Workout Script w/ Plex Video Control

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Thanks man. I have tried it but it still doesn’t shuffle. This is what I did.

Added this code under class PlexClient(MediaPlayerDevice): in z_plex.py

def playMedia(self, media, **params):
    import plexapi.playqueue
    server_url = media.server.baseurl.split(':')
    playqueue = plexapi.playqueue.PlayQueue.create(self.device.server,media,**params)
    self.device.sendCommand('playback/playMedia', **dict({
        'machineIdentifier': self.device.server.machineIdentifier,
        'address': server_url[1].strip('/'),
        'port': server_url[-1],
        'key': media.key,
        'containerKey': '/playQueues/%s?window=100&own=1' % playqueue.playQueueID,
    }, **params))

@asyncio.coroutine
def async_play_media(self, media_type, media_id, **kwargs):
    src = json.loads(media_id)
    vid = self.device.server.playlist(src['title'])
    self.device.playMedia(vid,shuffle=1)

My script remains the same. When run the script, it plays the playlist but it was never shuffled.

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I’ll check out this code to see if there are any differences with what I have.

Meanwhile, can you take a look at your log files and see if you see a log output this looks like this?:

17-02-01 20:08:46 INFO (MainThread) [plexapi] POST http://<server-ip>:32400/playQueues?includeChapters=1&includeRelated=1&playlistID=136659&repeat=1&shuffle=1&type=audio&X-Plex-Token=...

Note the ‘shuffle=1’.

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So, instead of using ’self.device.playMedia(vid,shuffle=1)' you need to be calling the new PlexClient 'playMedia' method:

self.playMedia(vid,shuffle=1) # w/o the 'device' part

I know I could have changed the name of the method - to be less confusing. But, it’s just the way I roll.

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This is what I have in the log…

17-02-02 00:00:00 INFO (MainThread) [plexapi] GET http://<server-ip>:32400/playlists?X-Plex-Token=<token>
17-02-02 00:00:00 INFO (MainThread) [plexapi] POST http://<server-ip>:32400/playQueues?includeChapters=1&includeRelated=1&playlistID=360771&repeat=0&shuffle=0&type=audio&X-Plex-Token=<token>
17-02-02 00:00:00 INFO (MainThread) [plexapi] GET http://<client-ip>:32500/player/playback/playMedia?address=<server-ip>&commandID=1&containerKey=/playQueues/10868%3Fwindow%3D100%26own%3D1&key=/playlists/360771&machineIdentifier=<machineIdentifier>&port=32400&shuffle=1
17-02-02 00:00:00 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Error doing job: Task exception was never retrieved
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/asyncio/tasks.py", line 237, in _step
    result = next(coro)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/homeassistant/core.py", line 1052, in _event_to_service_call
    yield from service_handler.func(service_call)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/homeassistant/components/media_player/__init__.py", line 366, in async_service_handler
    yield from getattr(player, method['method'])(**params)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/asyncio/coroutines.py", line 141, in coro
    res = func(*args, **kw)
  File "/home/pi/.homeassistant/custom_components/media_player/z_plex.py", line 390, in async_play_media
    self.device.playMedia(vid,shuffle=1)
  File "/home/pi/.homeassistant/deps/plexapi/client.py", line 154, in playMedia
    }, **params))
  File "/home/pi/.homeassistant/deps/plexapi/client.py", line 85, in sendCommand
    return self.query(path, headers=headers)
  File "/home/pi/.homeassistant/deps/plexapi/client.py", line 71, in query
    return ElementTree.fromstring(data) if data else None
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1325, in XML
    parser.feed(text)
  File "<string>", line None
xml.etree.ElementTree.ParseError: syntax error: line 1, column 0
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Yep - that makes sense.

If you remove the “.device.” part of the call to playMedia() it should work.

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Yep. That works! Thanks a lot.

Now I wish this will make into the official Plex component

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27

I’ll try to find some time soon to look into what that would take.

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I have modified your code to this…

def async_play_media(self, media_type, media_id, **kwargs):
    src = json.loads(media_id)
    if media_type == 'EPISODE':
        media = self.device.server.library.section(src['library']).get(src['title']).episodes()[src['episode']]
    elif media_type == 'MUSIC':
        media = self.device.server.playlist(src['title'])
    self.playMedia(media,shuffle=src['shuffle'])

Now, the media variable is base on media_content_type in the script. Not sure about other media_type but you can get the idea.

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might want to have a look here: https://www.plex.tv/blog/alexa-ask-plex-get-party-started/

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yeah man. i was super excited because i just got my first Alexa 12 hours before the announcement was made.

anyway, the skill is not really useful to HA. I still need this script for my automation.

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I added this functionality (plus a little more) here (scroll to the bottom for the latest link):

Note: I also changed the input json format from your original examples. I documented the new formats in my link above.

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