Doesn't Cast to Client - Android TV

[ADeliciousMan]

Onn 4K Streaming box doesn't not show up as a player in Movie Roulette.
I am running Android 12 with the latest Plex app on the streaming box.
Plex is set to "Advertise as Player"
Movie Roulette is running as a docker container on my Unraid server, on port 4005 (the default 4000 was taking by something else)
I can easily access Movie Roulette and it seems my Plex library without issues.

However clients don't show up.

[sahara101]

Can you do a curl -X GET "http://PLEXIP:32400/clients?X-Plex-Token=PLEXTOKEN", do you see the android client?
Can you test with this option enabled?
Go to settings → Network and activate Enable Local Network Discovery (GDM).

[ADeliciousMan]

Please bear with me here as I might be a little noobish to this.
I put curl -X GET "http://plexip:32400/clients?X-Plex-Token=PLEXTOKEN" with my correct local IP for Plex and my Plex token into the console in Unraid for my Plex docker

It just hangs and seems to do nothing.

For GDM, turns out that that was already enabled on my server.

[sahara101]

Try outside of the plex server. Your local machine for example. Just make sure the android box is on and the plex client is started.
if curl does not see the box, movie-roulette won’t either. We can further test afterwards.

You can also test with the plex htpc app: https://support.plex.tv/articles/htpc-getting-started/

Just to make sure it works for you on a tested client.

[sahara101]

Did you manage to test?

[ADeliciousMan]

Hey! Sorry, life and all.
So went and tested, here are the results.

When running the command with my TV on and the Plex app loaded, with 'Advertise as Player' as 'On' I get:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MediaContainer size="0">
</MediaContainer>

But with my windows computer running the HTCP version of Plex I get:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MediaContainer size="1">
<Server name="Andromeda" host="127.0.0.1" address="127.0.0.1" port="32400" machineIdentifier="xma0g20gjuqy4yh4j1ofajsc" version="1.69.0.264-8ae11259" protocol="plex" product="Plex HTPC for Windows" deviceClass="pc" protocolVersion="2" protocolCapabilities="timeline,playback,navigation,playqueues,provider-playback" />
</MediaContainer>

So seems to be an Android TV issue?
I can play and watch content from my Onn 4K without issue, so not sure why it's not detected. Everything is on the same networking and using the same DHCP server.

[sahara101]

Can you paste the curl results please?

[ADeliciousMan]

Can you paste the curl results please?

Fixed!
I had to add it in a code bracket, seems github didn't like it as was and just hid it, oops.

[sahara101]

Ah I was afraid of this. But you said the Plex app does have advertise as player so from my point of view it should work. Does the box have any network configs that may hinder the detection?

Do you use Home Assistant? Could you add the plex connection in there and see if it detects the box and if playback is possible?

[ADeliciousMan]

Working on this, haven't had time lately but have not forgotten.

[sahara101]

Ok, reopening.

[ADeliciousMan]

Android TV has full default configurations for network, DHCP and all.

Home Assistant sees my Plex box and Android TV without issue.

[sahara101]

Since you have this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MediaContainer size="0">
</MediaContainer>

you have a network issue somewhere.

Does starting a movie from HA actuallly work? Is HA also on the unraid server?

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[sahara101]

Closed because of inactivity.

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