Is it possible to send a command to a player in order to start movie?

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Hello,

Is it possible to send a command via command line to the player’s IP in order to start a movie or show?

example http://123.456.789.001:32500/play/someVideoID

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Yes, sorta, with caveats and some DIY.

The most accessible way and best documentation for this is using the 3rd-party Python PlexAPI.

One of the examples on the Github page is starting playback on another client.

If you’re trying to integrate with something else, it’s possible it’s already been done. What’s your goal?

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This is great info, I will check that out.

I’m looking to utilize home automation software RTI to initiate playing some favorite shows (or a playlist) for my kids. There is an RTI driver to send HTTP commands so I figured that would be the easiest method.

Thanks for your help.

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I’ve never used it, but I understand that there’s a Control4 driver for Plex. So maybe there’s something similar that already exists for the RTI ecosystem.

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