Remote Media Player - Home Assistant Integration

A Home Assistant custom integration that allows you to control a remote PC's media playback as a media player entity.

Features

Full media player controls (play, pause, stop, next, previous)
Volume control and mute
Seek support with smooth timeline updates
Displays current track info (title, artist, album, artwork)
Real-time updates via WebSocket (with HTTP polling fallback)
Script buttons - Execute pre-defined scripts (shutdown, restart, lock, sleep, etc.)
Configurable via Home Assistant UI

This integration requires the Media Server to be running on the PC you want to control.

Media Server Repository: media-player-server

See the Media Server documentation for installation and setup instructions.

Open HACS in Home Assistant
Click the three dots menu > Custom repositories
Add this repository URL: https://git.dolgolyov-family.by/alexei.dolgolyov/haos-hacs-integration-media-player
Select category: Integration
Click Add
Search for "Remote Media Player" and click Download
Restart Home Assistant

Download the latest release from the Releases page
Extract and copy the custom_components/remote_media_player folder to your Home Assistant config/custom_components/ directory
Restart Home Assistant

Go to Settings > Devices & Services
Click + Add Integration
Search for "Remote Media Player"
Enter the connection details:
- Host: IP address or hostname of your PC running Media Server
- Port: Server port (default: 8765)
- API Token: The authentication token from your Media Server
- Name: Display name for this media player (optional)

Once configured, the integration creates:

A full-featured media player entity with:

Button entities for each script defined on your Media Server:

type: media-control
entity: media_player.remote_media_player

MIT License