I feel like a feature that will allow multiple Plex clients to play content at the same time would be a handy feature. This would essentially make Plex you own personal broadcast network. As a use case, I would love to have multiple TVs playing the same shows so as I walk around the house I can have my content playing on all my TVs. Is this is in the works or is it possibly too taxing on a normal PC/Server? I’m sure your R&D team has thought of this already, otherwise you guys owe me big time as I see this as a game changer, ladies. If I missed this feature then its not easily recognizable as I’m a big fan of this product.
Thanks,
Rich
There is an existing popular feature request
See https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/74937/popular-tandem-playback-to-several-clients/p1
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Popular perhaps, but you do realize the difficulties with this right? You could force a “sync” command every so often, but in certain scenios it could end up sounding really really bad. At best, I’d have a primary stream (where all is good) and problematic clones off that. That way, at least the primary stream isn’t messed up.
Alternatively, there are “bad” multicast things that could be done. Again, you’d have to provide potentially ugly sync somehow, but it would be a mess. Multiple clients using a single stream isn’t the issue, it’s multiple clients staying in sync that is the issue.
Simple ways are best. e.g. Using a splitter/amplifier for HDMI (but still requires end device uniformity due to signal lag differences). But obiously, good for a room and not for long distances.
