Can this be done? New Sports Streaming Channel

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Hello,

 

I current use a mix of XBMC and Plex but would like to be a Plex only user. One of the main addon's I use in XBMC is the smoothstreams.tv addon. It allows me to stream various sports (its a service I pay for) and uses RTMP/Flash/HTML5 to provide the streams depending where you are running it from (PC, XBMC or Phone/Tablet).

 

You can also stream inside VLC i beleive but I have not used this.

 

How would I go about developing a channel in Plex to achieve the same thing? Or can this not be done?

 

This is a link to give you an idea (its an old link but will hopefully give you an idea of what I would like to achieve) http://live247.me/board/index.php?threads/xbmc-how-to.6/

 

Thanks

 

Dink

 

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If they provide streams that are mobile-compatible, then it's likely do-able. Since it's a service that you pay for, it might be worth asking the service-provider to provide API access or even spearhead the development for the Plex channel themselves.

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OK, so before I ask them if I did want to try it myself what would be the best way to approach it? Is there a template or guide that would give me a good start?

Yes they provide mobile-compatible streams via HTML5

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There are some decent guides and useful templates available on the Help Center https://plexapp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/200308733-Channel-Development

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