Media player is off

The Media player is off condition passes when the selected media player is turned off. Use it when an automation should continue only if the device is powered down.

Use Media player is off to avoid powering on related equipment too early, to run quiet-time routines only when a TV is off, or to decide whether another action still needs to happen.

Using this condition from the user interface

If you prefer building automations visually, Home Assistant walks you through this condition step by step. You pick what to check, tweak a few options, and save. No YAML knowledge required.

To use Media player is off in an automation:

1. Go to Settings > Automations & scenes.
2. Open an existing automation, or select Create automation > Create new automation.
3. In the And if section, select Add condition.
4. Select what you want to check. Under By target (see Targets), pick the media player you want to evaluate. You can also select an area, a floor, a device, or a label.
5. From the conditions shown for that target, select Media player is off.
6. Under Condition passes if (see Behavior), choose how multiple targeted media players should behave. The default is Any.
7. Under For at least, enter how long the media player must stay off before the condition passes. The default is 0.
8. Select Save.

Options in the UI

Using this condition in YAML

If you work directly in YAML, or you want to know exactly what Home Assistant does under the hood, this section has the technical reference. It lists the field names you use in YAML, their types, and which ones are required.

In YAML, refer to this condition as media_player.is_off. A basic example looks like this:

condition: media_player.is_off
target:
  entity_id: media_player.bedroom_tv

This passes when the bedroom TV is off.

To require all targeted media players to stay off for 10 minutes:

condition: media_player.is_off
target:
  area_id: upstairs
options:
  behavior: all
  for: "00:10:00"

Options in YAML

Targets of the condition

This condition requires a target. The target is the object that Home Assistant will check. You can point the condition at a single entityAn entity represents a sensor, actor, or function in Home Assistant. Entities are used to monitor physical properties or to control other entities. An entity is usually part of a device or a service. [Learn more], a device, an area, a floor, or a label, and Home Assistant will evaluate every matching media_player entity behind that target.

• Entity: one specific media_player entity, such as media_player.living_room.
• Device: every media_player entity that belongs to a device.
• Area: every media_player entity in a room or area.
• Floor: every media_player entity on a floor.
• Label: every media_player entity that shares a label.

You can also select different target types in one condition. For example, you can add a specific entity and an area as targets in the same condition to check both of them at once.

Behavior with multiple targets

When you target more than one entity (or select an area, floor, or label that contains several), the Condition passes if option controls how the results combine:

• Any (default): the condition passes if at least one of the targeted entities matches. For example, if you check three smoke sensors and only one of them detects smoke, the condition still passes. This is useful for questions like “is there smoke anywhere in the house?”
• All: the condition passes only when every targeted entity matches. For example, if you check the same three smoke sensors, the condition passes only once all three report cleared. This is useful for “is the entire house safe now?” checks, so your automation does not send an all-clear while one room still has a reading.

Good to know

• This condition checks whether the device is powered off. If the device is still on but playback has ended, use Media player is not playing instead.
• Media players that are unavailable or unknown are skipped for Any and fail for All.
• If you want the opposite test, use Media player is on.

Try it yourself

Ready to test this? Go to Settings > Automations & scenes, open an automation, and add this condition. Trigger the automation with and without the condition met, and watch whether it continues or stops.

More examples

Real scenarios where this condition gates an automation. Copy any example and adapt it to your setup.

Automation: only run the vacuum when the TV is off

When everyone leaves home, start the vacuum only if the bedroom TV is off.

• Trigger: Person leaves home
• Condition: Media player is off
  • Target: Bedroom TV
• Action: Start vacuuming
  • Target: Robot vacuum

alias: "Start the vacuum only when the TV is off"
triggers:
  - trigger: zone
    entity_id: person.alex
    zone: zone.home
    event: leave
conditions:
  - condition: media_player.is_off
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.bedroom_tv
actions:
  - action: vacuum.start
    target:
      entity_id: vacuum.main_floor

Automation: lock up only when all media players are off

At night, lock the media room door only if every media player in that room is off.

• Trigger: Time: 23:30
• Condition: Media player is off
  • Target: Media room
  • Condition passes if: All
• Action: Lock lock
  • Target: Media room door

alias: "Lock the media room when all media players are off"
triggers:
  - trigger: time
    at: "23:30:00"
conditions:
  - condition: media_player.is_off
    target:
      area_id: media_room
    options:
      behavior: all
actions:
  - action: lock.lock
    target:
      entity_id: lock.media_room_door

Still stuck?

The Home Assistant community is quick to help: join Discord for real-time chat, post on the community forum with the condition you’re using and what you expected to happen, or share on our subreddit /r/homeassistant.

Related conditions

These conditions work well alongside this one:

• Media player is on: Tests if one or more media players are on.

• Media player is not playing: Tests if one or more media players are not playing.