MattsShack/Plex-Movie-Poster-Display
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Pull Requests: 41
Issues: 70
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Last Updated: 2021-08-23 03:31:07
Scraps the Plex sessions page to display the current playing movie or TV show poster on a screen.
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Languages: PHP, CSS
Plex Movie Poster Display
Scraps the Plex sessions page to display the current playing movie or TV show poster on a screen.
Disclaimer – I am a network engineer not a programmer. I play around with code. I am publishing this to give back to the communities that has helped me learn. There may be better ways of scraping the Plex Posters, but this is the way I chose to do it. I am open to suggestions. Use at your own risk.
I decided to rewrite the program in PHP and make it browser based. This allows me to have the Raspberry Pi boot to the desktop, automatically start a browser in kiosk mode, and open the PHP site.
This script scraps http://IP_ADDRESS_OF_PLEX_SERVER>:32400/status/sessions for clients and displays the poster of the currently playing movie or TV show. If nothing is currently playing it will pull a random poster of an unwatched movie.
Dev Branch
I have added a dev branch to merge all changes too. I will be adding my changes to the branch in the future.
My Setup
Plex Media Server is running on a dedicated server. Plex Movie Poster Display is running on separate Raspberry Pi 3 connected to a screen via HDMI. On boot up the Pi launches Chromium in kiosk mode and loads the Plex Movie Poster Display URL.
Help
OPEN ISSUES
See all- CSS or Font request by @Bboy486
- PHP Version Upgrade by @ZeroCoolGOS
- TV Show Support by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Cache Images - No file extensions by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Theme Idea (Enhancement) by @Bboy486
- Research Plex Webhooks by @MattsShack
- Enhancement: Marquee Borders and Lights by @Bboy486
- Font Enhancements by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Enhancement - Ratings Filter by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Enhancement - Digital Picture Frame Mode by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Enhancement - Clock for Custom Images by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Enhancement: Full Screen Poster by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Custom Images Upload Info by @titelies
- Enhancement: Cache Config Options by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Enhancement: Plex Function Isolation by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Enhancement: Import Config Upgrade Script by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Enhancement: Setup and Update scripts by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Enhancement: Options for transitions between Now Playing/Coming Soon/Custom by @tkent42
- Enhancement: Images to the bottom of Now Showing for resolution, sound format, and aspect ratio by @titelies
- Enhancement: Full Path Logging by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Add support for field variables in custom text settings to allow displaying media info along with custom text by @archiconda1976
- Add a start and end time display option for the now showing display by @archiconda1976
- Enhancement: Gaussian Blur Text Background by @ThePragmaticArt
- Plex Movie Sections by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Enhancement: Settings page mobile friendly by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Update Website screenshots by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Enhancement: Clear Cache for Fonts, Custom Images, Logs. Confirmation. by @TATUMTOT
- Register Movie Poster Display as Authorized Device by @ZeroCoolGOS
- BUG: SSL Connection not working as expected by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Plex Configuration page enhancements by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Show/Hide Advanced Option by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Post Warning if Refresh is below 10 sec. by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Config Documentation Update Sept. 2021 by @ZeroCoolGOS
- TV Show Display Issues by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Test Suite and Framework by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Diagnostics Updates Sept/Oct 2021 by @ZeroCoolGOS
- Assistance with SSL setup for use with HTTPS by @titelies
- Adjustments for Title Sizes by @AKASGaming
- When nothing is playing stays blank or still shows now playing by @b0rnwr0ng
- Title logo in Now Showing by @botyas