Ongoing Beta Beta Test: Plex

[onelivewire]

@JeffW you make a great point. I often audition records on a friend's server before deciding I want to add it to my own. It's one of if the nice social features of Plex. Right now I have to use Plexamp for this and am then hamstrung by Chromecast.

A power-user feature, for sure.

 

[pieterv1]

New WiiM Ultra owner here. Love it, even enjoying the current state of Plex integration in the production firmware and andoid app. I also happen to be a PlexAmp user mostly in the car (android auto) and through headphones when exercising through the same android phone. At first I thought I wanted to be able to stream PlexAmp from that same phone, but most of my listening at home is more serious - full album at a time, etc., and I ended up not likeing that doing so through PlexAmp ended the listing session that was ongoing in the car. So, I have been using the Plex integration in the WiiM Home app to control home listening.

What I just realized was that this works for me being on the sam network as the Plex server, but it does not work for other family members in their own homes.

• Why does Plex have to be on the same network?
• Is this addressed by the beta software discussed here?
• Is there a plan to address this lack of remote access?

All we know is that this is one of the features they're actively working on:
"Native Plex Control Protocol for the native Plex endpoint"

WiiM Ultra Roadmap

Updated on Dec 23, 2024 What we're working on … We want to give you visibility into some of the features we are working on. For a complete list of released features, please refer to our official release notes. If you would like to make a ...

faq.wiimhome.com

One would assume this should give us the ability to "cast" from the native Plex apps. As their apps work independent from the network, issue #1 should be automatically dealt with

 

[JeffW]

All we know is that this is one of the features they're actively working on:
"Native Plex Control Protocol for the native Plex endpoint"

WiiM Ultra Roadmap

Updated on Dec 23, 2024 What we're working on … We want to give you visibility into some of the features we are working on. For a complete list of released features, please refer to our official release notes. If you would like to make a ...

faq.wiimhome.com

One would assume this should give us the ability to "cast" from the native Plex apps. As their apps work independent from the network, issue #1 should be automatically dealt with

It does sound promising, @pieterv1. Thanks