... or support m3u8 (aka iPhone HTTP Streaming) playlists
I'm working on a plugin, which needs to embed videos using playlists encoded in the m3u8 format. I've tried various combinations of VideoItem, WebVideoItem and these didn't work. So I resorted to a webpage to embed the video using a site configuration. So far so good, my page gets loaded but Plex doesn't move from there.
What do I have to code in the site configuration for the QuickTime-Plugin? What about HTML5 video elements?
m3u8 files are playlists that contain info about the location(s) of the source files. According to Wikipedia m3u8 files are not really special:
I think that in your situation you do not need a site config at all. You can find the location of the source files in the playlist(s) and use that in combination with a [VideoItem](http://dev.plexapp.com/docs/Objects.html?highlight=videoitem#VideoItem) (for video) or [TrackItem](http://dev.plexapp.com/docs/Objects.html?highlight=trackitem#TrackItem) (for audio).
At the moment it's not possible to create site configs for QuickTime or HTML5 video elements, but for both elements it's possible to find the source files. HTML5 video elements are "just" embedded .ogg files, QuickTime uses .mov or .mp4
unfortunately m3u8-files are special in the case of HTTP-streaming, they can be dynamic in a live streaming scenario. E.g. they contain links to small (about 4-10 second) TS-files and the player needs to refresh the m3u8-file and keep playing until it receives a stop command via the playlist file. So loading them myself and parsing it to build a directory structure isn’t an option.
Thanks for the clarification on the other elements though. And btw. WebKit allows mp4/mov (actually any content QuickTime is capable of playing) in the HTML5 video element - not just ogg. This unfortunately means that I have to write my own proxy code to push this content in a merged format into Plex.
Another question: Is there a way for Plex to notify my Plugin that it has stopped playback of an item?
