A simple docker container used for grabbing the currently playing song and displaying the title informaton as a webpage (to be grabbed like programs such as Open Broadcaster Software)

Setting up PlexNowPlaying requires you to configure the docker-compose.yml file and set two variables, PLEX_SERVER and MACHINE_IDENTIFIER. To do this, you will need access to your Plex server's API.

PLEX_SERVER is the address that your plex server is accessible at. You should be able to put a URL in your web browser and access your plex server - this is that address. Typically looks like 192.168.1.1.

MACHINE_IDENTIFIER is the unique identifier for the machine you want PlexNowPlaying to pull information for. The best way to find this is to open the API in your browser, by going to PLEX_SERVER/status/sessions. In Firefox, the page will look something like this:

Once you have set those two variables in the docker-compose.yml file, you can start the container with standard docker-compose methods.

docker-compose up -d

By default, PlexNowPlaying runs on port 3008. You can change this in the docker-compose.yml file, but this section assumes you have left it as 3008.

To show the information gathered by PlexNowPlaying in your OBS scene, add a "Browser" source to your scene. Point the URL to the docker container you just set up (usually something like, http://192.168.1.1:3008/) and adjust the width/height as needed. I currently have mine set to 800 width and 18 height. Everything else you can leave as the default values, and click Ok.

Because PlexNowPlaying refreshes on a 5 second timer, it may take 5 seconds for the information to show up at first.

Unfortunately I don't use or XSplit, so I don't have anything to write here. If you've managed to get PlexNowPlaying working with XSplit and it requires some specific directions, please let me know.

Feel free to raise Pull Requests/Issues if you want to ask about a feature or suggest a change.

If you want to use PlexNowPlaying on your own stream, go right ahead. You don't owe me anything for doing so.