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Channels

The Channels integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] allows you to control Channels from Home Assistant. Play, pause, seek, or skip commercials on an instance of Channels that is running on your network.

Your favorite channels will appear as sources in the Source List in Home Assistant.

Configuration

To add Channels to your installation, add the following to your configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] file. After changing the configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] file, restart Home Assistant to apply the changes. The integration is now shown on the integrations page under Settings > Devices & services. Its entities are listed on the integration card itself and on the Entities tab.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
media_player:
  - platform: channels
    name: Family Room Channels
    host: 192.168.1.50

Configuration Variables

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host string Required

The IP address of the device running Channels, for example, 192.168.1.50.

port integer (Optional, default: 57000)

The port where Channels is accessible.

name string (Optional, default: Channels)

The name of the Channels instance in Home Assistant, for example, Family Room Channels.

List of actions

The Channels integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] provides the following actions. Each link below opens a dedicated page with examples, parameters, and a step-by-step UI walkthrough.

  • Seek backward (channels.seek_backward) Seeks backward by the number of seconds set in the Channels app.

  • Seek by (channels.seek_by) Seeks forward or backward by a number of seconds.

  • Seek forward (channels.seek_forward) Seeks forward by the number of seconds set in the Channels app.

For an overview of every action across all integrations, see the actions reference.

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