Hey all!
Elan already tweeted about this, but I thought I'd create a post about this too (at least until video playback is officially part of the Plex Web Media Manager). Get the bookmarklet (and some info on how to use it) here: http://plexapp.tv/bookmarklet/ and enjoy video from inside the Web Media Manager!
**Requirements:** Safari webbrowser on OSX.
Unfortunately it does not seem to work in Chrome. Too bad, as I'd rather use IExplorer than go back to Safari. :(
WebManager is going to be incredible once this is implemented. Hopefully we will be able to also set quality we would like to stream at. ( where is this version getting quality settings? I looked at javascript but didnt see annything obvious )
Well i left Safari with first version of Chrome for Mac, so my issues might have been addressed by now but:
- memory hog, not releasing memory even if page was closed ( had to quit and re-launch ), not to mention it had number of memory leaks
- Crash prone, plus if one tab/web site crashed. it took down the whole app.
- very few if any extensions
- bookmark sync was pain to use with Xmarks, its very nicely built-in in Chrome.
- integration with Gmail and Google calendar ( via extensions ) is very nice in Chrome.
-Oh and really awkward placement of REFRESH button in Safari
- and most importantly, I have to use Windows at work. Safari for Windows is just sad beast.
I dont want to turn this thread to Chrome vs Safari vs XXX, as I'm sure Chrome has its drawbacks that other people experience.
By the way, did you try using this script via Internet ? My 1mbps Upload cant handle it :-(
This is awesome. I really want to use this to help troubleshoot an issue I’m having with the iOS clients. To do that, I need to match the quality setting (2mbit / 720p) I’m using on iOS. Do you know how I can do that? I’m perfectly happy to edit your main.js and host it on my internal network, but I’m not sure what to change the quality setting to. I see this “quality=5” in your start_url variable; is that where it’s controlled? If so, do you know what value I should use to duplicate the 2mbit / 720p iOS client value? I understand I’ll have to change the aspect of the player window too, but I can handle that. Thanks!
Thanks. I thought it was limitation of Chrome as I could see that PMS started transcoding the video , just Chrome never played it :)
Will Chrome / Quicktime combo work ?
Yes, that's correct. You can find the available values by going to http://****x.x.x.x:32400/ and look at the *transcoderVideoBitrates* and *transcoderVideoQualities* values.
I haven't tested an "embedded" Quicktime player, but I think it could work. And yes, "medium" is the 1.5mbps stream (I just called it "medium" as it is somewhere in the middle of all available streams).
Thanks! In case it helps anyone else, here's what I found testing a few quality settings (the bitrate and vertical pixels are based on the first chunk of my test file and obviously it's variable, so it's a rough estimate):
Still not working for me in Safari. The movie window pops up, but the video never plays. It just says loading in the bar with the controls and nothing happens. Any ideas?
i hope too that the web manager video player will get some extended functions!! 