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title: "MQTT Media Player"
description: "MQTT Media Player is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 114 installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated October 10, 2026."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/bkbilly-mqtt-media-player"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/bkbilly-mqtt-media-player.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# MQTT Media Player

> MQTT Media Player is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 114 installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated October 10, 2026.

MQTT Media Player is a Marketplace integration that fills a Home Assistant media player entity from MQTT topics. A device publishes a JSON configuration message to a discovery topic, and the player then appears in Home Assistant through MQTT auto-discovery. It supports playback control such as play, pause, skip and volume, and it reads the player state, track position and duration from topics. Album art can be shown when it is published as a base64-encoded image, with JPEG recommended. Availability monitoring shows when a device is online or offline, and the media browser can send media to the player, with a JSON payload published to a play media topic. It works locally and is set up in the UI.

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[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/hacs_repository/?owner=bkbilly&repository=mqtt_media_player&category=integration)

On Home Assistant 2026.11 or newer? [Open it in the Marketplace](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/marketplace_repository/?owner=bkbilly&repository=mqtt_media_player&category=integration)

## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **From the Marketplace**: Installed through the Marketplace, formerly HACS.
- **Actively maintained**: Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months.

## Setting it up

Install it from the Marketplace and restart Home Assistant, then add it under Settings, Devices and services.

## From the README

> Easiest way to add a custom MQTT Media Player with full auto-discovery support.
>
> - 🔍 MQTT Auto-Discovery - Devices automatically appear in Home Assistant
> - 🎵 Full Media Control - Play, pause, skip, volume, and more
> - 🖼️ Album Art Support - Display cover art from MQTT
> - 📊 Progress Tracking - Track position and duration
> - 🔌 Availability Monitoring - Know when devices are online/offline
> - 📁 Media Browser - Browse and play media from Home Assistant

From the README of [bkbilly/mqtt\_media\_player](https://github.com/bkbilly/mqtt_media_player#readme), [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html). Shortened.

## At a glance

- Kind: Marketplace integration
- Category: [Media and entertainment](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/media-and-entertainment.md)
- Number: 114 installs sharing analytics; 23 GitHub stars
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months
- Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older)
- Latest version: 2026.10.0, last updated October 10, 2026
- Domain: `mqtt_media_player`
- Source: <https://github.com/bkbilly/mqtt_media_player>
- Issues: <https://github.com/bkbilly/mqtt_media_player/issues>

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/bkbilly-mqtt-media-player

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