@GotenXiao said:
There’s already at least two ARM Plex clients - they just happen to run on Android and iOS, targetting a different use-case, where the Plexamp architecture would not translate well. I’d prefer that the usability enhancements just go into the Android/iOS music experiences (e.g. crossfade support, gapless playback).
For general ARM Plexamp compatibility, I suspect that’s more dependent on whether MPD compiles for it, and given that there have been mpd packages for arm64 and armhf for some years, it’s then only down to the Plexamp application server stack that needs to run - which, given that the client itself is an Electron application, I’m going to assume is Node.js - and is thus not going to have any problems running on ARM either.
Plus, there’s always the Plex plugin for Kodi if you want an ARM player.
I wish there was an ARM player application that could be used on a Raspberry Pi, but there isn’t, or I haven’t found it and no one has been able to reply to any post I’ve made to point me in the right direction.
I’m not interested in dedicating the entire Pi to OpenElec/Kodi or similar with the plugin, same applies to RasPlex and the other embedded client. I just want an application that I can install and remote control from another Plex app on a tablet or similar.
I’d be happy with the web interface to be honest, but it keeps disappearing from the cast menu on other players, where upon you have to restart Plex, or disable and re-enable the advertise option.
For those (like me) new to AppImage files:
Ubuntu 16 support it out of the box; just make the file executable, start it, and allow it to integrate with your system.
Plexamp works, fffirst try! B)
@elan said: @vincen ~ what sort of update? There have been a few updates already for all Operating Systems.
@elan: I might be wrong but only download link I find for Linux one is the one you posted here in first message of this thread and so it’s version 1.0.1 oki I didn’t notice it was now offered as public download aside Windows and Mac, great Now just need Plex to take care of music problems and it’ll be perfect
@pkuzz said:
At first look works nice at Ubuntu 16.04.
And really missing feature I hoped will work on plexamp – global media keys not working (Ctrl+Shift+Space works, while Play/Pause, prev, next, and others – doesn’t)
ps Plex Amp version - 1.0.1
Repeating myself, there is already 1.0.4 version, but global hotkeys still not working.
Is there someone else who face this problem or I’m alone with it?
@elan said:
We haven’t been able to get the media keys/DBUS stuff working yet, sadly.
Ok, at least this is known problem )
Could you point me, please - Is there any thread/discussion/ticket where progress on this problem can be tracked?
There isn’t a public one, sorry. I’m hoping we can give it a try with an electron upgrade and have it just work, or do a deeper dive into why it’s not working.
Does anyone successfully run plexamp behind a corporate HTTP proxy (that allows usual http/https ports and pretty much anything over 1024) ?
It seems to be rather proxy aware at the bootstrapping (proxychains told me that it was already trying to use the proxy, probably using my http_proxy env vars)
But at some point it fails after launching the express server, and I suspect it’s because of the proxy:
info: [EXPRESS] Listening on port 36000
error: Error fetching account data write EPROTO 140256291625664:error:140770FC:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol:../../vendor/node/deps/openssl/openssl/ssl/s23_clnt.c:794:
debug: METRICS: Initializing.
warn: METRICS: Cannot start up, no token.
debug: DEVICE: Fetching latest provider list from cloud.
debug: DEVICE: Fetching latest list from cloud.
debug: POST /claim?token=TOKEN&identifier=IDENTIFIER&title=HOSTNAME 200 2 - 28.974 ms
error: DEVICE: Error loading media providers from plex.tv: Error: write EPROTO 140256291625664:error:140770FC:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol:../../vendor/node/deps/openssl/openssl/ssl/s23_clnt.c:794:
error: DEVICE: Error loading resources from plex.tv: Error: write EPROTO 140256291625664:error:140770FC:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol:../../vendor/node/deps/openssl/openssl/ssl/s23_clnt.c:794:
error: DEVICE: Error loading providers or resources, not merging.
@vi1i said:
Hi, Iam having issues when I run on Arch Linux. It starts up fine, but nothinghappens when I click log in. Log below:
That’s the server log; what does the Application.log show? Make sure you’re running v1.0.5, also (or whatever is on plexamp.com), IIRC we fixed an issue when signing in didn’t work on Linux.
@vi1i said:
Hi, Iam having issues when I run on Arch Linux. It starts up fine, but nothinghappens when I click log in. Log below:
That’s the server log; what does the Application.log show? Make sure you’re running v1.0.5, also (or whatever is on plexamp.com), IIRC we fixed an issue when signing in didn’t work on Linux.
Thanks for the prompt response. This morning, using the same appimage, it worked without a flaw.
I wanted to chime in and say that I just noticed PlexAmp was available for linux (I must have been under a rock). I had never used an AppImage program before.
It worked great on my Arch Linux box!
I just download and chmod +x, then popped it into a local ~/bins folder to keep track of it!
As far as keyboard controls, I use LXQt as my window manager and I don’t have media keys on my keyboard. I couldn’t figure out the dbus controls (sounds like that isn’t working yet), but I was able to get keyboard shortcuts to control the player. Most window managers should have something similar where you can bind keyboard shortcuts to a command. Since the player is listening on port 36000, I noticed a couple endpoints that I could hit w/ curl. For me I already have my system volume and mute setup w/ shortcuts to pulseaudio, so I only needed to add, play/pause, skip forward, and skip backward. I’m not sure if the player API is documented someplace, but presumably there are other endpoints you could add as well. Here are how I set mine up:
Hope that is useful for someone, and thanks for the great addition to the Plex repertoire!
Thanks for the hint, I’m using i3wm also without media keys on my keyboard, but since Plexamp listens for standard XF86* multimedia keys, I am triggering them manually. This is what it looks like in my i3 config:
Speaking of Linux and window managers, I am able to activate the main window with ctrl+shift+space, but didn’t find a way to “deactivate” it, ie. send back to tray for example. Is there a way to do it with a key combination?
and so it’s version 1.0.1 
Now just need Plex to take care of music problems and it’ll be perfect 
