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@panni First, congrats on the 1.0 release, and thank you! Also selfishly super-excited to see your interest and focus on Ugoos AM6B+ devices since I have one. 
Wanted to ask about a possible PM4K feature which may or may not fit into your mental model for the app: a simple Watch Together option. This is something Plex used to support but has dropped in their new client interface, but they also state the code will remain in the web interface (which implies server support also remains): https://support.plex.tv/articles/watch-together/
Asking because ā though I acknowledge this is a bit of a niche feature ā itās been super nice to have to stay connected with friends and family. I donāt know if itās a simple feature or a nightmare, but thought Iād mention it! Thanks for considering, and Iām off now to find your 100hz setting for the snappier UI.
[Edit: also came across an open source app called Syncplay which does something similar, but without current Kodi or Plex support. Interesting because itās possible to host your own sync server. GitHub - Syncplay/syncplay: Client/server to synchronize media playback on mpv/VLC/MPC-HC/MPC-BE on many computers ]
Will post them in just a few! Thanks 
Umm no, they havenāt? AFAIK thereāve been no announcements to keep any of the code - just that theyāll think about reimplementing it in the future; please correct me if Iām wrong.
The feature isnāt terribly complex, but Iād hate to implement it into PM4K as that would imply anyone watching would have to use the same client. Iāve thought about this many times before, but honestly, if it would come to that, Iād rather switch to Jellyfin and implement a compatibility layer for PM4K to be used with JF.
Yeah it works āOKā; IMHO the Jellyfin approach is good enough.
I definitely notice a much tighter a/v sync than before. Thank you, @panni! It was actually quite annoying all this time. Not using passthrough though: Kodi downmixes to 3.1 and outputs as multichannel PCM to HDMI.
1.1.X dev (1.1.3-beta1) I guess? Because yeah, Iāve narrowed the seek fix down by using different default means of checking whether weāve seeked, so itās about 10x faster now. Also, with the seek back on start Iāve fixed most of the A/V-sync issues with virgin playback (no resume points).
It adds a little hickup, but thatās worth it IMHO.
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Hmm, I suppose itās a matter of interpretation. I guess I take this from this URL, and this quote in particular:
Note (2025-02-25): As we debut our new Plex experience, we are ending support for some features weāve grown to love, like Watch Together. While this feature wonāt be available for most platforms as they get the new experience, you can continue using the feature in our web app for the foreseeable future. We donāt preclude the possibility of offering similar functionality again in the future, using new tooling.
In other words, I read this as Plex saying theyāre not actively ripping it out (server side), and in fact it will still work on the web UI, but theyāre not (currently) prioritizing enabling in the new Plex Experience apps. However, youāre the dev who has to deal with all of this, and definitely agree itās not a clear message. I guess from my perspective Iām just hoping to find a reasonably easy way to watch content together on a shared Plex server with friends, and I was hoping I could ājustā (in air quotes, as I completely understand the work and time it entails from kind volunteers such as yourself!) point people to a combo of a Kodi-capable device + PM4k Glory Social Edition ā¢ and it just works.
Iām not 100% clear on what you mean by the Jellyfin approach though? Are you saying thereās code/support you could implement in PM4K? Or are you saying just use Jellyfin? Either is fine, just clarifying!
This, in Plex terms, means: Until we change PlexWebās layout, the feature will be untouched but unsupported.
Two-fold. One: You can simply host a separate JF server alongside your Plex server and use its Watch Together feature when you need it. And itās way better than Plex Watch Together ever was.
Two: Iāve been pondering an API compatibility layer. Depending on how much work Iāll have next year, I might explore the option of making PM4K not Plex API dependent anymore. It should be possible to make this client multi-API compatible. E.g.: JF, Emby.
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I would love this. I like both Emby and JF but not really happy with any of their clients.
I know. Same here. Iām dreading the compatibility layer, but maybe itās managable. I will be focussing on Plex still, for the time being. Thereās enough to do!
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just noticed that Scan Library Files from the top icons row on the main page doesnāt refresh its hubs. clicking the icon to show the library does show the newly scanned files.
edit: it does look like it refreshes - box with 3 dots then a redraw - but display is stale
I would also love this.
I still use Plex only because of PM4K.
Emby and JF Kodi addons are too poor and erratic. The difference compared to PM4K is so significant that thereās really not much to discussā¦
If multi-API support ever comes to light, Iāll definitely make the switch from Plex.
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Thanks for the clarification, and just want to say once again I appreciate your help and work here! Will explore using JF for Watch Together sessions now - I hadnāt realized it worked well, and it should be easy enough to spin up another container for it.
Woooooowwwwā¦ Loving these changes already. Thank you for the theme music ones, too. and how did you know that I am using trailers pre roll? 
Crazy sh*t. Sending a hug.
Haha, thanks. The feature was suggested several times over the years, and it came up in the ugoos-mediaplayer channel on the TRaSH discord while we tested the 1.1.0 alpha builds. Sounded easy enough to implement, so I just did it 
A certain bug may be present (may have to do with the latest update? Not sure)
When resuming thereās a strange bug, video returns to 00:00 timeline, paused. If you exit and resume again (you are allowed to resume to the previous timeline), it works then.
Weird, but it happened on multiple movies / episodes, so certainly not having to do with the files themselves.
1.1.3-beta1? Can you enable DEBUG in PM4K and use the PM4K Log Uploader to upload a log?
Hello. Definitely an issue. Iāve ran the same file from Kodi itself (through File Manager) and it played flawlessly.
Ok, so enabled logging & the dump check and reproduced the issue (it happens all the time). But iāve never used PM4k Log uploader - where can i find that, please?
In the Donāt Panic Kodi repository, which you probably have installed. If not, look at the first post.
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Ok, itās here
Thank you
