2012-06-15, 02:15
Purpose
MyPlex is a platform for sharing media between Plex Media Servers. This is a third-party add-on, which uses public web services exposed by MyPlex. The developer of this add-on is not in any way affiliated with Plex or XBMC.
The goal of the project is to:
Installation
Source code
https://github.com/rickcrook/plugin.video.myplex-xbmc
Credits
to the developers on plexbmc addon
Zsolt Torok for his example code
XBMCdev for XBMC
v0.1.0 Release notes
Building on the last, I have focused on providing as much content from MyPlex as possible.
This is at the expense of cleaning up the presentation and video playing
This release comes with plenty more limitations and I am expecting many more issues as testing of this version has been limited.
Features (new items in bold since last release)
Limitations (new items in bold since last release)
v0.01 Release notes
This is an initial release with the minimal of functionality to prove the concept.
Features
Limitations
MyPlex is a platform for sharing media between Plex Media Servers. This is a third-party add-on, which uses public web services exposed by MyPlex. The developer of this add-on is not in any way affiliated with Plex or XBMC.
The goal of the project is to:
- build an example python class for accessing MyPlex API (and remote Plex Media Servers API)
- be able to play media in XBMC from a remote Plex server via MyPlex
Installation
- Download the latest version plugin.video.myplex-xbmc.zip
- Follow the instructions on How to install from zip
Source code
https://github.com/rickcrook/plugin.video.myplex-xbmc
Credits
to the developers on plexbmc addon
Zsolt Torok for his example code
XBMCdev for XBMC
v0.1.0 Release notes
Building on the last, I have focused on providing as much content from MyPlex as possible.
This is at the expense of cleaning up the presentation and video playing
This release comes with plenty more limitations and I am expecting many more issues as testing of this version has been limited.
Features (new items in bold since last release)
- Navigate through your Playlists and TV
- Provide the full filter ability of video lists (eg. Watched, Unwatched, OnDeck)
- Play a TV show
- Videos are showing limited metadata while playing
- Log on to MyPlex with your username and password
- Navigate through your Servers & Sections
- Provide a list of videos from a section with videos
- Play a video in XBMC
Limitations (new items in bold since last release)
- MyPlex Queue and Recommendations items will not play
- Pull any other media types (eg. Music, Pictures)
- (Some lists will not display due to non-ascii characters) <- fixed in 0.1.1
- Decorate menu items with meta-data (eg. fan-art, genre)
- Add offset or change transcoding quality from PMS
v0.01 Release notes
This is an initial release with the minimal of functionality to prove the concept.
Features
- Log on to MyPlex with your username and password
- Navigate through your Servers & Sections
- Provide a list of videos from a section with videos
- Play a video in XBMC
Limitations
- Pull any other media types (eg. TV Shows, MyPlex Queue, Watched)
- Decorate menu items with meta-data (eg. fan-art, genre)MyPlex and Plex for the public API
- Add offset or change transcoding quality from PMS