Plex plug-in application areas

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in what way can plug-ins be used
Hi,

I'm new to Plex and just tried it out recently. I was wondering if it's technically possible for the plug-ins to be something different than list-type + media (audio/video/image).
The only exception I found was Arcade, which is able to emulate console games. In my opinion it would be a nice edition to be able to play simple games. Is this technically possible, if not why ?
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Can you elaborate more? What is it that you want to do with a plug-in?

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Let's say I would like to have Tetris as a plug-in for Plex (not as a emu game). Is this doable with the current framework? For example can I handle key events and draw graphics/place images?
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Ah, now I understand. That is a good question. From my limited knowledge of the plug-in framework, I don’t think that sort of thing is possible. Perhaps someone with a more intimate knowledge of the framework can correct me if I’m wrong.

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No, Mikedm139 is right - that wouldn’t be possible. The plug-in framework is only designed to provide a media tree hierarchy to the clients. Complex drawing events aren’t supported, as it’d be pretty much impossible to get this to work on all client platforms.

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what about creating a game/app using html5/javascript? I think a plugin can load a webpage and then send key presses to it. I could be wrong though. If you write the game using html5/javascript would it be possible to load it and then send key presses to the page?

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