I’m interested in being able to browse my Plex managed music library from an iPad or iPhone, and then being able to select songs and have them queued for play on some sort of client device that’s connected to my whole house audio system. Ideally I’d like to use a raspberry pi or similar headless device as the actual player that’s connected to my whole house audio system.
The main goal is to be able to find and queue music from a wireless device on my patio without having to sit in front of a computer or TV that’s physically attached to the whole house audio system.
I’ve seen posts that suggest something like this might be possible, but I’ve only seen enough detail to know where to get started. Can any provide me with suggestions if something like this is possible?
What @OttoKerner says will serve you well. And as he states, you can use it for other apps as well.
I use the Chromecasts as well as Google Homes (same technology/idea) and that is how we control our music. We open Plex on and iPhone or iPad (or another music app), choose our playlist, and cast it to one or more devices.
I am researching a way to mount one of our unused iPads on the wall as a “music control center” which we can use to cast Plex music, Spotify, iHeartRadio, etc. Must have an extremely high WAF though and so far none have passed muster.
@AmazingRando24 said:
I guess a Bluetooth speaker device wouldn’t work? Let the iPod/iPad handle the playlist.
This’d be much more limited IMHO.
You need to ‘pair’ the speakers first.
With BT you cannot change the controlling plex client quickly and on-the-fly.
When using BT, the controlling Plex client is actually doing the playback, so it must be kept in the vicinity and online.
With the described solution, the Chromecast is doing the playback. You can even shut down the phone/tablet which started the playback and the play queue will continue to play.
Bluetooth range is very limited. The described solution only requires ‘controller’ and ‘player’ to be in the same local network, which can (potentially) span several hundred meters (or even more, if a combination of network wires and ‘wireless access points’ is used).
