PlexPal, my Plex/Sonos integration setup

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Still very much in development

I’ve been building PlexPal, a companion service that lets me browse and play my Plex music library from the Sonos app. It connects to an existing Plex Media Server and appears in Sonos as a custom music service.

  • Browse your library by artist, album, genre, decade, record label, mood, or country, live or remix.

  • Open an artist’s discography with studio albums first in chronological order, followed by EPs and singles, live releases, compilations, and other releases. Album rows include the release type and year where the Sonos app supports a second line.

  • Find something to play through recently added or recently played albums, more from the last artist or genre, and highly rated albums you haven’t played yet.

  • Search for artists, albums, and tracks, or play existing Plex music playlists in their original track order.

PlexPal streams compatible audio from Plex to Sonos, including FLAC and MP3. It can run on Windows or in Docker on a 64-bit Raspberry Pi. Setup currently uses the Sonos Integration Sandbox and an HTTPS endpoint, and some display details vary between the mobile and desktop Sonos apps.

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Sounds interesting. Where to find your app?

As a side note… you might want to review the guidelines on how to use / not to use Plex’s naming…

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Only on my computer at the moment. I’m trying to work out how I can make it public. Assuming Plex don’t want to use it. :wink: Their Sonos integration is very weak.

The name can change.