Plex client for Zidoo devices - ZidooPlexMod

I have no problem installing/using Plex with the newest g firmware but cannot get Plexamp to work on the Z20 works perfectly on the X10, is there a way to use it?

 

I'm not sure, I've never used Plexamp.

 

@bowlingbeeg ,
I tried ZDMC + ZidooPlexMod + PlexToZidoo on the Z9X 8K and it says "Failed to start ZIdoo player" when I start a video. How can I find out how to call the correct Zidoo player as it seems to have changed enough that it doesn't work on the Z9X 8K?

 

That could be any number of things. I'm assuming you ruled out the obvious things like substitution errors in the PlexToZidoo debug screen or your SMB settings through the media center? Maybe they changed the package name of the video player or the classname. Those are going to be very difficult to determine unless someone from Zidoo chimes in. You could go into the android settings and scroll through the system apps to make sure the app is still Gallery and the package is still com.android.gallery3d.

 

Yes my settings in PlexToZidoo are ok.

Ok yes I see in your code you call com.android.gallery3d.

How do you go to the android settings? Do you need the G firmware? Because I heard now if you use the G firmware on the Z9X 8K you can't go back to standard so I'm not going to install the G on the Z9X 8K.

 

You don't need the G firmware. The android settings are in Quick Settings->Other->About->Advanced Settings. Then go to Apps->See all apps->Show system apps. Hopefully it shows "Gallery" as an app and then if you click on it it should show com.android.gallery3d.

 

Ok, no Gallery does not exist anymore but I do see it on the Z9X Pro as "com.android.gallery3d".

On the Z9x 8K, there is a new entry that I THINK replaces Gallery3D now and it's called "Video Player" and the class is "com.zidoo.player". Since there is no "Video Player" entry on the Z9X Pro I assume that's their new player. I have no idea if the parameters are the same. Can you make a quick PlexToZidoo app using that class name please? I don't know if you should omit the parameters passed to com.zidoo.player, except maybe the filename of the movie to play at first just to see if it at least starts the movie using the internal player that way?

It may be early days to ask for that, normally you can extract firmwares to see more information on java classes I think and mcbluna's have the list but there is no firmware available for now.

Here is a list that confirms that the player changed for com.zidoo.player:

https://www.mcbluna.net/zidoo/Zidoo APK Version Overview.html

 

That's a bummer. If they changed the app then they could have changed everything in the API as well. Even with the package name I think I still need to know which calssname to use. Do you have adb setup? If not you should hopefully be able to follow this guide to get it setup, https://www.mcbluna.net/wp/guides/guide-how-to-use-android-debug-bridge/ Then run the adb command "adb shell dumpsys package com.zidoo.player" and send me the output. I'm hoping I can get the right classname from that.

 

I never did adb stuff, is there a risk that I mess up my Z9X 8K using this?

 

You'll only get into trouble if you start running commands that do things like uninstall apps. If you just run the command I showed you then you won't have any issues or cause any problems.

 

I will practice on my shield first to make adb devices work because so far even on a shield I cannot see any devices listed. I have to plug a usb cable between my windows pc and my device like the shield right? I saw online some cable don't work. I didn't see my Dune Pro One 8K either in the device list and both had developer options and usb debugging ON. Do I need to do start-server? I will check that later tomorrow.

 

No usb cable required. Once you've enabled usb debugging and have the SDK tools downloaded to your pc, you should be able to just run the command "adb connect <ip_address>:5555" and then "adb shell dumpsys package com.zidoo.player". When you run the connect command you might get a popup on the Zidoo asking if it's ok to allow the connection.

 

It didn't work with the connect method so I just got a USBA to USBA 3.0 cable and it worked on the shield. I was able to dumpsys a package juste to see the result and a bunch of stuff got dumped in my text file where I outputted the infos.

Unfortunately, when I went and try it on the Z9X 8K, Zidoo completely removed the developer options. When I multiple press on the build it says "you are now a developer" but the developer options are nowhere to be seen and I cannot activate USB Debugging. I will ask Mark if that's normal but probably.

 

Mark talked about the AI settings being buried in the developer options so he asked the Zidoo team to expose those in the quick settings. To me that sounds like they're accessible from somewhere. Have you tried rebooting after you became a developer? On the Z9X Pro they are under the "device preferences" and I believe the Z9X 8K is running the same version of Android so I would think it would be in the same spot.

 

Yes I rebooted and I looked everywhere including device preferences.

Mark confirmed that on z9x 8k the developer options have been hidden.

P.S. A super administrator replied in the other thread in the aml928x section that they will add the search function to the native plex client and they will submit code to your zidooplexmod repository on github. It’s probably an Zidoo developer.

Mark suggested you contact @bob but I don’t know who that is.

 

Ok, that's a bummer about the developer options being hidden. It will be interesting to see what they send me. I've worked with @bob before but hadn't heard from him in awhile so wasn't sure if he was still around or not. Thanks for working with me.

 

No problem and I appreciate your work and effort on making the Plex experience good on the Zidoo devices! Thank you and ask if you need more help!

 

@Creator44 Here's a beta version of PlexToZidoo 2.8 with support for the new Z9X 8K. Would you mind updating to the latest 1.1.42 firmware on you Z9x 8K and trying out this beta?

 

Hi,
I tested it and it still says "Failed to start Zidoo player".

I compared the PlexToZidoo debug info that shows on the screen for both my Z9X Pro (that works) and my Z9X 8K (that doesn't work) while playing the same video and they are both identical except for the X-Plex-Token and X-Plex-Client-Identifier which is probably normal since you need a different token per box and each box has it's Plex Client Identifier ?

Maybe add more debug info?

 

Unfortunately debugging this isn't going to be easy. I'm building an android intent that essentially gets thrown over the wall to the zidoo player. If they don't catch it I don't get any sort of reason why. Here is a new beta that adds some debug data to make sure we're at least attempting to send the intent to the new player. Please try it and see what the debug page shows. Thanks.