Plex binding for OH3 | Will it be ported?

mbadger88 · February 8, 2023, 3:58am

It appears that the binding requires Java 17. @aronbeurskens, is that what you’re running? OpenHAB has switched to Java 17 for 4.0 and may explain why it works for him and not us. I have the same issue but can’t switch over to 17 to test at present. @Hendrik_Nielsen, you could try that.

Hendrik_Nielsen · February 8, 2023, 9:08am

Hi, thanks for explaining
Since I am use Openhab on Docker is there any chance I can switch to that java version?

hmerk · February 8, 2023, 1:10pm

If you are running openHAB 3.x, a switch to Java17 will not help but might give you more trouble.
There had been a lot of adjustments been made to make openHAB 4 fully Java17 compatible.

Hendrik_Nielsen · February 8, 2023, 1:22pm

Alright.
Basically there should be a OH 3.4 and a OH 4 Version of the binding then?

hmerk · February 8, 2023, 1:23pm

If it shall run on both versions, yes!

Hendrik_Nielsen · February 8, 2023, 2:23pm

I just found this in another thread:

I’ll try this out.
Hope that @aronbeurskens could maybe include this in future versions of the binding?

Thanks for your support!

aronbeurskens · February 8, 2023, 6:41pm

Yes I am running Java 17, which explains the difference. People can use @morph166955 version for now and I will try to get a java 13 setup for next / future releases.

morph166955 · February 8, 2023, 6:50pm

To compile a 3.2.0/4.0.0 binding:

Re-add the binding folder that you had before (don’t delete addon.xml). Having it won’t really hurt anything on 4.0.0 for the moment, but it’s required for 3.2.0
mvn clean install -pl :org.openhab.binding. -Dohc.version=3.2.0 -Dmaven.compiler.source=11 -Dmaven.compiler.target=11

That should generate a jar compatible for all versions. I’ve been using it for a while on the androidtv binding and it seems to be ok. Just be aware, if you have any newer java features (above v11) you will have issues.

aronbeurskens · February 8, 2023, 7:02pm

Thank you for the information, will use it!

hmerk · February 8, 2023, 9:32pm

No, openHAB 3.x requires Java 11, versions above are not supported !

hmerk · February 8, 2023, 9:33pm

Did not directly see that you already wrote about issues with versions other than Java11…

Hendrik_Nielsen · February 9, 2023, 5:27pm

Plex Bining is showing up again, can add a server thing, but when adding a player via scan, it finds the players, but then they show:

Status:

UNINITIALIZED

**BRIDGE_UNINITIALIZED**

Also the log is spammed with

[WARN ] [ex.internal.handler.PlexApiConnector] - Getting session data

RipNCode · February 19, 2023, 5:15pm

Same problem here with players staying UNINITIALIZED. I’m on 3.4.1 with Java 11 using @morph166955 binding…

Stuart · February 21, 2023, 1:17pm

Same problem here, log WARN and players staying UNINITIALIZED. Equally on 3.4.1 with Java 11 using @morph166955 binding…

Since not everyone is having this issue I’m just wondering if the common link is using Plex via Docker (I’m using PlexInc image) ?

RipNCode · February 22, 2023, 3:55pm

I’m not using docker. It’s openhab on Debian in a proxmox container…

Hendrik_Nielsen · February 28, 2023, 12:57pm

I have indeed deployed my Plex Server as a docker container. Image is the LInuxservers.io.

Hendrik_Nielsen · April 25, 2023, 4:27pm

Has anyone found a solution to this?

aronbeurskens · June 10, 2023, 7:16am

Good news, the PR has finally been merged into main. The binding will soon be available in OpenHAB version 4

Pedro_Liberal · June 10, 2023, 10:17am

Lets gooooooooo!
(And I’m still stuck in 3.3 ._. )

hmerk · June 10, 2023, 11:43am

What is blocking you from upgrade?