Hey I am wondering with the new media control card (looks good), does Plex not show any controls at all? or am I missing some thing?
With “custom:mini-media-player” I could pause, vol, etc. now that doesn’t work now. I saw the "show all controls’ option for Plex is depreciated. Does this mean I can’t control Plex at all through HA now??
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Were you able to control this specific Plex client before 0.107? Is this client on your local network?
yes I was able to. I have no control on PS4 and other TV’s. I have a local NAS. the media card(s) have no controls at all.
Odd. Would you be able to share the output of a couple HTTP requests to your Plex server while the client is playing?
curl http://<PLEX_SERVER_IP>:32400/clients?X-Plex-Token=<TOKEN>
curl http://<PLEX_SERVER_IP>:32400/status/sessions?X-Plex-Token=<TOKEN>
I’ve tried many times since starting HA instance. I can’t get my X-Token, I got tired of looking through forums to acquire it correctly. If you know a way, i’ll give it a shot… With that being said I use the HA add on with no problems via Frenck’s Plex.
here shows no controls.
You can use the one saved by the integration. Check in your <config_dir>/.storage/core.config_entries file in the plex section. Make sure you don’t post it here.
ok found it thx!! HA needs updates will do first
“401 Unauthorized” means the token you used isn’t valid.
The Plex client needs to be playing while you run those commands.
it’s been streaming all morning
The integration gets media_player status from those two calls. If those results are both empty then all Plex media_players would show as Unavailable.
Are you seeing playback status in the UI? Do you have multiple Plex servers?
Only 1 Qnap NAS Plex server…I posted that plex pic earlier to show how HA is handling plex (from my instance). 1 TV currently streaming Robot Trains
If you have time, try to add this as a custom component under <config_dir>/custom_components/plex/
https://github.com/jjlawren/home-assistant/tree/plex_force_controls/homeassistant/components/plex
Just copy all the files into that directory and restart. This version will force all Plex media_players to show and allow controls. If this works we can dig deeper to figure out a proper solution.
@jimmyz51501 and I troubleshot this for a while. It turned out to be misbehaving Plex clients and coincidentally started happening around the same time as the upgrade. A Plex client reinstall got everything in working order again with no other changes necessary. 
nice!.. trying now
nope… same… even restarted. or should uninstall n restart then install. lift one leg? haha
For my biggest bummer on this nice new card it that it lack volume control. Really big miss on the design team. Still have have to open 3dot menu to operate.
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yes, I think the same