Panel Media¶

About¶

The media panel controls a media player entity — TV, speaker, or receiver. It displays the currently playing song/album art, and provides play/pause, volume, track navigation, and grouping controls. The album art, title, and artist info span the full panel width for a cleaner look. A vertical volume slider on the right replaces the previous bottom progress bar.

The popup variant (popup_media_player) mirrors the main panel layout. It is used automatically when a media player entity is assigned as an item on another panel.

How to configure¶

In the panel editor, set:

Item (entity picker) — A media player entity to control. Required.

Media Favorites¶

You can add media favorites as quick-select items. The editor shows one editable row per favorite:

Sonos Favorites — Enable to use Sonos favorites as the source for media items. This requires the Sonos integration to be configured in Home Assistant. If Sonos favorites in source is enabled, favorites appear in the source selection popup.
Media Favorites — Add individual media content items. Each entry has a name and content ID.

Grouping / Ungrouping¶

If the media player supports grouping (e.g., Sonos speakers), you can group and ungroup devices. Available group members are determined automatically from the entity's group_members attribute.

Display Behavior¶

Album art, title, and artist span the full panel width.
The vertical volume slider is on the right side.
When nothing is playing, the panel shows the media player's current source or idle state.