Rdio plugin for Plex

[mikedecaro]

Just wanted to announce my Rdio plugin for Plex. It integrates your
entire music collection to the media center. I have Plex running on a
Mac Mini hooked up to my TV so I can watch movies, tv shows, and now
listen to Rdio from my surround sound system.

The source code for the plugin is on github at: http://github.com/mikedecaro/Rdio.bundle

If any of you use Plex, let me know what you think.

Regards,
Mike

[Ian McKellar]

Awesome Mike!

How do I install this into Plex?

Ian

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[Ian McKellar]

Aha, I worked it out. I did:
cd ~/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins
git clone https://github.com/mikedecaro/Rdio.bundle.git

Restarted my Plex and then bam! Awesome integration.

Ian

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Rdio Inc.
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[mikedecaro]

Glad to hear you got it working. Let me know if you come across any
problems.

[mikedecaro]

Just letting everyone know that my plugin is now available in the Plex
Online app store! Just install Plex, click the Plex Online menu and
search for Rdio.

[Adam Keily]

Hi mike, awsome plugin. It to behave oddly at times. Do you still have it working ok with the latest plex?

[Derek Dowling]

Just wondering if this code is still accessible somewhere? I'd like to fart around and see if I can't get it up and running again, or would it be better for me to just start over assuming a fair amount of both Plex and Rdio's APIs have changed.

[Mike DeCaro]

I'm not sure how much the API's changed since I wrote this. The code grew a bit more complex than I intended and I never got a chance to update it to work with the latest Plex client. The Plex plugin is written in Python, which communicates with a web server that handles commands via JavaScript and sends them to a Flash object which plays the music. At the time of coding, the only way to play music from Rdio was through a flash object that you had to write yourself.

I glanced at the Rdio developer documentation and it seems like they released a Web Playback API that manages the flash object for you. I can put the code back on Github or email it to you, but you may be better off starting over.
Web Playback API source: https://github.com/rdio/hello-web-playback

Let me know if you need any help.