@blassley: Notifications like Tautulli are not supported, so far you only get notified about new PMS versions. Other notifications you can use the official Plex app currently. OpenVPN/DynDNS is not required, the only thing you need is a port forwarding on your router, see here: https://support.plex.tv/articles/200289506-remote-access/ Varys connects via Plex remote access.
@Kloudz: I’ll keep Varys and Remote for Tautulli separately, but as Plex come with more and more functions from Tautulli built-in, I would expect that at some points it becomes obsolete. I think there’s not too much need for Varys on desktop because here you have everything in the web interface, but you never know^^
Which change to Tautulli do you mean? For Remote for Tautulli you will always need to setup your own server while Varys will always directly connect to your Plex server.
But OK, I am definitely looking forward to Varys on Desktop. If I have to pay another $2.99 for Vary’s on Desktop, so be it. Always great to support a developer that has a great app.
I have a feature request. On the Vary’s activity page. The thumbnail list, is a bit too big for my taste. I was thinking the same size as the Tautulli App would be great.
I love the Game of Thrones reference by the way. House Stark for me all the way
Love Varys, great work! I was more than happy to purchase the app. The only feature I would love to see come from Tautulli is the ability with notifications to have a groupme bot. My family has loved being updated on groupme when new movies are added. It has been pretty slick to have it automatically send the name of the movie and poster and automatically update everyone.
@MediaHorder multiple servers is already possible, if you have added more than one server to your account a server switch option will appear on the activity tab
Multiple accounts will come later this year, as this needs some heavy testing it takes a bit longer
Regarding logout: that’s right there’s currently no way to log out, just remove the app to do so. The version with multiple accounts will have an option to remove accounts
Currently I’m working on the next big update for Varys for Plex. While doing this I came across some questions regarding Plex server usage that are important to develop some features.
I’ve created a very small 4 questions survey (should not take longer than 2 minutes) that I would ask you to answer. This would help me a lot! The survey can be answered by every Plex admin, no need to have Varys.
Just an FYI. If you change your plex password, Varys can no longer connect and gets stuck in a loop, repeating the same error message “Failed to establish a connection to Plex” ad infinitum with a ‘Retry’ prompt. There’s no way to cancel or break out to get back into the configuration to change settings. Liking the app and relaunching doesn’t help.
I know I can remove /re-add the app but that’s a bit clumsy.
@SpinCharm yeah that’s a known issue. The next version will come with multiuser support, there you have an option to remove accounts without deleting the app
@MediaHorder latest version comes with a combined view for multi server support
Please use version 1.7.1 only as 1.7.0 contains a major issue! (sorry for that)
Connection handling should use HTTP only for local connections (using HTTPS for local connections will not work - the HTTPS certificate will be recognized as invalid as it only includes the *.plex.direct hostname, not your local IP address), if you’re accessing your server using Plex remote access it should use HTTPS (if you didn’t setup your server to forced use HTTP). In the end Varys asks Plex for all known connections and uses the fastest one, using the protocol given by Plex.
I use my own certificates but routed on port 443. (Remote server)
I would like it to communicate securely over 443 and never via 80 but I can’t turn it off in plex for other reasons… I’d prefer it to be secure rather than HTTP.
