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Home Assistant Add-on: VLC

Installation

Follow these steps to get the add-on installed on your system:

1. Navigate in your Home Assistant frontend to Settings -> Add-ons -> Add-on store.
2. Find the "VLC" add-on and click it.
3. Click on the "INSTALL" button.

How to use

1. Start the add-on.
2. Add the VLC Telnet integration to Home Assistant, see documentation: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/vlc_telnet

Configuration

Note that automatic discovery is expected when the add-on is being installed. If no "VLC media player via Telnet" integration is being discovered, make sure to remove any stale "VLC media player via Telnet" integrations and reinstall the add-on to trigger discovery again.

Support

Got questions?

You have several options to get them answered:

• The Home Assistant Discord Chat Server.
• The Home Assistant Community Forum.
• Join the Reddit subreddit in /r/homeassistant

In case you've found a bug, please open an issue on our GitHub.