Hi, I have the latest build and was trying to figure out how to view my files by folder? I can do this with Plex on the computer and on my Fire TV, but haven't figured it out yet for Rasplex.
RasPlex is a direct port of "Plex Home Theater" as used on PCs, and has a GUI that's identical except for some changes specific to the Raspberry Pi and the OpenELEC operating system. So any GUI usage possible for PHT on a PC is also possible for RasPlex, as-is.
PHT on PCs does not currently support view 'by folder', so RasPlex doesn't have it either.
If/when it's implemented for the official PHT project, then it will be ported to a subsequent RasPlex release.
Also will there ever be an option to use an USB mouse for navigation?
It's already possible to enable USB mouse for RasPlex in the same way as used for PHT on PCs, by modifying the "guisettings.xml" file in the "userdata" subfolder of the PHT application data folder. But it's almost pointless to do so, for several reasons.
One reason is that PHT is hardcoded to ignore left-clicks in the main menu.
This can be worked around by 'remapping' that input to simulate an 'Enter' keypress instead of a left-click.
A worse reason is that the standard skin never enables display of a mouse pointer.
This can be worked around by adding and using custom skins.
The worst reason is that the mouse usage on the RPi is slow and 'laggy', due to the weak processors and a design unoptimized for mouse usage. And for this there is no workaround.
I have temporarily used a USB mouse with my RasPlex setup, but have stopped doing so as I found it not worthwhile, primarily due to the last of the three limitations listed above.
Best regards: dlanor
