Comment by afavour

3 years ago

For those interested in doing something similar there's a Plex add-on for making custom TV channels:

https://github.com/vexorian/dizquetv

Personally I want almost this. I want to rotate the TV shows my kids watch in the morning but I don't want to start part way through a show (the one part of the old analogue experience that I don't miss at all). Difficult to square that circle.

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300bps  3 years ago

Your comment led me to learn about Plex Plugins even though I've been using Plex for literally a decade!

Unfortunately they're removing support for all Plugins over time and have already eliminated ones that play content.

https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/online-media-sou...

  • lostlogin  3 years ago

    God. I wish they would stop shagging about with it content stuff (I don’t want their content, ever).

    I would like a more logical arrangement of settings, remote setting of user resolutions (eg, please try native!).

    • malermeister  3 years ago

      Try out Jellyfin! It's an open source Plex replacement that doesn't mess with its users.

      I switched a year ago after some dumb monetization change at Plex annoyed me enough and it's just been so much better.

      Imagine a product just like Plex, but without all the shit Plex tries to pull all the time!

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mattmanser  3 years ago

HDMI seems to be two way, my ps5 turns on automatically when I turn my TV on.

So you should be able to do something with that.

  • brendev  3 years ago

    The protocol you're looking for is HDMI-CEC! Not a ton of good documentation out there, but hopefully this helps send you down a good path.

  • afavour  3 years ago

    Oh, it's definitely possible. Software like dizquetv it must know when a new connection is made. But to add such a feature would require a lot of familiarization with their codebase and I don't currently have the time.

    One day...