Trigger event on media pause and resume?

[LP0101]

Is there a way to trigger a sensor based on media pausing and resuming? I'm trying to use this to replace some python scripts I was using to accomplish the same thing, but it doesn't seem to work.

This is my config right now:

"platforms": [
    {
        "platform": "homebridge-plex-sensors.Plex",
        "sensors": [
        {
            "name": "Media Playing",
            "types": ["movie","episode"],
            "players": ["Luca's TV"],
            "customFilters":
            {
                "event": "media.play"
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Media Paused",
            "types": ["movie","episode"],
            "players": ["Luca's TV"],
            "customFilters":
            {
                "event": "media.pause"
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Media Resumed",
            "types": ["movie","episode"],
            "players": ["Luca's TV"],
            "customFilters":
            {
                "event": "media.resume"
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Media Stopped",
            "types": ["movie","episode"],
            "players": ["Luca's TV"],
            "customFilters":
            {
                "event": "media.stop"
            }
        }
        ]
    }   
    ]

I understand now that the media stop sensor isn't quite needed, as I can just trigger a scene on the "media playing" sensor going off. However, the pause sensor doesn't seem to trigger when I pause media.

[alexjsp]

I think you're configuring this kinda of wrong. The idea is the plugin will make sensors triggered by play / pause / resume / stop, so using custom filters for those events isn't necessary.

The intention is that you would have one sensor:

        "sensors": [
        {
            "name": "Media Playing",
            "types": ["movie","episode"],
            "players": ["Luca's TV"]
        }

And it would be triggered to "on" when playback starts / resumes and "off" when it stops / pauses.

If you really want to run specific separate actions for all four events, you could probably instead do something like this:

        "sensors": [
        {
            "name": "Media Playing",
            "types": ["movie","episode"],
            "players": ["Luca's TV"]
        },
                {
            "name": "Media Active",
            "types": ["movie","episode"],
            "players": ["Luca's TV"],
                        "ignorePauseResume": true
        }

Then you could set your events / scenes to be triggered something like this:

• Play event: When "Media Active" is triggered on
• Pause event: When "Media Playing" is triggered off and "Media Active" is still on
• Resume event: When "Media Playing" is triggered on and "Media Active" is still on
• Stopped event: When "Media Active" is triggered off

But it's a little bit messing with the system and not quite how it was intended to be used so YMMV

[martyjp]

I created a fork that addresses this issue as I wanted different behavior for my lights when a movie started/stopped and when it was paused/resumed.

I have created a "TriggerType" for each sensor that defines what type of events the trigger responds too. I think this will give you the behavior that you are looking for.

[hstamas]

How do you install a plugin from a GIT fork?

This fork is exactly what I’m looking for as I like to have a separate lighting scene activate when I pause a movie but I can’t find any info on how to install a plugin manually.

[martyjp]

To install from a fork, you add the user’s name prior to the package you wish to install. So you can try the following:

sudo npm install -g martyjp/homebridge-plex-sensors That should install the forked package.

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This fork is exactly what I’m looking for as I like to have a separate lighting scene activate when I pause a movie but I can’t find any info on how to install a plugin manually.

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[hstamas]

excellent - thanks!