Ongoing Beta Beta Test: Plex

[pieterv1]

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Wrong thread, I think

 

[simbun]

That would be ideal. I would even be happy if Plex was fully functional within the Wiim App. The last time I checked, when displaying all albums by an artist, it just displayed a selection. The missing albums could still be found via search though.

Have you tried disabling Release Type grouping in Plex?

 

[pieterv1]

Hi everyone! Thanks all for testing out the Plex integration! We've been going through your feedback and have partnered with Plex to build a more in depth integration with Plex before we go live. Please continue to share feedback, we'll keep reading it.

We'll let you know when there's more to share, but for now we're going back to the development desk for some more time.

So are you actually?

@WiiM Support @WiiM Team @RyanWithWiiM

 

[RyanWithWiiM]

So are you actually?

@WiiM Support @WiiM Team @RyanWithWiiM

Reading, yes! Have more to share? Not yet!

 

[timmo]

Reading, yes! Have more to share? Not yet!

Think of ALL the extra WiiMs you can sell if WiiM supported remote Plex servers! Great use case with Plex’s impending change …

 

[vdp]

Reading, yes! Have more to share? Not yet!

Giving WiiM a potential excuse (still the lack or approach of communication even if an NDA is in place...).

I'm wondering if this is something like a tech integration using Plexamp 5.0 specifications which are rumoured now already for more then a year at Plex end. With Plexamp not the main focus for Plex as a whole, it could have been delayed few times already due to shifting priorities and team downsizings..

 

[chillipalmer86]

I've found that searching for a track in Plexamp is more successful than searching for it in Plex within the WiiM Home app. I sometimes get no results with the latter. Does anyone else have this problem?

 

[pieterv1]

I've found that searching for a track in Plexamp is more successful than searching for it in Plex within the WiiM Home app. I sometimes get no results with the latter. Does anyone else have this problem?

Yes, browsing experience on Plexamp is just better overall and one of the reasons why so many of us are hoping for a solution to directly "cast" from inside the original Plex apps. No Airplay, no Chromecast, but a dedicated protocol like Spotify connect or Tidal connect. More & more it starts feeling like an unfeasible thing to ask unfortunately.

 

[pieterv1]

I've found that searching for a track in Plexamp is more successful than searching for it in Plex within the WiiM Home app. I sometimes get no results with the latter. Does anyone else have this problem?

According to @RyanWithWiiM , the team still actively reads these forums, but maybe it's best to submit feedback through the app as well.

 

[vdp]

And the (in my experience) poor Chromecast behavior is also not helping. Casting from the Plexamp app to WiiM is finicky as best (while eg to a Google Nest Mini (bathroom) is working perfect every time).

Small frustrations that I didnt have with Plexamp headless and are honestly heavily undermining value of the WiiM... If multi-services streaming just working fine isn't the baseline I wonder why I'm here...

 

[pieterv1]

As of their last roadmap Plex Endpoint/Plexamp Headless support is listed under "actively working on".
According to the support they are still evaluating it and are in fact not actively working on it. I really would like to see headless plexamp on the wiim ultra, because the current implementation is really flawed.

Full post

If it's still just being "considered" instead of absolutely planned to be developed, then why is it on the roadmap

 

[BenoitP]

Any update on that yet?
What I'd like to see is quite simple: I have a playlist of 4500 songs. When I select "shuffle", I expect it to actually shuffle on the entire playlist, not on a small subset of 500 songs around the starting point.
Are there plans to fix this?

Thanks!
Ben

 

[Windex]

Ran into a problem today. Launched Wiim app on my iPhone 16 Pro and my Plex library couldn’t be found. Logged out from the Wiim app and logged back in and my servers are now there but they are listed as unavailable. They are available to my Plexamp app in my iPhone as well as Plex on my LG TV’s WebOS Plex app, so the Plex server on my Mac is working. Any solutions for this problem? TIA.

 

[pieterv1]

Ran into a problem today. Launched Wiim app on my iPhone 16 Pro and my Plex library couldn’t be found. Logged out from the Wiim app and logged back in and my servers are now there but they are listed as unavailable. They are available to my Plexamp app in my iPhone as well as Plex on my LG TV’s WebOS Plex app, so the Plex server on my Mac is working. Any solutions for this problem? TIA.

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Maybe your phone was on 2.4GHz vs the WiiM on 5GHz? I've learned that the Plex integration is very picky when it comes to networks... while it totally should not be. That's the beauty of Plex (and their native apps).

 

[Windex]

Well I launched the Wiim app this morning and it’s working fine now. Weird.

 

[timmo]

By the way, excellent news with Plex reversing course regarding Music and Photos (no longer segregated to separate apps only):

https://www.howtogeek.com/plex-photos-music-returning-to-core-app/