Icon for Samsung SmartTV Plex App

[rcork]

I really like the new icons for the players but i notice that when i use the Samsung SmartTV Plex app, there is no icon. It just shows the generic "icon missing" icon. Any plans to add icons for Samsung?

[ecleese]

Ah, I missed Samsung. Will add in 1.5.0.11 dev. I looked for LG too but can't find any icons for that platform.

[ecleese]

Give 1.5.0.11 dev a test and let me know if the icon is appearing now. I don't have a samsung tv for testing so I took a guess on what PMS reports for the platform name.

Thanks

[rcork]

Unfortunately it doesn't report Samsung as the platform. It has "TV [model]" for the platform. For example, i have two samsung smart tv's. Here's what they report as platform:

TV PN59D7000_USA - this is a 59" D series plasma TV UN40F6300 - this is a 40" F series LCD

I only have two devices to test with but looks like they always start with "TV" and then a model number. I looked for somewhere in the Plex app and also in the tv menu to change that but i believe it's what is passed by the Plex app for Samsung, not user configurable.

[rcork]

I just dug through the plexWatch db and took a look at the actual xml field and the platform is empty. The title field holds the platforms i noted above.

[rcork]

FYI..i posted to the Samsung forum to see if they could include the platform in the next release. However, Samsung is notorious for taking ages to approve a new release. And even then, they don't approve them for devices over 2 years old so this wouldn't help those with older devices.

https://forums.plex.tv/index.php/topic/93901-feature-suggesion-return-samsung-for-platform-in-now-playing/

[rcork]

This code works in current_activity

}else if(empty($sessions->Player['platform'])) { if(strstr($sessions->Player['title'], 'Apple')) { $platformImage = "images/platforms/atv.png"; //Code below matches Samsung naming standard: [Display Technology: 2 Letters][Size: 2 digits][Generation: 1 letter][Model: 4 digits] }else if(preg_match("/TV [a-z][a-z]\d\d[a-z]\d\d\d\d/i",$sessions->Player['title'])) { $platformImage = "images/platforms/samsung.png"; } else{ $platformImage = "images/platforms/platform-default.png"; }

[ecleese]

Yeah I wish they could be more consistent across all platforms but your workaround looks good to me. I will add it to next version. Thanks for sharing.

[ecleese]

Hmm, just found a tv model where this preg_match won't work so I'm going to have to generalize it a bit more. No biggie but it'll change a little.