# Need help with simple plugin

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/need-help-with-simple-plugin/1155>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** plugin-dev\
**Created:** [March 7, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/need-help-with-simple-plugin/1155 "2009-03-07T14:15:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Blickbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Blickbox](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Blickbox)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/need-help-with-simple-plugin/1155/1 "2009-03-07T14:15:14Z")

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Open a m3u playlist
I can't find any detailed documentation on plugins yet...  
  
I want to make a plugin that opens a TV-stream from my Dreambox. URL is simply: [http://ip-address/video.m3u](http://ip-address/video.m3u) - that playlist always contains the current viewed channel.  
  
So how can i add a plugin, with the simple item called "Play", which opens that URL and plays the video item in the playlist? (MPEG2 TS stream). The video is a "live stream", so no seeking i available.  
  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jam/32/186050_2.png) [@jam](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jam)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/need-help-with-simple-plugin/1155/2 "2009-03-07T14:21:45Z")

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Creating a plug-in seems overly complicated for what you want to do - can’t you just put the URL in a .strm file and play that?

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**Author:** ![Blickbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Blickbox](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Blickbox)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/need-help-with-simple-plugin/1155/3 "2009-03-07T15:39:24Z")

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Hmm, yes i could probably do that - but i was planning to extend it to a real application later, by adding all channels in a list etc, reading current program info/EPG etc. Plugins are written in python, right?  
  
  
  
But for now, i just make a .strm file, with the URL to the playlist in it? I’ll try that.

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**Author:** ![fabioneves](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/fabioneves/32/207854_2.png) [@fabioneves](https://forums.plex.tv/u/fabioneves)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/need-help-with-simple-plugin/1155/4 "2009-03-18T15:10:32Z")

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I would be interested in this one if you progress on it!  
  
Thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/need-help-with-simple-plugin/1155/5 "2019-12-20T20:23:18Z")

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