Media Player: Unknown name and no attribute with Line-In

[brain-wash]

Hi,

I have a speaker which can operate both in Wifi and Line-In mode. When I am using the Line-In mode, I still have a play/pause button, even though it has no real use. Also it always defaults to the play being active, which leads to an unknown interpret, unknown song name and won't show any attributes (like the volume). I always have to manually press the pause button to see the name of the speaker, state and attribute. But it won't stay in pause. Often when I reload the page it is back to the play state where I can't see the names etc. again.

Is there a way to force the pause state when in Line-In mode? And maybe hide the play/pause button in this mode as well since it has no use?

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I think I have an idea on how this could work, but so far I am struggeling with the syntax of CSS, since I have never really used it before.

I guess it should be something along does lines:

action:
  - service_template: |
      {% if is_state('media_player.pc_speaker', 'Unknown') %}
        media_pause
        hide:
          play_pause_button: true
      {% else %}
        media_play
        hide:
          play_pause_button: false
      {% endif %}

But I probably need some additional commands and figure out the indentations etc.

[Clooos]

Hi! I'm not sure but you could probably create a universal media player for this, take a look at this documentation:

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/universal/

And if this don't solve your issue, you can conditionally hide it with custom styles and templates:

https://github.com/Clooos/Bubble-Card/?tab=readme-ov-file#templates

Something like this can be done (hidden when media_player.pc_speaker is Unknown):

styles: |
  .bubble-play-pause-button {
    display: ${hass.states['media_player.pc_speaker']?.state == 'Unknown' ? 'none' : ''} !important;
  }