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

 

[TimTim]

I have a large collection of flac files on my Plex server and use wimm app, Works as it should no transcoding etc but without some of the bells and whistles.
Listen to music, browse and search.fine

Search never works for me. The results are beyond erratic.

 

[Roedelheim]

For exactly this I run a Pi5 with a Hifiberry Digi Pro HAT and use the optical in from my (Amp) Ultra. But if you wanted your Ultra only for Plex it might be worth to think new.

 

[simbun]

Search never works for me. The results are beyond erratic.

It's an API call (GET /hubs/search?query=Beatles&contentDirectoryID=3 in my case) so if the results are erratic it's likely a Plex fault.
The searches are visible in the 'Plex Media Server.log' once debugging has been enabled, though unfortunately you can't see the results.

 

[TimTim]

It's an API call (GET /hubs/search?query=Beatles&contentDirectoryID=3 in my case) so if the results are erratic it's likely a Plex fault.
The searches are visible in the 'Plex Media Server.log' once debugging has been enabled, though unfortunately you can't see the results.

If I search for an artist in Plexamp, I’ll get a list of all the albums by that artist. In WHA I’ll get a selection with a couple of things missing which might show up if I search for the album title. It’s been like this forever. Other people on here don’t seem to have that problem. So maybe it’s related to large collections only. Maybe there’s a limit to the number of results for that API call. If LMS wasn’t a lot slower than Plex, I’d just stick to that.

 

[simbun]

So maybe it’s related to large collections only. Maybe there’s a limit to the number of results for that API call.

Creating the registry key EnableDatabaseTrace instructs Plex to log all database queries.
Each search triggers 4 database queries which appear to relate to album, artist, track and ? The problem is, each can only return a maximum of 4 rows (using the LIMIT 4 sql clause).
Does that match what you're seeing?

If LMS wasn’t a lot slower than Plex, I’d just stick to that.

If you're on Android have you tried using Symfonium with Plex (or with a better server)?

 

[pieterv1]

Hi everyone, a nasty surprise today.

I just purchased several Wiim devices and was very disappointed to find that the Wiim Ultra can't be a Plexamp endpoint.
I have a large and well-tagged music library, so I can't live without Plexamp.
So far, I've been using a Raspberry Pi 4 with a DAC without any problems. Of course, I never would have thought that an Ultra couldn't replace this equipment. I've already contacted support, asking them to answer my question about whether implementation is planned or not. If it isn't, there are two options: either give up on the Wiim devices or get the Raspberry Pi back and equip it with a Toslink output...

If you are running your Plex library on a NAS or on a always-on PC, check out Home Assistant, in combination with the Music Assistant plugin. This will allow you to set up your WiiM devices as an Airplay destination, Plexamp endpoint etc...

The Music Assistant service acts as an intermediate layer - it picks up on the Ultra's built-in UPnP capabilities and will then "advertise" it to the other protocols you set up (Airplay, Plex...). On your phone or computer it'll look like it is a natively supported device, directly accessible from Plexamp.