Document the Plexamp URL format - #4
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The README explains how to write a tag but not what ends up on it, so building a link from Plex ids means reverse engineering it. This writes the format down: playback is a player command that needs a play queue, browsing is a different shape that takes the global id, and the dead ends are listed so nobody repeats them.
A second link in one session opens Plexamp without moving it; relaunching and tapping again always lands correctly. Says that rather than the vaguer 'sometimes it misses', since it is reproducible and worth designing around.
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The README covers writing a tag but not what ends up on it, so building a link from Plex ids means working it out from scratch. This writes the format down.
Playback is not a link to an item, it is a player command, and it needs a play queue: given a
keyalone Plexamp answers "can't start playback, try again". That is also why the URL does not fit an NTAG213, since it carries a queue id, a machine identifier and an address.Browsing is a different shape and takes the global
plex://<kind>/<id>guid with no server named, which is why a ratingKey on a browse URL silently opens the wrong item.Adds
PLEXAMP-URLS.md: both shapes, albums, tracks, artists and playlists, the dead ends, and what is not verified. The host swap tolocalhost:32500inmain.pyis what made it solvable, since it shows the path is a Plexamp API path rather than a Plex Media Server one.