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[REL] PleXBMC - Harley Hooligan - 2011-01-27 Over and around the corner, I've posted two forms of PleXBMC, which gives XBMC access to your Plex PMS metadata. PleXBMC RE: [REL] PleXBMC - hippojay - 2011-02-23 PleXBMC Convert XBMC into a dedicated Plex client for Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi, OSX and more.... What is it? PleXBMC is a number of addons that enable Plex Media Server (PMS) functionality from within XBMC. It consists of:
Updated: 20th March 2013 For XBMC 12/Frodo users, there is a Repository available which includes all software. PleXBMC A seperate addon exists for each version of XBMC available Be sure to use the version that matches your installed version.
PleXBMC Helper (XBMC 12/Frodo only)
PleXBMC modified skins These are currently the only supported skins:
Features PleXBMC Addon PleXBMC supports all the standard functions that an official Plex client offers. Such as:
PleXBMC Helper If you also install the PleXBMC Helper, you will get the following:
PleXBMC Skins In addition, if a PleXBMC specific skin is used:
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Basic installation and configuration If you need more configuration help, check out the xbmc.wiki entry!
Addon Configuration Options Media Sources Location for Plex Msdia Servers
Playback
Used to set the transcoding settings used for media playback. These settings will also be used to playback any flash channels from the Plex Media Server (e.g. Pitchfork.tv, tvcatchup.com)
Skins I've also modified some well known XBMC skins to fully integrate PleXBMC into XBMC - so you get easier access to your media and a better Plex-like experience. I would recommend using a PleXBMC modified skin for best results. Source If you want to look at the code it's here - http://github.com/hippojay - pecinko - 2011-02-24 It would be nice to post it to http://passion-xbmc.org/addons/ and eventually to official one. Or do you have your one repo that we could add and download from? - hrcolb0 - 2011-02-24 I'd like to have my own repo once I figure out how. It seems rather involved. As for it being in the official repo, the devs have stated that it won't be allowed. - jmarshall - 2011-02-24 I'm not aware of it being discussed internally. I can't see any obvious reason as to why the plugin wouldn't be accepted, subject to the normal review process. Cheers, Jonathan - topfs2 - 2011-02-24 IMO having addons being next to zero configuration is a big thing and having to do the nfo exporting seems rather convoluted? I thought plex had normal API which you may use? That being said having a plex PMS addon would be nice, given it passes normal review as said. - Harley Hooligan - 2011-02-24 I'd love to have it hosted on the official repo. Davilla just seemed dead set against it, and I thought the sentiment might be shared by others on the team also. The nfo export thing was really just a way to back up plex xml's while they nail down meta overwriting issues. Plus it wasn't extremely difficult since I had completed the nfo Importer. The xbmc add-on does use the pms API. And while I have the ear of a couple of devs, are there any plans on incorporating cElementtree? - jmarshall - 2011-02-24 cElementTree (and most of the other pylibs in the repo) comes with python 2.6 and higher, so will automatically be there in the future (Eden) once we official switch to external python. Cheers, Jonathan - hippojay - 2011-02-25 Just to second what Harley said, having this plugin on the official repo would be great. However, after reading this post by Davilla we decided that we would only look to host unofficially. That said, if you guys are willing to review it, then once we are happy and have a stable release - we can submit and follow the process. At least then we'll get a definitive answer, whatever that may be. - prae5 - 2011-02-25 hippojay Wrote:Just to second what Harley said, having this plugin on the official repo would be great. His post says that he wouldn't be happy with it being in core xbmc and it should be done as an addon. Completely different from it not being in the xbmc repo. As others have mentioned, no reason for it not to be in the repo providing there are no issues with it. - hippojay - 2011-02-25 prae5 Wrote:His post says that he wouldn't be happy with it being in core xbmc and it should be done as an addon. Completely different from it not being in the xbmc repo. As others have mentioned, no reason for it not to be in the repo providing there are no issues with it. Thanks - not wanting to contradict you but davilla said (my bold): davilla Wrote:I would veto any such addition to XBMC core code or official XBMC addons repo... He then goes on to say that it would be okay as an unoffical addon. I interpreted this as a veto on adding a PMS interface plugin to the official repo. It obvious that not everyone has this view, which is appreciated, and assuming I haven't hacked anyone off in make this post we'll submit for offical later on.. Thanks for all the help - i've really enjoyed building my first XBMC plugin.. - topfs2 - 2011-02-25 hippojay Wrote:Thanks - not wanting to contradict you but davilla said (my bold): We haven't afaik really discussed it thoroughly internally mainly because there have not been a reason to do so (no addon yet for inclussion). When you submit the addon for official inclusion we will obviously have that discussion and as such there are no guarantees either way. The addon talking to private and closed source is not really the issue as many other addons does that but what they have done to gain market is in a moral grey area as they have leveraged xbmc open source without really contributing anything significant back, however this is as said just moral stuff and their PMS is in fact completely separated and their IP (if we assume they aren't using floss stuff illegally in the server) and can be viewed as a server like any other closed equivalent. Cheers, Tobias - bmcclure937 - 2011-02-25 prae5 Wrote:His post says that he wouldn't be happy with it being in core xbmc and it should be done as an addon. Completely different from it not being in the xbmc repo. As others have mentioned, no reason for it not to be in the repo providing there are no issues with it. Hate to disagree with you, but reading his post it specifically vetos the addition to XBMC core or the official add-ons repo. Davilla does not want to support Plex in any such way... since they use XBMC (open source) to increase their value. Davilla supports it as an unofficial add-on. This does not mean that others would not like it to be official though. - davilla - 2011-02-25 bmcclure937 Wrote:Hate to disagree with you, but reading his post it specifically vetos the addition to XBMC core or the official add-ons repo. Davilla does not want to support Plex in any such way... since they use XBMC (open source) to increase their value. The proper statement is I will not block it. I still don't support it's usage and will never give any tech support or assistance involving it. - pecinko - 2011-02-25 davilla Wrote:The proper statement is I will not block it. I still don't support it's usage and will never give any tech support or assistance involving it. I thought a read that they opened it recently? EDIT: I stand corrected, they did not, they only published access keys. |