Media & Entertainment¶
The Media tab is the whole-house remote — every TV, Apple TV, soundbar, and Sonos speaker, grouped by the room it lives in. Each device shows a full media-control card: what's playing, album art, transport buttons (play/pause/skip), volume, and source.
By Room¶
| Room | Devices |
|---|---|
| 🛋️ Family Room | Family Room TV · Family Room Apple TV · Family Room Soundbar |
| 💻 Office | Office Apple TV · Office Soundbar |
| 🛏️ Master Bedroom | Master Bedroom Apple TV · Sonos Play:5 |
| 🛁 Master Bathroom | Sonos One |
| 🛏️ Bedroom | Bedroom TV · Sonos One |
| 🧒 Henry's Room | Henry's TV |
Each card controls that one device. To play the same music in multiple Sonos rooms at once, group them in the Sonos app (or ask Alexa) — the cards here control each speaker individually.
Settings¶
At the bottom of the tab:
- Sonos Settings — loudness, crossfade, bass, and treble for the Sonos speakers.
- Echo Do Not Disturb — a DND toggle per Amazon Echo (Master Bedroom, Kitchen, Office, Master Bathroom, Garage, Family Room, Front Room). Turn one on to stop that Echo from lighting up or announcing.
Voice & Other Control¶
The tab is for at-a-glance control and now-playing info. You can also:
- Alexa — "Alexa, play [music] in the [room]" on any Echo; Echos aren't shown as playback tiles on this tab (they're voice-first).
- Apple Home / Siri — the Apple TVs appear in Home.
- The device's own remote / app — Sonos app, Samsung remote, Apple TV remote.
Device names cleaned up
The media devices were renamed in Home Assistant so each entity ID matches the room it's actually in (several Apple TV, Sonos, and soundbar names had drifted out of sync). Redundant duplicate entries that some devices created — e.g. a soundbar showing up twice, once via its own app and once via Alexa — were disabled so the device list isn't confusing. A few Echos that were offline at the time were left in place (they're real devices, just unplugged or off-network).