Emby
emby
The Emby integration allows you to control a Emby multimedia system from Home Assistant.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
media_player | Media player (as switches) | Only TVs and receivers get a TV tile; other players show as power and play switches; Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
What people report
Emby integration controls browser and native players; Chromecast control and volume are unreliable.
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emby on Chromecast | Partly works | Controls unresponsive on Chromecast; volume not supported by Emby APISaved copyThe problem Home assistant Emby integration finds and shows the available media_players but you are not able to control it. All buttons are not working: play, pause, volume, and track location. You are able to press all buttons but nothing happens. ### What is version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2021.10.4 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? 2020 ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue emby ### Link to integration documentation on our website https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/emby/ ### … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #57591 · 2021-10 |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Local push
Talks to the device on your network, and the device tells Home Assistant the moment something changes.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 827 (0.12%) |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Legacy |
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.32 |
| Set up in the UI | No, YAML |
| Maintainers | @mezz64 |
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
