I want to code something for a current set up I’ve found myself in. Basically, I have a limited amount of internet data I can use (I use to be on unlimited), so, I can’t just download all my shows and be done with it. So, what I’ve come up with is something along the lines of:-
My internet speed > My watching speed (Download show in ~ 20 minutes, watch a show in ~ 42 minutes)
So, I send the plex client (Assuming at-least one episode is already indexed) ‘Yes, I have all the episodes of all the series. Which episode would you like to watch?’
Plex client replies to server ‘I’d like to watch SE’, now, it splits:-
A. Episode is already downloaded:-
[list][]Watch episode as normal[/list].
B. Episode is not downloaded:-
[list][]Submit HTTP request to a location, with the arguments of THETVDB id & Episode/series[]It’ll reply back a location on the local HDD on where to find the files (Such as C:\Downloading\BlahShowS01E01\BlahShowS01E01.mkv), this file will be INCOMPLETE, so, the metadata values/header values (such as length) will NOT match. In fact, the file will probably only be ~ 30 seconds long[]Plex (Not too sure how this will work, due to the fact I’ve really never dealt with reading & writing files at the same time by different programs) will not lock the file, it will read (Maybe have a larger-than-normal cache?) the file and parse the segments over to the client.[]As the downloader downloads, it will add more and more to the ending[]Client can watch fine[/list]
I know B can be done with VLC (Done it before, in fact, still do it), but, I’m wondering with plex. I have some programming knowledge, however, I have no idea what language plex even uses for it’s API. Does anyone know if this is possible?
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