Homebrew Homebrew app [Release] pleNx — a native Plex client for the Nintendo Switch (Switchfin fork)

[thcolin]

Hi everyone,

Update for anyone following this thread: pleNx has grown up and changed its name. What started as the first native Plex client for the Switch is now GMCA — Gamepad Media Center Aggregator (v1.0.3). Same controller-first app, but it now speaks Plex, Jellyfin, Emby and Stremio, plays music, and runs well beyond the Switch.

One app, every server, on the screens you forgot: Nintendo Switch, PS Vita, a Raspberry Pi wired to the TV — plus Windows, macOS, Linux and PS4. The interface never changes; only the accent colour and the tabs follow your server.

What it does:

• Plug in any server — Plex (plex.tv/link, Plex Home profiles + PIN), Jellyfin, Emby, or a Stremio setup. Pick the type when you add a connection.
• Connection switcher — hop between servers and accounts like console user profiles.
• Home hubs, libraries, collections, genres, search, cast & person pages — the same layout across every backend.
• Music — Artist → Album → Track from Plex/Jellyfin/Emby, a Now Playing screen, and a mini-bar that keeps playing in the background (screen off / HOME).
• Offline downloads in original quality — one tap grabs a full season, with a storage gauge.
• Playback through MPV: direct play + universal transcode (HLS), resume, chapters, external & embedded subtitles, audio track selection (H.264/H.265/VP9/AV1, AC-3/TrueHD/DTS/FLAC/Opus…).
• Remote file servers (WebDAV / FTP / SFTP / HTTP) and USB drives.
• 14 languages.

Spoiler: More screenshots

Already running pleNx? Nothing to do. Your logins, settings and downloads migrate automatically on first launch. On the Switch the built-in updater picks up GMCA on its own; GMCA also installs cleanly alongside a pleNx if you'd rather keep both (fresh title IDs). On PS Vita, recent builds self-update in-app; older ones open the release page.

Install (Switch): drop GMCA.nro in sdmc:/switch/ and launch from hbmenu. On first launch it offers to install a HOME menu tile (forwarder) so it runs with full memory — needed for video playback. Atmosphère required.
Other devices: GMCA.vpk (Vita), Flatpak / AUR / .deb / Raspberry Pi builds for Linux, .dmg (macOS), .7z (Windows), a PS4 pkg, and an .apk (Android) — all on the releases page.

It's a big release — if something breaks on your setup, issues are very welcome on GitHub.

Download & source: https://github.com/thcolin/gamepad-media-center-aggregator
Website & guide: https://thcolin.github.io/gamepad-media-center-aggregator/

Huge credits to @dragonflylee for Switchfin, which this is forked from, xfangfang (wiliwili), natinusala & XITRIX (borealis), devkitPro/switchbrew, and averne for the FFmpeg/mpv deko3d work. GMCA is a third-party project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Plex, Jellyfin, Emby or Stremio.

 

[thcolin]

Update — pleNx is now GMCA v1.0.3

pleNx has grown into GMCA (Gamepad Media Center Aggregator): the same controller-first client now supports Plex, Jellyfin, Emby and Stremio, adds a music player and a connection switcher, and runs on PS Vita, a Raspberry Pi on the TV, desktop and PS4 as well as the Switch.

If you're already on pleNx there's nothing to do — the built-in updater picks up GMCA and your logins / settings / downloads carry over on first launch. I've rewritten the first post with the full details and new links.

Get it: https://github.com/thcolin/gamepad-media-center-aggregator/releases/latest

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[Techjunky90]

Crashes when clicking on/scrolling over downloads. Also, unless I am missing something, Stremio is only showing the top x amount of sources, which tend to be 4k, and there's no way to see the other available sources. 4k playback via this app on the Switch screen has messed up colors.