point 8 is fixed (Roku device can have a name/title now)
With all the hard work ljunkie has done we now can implement the historical logs that we all want ourselves. At least until the devs get around to building it into the server.
Please check out PlexWatch:
It is easier that it looks to install and I am more than willing to help out.
thats really great. but i still hope it's going to be native implemented...
Feature Request in order of importance:
1)Ability to see who is streamingImplemented!2)Ability to see what they are streamingImplemented!
3)Ability to see when they streamed it
4)Log the above in a nice list sorted by date/item/user
5)Ability to limit the number of simultaneous Transcoding streams.
6)Ability to set transcoding quality for remote clients on the servers side (Thanks Eric Leese)
7)Ability to prioritize streams by user. As a server owner I want priority over those I share with. (added 12/27/2012)8)Ability to see what device they streamed it on (Roku, desktop Mac, desktop win, ipad, iphone, etc) (added 12/28/2012)Implemented!(partially, Roku players show up as blank currently)
Consider this a $29 donation for the above functionality. Please speak up if you will find this useful. I know there is a ton of demand out there, but we need to do a better job of communicating this need to the developers. I want this as one of their top priorities:)
I would love to see IP Address added to the list. Lots of people use Plex/Web to watch and the only info we get is which browser they used. As long as they all use the same browser, 6 different people could use the same account.
This all seems really great, and I definitely have been wanting something like this for some time. That being said I'm grateful for what the dev's have done so far and I don't think we are really in a position to demand anything. If you don't like where it's going or what it has you can always stop using it. That being said I really want these features if you are listening plex developers, their is both a need and want from many users for these features. Comcast for example will be charging $10 dollars per 50GB once you go past a threshold.
With all the hard work ljunkie has done we now can implement the historical logs that we all want ourselves. At least until the devs get around to building it into the server.
Please check out PlexWatch:
It is easier that it looks to install and I am more than willing to help out.
I wouldn't mind some help with this.
I think that it is so cool when I can see that my mom, who is 2 states away, is watching Superbad on her roku. Cool times that we live in.
I would love the limiting and prioritizing features. Thanks!
Great job getting things implemented thus far! Look forward t having all features listed. Keep up the good work!
I would love to see IP Address added to the list. Lots of people use Plex/Web to watch and the only info we get is which browser they used. As long as they all use the same browser, 6 different people could use the same account.
PlexWatch now includes the IP addresses, and Eleese is working on making a front end web solution. I am helping him test it out now, take a look at how slick it is. I also updated the OP with a call out for specific IP logging.
I wouldn't mind some help with this.
I can help with the setup on OS X, not sure if the process is different on Windows. I would recommend checking out the PlexWatch specific thread linked above.
Is there a plex channel (unofficial or official) that can read plex watch information and display it?
It would be great if I could view the information from my Roku (via the channel). Although when the plex watch web ui is complete, it will make this desirable for me to pursue. Thanks!
Is there a plex channel (unofficial or official) that can read plex watch information and display it?
It would be great if I could view the information from my Roku (via the channel). Although when the plex watch web ui is complete, it will make this desirable for me to pursue. Thanks!
Funny you ask. I might have something in the near future for the Roku (RARflix). It also might have a neat feature to kind of sync playing with the user.
Edit: it has nothing to do with plexWatch even though I wrote that :) it's more in relation to the live now playing. I would love if someone wrote a channel though for plexWatch! Not sure I have the time.
+1 here!
Funny you ask. I might have something in the near future for the Roku (RARflix). It also might have a neat feature to kind of sync playing with the user.
Edit: it has nothing to do with plexWatch even though I wrote that :) it's more in relation to the live now playing. I would love if someone wrote a channel though for plexWatch! Not sure I have the time.
Well anyone using a Roku should take a look @ this post
Some of the management/control features on the transcoding side would be great to see!
PlexWatch now includes the IP addresses, and Eleese is working on making a front end web solution. I am helping him test it out now, take a look at how slick it is. I also updated the OP with a call out for specific IP logging.
Nice. Take its only Linux/OSX at the moment?
I am trying to install plex watch on OSX but get this error in terminal:
Failed to get request http://À¨º:32400/status/sessions - The result:
Can't connect to xn---kca9c4h:32400 (Bad hostname)
LWP::Protocol::http::Socket: Bad hostname 'xn---kca9c4h' at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.12/LWP/Protocol/http.pm line 51.
I also noticed this message in the plexwatch.pl file, is this the problem?
## load config file
my $dirname = dirname(__FILE__);
if (!-e $dirname .'/config.pl') {
print " ** missing file $dirname/config.pl. Did you move edit config.pl-dist and copy to config.pl?
";
exit;
Any help would be really appreciated.
I am trying to install plex watch on OSX but get this error in terminal:
Failed to get request http://À¨º:32400/status/sessions - The result:Can't connect to xn---kca9c4h:32400 (Bad hostname)LWP::Protocol::http::Socket: Bad hostname 'xn---kca9c4h' at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.12/LWP/Protocol/http.pm line 51.I also noticed this message in the plexwatch.pl file, is this the problem?## load config file
my $dirname = dirname(__FILE__);
if (!-e $dirname .'/config.pl') {
print " ** missing file $dirname/config.pl. Did you move edit config.pl-dist and copy to config.pl?
";
exit;
Any help would be really appreciated.
to look for support on that ask in the forum thread mentioned. earlier http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/72552-plexwatch-plex-notify-script-send-push-alerts-on-new-sessions-and-stopped/
I don't mean to stop that folks are mentioning it as an alternative (an awesome one BTW) . but this thread is mainly for discussing the feature requests it involved. its not a PlexWatch support thread
Nice. Take its only Linux/OSX at the moment?
Windows too: http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/79616-plexwatch-windows-branch/
