PlexToZidoo : An external player for plex using native Zidoo player

What kind of issues did you run into?

I am having an issue where the video stops showing up on the Plex Server Dashboard Now playing section. When this happens it doesn't show the progress when I stop playback. I tried increasing the number of background apps to 3, but that didn't have any impact.

To give an example, I started an episode from the beginning. It showed up in the Now Playing, but disappeared after 7 minutes. I continued until 12 minutes and stopped playback with the stop button. The Plex resume time mark was 7:10 ( where it stopped showing in Now Playing). This does not happen every time, but often enough to be annoying.

 

That issue with the Plex Dashboard not showing the video is something else. I think I have a handle on that one and I'm in the process of trying to fix it.

As far as trying to change the hard coded hub list I don't remember what issues I had but I do know it caused subtle problems. I had always planned on trying to look at it again but I think it will require some major rework so we may be stuck with it.

 

That's unfortunate, but is what it is. Your plugin is still the best overall solution for the Zidoo. I appreciate all your work on this app/plugin and the help you have given me in getting everything setup for the best experience.

 

That sounds good because it could solve the problem I described at DM.

 

With the beta,
a small issue, the GUI is a bit

 

Sorry, can you explain what the problem is?

 

The tiles, usually a consistent background.

 

No it's always been that way.

 

New version of ZidooPlexMod(version 0.2.2)

• Merged upstream changes from version 0.6.2-1
• Fixed some Plex dashboard issues

https://github.com/bowlingbeeg/plex-for-kodi/releases/tag/ZidooPlexMod_v0.2.2

I also setup a Kodi repository for ZidooPlexMod. There's a bunch of tutorials on the internet on how to add a repo to kodi but these are the basic steps:

1. Go into the Settings->File Manager and add this as a source: https://bowlingbeeg.github.io/bowlingbeeg.kodi
2. Go into Addons->Install from zip and select the bowlingbeeg.kodi source you just added
3. Install the latest zip file in that source(0.1.0 as of this post)
4. Now that the repo is installed you can go into Addons->Install from repo->bowlingbeeg.kodi->Video add-ons and install the latest ZidooPlexMod(0.2.2 as of this post)
5. It will uninstall the old manual version of ZidooPlexMod and install the new version from the repo.
6. Now that you've installed the one from the repo it should get auto updated when I push new versions

As always let me know if you have any issues.

 

Sorry, my mistake.
I confused something there.

 

Great! This makes updates much easier and faster.

A note about the file name:
It would be good to put repository at the beginning, as many other developers do:
e.g. "repository.bowlingbeeg.kodi-0.1.0.zip"
This makes it clear to everyone what it is about.

 

I've been using the 0.2.2 beta for the past few days, and it's worked flawlessly across multiple Zidoo devices and about 30 hours of playback. Incredible work!

 

Does this support ripped extras features organized in plex library?

 

Yes

 

Thanks for this I finally checked it out. I think I have it running with the standard plex client. I have a couple questions.
1. Where should I see if the path is correct? I have debug enabled, when I hit "info" I see a bunch of data scrolling, such as "device" and "drm". But no mention if the SMB path is correct.
2. Do I understand correctly that not that I have things working I can update to the latest version of Plex? is there any need for this at this time?

 

1. You need to have debug enabled in the PlexToZidoo app. When that's enabled then a screen will pop up(it has a purple "play" button) after you've selected your movie. On that screen you will see a "Path Substitution" line, that will be your direct smb path that is passed to the zidoo player. If it's an https:// address then your substitution settings aren't correct in PlexToZidoo.

2. You should be able to update to the latest version of Plex and have the external player stick. Although if it's working I would suggest you leave it until there is something you really need. There's no real guarantee that Plex won't make some change that breaks the external player support.

 

Thanks that is very clear, I think I did something wrong. Initially I missed the step of selecting "external player" in plex before changing to TV mode. I cleared the app data for Plex and thought that would be enough. I then set up plex again, this time doing the setup correctly. But when I select play on a movie I get the usual popup to select which external player. I never saw any debug or purple play button, it just took me straight to the zidoo internal player. It sounds like plex2zidoo is not being utilized at all. I think I will start over.

I agree on updating Plex. I'll leave it until something breaks.

 

When you got the android dialog to select the external player you needed to select PlexToZidoo. If you picked the zidoo player that won't work and you may need to clear out the defaults in the android settings if you selected "always".

 

I think you're correct but where is the default? I looked under Plex in Android settings. Even cleared all data from Plex. It's still stuck on the zidoo player.

##Edit I even uninstalled Plex and still can't get the pop up to choose the video player.

 

I think it might be in the zidoo player app ... which if I remember correctly is called gallery. I'm not next to my zidoo so I'm just going off of memory.

Edit: Now that I think about it some more I think it's in the PlexToZidoo app. And if I remember correctly there is a "clear defaults" button