Can an episode object have an offset set on playback?

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I just had a look through the API for an EpisodeObject and a MediaObject and it doesn't seem like it does.

 

Is this correct?

 

I'm pulling videos from an external system that has progress stored internally.  I'm just made plex able to update the external system with it's current progress.

 

But obviously I'd like to get the current progress from the external system when displaying the videos in plex.

 

 

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No, this is not possible. Playback progress is not stored in MediaObjects.

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No, this is not possible. Playback progress is not stored in MediaObjects.

Thanks. 

So in testing  I've been reloading the same video a couple of times and it has been remember where its up to.  How is plex internally holding information?  Is it based on the key? (which in my case seems to include a bunch of random characters).

key="/video/nextpvr/:/function/CreateVideoObject?function_args=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_"
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It only remembers where it left off if you don't leave the screen with that listing.  I'm not sure of the actual mechanics behind it, but I know this is how it works ... so if I watch part of something from a channel and want to come back to it I generally don't leave that screen and it can remember where it left off.  That plex information (function_args) are encoded data, which is why they look like they do :)  I don't think it's actually supposed to work like that by design (remembering where it left off) .. I think it's just a side-effect of something else.  It certainly doesn't remember after you navigate away from the list where you loaded the video from.