Adding local media

In order to see your local media in your Home Assistant media browser, you’ll need to add media to your media folder.

If you haven’t set up a local media folder yet, check out this page on setting up the local media source

You can access your (automatically) created media folder using the dashboard. Navigate to the Media > Local Media, and in the top right corner, click manage. Here you can add and delete your media.

Home Assistant OS

If you are running Home Assistant Operating SystemHome Assistant OS, the Home Assistant Operating System, is an embedded, minimalistic, operating system designed to run the Home Assistant ecosystem on single board computers (like the Raspberry Pi) or Virtual Machines. It includes Home Assistant Core, the Home Assistant Supervisor, and supports apps. Home Assistant Supervisor keeps it up to date, removing the need for you to manage an operating system. Home Assistant Operating System is the recommended installation type for most users., you can also use the Samba app. If you haven’t installed the Samba app yet, you can do so by browsing to the Settings > Apps panel. Next, select Install app and search for the Samba app.

On the Samba app page, you can find a tab called Documentation with the app installation and usage instructions. After that, you can copy/move media onto your device using drag and drop in your file explorer.

Other apps, such as SSH, provide access to the media folders as well.

Home Assistant Container

After you have set up a local media folder, you can add any media to that folder you have mounted in.

Your media will show up in the Home Assistant frontend automatically.