PlexKodiConnect: Kodi Plex Integration Done Right

I’m able to access the Vero via SSH using putty, but I have no fooking idea how to do anything. I read the instructions in the link you provided, but I don’t have the commands I need to do anything. I don’t speak linux, and command prompts have always given me hives. I feel like I have the intelligence of a one-celled organism when I’m confronted with these things. How about if I just uninstall PKC, and start over? Would that work?

Sorry for the trouble…

Hold on–I’m thinking that the culprit might be the Vero 4K+. I tried to create a log using its functions, and now it’s stuck in logging mode. I posted an inquiry to the OSMC site, and I’ll get back to you. The Vero may be what’s causing the trouble.

I’ve been working with the support guys at OSMC, and they led me to find that the source for PKC was no longer working. Did it move? That explains why I can’t get into your newer versions. How do I update the source?

OK, I updated the source using your instructions on github. Somehow, the source got corrupted or changed, but I now have the latest stable version, and everything is back to normal! Thx for the assistance! PKC is still the best Plex client available!

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I’m very glad that you managed to solve your issue! Good to know that PKC was not the culprit :wink:

CE 21.1.

@croneter - PKC does not seem to be updating when a new TV Series is added into Plex.

EG: Black Doves does exist when viewed by Title:

However is does not appear in the main TV Shows widget:

After restarting Kodi is does appear:

Black Doves was add 3 hours previously.

Background Sync is enabled:

I believe I reported this issue on Github after you advised me to do so.

Any progress?

TIA

Hey @croneter.

Plex broke “Continue Watching”/“On Deck” since version 1.40.0 of PMS. You can no longer manually mark an episode of a new show as watched and have the next episode appear on the aforementioned section. This makes using an external player in Kodi and then marking the episode as watched much less useful.

Is there a way for PKC to send a message back to PMS that the item’s playstate has changed, basically tricking Plex into seeing it as played? Watched state is no longer enough since the changes they made.

There’s lot of complaints and discussion about the change here: Continue Watching is buggy? Unable to figure out why

Thanks.

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Hi @only1hammy , sorry to hear that :-(. There’s no easy fix, I would need to know what kind of message to send to the PMS to mark an item as “correctly played”. Maybe a plex employee could chime in?

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From testing, even signalling that the file has started playback for more than a handful of seconds makes it start appearing in “Continue Watching”. I’m saying things in very human terms as I don’t know how anything works on the backend.

I’ll tag these guys as they have been the most helpful in the thread I linked, maybe they can share some input @Atomatth @ChuckPa

I’m guessing you could use the timeline API to simulate playback, with the last sent event being “stopped” at video length.

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Is there a chance that this could be fixed as it is really annoying?

Will see what I can do: Workaround: Plex broke “Continue Watching”/“On Deck” · Issue #2136 · croneter/PlexKodiConnect · GitHub

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Hello, does somebody knows what can I do if PKC doesn’t find some of clearlogos. Some of my movies and tvshows are missing it, but on fanart.tv exits.
I have clean install of Kodi and I use Arctic Fuse skin. Before this new clean install I had all clearlogos.
Is there any why to force to get missing clearlogos. If I run “Look for missing fanart on Fanart now” - doesn’t help.
And the other strange thing is, that some of my movies have clearlogo, display it for 7 seconds and then lose it. If I move to the second movie and back on the same movie, clearlogo come back and goes off after 7 seconds again.

@sscc could you please open a new issue on GitHub (GitHub · Where software is built)? What I need from you there: examples of the exact name of the media you’re missing clearlogos for, as well as a link to the existing clearlogo on fanart.tv. That would help immensely, thanks!

@croneter I posted a new issue.

And I have one more thing with Continue watching. If I play movie/show through widget with libary link, I can see playing on Plex dash.
But If play movie/show trough PKC Continue watching there is nothing on Plex Dash or Tautulli, as I wouldn’t play nothing.

This worked before. I am using direct paths.

Thanks !

is there any update on this feature? Appearance tweaks: support for recently added episode combining · Issue #443 · croneter/PlexKodiConnect · GitHub

whenever i import a new season or entire series, it’s really annoying when PKC’s “Recently Added” widget gets crowded with all those new episodes. the option to enable grouping for new seasons would be an awesome feature

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Changelog

3.10.6 for Kodi Matrix and beyond (beta only)

  • Fix compatibility: Be more careful when calling TMDB Kodi-Addon methods by @croneter in #2130
  • Fix TMDB add-on change and PKC error when trying to fetch certain additional metadata by @croneter in #2149
  • Beta version bump 3.10.6 by @croneter in #2150
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Hi,

I have both 1080p and 2160p versions of both TV Shows and Movies in PMS. They have there own Libraries, Movies, Movies 4K, TV Shows and TV Shows 4K.

All these Libraries are selected in PKC. And this gives me 2 versions of every Movie and TV Show in Kodi/PKC.

Is there a way to merge these into one and get a selection of what you want to play when you select something?

TIA

Unfortunately that’s not possible

I found a way! Take Movies and Movies 4K directories, place them in a Library called All Movies.

Only select All Movies to sync in PKC, not Movies and Movies 4K. Works like a dream.

Repeat for TV Shows.

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