v0.1.0 - Initial Release

🎉 Emby Media Integration v0.1.0

First stable release of the Home Assistant Emby Media integration.

✨ Highlights

• Full Media Player Control - Play, pause, stop, seek, volume control for all Emby clients
• Real-time Updates - WebSocket connection for instant state synchronization
• Complete Media Browsing - Navigate your entire Emby library from Home Assistant
• Voice Assistant Ready - Search media with Assist/Alexa/Google Home
• Multiple Entity Types - Media player, remote, notify, and button entities
• Automation Triggers - React to playback events in your automations

📦 Installation

HACS (Recommended)

1. Add this repository to HACS as a custom repository
2. Search for "Emby Media" and install
3. Restart Home Assistant
4. Add integration via Settings → Devices & Services

Manual

1. Download embymedia.zip from this release
2. Extract to custom_components/embymedia/
3. Restart Home Assistant

🎬 Features

Media Player Entities

• Full playback control (play, pause, stop, next, previous, seek)
• Volume control and mute
• Media browsing with artwork
• Now playing information with progress

Media Browsing

• Movies (A-Z, by year, decade, genre, collections)
• TV Shows (seasons, episodes, by year, genre)
• Music (artists, albums, genres, playlists)
• Live TV channels
• Playlists and collections

Additional Entities

• Remote - Navigation commands (up, down, left, right, select, back, home)
• Notify - Send on-screen messages to clients
• Button - Server actions (refresh library)

Services

• embymedia.send_message - Display notifications on clients
• embymedia.send_command - Send navigation commands
• embymedia.mark_played / mark_unplayed - Manage watch status
• embymedia.add_favorite / remove_favorite - Manage favorites
• embymedia.refresh_library - Trigger library scan

Options

• Configurable scan interval (5-300 seconds)
• WebSocket enable/disable
• Device filtering
• Transcoding options (direct play, container, bitrate)
• Entity name prefix toggles ("Emby" prefix per entity type)

📋 Requirements

• Home Assistant 2025.11.3 or newer
• Emby Server with API access
• API key with appropriate permissions

📖 Documentation

See the README for complete documentation.

🔧 Technical Details

• Python 3.13+ support
• 100% test coverage with 815+ tests
• Strict type checking with mypy
• WebSocket with exponential backoff reconnection

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/troykelly/homeassistant-emby/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md