Media players showing playing and paused

[dumitrudan608]

Hi.

I'm using the code below to get Media Players that are currently playing or paused, but I do have a few questions / issues:

1. [question] Can we filter by state: playing || paused (or) ?
2. [issue] There is no way to add the identity of the player or room. if show_player_controls: true, badge_label: does not do anything.
3. [issue] If I add hold action, media buttons are disabled, hold_action: action: more-info. I want to have access to the built in media player if I want to, but I have not found a way.

  - entity_filter: media_player
    operator: "="
    state: playing
    theme: music
    show_player_controls: true
    show_entity_name: true
    group: true
    group_min: 3
    group_message: "{count} Media players playing"
    priority: 3
  
  - entity_filter: media_player
    operator: "="
    state: paused
    theme: music
    show_player_controls: true
    show_entity_name: true
    group: true
    group_min: 3
    group_message: "{count} Media players paused"
    priority: 4

[djdevil]

1. Filter by playing OR paused

The card doesn't support OR on a single state field directly. The cleanest approach is two separate filter alerts — one for playing, one for paused — both with show_player_controls: true. They'll cycle independently and each shows its own player card. Alternatively, if you want to catch any "active" player (playing, paused, buffering), use:

• entity_filter: media_player
  operator: "!="
  state: "off"
  theme: music
  show_player_controls: true

2. badge_label ignored

Bug confirmed and fixed in the upcoming v1.3.1 — the player card was hardcoding "NOW PLAYING" and ignoring badge_label entirely. After the fix, setting badge_label: "Kitchen" will display it in the badge slot.

3. Hold action disabling player buttons

This was already fixed in v1.3 (#105) — all player buttons now stop pointer event propagation so card-level tap/hold actions don't interfere.1. Filter by playing OR paused

The card doesn't support OR on a single state field directly. The cleanest approach is two separate filter alerts — one for playing, one for paused — both with show_player_controls: true. They'll cycle independently and each shows its own player card. Alternatively, if you want to catch any "active" player (playing, paused, buffering), use:

• entity_filter: media_player
  operator: "!="
  state: "off"
  theme: music
  show_player_controls: true

2. badge_label ignored

Bug confirmed and fixed in the upcoming v1.3.1 — the player card was hardcoding "NOW PLAYING" and ignoring badge_label entirely. After the fix, setting badge_label: "Kitchen" will display it in the badge slot.

3. Hold action disabling player buttons

This was already fixed in v1.3 (#105) — all player buttons now stop pointer event propagation so card-level tap/hold actions don't interfere.