Any 3rd party players on Windows that support Plex's library?

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  • plex-mpv-shim

    Cast media from Plex Mobile and Web apps to MPV. (Unofficial)

    Finally, on Windows I moved to this one: https://github.com/iwalton3/plex-mpv-shim. It's just a player and doesn't have a library part. I pick a movie in any official Plex client (I prefer iPad), choose the Cast option, and select mpv player as the destination. It starts playing right away.

  • Glow

    mpv Config File Generator for Windows (by MattMcManis)

    This player is highly configurable, but doesn't have GUI for its settings - you'll have to look up what you need on https://mpv.io/manual/stable/ and paste it into the config file (or you can use this config generator: https://github.com/MattMcManis/Glow). Alternatively, you can try using mpv.net (which has settings GUI), as an external mpv option in Plex MPV Shim settings - it may work if you launch mpv.net manually before casting, but I didn't try that yet.

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