Kaleidescape
kaleidescape
The Kaleidescape integration allows for the automation of Kaleidescape movie players.
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 |
remote | TV remote (activities) | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
What people report
Local push integration; recent issues were blocking-I/O warnings in the library, fixed in pykaleidescape 1.1.7.
- Works1
- Requested1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaleidescape movie player | Works Local | Blocking-call event-loop freeze fixed in pykaleidescape 1.1.7Saved copy… times a day, causing the Supervisor watchdog to force-restart Core after missing 2 consecutive API responses. Investigation of the Core logs shows the kaleidescape integration is performing blocking synchronous I/O inside the event loop during setup, which correlates with these unresponsive periods. Detected blocking call to listdir with args ('/config/deps/lib/python3.14/site-packages',) inside the event loop by integration 'kaleidescape' at homeassistant/components/kaleidescape/init.py, line 26: await device.connect() (offender: /usr/local/lib/python3.14/importlib/metadata/init.py, line … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #182346 · 2026-09 | |
| Kaleidescape volume control | Requested Local | Volume control PR was closed without mergeSaved copyProposed change Allows automations to use the volume management feature of Kaleidescape movie players, a hardware based streaming device. Some important considerations in how this feature was added to the HA integration: - The Kaleidescape hardware API just acts a gateway for volume/mu Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | PR #158756 · 2025-12 |
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.
Found automatically over
- SSDP/UPnP
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 158 (0.02%) |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 2022.4 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @SteveEasley |
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.
