I’ve just updated the code on git hub, as just noticed the current code is using the stop delay for pauses (in case you found any issues)
v2.11- 16/10/16 - Bug fix on pause delay (was using stop delay)
v2.12- 21/10/16 - Code optimisation, better app layout and support for pushing to a Plex Plus or Plex HT Device Type
Now you can create a “Plex Plus” device type, this can then be used in Rule Machine / Core or any other application that supports the musicPlayer device type.
I keep getting Please Fill out all required fields when trying to add a room
Sorry! The joys of SmartThings on Android doing different stuff to iPhone!
V2.13 uploaded to fix Android issues!
This is awesome, I wish it worked with EMBY. If you like Plex try Emby its free* and wayyy better!
If there is an xml location for viewing play status of all devices then would be easy to adapt, not heard of it before, is it XBMC based or built from the ground up?
thank you, custom device has the same problem
And again, sorry and fixed parent app now… 
I’ll look into how play status is stored in Emby, I know at one point they used .xml for vera integration but that was awhile back. Emby is open source so it just depends on if someone made a plugin.
Emby is definitely worth checking out if you’re considering Plex, I chose Emby because it offered native live TV streaming on top of everything Plex offered and I’m not paying a monthly subscription.
Thanks again, will update as soon as im back home.
I’m on Plex lifetime membership from back when it first started and was cheap(er)
I’ve had a look through various Emby articles but finding any info is difficult, not as well documented as Plex APIs…
When you say live TV do you mean via tuner or streamed?
I get most of my Emby info from the community page, Luke is the main developer of the application and he is very active on the forum. It supports both tuner and streamed TV. HD homerun cable card tuner is directly supported, other tuners (Ceton, Hauppauge…) are supported via emby plugins. It also supports IPtv/m3u playlist as well as a hand full of content streaming plugins (jupiter broadcasting, Vimeo, ICI.TV, IPTV…)
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Back on topic… looking at the plugins available for Emby, providing someone on the Emby forum can code getting the play state (play / paused / stopped) and the player name and or IP and optionally the type of event (movie/episode/ etc…) then the code already exists to send this to Plex (this is available on my GitHub they could drop it in directly…) and that would integrate easily in to this app.
I’d be more than happy to help on the SmartThings side if you could find someone to write the plugin to pull the above, just my C knowledge is poor at best and writing the full plugin would be a massive learning curve
Chef’s Vera plugin would look like a good candidate, and the code for ST should pretty much drop straight in to integrate with my app… but no source code is available for me to see how easy…
Just to add to this Topic, Mac / Linux users can also run the exe for this application, they will just need to install Mono then launch with a prefix of "mono ".
I have updated the EXE to V4 this will allow you to run the exe as a background process on Linux (And I assume OSX) using:
“mono STHostPinger.exe &”
Child App Updated:
V2.14- 12/11/16 - Bug fix when all sections not saved in app
Quick question -
Here is what i would like to do:
Have plex push what I am watching and based on type (movie vs TV) and time of day trigger different scenes.
For example: Watching a movie at night would put wall lights at 10%, turn off back lights and turn on the ceiling fan.
Would this help with that?
Hi Richard,
So this app is able to identify between a movie, a TVs episode, music and even a trailer, in terms of time of day triggering then providing your mode reflects the time of day then yes it will do this too…
Does that work for your situation? If not is this because you use mode for something else or you are not using modes at all, there are options in either case to make it work…
App V3 is now live, this moves everything in to a single SmartApp.
V3 also features GitHub integration, details in the first post.
Existing Users Note:
This must be installed as a new smart app and wont override your existing app, if you just copy over the existing Plex Plus code you will end up with stranded child apps. The old smart app wont be maintained but both can be run in parallel if you want to manually copy your settings across.
That’s exactly what I want to do. This is amazing.
Last question -
Can I run it based on multiple locations?
I run plex in 2 main viewing areas. Can the app tellqhere plex is feeding to?