Home Assistant

Emby

The Emby integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] allows you to control a Emby multimedia system from Home Assistant.

To add Emby 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. To view the changes, go to Settings > Devices & services > Entities.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
media_player:
  - platform: emby
    host: YOUR_IP_ADDRESS
    api_key: YOUR_API_KEY

Configuration Variables

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host string (Optional, default: localhost)

The host name or IP address of the device that is running Emby.

api_key string Required

The API key to use to authenticate.

ssl boolean (Optional, default: false)

Connect with HTTPS/WSS. Your SSL certificate must be valid.

port integer (Optional)

The port number of the device that is running Emby.

Default:

8096 (No SSL), 8920 (SSL)

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