diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b22ec9270..2483976dc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 .idea/
 __pycache__/
-
diff --git a/custom_components/xiaomi_miot/media_player.py b/custom_components/xiaomi_miot/media_player.py
index e67535e4d..9cf5ba799 100644
--- a/custom_components/xiaomi_miot/media_player.py
+++ b/custom_components/xiaomi_miot/media_player.py
@@ -482,6 +482,20 @@ def turn_off(self):
             return self.call_action(self._act_turn_off)
         return False
 
+    async def async_play_media(self, media_type, media_id, **kwargs):
+        if not self.xiaoai_device:
+            return
+        aid = self.xiaoai_device.get('deviceID')
+        api = 'https://api2.mina.mi.com/remote/ubus'
+        dat = {
+            'deviceId': aid,
+            'path': 'mediaplayer',
+            'method': 'player_play_url',
+            'message': json.dumps({'url': media_id, 'type': 1, 'media': 'app_ios'}),
+        }
+        rdt = await self.xiaoai_cloud.async_request_api(api, data=dat, method='POST') or {}
+        self.logger.info('%s: Play media: %s', self.name_model, [dat, rdt])
+
     def intelligent_speaker(self, text, execute=False, silent=False, **kwargs):
         if srv := self._intelligent_speaker:
             anm = 'execute_text_directive' if execute else 'play_text'
@@ -741,7 +755,7 @@ def turn_off(self):
                 return self.call_action(act, ['熄屏'])
         return super().turn_off()
 
-    def play_media(self, media_type, media_id, **kwargs):
+    async def async_play_media(self, media_type, media_id, **kwargs):
         """Play a piece of media."""
         tim = str(int(time.time() * 1000))
         pms = {
@@ -752,9 +766,8 @@ def play_media(self, media_type, media_id, **kwargs):
             'ts': tim,
             'sign': hashlib.md5(f'mitvsignsalt{media_id}{self._api_key}{tim[-5:]}'.encode()).hexdigest(),
         }
-        rdt = self.request_mitv_api('controller', params=pms)
+        rdt = await self.async_request_mitv_api('controller', params=pms)
         self.logger.info('%s: Play media: %s', self.name_model, [pms, rdt])
-        return not not rdt
 
     @property
     def source(self):