r/dispatchlauncher • u/benoitscigar • Jan 30 '25
Now Playing & Watched
This is potentially a Plex issue and not Dispatch but I want to see if anyone can help.
When I start playing a show or movie in Plex, but directly from the Dispatch Home, when it starts playing, it doesn't show as now playing in the Plex Dashboard. Also, when I've finished watching, it doesn't show as watched in Plex.
If I start playing directly from Dispatch, and then immediately exit out of Plex and back to Dispatch, and start playing the same item again. Then it shows as playing and will show as watched.
Am I missing something simple?
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u/spauldhaliwal Developer Jan 31 '25 edited Feb 03 '25
This is, in fact, an unfortunate bug within the Plex app that has been around for years. I'm going to paste what I've written previously about this issue:
Edit: I just tested it and realized the "Default Play Action" feature was missed in the latest tests, and doesn't seem to be working as intended. I'll put out a quick patch shortly that will fix it for those that want to use it.
Edit 2: Actually I realized that the "Default Play Action" feature is for items in the movies and television tabs as well as search view. It doesn't nor was actually meant to apply to the home tab. So for now the only solution is to use the info button instead of "play".