Plex Integration?

[dmjohn0x]

So I know I can launch Plex from LB, but I was wondering if itd be possible to just integrate plex client functionality within plex? Plex server scrapes imdb etc for video metadata. can Launchbox just import that data for me so i dont have to swap programs?

[DOS76]

Not currently and whenever additional media types are discussed it is as a possible far off future feature so I wouldn't expect it anytime soon.

Edited August 26, 2016 by DOS76

[dmjohn0x]

I realized itd probably be easier to just replace plex anyway to keep launchbox modular as plex requires a server to play files. i just HATE manually entering in the metadata for entire series of tv shows....

[DOS76]

I'm a big time Plex guy and my Plex server is massive so until LB can handle the data it wouldn't be an option to leave plus Plex plus my brothers and cousins would be chasing me down if I cut off their streaming privileges by moving. LB really couldn't replace Plex for me I would like to see Plex integrate gaming frontends into Plex some how like Kodi does but I'm not holding my breathe that the Plex guys will get around to that.

[dmjohn0x]

Different wants.  For my needs, im just wanting a modular front end on a 5-6 tb drive that basically becomes an all-in-one media front end. Unlike most people. im not interested in having every game for every console. just my favs/rpgs/shmups for each and then the several movies/tv series i really enjoy or am currently watching.

[fromlostdays]

Wouldn't Kodi be right up your alley? You can launch front ends, or just roms and media from Kodi. Its not as simple as Plex or LB, though. 

[dmjohn0x]

5 hours ago, fromlostdays said:

Wouldn't Kodi be right up your alley? You can launch front ends, or just roms and media from Kodi. Its not as simple as Plex or LB, though. 

It is, and im using it, but id rather everything under bigbox if possible

[Lordmonkus]

I would think just having a scraper for IMDB and THETVDB would be nice for basic usage. Set a video player as an emulator and drag your movies and TV shows in. You can already do this but the meta data you have to gather and input manually but having a scraper for it would be a nice little feature. I even put in a feature request on the github page for it. I don't know how much work it would be to implement this however.

https://bitbucket.org/jasondavidcarr/launchbox/issues/1494/scraper-for-imdb-and-thetvdb

[DOS76]

It would really take more than just a scrapper for TV for movies a scrapper would handle 1 movie one file for a TV series if you say had MASH or something that ran long with 20 episodes a season it would take forever to scroll through the list (I have close to 600 TV series in Plex). So while I would love to see other media added without the proper changes to the program to allow a folder like structure ie 1 box for Continuum and when you click that it show you subfolder with all the season which in turn hold all the episodes without that I wouldn't switch. Also if they add scrappers I say ComicVine is included to I know they have an API and if the consideration was given to TV that I mentioned then LB would be insane for managing your digital comics.

[Lordmonkus]

Oh I agree the for large collections and especially for TV shows with multiple seasons it could get very unwieldy. It also wouldn't become a replacement for Plex or Kodi at all but I think just having for people who just want to have a small collection it would be nice.

And of course I would only want to see it if it wasn't too much of a big deal to implement it, I wouldn't want to see other much more needed features pushed back for it.

[fromlostdays]

On 8/27/2016 at 4:35 PM, DOS76 said:

 if you say had MASH

You're really showing your age. 

[DOS76]

I'm not concerned about that MASH is a classic

[dmjohn0x]

SUICIDE IS PAINLESS...

[DOS76]

Only if you do it right I imagine it can hurt very badly if you botch the job