PlexToZidoo : An external player for plex using native Zidoo player

I tried this, but man the ui/ux on zidoo plex mod / Kodi is just too far away from the plex experience. It’s kinda ugly! I guess nothing we can do there, and if I was on a z9x pro I’d go for it. But with the z9x I’ll stick with the official plex client with plextozidoo until it breaks.

 

Maybe ... it would take quite a bit of work to get all of the substitution settings into the Kodi addon. So it's not impossible but I'm not sure if I'm going to tackle it. Seems like a number of people don't even like the ZidooPlexMod interface so I'm not sure how much of an audience it will have.

 

OK, it's not the prettiest interface, but it works and you can find everything.
E.g. I've never used skins on Kodi either. Useless in my opinion

 

I actually kind of like it ... I like that it doesn't have any of the Plex free streaming or discovery stuff on there. That stuff doesn't really work so it's nice that it doesn't show up. It's more focused on local content which is really what the zidoo box is meant for.

 

@bowlingbeeg just updated everything to your latest. I noticed playing an Anime results in no subs being played. I tested the same Anime in Emby and the subs are playing fine. Is this a known issue or am I missing a setting somewhere?

 

See #322

 

I appreciate that. My next question is how to configure the substitution.

*Edit - I tried to fill in everything in the substitution fields, and get an error message now when trying to play a file.

I have the Z9x Pro.

 

Added a new version of ZidooPlexMod(0.1.4). There are a couple of small enhancements to this version including an attempt to speed up the hub queries that are done after a file has been played. The old code would sometimes query the server for every file for some of the hubs. I've also added progress bars, unwatched status, and the remaining time to the pre-play screen. Let me know if you have any issues.

https://github.com/bowlingbeeg/plex-for-kodi/releases/tag/ZidooPlexMod_v0.1.4

 

In the PlexToZidoo app turn on the debug option and then when you try playing a file it will pop up and show some information about what it did for the substitution. See if that's displaying an error.

 

I noticed one more thing (v1.3):
The title of the movie/episode is no longer displayed,
this did work with Plex -> PTZ.

I will test the v1.4 tomorrow.

 

Where exactly isn't the title being displayed? Are you talking about on the Home screen or the info screen?

 

I mean the title displayed by PlexToZidoo just before the movie starts.
Sorry, I expressed myself somewhat stupidly.

 

Did you change the setting "Show title when zidoo player starts" in PlexToZidoo?

 

Yes, is activated, but now it gets strange:
If I start a film, there is no title.
If I stop it and start it again, the title is displayed.

I have the same behavior in Plex, although it still worked with PTZ 1.8 inPlex.

 

That's strange since that functionality hasn't changed. It pulls the title from the Plex Server and sends it to the zidoo player. The player is the one that displays the data.

 

Thanks for the help bowlingbeeg. I set the debug and I'm getting an ERROR: No substitution found msg. There's a ton of info after that, and the best way to show you if you'd like is with a picture. I could DM you if you'd like.

Edit * - I am running this off unraid. I have smb://ipaddress/data/media mapped to the zidoo player. I do have a username and password and I have put that in as well.

I set the following;

• Part of the path to replace
  • /media
• Replace with
  • smb://192.168.x.x/data/media

This doesn't throw that ERROR: No substitution error now, but when I click on play it won't play the video. I hope this helps someone help me. Thanks.

 

Have you tried accessing your media through the media center app to see if that works?

 

It does work. I'm able to see the files, I also have Emby installed and I tested a show and it works fine. Also tried an Anime, and the subs show up with no problem.

 

Minor update to PlexToZidoo to fix the broken import/export buttons on the Pro models

https://github.com/bowlingbeeg/PlexToZidoo/releases/tag/v2.1

 

Just making sure I am reading this correctly

"Choose either the native Plex app(only works on Z9X generation) or the ZidooPlexMod Kodi app". I can only use Plex App if I am on Zidoo Z9x? right?