How to Control Plex With Your Voice Using Amazon Echo / Alexa

Sign up for a free Plex account: (Affiliate link) - Plex can now be controlled with Amazon Alexa! In this video I show you how your Nvidia Shield TV can turn itself and your television on and automatically play content. See more Plex and subscribe!
IMPORTANT NOTE: In the interest of time I edited out Alexa's processing delay. From my testing you should expect to wait about 5 seconds between commands.
Learn more about the Nvidia Shield TV here:
See a list of commands here:
VIDEO INDEX:
00:36 - Basic playback
01:27 - Directing playback to a specific device
01:45 - App needs be loaded and in foreground on tablets, phones
02:04 - Nvidia ShieldTV playing back from the background
02:37 - Nvidia SheldTV turning on television automatically
02:52 - Asking Alexa and Plex for recommendations
03:51 - Specifying default player
04:22 - Importance of good player names and content titles
05:19 - How to install
06:07 - Conclusion and final thoughts
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