Media player icon state not set

[ipodmusicman]

Hi there,

Just started using the mini player today and I don't know under which rock I had been hiding. :)

Just found some small issue. I noticed that the "cast" icon is turned off on the player whereby it is turned on when you click to open the "more info" dialog box. I also added the Nvidia Shield as a "non mini media player" to my entities card and the icon is turned "on".

See the image attached as well as the YAML code snippet below.

// this is using min media player. Note the icon on the top left is "off"

• entity: media_player.lounge_nvidia_shield
  group: true
  hide:
  power: true
  volume: true
  type: 'custom:mini-media-player'
• entity: media_player.yamaha_receiver
  group: true
  hide:
  controls: true
  source: true
  type: 'custom:mini-media-player'
  // this is not using mini media player. Note the icon on the top left is "on"
• entity: media_player.lounge_nvidia_shield

I'm using the Nvidia Shield as an example, but the same happens with the Yamaha AVR.

[kalkih]

Hello, thanks for the detailed explanation!

Yes, this is a feature that's not currently implemented in the card, but could be added eventually.
If you need this functionality right now you could try using config-template-card to make the icon change depending on state.

# note: untested code
type: 'custom:config-template-card'
variables:
  - states['media_player.lounge_nvidia_shield'].state
card:
  type: custom:mini-media-player
  icon: "${vars[0] === 'off' || vars[0] === 'unavailable' ? 'mdi:cast' : 'mdi:cast-connected'}"
  ...

[ipodmusicman]

I thought it was a bug based on the default media player behavior. I don't need it currently, but thought I'd log it to get it addressed to match the consistency of the default media player behavior.

[kalkih]

Entity icon color based on state is now supported, although disabled by default.

See the new icon_state option in the hide option object

Enable icon state color:

- type: custom:mini-media-player
  ...
  hide:
    icon_state: false

Thanks!