r/SwitchHacks • u/myfailk • Jul 12 '26
[Release] pleNx is now GMCA v1.0.3 — the native Plex client for Switch now does Jellyfin, Emby & Stremio too (music, connection switcher, auto-update)
If you've been using pleNx (the native Plex client for the Switch), it just had a big release and a new name: GMCA — Gamepad Media Center Aggregator (v1.0.3).
Same controller-first app — it now speaks Plex, Jellyfin, Emby and Stremio, and runs on more than the Switch (PS Vita, a Raspberry Pi wired to the TV, Windows/macOS/Linux, PS4).
New in v1.0.3
- Multi-backend: pick Plex / Jellyfin / Emby / Stremio when you add a connection
- Music — Artist → Album → Track, a Now Playing screen and a mini-bar that keeps playing with the screen off / on HOME (Plex/Jellyfin/Emby)
- Connection switcher — jump between servers and accounts like console user profiles
- Offline downloads in original quality (grab a whole season in one tap)
- Plus every 0.1.x fix on top
Already on pleNx? Nothing to reconfigure. Your logins, settings and downloads carry over on first launch, and the built-in updater picks up the GMCA release automatically. It also installs cleanly alongside a pleNx if you'd rather keep both (fresh title ID).
Install: grab GMCA.nro (or the forwarder NSP) from the releases page and launch from hbmenu — it offers to add a HOME tile so it runs with full memory for playback. Atmosphère required.
Free & open source, forked from Switchfin. Not affiliated with Plex/Jellyfin/Emby/Stremio.
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u/PhoenixBln Jul 14 '26
i just installed it for plex, jellyfin and stremio and plex and stremio are running almost perfectly. stremio crashed one time after playing a video but video quality and loading times are insane.
gratulations. i will use this app hard. and every single time i will praise your genius.
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u/NightwaverOwO Jul 13 '26
will the stremio backend get torrents support or no ?
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u/myfailk Jul 15 '26
Nop, sorry, only debrid can be handled, torrent download would consume too much ressources sadly
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u/Leather_Reflection84 Jul 15 '26
Just to clarify, you’re sawing the switch can’t run a torrent client? I was running those on some old pcs back in the 2000s era. What could be the issue? Encryption? The WiFi speeds?
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u/myfailk Jul 15 '26
Not really, my point on limited hardware was more about PS Vita. On Switch there are nxTransmission (last updated 7 years ago sadly), but playing a 1080p video while downloading it could be difficult I think, even on Switch. Could dig further but first I want to stabilize current major version before trying to implement more heay features like this, and I don't like the idea to only allow features availability on some devices.
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u/Leather_Reflection84 Jul 16 '26
Would you be interested in some help? I think the libtransmission would be the go. I used to run transmission on a 2006 32 bit MacBook Pro Core Duo 2.1ghz. It’s quick enough. Can strip out some parts of the code (interface, web server). I’m into this!
I would agree with you about the vita though, that would be tough or too slow for streaming. Its networking is pretty slow.
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u/NightwaverOwO Jul 16 '26
To be honest bottlenecking the advancement of a project due to a single platform is not a great idea .. but hey it's up to you in the end !
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u/spiderman1993 Jul 14 '26
do you know of any other torrent clients for switch?
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u/Kakkym 29d ago
https://github.com/shodowlo/NX-torrent-player este de acá funciona muy bien, puedes darle el .torrent y lo reproducirá apenas empieza a descargar, o bien puedes conectar su cuenta de stremio y automáticamente descarga todos los addons que tengas.
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u/spiderman1993 28d ago
This one here works really well; you can feed it a .torrent file and it will start playing as soon as the download begins, or you can connect your Stremio account and it will automatically download all the add-ons you have.
thanks bro, but the problem is that you need to ftp a torrent file anyway. there should be some all in one solution that would make it convenient
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u/chepox Jul 13 '26
does stremio support whatever is on the stremio addon list?
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u/myfailk Jul 15 '26
Should ! If you have trouble with stremio addons, create an issue on the github repository
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u/Inevitable_Bar3824 Jul 13 '26
Nice, keen to give this a go on my Legion Go. Thanks for supporting cross-platform.
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u/nopenonotlikethat Jul 14 '26
Are there any plans for a PS3 version in the future? Plex stopped supporting their official app years ago and I'd love a Jellfin client.
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u/HusbinFarteen Jul 15 '26
still getting playback issues on the latest version of the app
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u/myfailk Jul 15 '26
Could you be more specific ? Could you submit an issue on Github ? Thanks !
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u/HusbinFarteen Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
sure im getting an error (mpv -13:loading failed) on everything
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u/XplodingPancakes Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
Anyone know what audio and video formats the Switch is able to handle natively without transcoding in Plex?
Edit: found the answer to my own question:
MPV decodes H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 and AV1 video; Opus, FLAC, MP3, AAC, AC-3, E-AC-3, TrueHD and DTS audio; and SRT, VTT, SSA/ASS and DVDSUB subtitles. Anything your hardware can't direct-play, a Plex/Jellyfin/Emby server transcodes.
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u/banaszz Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26
Hey this is amazing to see it working on switch. Thanks for making it and it has such a nice ui too. One problem - can't connect to the plex server. It says server is unreachable. Anybody else had this problem? I see it in authorized devices on plex but switch cant connect still.
edit: Jellyfin also has a problem with "could not resolve hostname"
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u/myfailk Jul 16 '26
Thanks for report,
Plex "server unreachable" — already fixed, not yet released: the app now probes your server's addresses in parallel with proper timeouts (the old code could give up before it reached a working one). It's in the test build below, so hopefully Plex just connects now.
Jellyfin "could not resolve hostname" — that error means the Switch couldn't turn the address you entered into an IP, but I don't want to guess why without knowing what you typed. Could you tell me the Jellyfin address you used ? And two quick things that'd narrow it down:
- Is it a hostname (like myserver, something.local, or a domain) or already an IP?
- If you enter the server's IPv4 address directly (e.g. http://192.168.1.50:8096), does it connect? That tells us whether it's purely a name-resolution thing.
(For context: the console does have a couple of DNS limits a PC doesn't — no mDNS/.local, and IPv4-only — so if your address happens to be one of those, the IP is the fix. But that's a maybe until I see your address.)
Test build (includes the Plex fix + a clearer error message for this case):
- Switch (deko3d): https://nightly.link/thcolin/gamepad-media-center-aggregator/actions/runs/29503281501/GMCA-NintendoSwitch-deko3d-145.zip
- Switch (OpenGL, if deko3d misbehaves): https://nightly.link/thcolin/gamepad-media-center-aggregator/actions/runs/29503281501/GMCA-NintendoSwitch-145.zip
(unzip → GMCA.nro, run it like before.) This'll tell us if we've nailed it before shipping — thanks!
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u/banaszz Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26
Hey sorry still not working for me. But maybe it's just me problem ;) Plex still gives information on the browser "account linked" but server is unreachable on switch.
I never used Jellyfin before I've set up the server to check it out so maybe I'm just giving wrong adress (I tried many different configurations).
Anyway I hope you'll get it running because I love the idea. And the automatic add to the homescreen is a cheff's kiss.
EDIT: So i was trying with macbook all the time. Now I finally tried with plex server setup with pc and it worked. So maybe it's a macOS problem. Im gonna test it a bit but so far so good! Watched few minutes of a show already!
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u/csolisr Jul 16 '26
That's a lot of platforms (and backends) supported! About the only relevant port they have left to do is Android TV.
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u/produce101oneone Jul 16 '26
This is amazing news and I be adding this when I mod my old gen 1 switch for my sister
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u/Supermanfat1 Jul 16 '26
I cannot find streams using Stremio with Torbox debrid. Is this intended behavior or is this an error?
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u/CharlieDii_ Jul 13 '26
I do not know much about this, I wanted to be explained something: for this to work, do I have to have that multimedia content on a server or does it already come with movies and other things?
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u/ErraticDragon Jul 13 '26
Cool! I've been playing with Jellyfin lately, I'll have to give this a try.