Since replies on the answers post are disabled, I would like to address Plex’s answer here.
@McWanke Just a quick intro to Zidoo and other similar playback devices (DuneHD), their appeal is their dedicated hardware playback chipset/engine. They are capable of playing back media files with the highest fidelity. All known formats of Dolby Vision? Yup! Full support for lossless surround sound codecs (ie. TrueHD Dolby Atmos / DTS:X)? You got it!
These devices run circles around the Nvidia Shield and HTPS’s for local media playback.
Think Kaleidescape playback quality for your local media files.
Yes, you can side load the Plex android app, or install it through the Google Play Store, however doing so does not allow us to play back media using the Zidoo native player. It just plays back using plex’s internal player (which does not work well on these devices)
The current workaround has been to use a modified version of Plex4Kodi that utilizes the Zidoo player.
So the question could pivot to: Can plex open up options on the client app to play media using external players so that we can utilize dedicated hardware players like Zidoo and Dune HD?
Fireside Awesome Question! Answer Post
Can plex open up options on the client app to play media using external players so that we can utilize dedicated hardware players like Zidoo and Dune HD?
