast1.
sync_volume	boolean	optional	Keep volume Synchronize between grouped speakers.
expanded	boolean	optional	Make the speaker group list expanded by default.
show_group_count	boolean	true	Have the number of grouped speakers displayed (if any) in the card name.
icon	string	optional	Override default group button icon (any mdi icon).

¹ Currently not yet supported in Home Assistant, soon™ ² Some features are not yet supported.

Speaker entity object

Name	Type	Default	Description
entity_id	string	required	The entity_id for the speaker entity.
name	string	required	A display name.
volume_offset	number	optional	Volume offset (0-100) when used with sync_volume.

Shortcuts object

See card with media shortcuts for example usage.

Name	Type	Default	Description
list	list	optional	A list of shortcut items to be presented as a list, see shortcut item object.
buttons	list	optional	A list of shortcut items to be presented as buttons.
hide_when_off	boolean	false	Hide the shortcuts while the entity is off.
columns	integer (1-6)	2	Specify the max number of buttons per row.
column_height	number	optional	Specify the column height in pixels.
label	string	shortcuts...	Specify a custom default label for the shortcut dropdown.
attribute	string	optional	Specify any attribute exposed by the media player entity. The attribute value (if exists) is compared with shortcut id's to distinguish selected/active shortcut1.
align_text	string	optional	Specify alignment of button icon/text left, right, center.

¹ Examples, source for active source or sound_mode for active sound mode.

Shortcut item object

Name	Type	Default	Description
name	string	optional	A display name.
icon	string	optional	A display icon (any mdi icon).
image	string	optional	A display image.
type	string	required	Type of shortcut. A media type: music, tvshow, video, episode, channel, playlist e.g. or an action type: source, sound_mode, script or service.
id	string	required	The media identifier. The format of this is component dependent. For example, you can provide URLs to Sonos & Cast but only a playlist ID to iTunes & Spotify. A source/(sound mode) name can also be specified to change source/(sound mode), use together with type source/sound_mode. If type script specify the script name here or service specify the <domain>.<service>.
data	list	optional	Extra service payload1.

¹ Only compatible with script & service shortcuts, useful for sending variables to script.

Action object options

Name	Type	Default	Options	Description
action	string	more-info	more-info / navigate / call-service / url / none	Action to perform.
entity	string		Any entity id	Override default entity of more-info, when action is defined as more-info.
service	string		Any service	Service to call (e.g. media_player.toggle) when action is defined as call-service.
service_data	object		Any service data	Service data to include with the service call (e.g. entity_id: media_player.office).
navigation_path	string		Any path	Path to navigate to (e.g. /lovelace/0/) when action is defined as navigate.
url	string		Any URL	URL to open when action is defined as url.

Hide object

Name	Type	Default	Description
name	boolean	false	The name.
icon	boolean	false	The entity icon.
info	boolean	false	The media information.
power	boolean	false	The power button.
source	boolean	false	The source select.
sound_mode	boolean	true	The sound_mode select.
controls	boolean	false	The media playback controls.
play_pause	boolean	false	The play/pause button in media playback controls.
play_stop	boolean	true	The play/stop button in media playback controls.
volume	boolean	false	The volume controls.
mute	boolean	false	The mute button.
progress	boolean	false	The progress bar.
runtime	boolean	true	The media runtime indicators.
artwork_border	boolean	true	The border of the default artwork picture.
power_state	boolean	true	Dynamic color of the power button to indicate on/off.
shuffle	boolean	true	The shuffle button (only for players with shuffle_set support).

Theme variables

The following variables are available and can be set in your theme to change the appearence of the card. Can be specified by color name, hexadecimal, rgb, rgba, hsl, hsla, basically anything supported by CSS.

name	Default	Description
mini-media-player-base-color	var(--primary-text-color) & var(--paper-item-icon-color)	The color of base text & buttons
mini-media-player-accent-color	var(--accent-color)	The accent color of UI elements
mini-media-player-icon-color	--mini-media-player-base-color, var(--paper-item-icon-color, #44739e)	The color for icons
mini-media-player-overlay-color	rgba(0,0,0,0.5)	The color of the background overlay
mini-media-player-overlay-color-stop	25%	The gradient stop of the background overlay
mini-media-player-overlay-base-color	white	The color of base text, icons & buttons while artwork cover is present
mini-media-player-overlay-accent-color	white	The accent color of UI elements while artwork cover is present
mini-media-player-media-cover-info-color	white	Color of the media information text while artwork cover is present
mini-media-player-background-opacity	1	Opacity of the background
mini-media-player-artwork-opacity	1	Opacity of cover artwork
mini-media-player-progress-height	6px	Progressbar height
mini-media-player-scale	1	Scale of the card

Example usage

Basic card

- type: custom:mini-media-player
  entity: media_player.kitchen_speakers

Compact card

Setting either volume and/or controls to true in the hide option object will render the player as a single row.

- type: custom:mini-media-player
  entity: media_player.example
  icon: mdi:spotify
  artwork: cover
  hide:
    volume: true
    source: true
    power_state: false

Card with media shortcuts

You can specify media shortcuts through the shortcuts option, either as a list or as buttons or why not both?

- entity: media_player.spotify
  type: custom:mini-media-player
  artwork: cover
  source: icon
  hide:
    volume: true
  shortcuts:
    columns: 4 # Max buttons per row
    buttons:
      # Start predefined playlist
      - icon: mdi:cat
        type: playlist
        id: spotify:user:spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DZ06evO2O09Hg
      # Change the source to bathroom
      - icon: mdi:dog
        type: source
        id: Bathroom
      # Trigger script
      - icon: mdi:dog
        type: script
        id: script.script_name
      # Trigger custom service
      - name: Crooners Playlist
        type: service
        id: spotcast.start
        data:
          entity_id: media_player.googlehome1234
          uri: spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DX9XiAcF7t1s5
          
      ... # etc.

Tip: If you don't have Sonos, but want just a bit more control over playlists and so, a simple solution is to use the type: service-option, to trigger thespotcast.start-service.

Remember to add the required data, for spotcast to work. Also, kindly note that the spotcast custom component is required, for this to work. It's available in HACS.

Grouped cards

Set the group option to true when nesting mini media player cards inside other cards that already have margins/paddings.

- type: entities
  entities:
    - type: custom:mini-media-player
      entity: media_player.multiroom_player
      group: true
      source: icon
      info: short
      hide:
        volume: true
        power: true
    - type: custom:mini-media-player
      entity: media_player.kitchen_speakers
      group: true
      hide:
        controls: true
    - type: custom:mini-media-player
      entity: media_player.bathroom_speakers
      group: true
      hide:
        controls: true
    - type: custom:mini-media-player
      entity: media_player.bedroom_speakers
      group: true
      hide:
        controls: true
    - type: custom:mini-media-player
      entity: media_player.patio_speakers
      group: true
      hide:
        controls: true

Stacked cards

By using vertical and horizontal stacks, you can achieve many different setups.

- type: horizontal-stack
  cards:
    - entity: media_player.tv_livingroom
      type: custom:mini-media-player
      info: short
      artwork: cover
      hide:
        mute: true
        icon: true
        power_state: false
    - entity: media_player.tv_bedroom
      type: custom:mini-media-player
      info: short
      artwork: cover
      hide:
        mute: true
        icon: true
        power_state: false
- type: horizontal-stack
  cards:
    - entity: media_player.cc_patio
      type: custom:mini-media-player
      hide:
        icon: true
    - entity: media_player.cc_kitchen
      type: custom:mini-media-player
      hide:
        icon: true
    - entity: media_player.cc_bath
      type: custom:mini-media-player
      hide:
        icon: true

Speaker group management

Specify all your speaker entities in a list under the option speaker_group -> entities. They obviously need to be of the same platform.

• The card does only allow changes to be made to groups where the entity of the card is the coordinator/master speaker.
• Checking a speakers in the list will make it join the group of the card entity. (media_player.sonos_office in the example below).
• Unchecking a speaker in the list will remove it from any group it's a part of.

- type: custom:mini-media-player
  entity: media_player.sonos_office
  hide:
    power: true
    icon: true
    source: true
  speaker_group:
    platform: sonos
    show_group_count: true
    entities:
      - entity_id: media_player.sonos_office
        name: Sonos Office
      - entity_id: media_player.sonos_livingroom
        name: Sonos Livingroom
      - entity_id: media_player.sonos_kitchen
        name: Sonos Kitchen
      - entity_id: media_player.sonos_bathroom
        name: Sonos Bathroom
      - entity_id: media_player.sonos_bedroom
        name: Sonos Bedroom

If you are planning to use the speaker_group option in several cards, creating a separate yaml file for the list is highly recommended, this will result in a less cluttered ui-lovelace.yaml and also make the list easier to manage and maintain. You then simply reference the file containing the list using entities: !include filename.yaml for every occurrence of entities in your ui-lovelace.yaml.

This is however only possible when you have lovelace mode set to yaml in your HA configuration, see Lovelace YAML mode for more info.

Development

If you plan to contribute back to this repo, please fork & create the PR against the dev branch.

Clone this repository into your config/www folder using git.

$ git clone https://github.com/kalkih/mini-media-player.git

Add a reference to the card in your ui-lovelace.yaml.

resources:
  - url: /local/mini-media-player/dist/mini-media-player-bundle.js
    type: module

Instructions

Requires nodejs & npm

1. Move into the mini-media-player repo, checkout the dev branch & install dependencies.

$ cd mini-media-player && git checkout dev && npm install

2. Make changes to the source

3. Build the source by running

$ npm run build

4. Refresh the browser to see changes

   Make sure cache is cleared or disabled

5. (Optional) Watch the source and automatically rebuild on save

$ npm run watch

The new mini-media-player-bundle.js will be build and ready inside /dist.

Getting errors?

Make sure you have javascript_version: latest in your configuration.yaml under frontend:.

Make sure you have the latest version of mini-media-player-bundle.js.

If you have issues after updating the card, try clearing your browsers cache or restart Home Assistant.

If you are getting "Custom element doesn't exist: mini-media-player" or running older browsers try replacing type: module with type: js in your resource reference, like below.

resources:
  - url: ...
    type: js

Inspiration

• @ciotlosm - custom-lovelace
• @c727 - Custom UI: Mini media player

License

This project is under the MIT license.