Category Archives: open source

Alternative Plex Client for Android Devices

Posted on May 28, 2013 by

There are several reports on the Plex Android apps user reviews of incompatibilities with older servers.   Also that there are several requested features missing.   While Serenity for Android doesn’t cover the remote control features and functionality yet.  It … Continue reading →

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Serenity for Android 1.2.4

Posted on May 26, 2013 by

Version 1.2.4 is now available in the play store.   This fixes an issue with subtitle playback with the internal player.  Subtitles should now be working again. Plex Inc released the latest Android client, and apparently people are not too … Continue reading →

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Serenity for Android now available for Nook and Nook HD!

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

For those Nook HD and Nook users that have the Google Play store, if you have a Plex Media Server, Serenity for Android can now be installed on your Nook tablet.  It’ll give you an alternative way to access your … Continue reading →

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Subtitle Support

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

One of the more frequent questions from users of Serenity for Google TV, is the ability to play back subtitles with the movie. Plex does provide the information if it is there, but until Android 4.1 (aka Jelly Bean), there … Continue reading →

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Serenity for Google TV 1.0.2

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

Serenity for Google TV v 1.0.2 is now live in the Google Play Store. This is primarily a bug fix release: Fix issue with banners being stretched vertically Fix issue with Poster being vertically stretched. On Deck for episodes now … Continue reading →

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Serenity for Google TV 1.0.0

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Serenity for Google TV v 1.0.0 is now live in the Google Play Store. It has been an interesting learning experience designing an android based app.  Particularly one designed for a 10 foot viewing experience.  Designing for a TV screen … Continue reading →

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Serenity 0.9.0 Released and Transcoding Thoughts.

Posted on February 24, 2013 by

Serenity version 0.9.0 has been posted to the downloads page. This adds a few features: Adds ability to Filter TV Shows by Categories. Fixes some force close issues when no Library entries are found. Refactors some screens to better show … Continue reading →

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Introducing Serenity

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

It has been a while since I last posted. Mainly because most of my longer form blogs have moved over to Google+. I’ve found the platform be good for more detailed posts and it fits well enough for blogging that … Continue reading →

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Does Popularity = Success?

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Does the current popularity of an open source project, automatically mean that it is successful?   It can but how do we define successful for an open source project? Just because a project is popular does not necessarily mean that … Continue reading →

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New Year, New Challenges

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

For the last year and half I have been working with eBay through Intalio, on the Turmeric SOA project.   With the new year, I’ll be transitioning off the Turmeric SOA project to an internal Intalio project.   I’ll still … Continue reading →

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