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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/StatisticianHot9415 on 2026-04-04 05:01:44+00:00.
Problem:
Me and a friend watch movies together remotely on a regular basis using my Emby server. We like to keep the movies in sync so we can react to it as needed.
Emby does not have a native way to keep them in sync without manual intervention on both sides.
Solution:
- Connect Emby to Home Assistant.
- Create an automation with triggers when either tv is playing or paused.
- Create a boolon input to only allow this automation to run if turned on (that way when we are watching separate things we don't interfere with each other).
- Create 2 action blocks from the triggers above
- If playing on either TV and one pauses, it pauses both TVs.
- If paused on either TV and one plays, both TVs play.
Just wanted to share because even though it is a simple automation compaired to my other ones, I am happy it works well.