[OBSOLETE] PlexPlus - Control Lighting with Plex Play Status

[Entityxenon (Jake)]

Just to say that if you are not running a windows computer, to run the polling script on then check this out:

[OBSOLETE] Plex Home Theatre Manager SmartApp

Hey all, This is a SmartApp which allows you to view the state of, and if your client supports HTTP control, control playback / volume of your devices. Some Plex clients do not allow control over HTTP (such as Xbox One / PS). You need to go into the Plex clients settings and enable the ‘HTTP control’ feature. I personally use a Raspberry Pi with RasPlex; This distro is fast / compact and works with HTTP control. I highly recommend it. Simply knowing the state of your Plex devices in SmarThings lets other SmartApps react to that information… Good examples are: ‘Someone is at the door, pause playback’, or ‘Plex is playing, dim the living room lights’. (e.g. see Rule Machine) Updates 08/02/2016 Added. Support for Xbox One, Viewing status only, actions do not work as the Xbox One app d…