# Rasplex on new 7" Pi Touchscreen **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps & Creations\ **Created:** [September 10, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253 "2015-09-10T10:11:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![marctwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@marctwo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marctwo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/1 "2015-09-10T10:11:35Z")
Has anyone tried Rasplex on the new 7" touchscreen? > **[The Eagerly Awaited Raspberry Pi Display - Raspberry Pi](https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/the-eagerly-awaited-raspberry-pi-display/)** > > The official Raspberry Pi 7 inch touchscreen display is available to buy, with an 800×480 RGB screen, 24-bit colour and 10-point capacitive touch. If this could be made to work with touch it would be nice as a music playback device. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/2 "2015-09-10T10:31:32Z")
Touch control is unlikely to work, as is mouse control, there are no plans to make this functionality available. Even if it did you would still have to connect it to amp/speakers to get sound if you want to use it as a music player. Most people who want a Rasplex music player normally set it up a a headless system and connect to an amp then control it with either an iOS or Android app. I have a couple configured this way. Regards ---
**Author:** ![marctwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@marctwo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marctwo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/3 "2015-09-10T10:44:10Z")
That’s a shame. At the moment I have a number of O2 Jogglers running Squeezeplay for this purpose. I managed to get Plex installed on them but it didn’t work well and had no touch controls. I think I’ll stick with Squeezeplay for the moment. ---
**Author:** ![mcangeli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mcangeli/32/87558_2.png) [@mcangeli](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mcangeli)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/4 "2015-09-14T17:23:11Z")
The screen works. Though it does not make use of the full screen (2/3rds of it though…) and the touch screen does not work out of the box on it. The resolution is good though. No sound as well with just headphones plugged in to the audio jack on the pi. Not sure if an amp is needed or not. ---
**Author:** ![ganon4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@ganon4](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ganon4)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/5 "2015-09-19T08:00:11Z")
The touch screen worked out of box for me the first time I boot rasplex. I don’t know if it’s because I installed raspbian first and did a sudo upgrade before installing rasplex. But strange thing, after the third boot the touch screen doesn’t work anymore… I have the others problem said by mcangeli (no sound, not full screen) but I think it will not be long to fix this. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/6 "2015-09-19T14:14:06Z")
Unless you are using BerryBoot, installing Rasbian first and updating will not affect a Rasplex install as installing Rasplex completely wipes the SD card before install Rasplex. Regards ---
**Author:** ![jacrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@jacrider](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jacrider)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/7 "2015-10-31T17:13:41Z")
I’m new here and really enjoying RasPlex. We have long used the Plex Media Server to distribute media throughout the house, and RasPlex is now one of my favourite toys. My daughter has a RasPi2 and is running a Hifiberry Amp+ to stream media really well. Her ideal would be to have the new 7" Touchscreen act as an input device to control the RasPlex. I believe that there are updates required for the OS (RasPlex) to properly talk to the screen. I have done updates to Raspian Pi’s and the screens work. Could this be done to RasPlex? ---
**Author:** ![marctwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@marctwo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marctwo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/8 "2015-10-31T21:29:08Z")
Has anyone tried the touch screen with Plex Media Player as it has mouse support? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/9 "2015-10-31T21:45:59Z")
> @jacrider said: > I’m new here and really enjoying RasPlex. We have long used the Plex Media Server to distribute media throughout the house, and RasPlex is now one of my favourite toys. > > My daughter has a RasPi2 and is running a Hifiberry Amp+ to stream media really well. > > Her ideal would be to have the new 7" Touchscreen act as an input device to control the RasPlex. > > I believe that there are updates required for the OS (RasPlex) to properly talk to the screen. I have done updates to Raspian Pi’s and the screens work. Could this be done to RasPlex? I run my music players on Rasplex headless and just use the iOS app to control it. No support for Touchscreen at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![marctwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@marctwo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marctwo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/10 "2015-11-04T15:05:22Z")
> @marctwo said: > Has anyone tried the touch screen with Plex Media Player as it has mouse support? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![marctwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@marctwo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marctwo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/11 "2015-11-04T16:53:52Z")
Turns out it won’t work due to min resolution for PMP of 1280x720 ☹ ---
**Author:** ![marctwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@marctwo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marctwo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/12 "2015-11-10T21:50:19Z")
The latest PMP removes the 720p minimum 🙂 Can anyone test this? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/13 "2015-11-10T22:18:39Z")
> @marctwo said: > Turns out it won’t work due to min resolution for PMP of 1280x720 ☹ > @marctwo said: > The latest PMP removes the 720p minimum 🙂 > > Can anyone test this? This is the Rasplex forum not PMP, Rasplex does not use any of the technologies of PMP so can’t see the relevance of them removing the 720p minimum, Rasplex goes way lower than that, always has done, see earlier answer regarding touchscreen support for Rasplex. It this question is related to PMP then ask in that sub forum. Regards ---
**Author:** ![boogy886](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/boogy886/32/16744_2.png) [@boogy886](https://forums.plex.tv/u/boogy886)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/14 "2016-01-26T19:43:22Z")
Any reasone why there are no plans to support this? Even 1 touch point would be sufficient. I have a whole home audio system with amps that fit in a single-gang junction box, it would be nice to have a 7" touchscreen running software to play music through that particular amp (without paying $1250 for the android based tablet from the manufacturer). I’d also like to have a touch screen that feeds my projector for selective a movie in my home theater. I think there are some missed opportunities here, and it doesn’t seem too far out of reach. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/15 "2016-01-26T20:10:01Z")
OpenELEC 6.0’now supports the official Raspberry Pi Touchscreen but nobody on the team has one. Perhaps someone can try with the 1.0.1 release and advise If anyone wants to make a donation to Rasplex the details are on [Rasplex.com](http://Rasplex.com). Regards ---
**Author:** ![boogy886](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/boogy886/32/16744_2.png) [@boogy886](https://forums.plex.tv/u/boogy886)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/16 "2016-01-26T20:35:18Z")
Cool deal, thanks for the update ---
**Author:** ![quietplease](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7c8e57/32.png) [@quietplease](https://forums.plex.tv/u/quietplease)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/17 "2016-10-01T00:02:12Z")
Did anyone have success with the 1.0.1 or better release? (have not tried, debating whether to order the touchscreen) ---
**Author:** ![quietplease](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7c8e57/32.png) [@quietplease](https://forums.plex.tv/u/quietplease)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/18 "2016-10-01T05:29:22Z")
by the way, I now understand @NedtheNerd and others’ insistence on the mobile app for remote control, having just auditioned it with a $70 LG K7 pre-paid-equals-no-pay wifi-preferring smartphone. assuming you keep the cell service turned off, it becomes a wifi remote that’s the same money you would spend on the touchpad, and it can talk to any of your headless players. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rasplex-on-new-7-pi-touchscreen/115253/19 "2020-01-08T19:04:29Z")