Plex Endpoint Support / Plexamp Headless

[nadanre]

I just had a little conversation with the Plex-Support, asking about the state of plex endpoint integration. 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.
For example: Under artist pages there are only albums shown, no eps or live-albums or compilations.
Also preset-playlists only contain the first 500 tracks...
From my understanding it should be easier to implement a true plex endpoint, than trying to implement all the functions "manually" and bit by bit within the wiim home app.
I guess there are a few others that would like to see this feature, since also chromecast with plexamp is really in dire need of an update, since it doesnt even show track, or artist names not even talking about album art. But from my understanding that is something the Plex/Plexamp team would need to fix/implement.

All that aside, I am still really happy with the plex support so far, and all the improvements that have been made so far.
All the best to all of you,
Navid

 

[Paulf2020]

I sold my WiiM, going to buy it again if they implement plexamp properly.

 

[mpr]

So I finally got tired of a better integration (getting cool plexamp features in a wiim multi room setup) and just set something up that might suit my needs.

I already have a dedicated media PC that hosts all my music. I got a pro, plugged it into the PC usb->optical and use that as my dedicated device for controlling what I play (unrelated, it now also drives the headphone amp I have at my desk, which is a nice bonus). I just use whatever device (phone / tablet) to remotely control plexamp on the PC

The pro built into every group as the lead device. I only go into the wiim app to select a group / throw some speakers together and then stay in plexamp. The volume control there controls the signal out to the pro which flows to all other speakers.

I also took superfluous wiim remote, connected it to my PC through Bluetooth and, as long as it's not locked, the remote can play / pause, switch tracks and control the volume.

I've only been able to play with it for a few hours since setup, but all results are positive so far