A few questions to get started on developing

[jesperordrup]

Hi all,

 

I've been searching for some getting started / concept description on how to develop for Plex. I dont think I've found the right ressources yet as they seem a bit outdated. I've asked in some other posts before but they dont get any answers. Either I'm asking the wrong way, the wrong place ... or theres no answers :-) 

 

Please forgive me if I go about this the wrong way and guide me in the right direction. I can take hints and hits :-)

 

What I'm aiming for

Learn to dev a new section for personal media - both videos and photos and provides different views and navigation options. Actually I was thinking on using the existing Photos section setup.

 

So what I think I need to do is:

* create a scanner that indexes both videos and images information

* create an agent that gives me some meta data (geocoding etc) but that could wait if not needed

* create a "front" that displays it all

 

My questions

Are there any "tutorials" or the likes that covers a basic example on how to get around all or some of  the steps or any examples to share? 

In particular I havent got a clue on how plex creates the "front".

Debugging gives me trouble. To be honest I cant even figure out how to add log entries from a scanner as when I try Log.Debug or Log the scanner stops working.

 

Other posts ive made

Debugging?

https://forums.plex.tv/topic/99550-debugging-a-scanner/

Photos agent but I cant find the bundle? 

https://forums.plex.tv/topic/99484-photo-agent/

 

My setup

I've installed the latest Plex Media server on my OSX

 

 

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

 

All the best

Jesper

 

 

[jesperordrup]

I’m a bit surprised that a post like this gets zero responses. I would have thought that it was of common interest. Even a “you’re in the wrong forum idiot” would be less surprising.


/j

[atrus]

You are in the right forum, and you are not an idiot :)

I would love to help you, but I don't have adequate knowledge about this. I will see if I can find someone who is better suited to help than me.

[mmccurdy]

Hi @jesperordrup, I replied to your other threads with some more info.  I'm not entirely sure what your ultimate goal is, but it is currently not possible to have a single section that contains both photos and videos.  Also, if I'm understanding the meaning of "front" (meaning a UI for navigating such a section?) that is also going to be somewhat limited in its extensibility.  The closest thing would probably be creating a custom "skin" in the Plex Home Theater client.

Unfortunately there's not really an up-to-date, comprehensive tutorial on plugin development (and its limitations).  Your best bet is probably going to be through the current set of plugins and/or third party clients for examples of what you're trying to accomplish.