# TVKaista **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev/API Corner\ **Tags:** plugin-dev\ **Created:** [March 17, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779 "2010-03-17T12:19:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![renalt130](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@renalt130](https://forums.plex.tv/u/renalt130)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/1 "2010-03-17T12:19:03Z")
TVKaista plug-in for Plex Hi all, Anyone ever tried or found a plug-in for TVKaista? See www.tvkaista.fi for details. Finnish high quality streaming. Would be great if anyone knows or interested to build one; this is a key missing feature for me now in Plex. TVKaista is amongst the most popular streaming sites in finland so I assume there is a market for this one. Please note tvkaista requires an account and monthly fee (at least from accessing abroad which we do) thanks. ---
**Author:** ![tsharju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tsharju](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tsharju)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/2 "2010-03-21T05:52:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Hi all, > > Anyone ever tried or found a plug-in for TVKaista? See www.tvkaista.fi for details. Finnish high quality streaming. Would be great if anyone knows or interested to build one; this is a key missing feature for me now in Plex. TVKaista is amongst the most popular streaming sites in finland so I assume there is a market for this one. > Please note tvkaista requires an account and monthly fee (at least from accessing abroad which we do) > > thanks. Hi, I've just recently started using Plex and since I use TVKaista I'd like to see TVKaista plug-in also. As a matter of fact I've started developing one already. Plex plug-ins are rather new to me so I had some problems with the video playback. But I think I've found a solution. ---
**Author:** ![renalt130](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@renalt130](https://forums.plex.tv/u/renalt130)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/3 "2010-03-30T15:21:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Hi, > > I've just recently started using Plex and since I use TVKaista I'd like to see TVKaista plug-in also. As a matter of fact I've started developing one already. Plex plug-ins are rather new to me so I had some problems with the video playback. But I think I've found a solution. That's great! Is there any chance you can share it with me; I can be your beta tester! many thanks. ---
**Author:** ![tsharju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tsharju](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tsharju)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/4 "2010-04-03T02:33:40Z")
> [@](#): > > That's great! Is there any chance you can share it with me; I can be your beta tester! > many thanks. Sure. I'll share it with you once it actually does something useful. :) Shouldn't take too long for me to get there. ---
**Author:** ![renalt130](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@renalt130](https://forums.plex.tv/u/renalt130)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/5 "2010-04-22T08:30:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Sure. I'll share it with you once it actually does something useful. :) Shouldn't take too long for me to get there. Any progress so far? just trying my luck here.. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![hxe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@hxe](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hxe)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/6 "2010-05-05T09:21:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Any progress so far? just trying my luck here.. :rolleyes: I just installed TVkaista XBMC plugin for Plex. It can be downloaded from here: http://code.google.com/p/tvkaistaforxbmcv2/downloads/list Just unzip the file and copy manually folder called TvkaistaForXbmc to the following directory: ~/Library/Application Support/Plex/plugins/video/ ---
**Author:** ![renalt130](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@renalt130](https://forums.plex.tv/u/renalt130)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/7 "2010-05-13T14:14:42Z")
> [@](#): > > I just installed TVkaista XBMC plugin for Plex. It can be downloaded from here: > http://code.google.com/p/tvkaistaforxbmcv2/downloads/list > > Just unzip the file and copy manually folder called TvkaistaForXbmc to the following directory: > ~/Library/Application Support/Plex/plugins/video/ Thanks. In Plex however, I cannot change the settings (user, pass, etc), it says loading directory and then does nothing. Manually changing the settings.xml file does not work either. What do I need to do to make it work? ---
**Author:** ![raindancing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/raindancing/32/113458_2.png) [@raindancing](https://forums.plex.tv/u/raindancing)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/8 "2010-05-13T14:23:55Z")
The xmbc plugins and plex plugins are totally different. I would be very surprised if it worked at all. ---
**Author:** ![hxe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@hxe](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hxe)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/9 "2010-05-13T18:39:00Z")
> [@](#): > > The xmbc plugins and plex plugins are totally different. I would be very surprised if it worked at all. Isn't Plex based on XBMC? Yes, and XBMC plugins can work with Plex but there might be some issues. I changed username+password directly to the settings.xml file first time, but it should be possible to change those in Plex too. Please check attached files. ---
**Author:** ![raindancing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/raindancing/32/113458_2.png) [@raindancing](https://forums.plex.tv/u/raindancing)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/10 "2010-05-15T18:04:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Isn't Plex based on XBMC? Yes, and XBMC plugins can work with Plex but there might be some issues. Yes, Plex is based on XBMC, but the Plex Media Server (and everything that has to do with Plex plugins) was added after the fork, and is entirely unrelated to any XBMC code. There may be enough traces of XBMC plugin code left in Plex to use XBMC plugins that don't rely on any of the improvements that XBMC has made to their plugin architecture for the past two years, but I would be very surprised if that code survives to Plex/Nine (although, I will admit I'm surprised it works at all now, so you can take that with a grain of salt, I suppose). ---
**Author:** ![renalt130](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@renalt130](https://forums.plex.tv/u/renalt130)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/11 "2010-05-17T09:22:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Isn't Plex based on XBMC? Yes, and XBMC plugins can work with Plex but there might be some issues. > > I changed username+password directly to the settings.xml file first time, but it should be possible to change those in Plex too. Please check attached files. I guess you got it to work then, but for me it does not. I also changed user/pass directly in settings.xml file, but no luck. How is a dedicated Plex plug-in coming along? ---
**Author:** ![bassM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@bassM](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bassM)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/12 "2010-06-21T07:17:24Z")
I’m currently working on a PLEX TVKaista plugin and making nice progress, so you can expect a release in the near future! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bassM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@bassM](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bassM)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/13 "2010-06-21T08:25:59Z")
> [@](#): > > I'm currently working on a PLEX TVKaista plugin and making nice progress, so you can expect a release in the near future! :) Here's a first preview! Not ready, but useful and working very nicely for me :) Install by extracting and copying the tvkaista.bundle to Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins/. Then in the Video section open tvkaista-\>Preferences and set your preferences, close application and reopen, now tvkaista should display Subscribed Channels, Playlist, Storage, Season Passes and Preferences in main menu. Things I'm not currently happy about: [list] [\*]Does not use language settings [\*]browsing previous days not working in subscribed channels [\*]small workaround to use rss, i don't know how to use the mediarss feed (suggestions?) [\*]search should come soon [\*]ts-videoformat not playing. mp4 + flv + h264 working beautifully! [/list] Feedback, suggestions, bug reports very welcome! Hope it works as well for you as it does for me! :) ---
**Author:** ![renalt130](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@renalt130](https://forums.plex.tv/u/renalt130)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/14 "2010-06-21T18:30:00Z")
GREAT! Many thanks, kiitos paljon! Indeed your suggestions would be mine too: - Browse through days - Search funtion Which format gives highest quality between flv, mp4 and h264? Other question, more generic: broadcasts have lot of commercials before and after: I have no mouse active in Plex: how do I easily skip/wind forward? Any suggestions (logitech remote or keyboard for that matter) Again, great work! > [@](#): > > Here's a first preview! Not ready, but useful and working very nicely for me :) > > Install by extracting and copying the tvkaista.bundle to Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins/. Then in the Video section open tvkaista-\>Preferences and set your preferences, close application and reopen, now tvkaista should display Subscribed Channels, Playlist, Storage, Season Passes and Preferences in main menu. > > Things I'm not currently happy about: > [list] > [\*]Does not use language settings > [\*]browsing previous days not working in subscribed channels > [\*]small workaround to use rss, i don't know how to use the mediarss feed (suggestions?) > [\*]search should come soon > [\*]ts-videoformat not playing. mp4 + flv + h264 working beautifully! > [/list] > > Feedback, suggestions, bug reports very welcome! Hope it works as well for you as it does for me! :) ---
**Author:** ![bassM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@bassM](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bassM)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/15 "2010-06-22T08:59:57Z")
I’m glad it’s appreciated! 🙂 I will be updating when I have some spare time, watch this topic for updates! h264 is the highest quality format, from [http://www.tvkaista.fi/Info?page=RSS](http://www.tvkaista.fi/Info?page=RSS) : > [@](#): > > ts = alkuperäistallenne, täysi PAL resoluutio, videokoodaus tyyppiä MPEG2 Transport Stream, tyypillinen bittivirta 4-6 Mbps > > h264 = pakattu ohjelmatallenne, resoluutio 480x270 (16:9 kuvasuhde) tai 480x360 (4:3 kuvasuhde), videokoodaus h.264 bittivirralla 1,5 Mbps ja äänikoodaus stereo AAC bittivirralla 160 kbps > > flv = pakattu ohjelmatallenne, resoluutio 448x252 (16:9 kuvasuhde) tai 384x288 (4:3 kuvasuhde), videokoodaus flash bittivirralla 750 kbps ja äänikoodaus stereo MP3 bittivirralla 128 kbps > > mp4 = pakattu ohjelmatallenne, resoluutio 320x180 (16:9 kuvasuhde) tai320x240 (4:3 kuvasuhde), videokoodaus h264 bittivirralla 225 kbps ja äänikoodaus mono AAC bittivirralla 80 kbps Skipping forward and backward should work with the arrowkeys on the keyboard(?), also works on the apple remote. ts-format might not be supported by vlc at all.. ---
**Author:** ![bassM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@bassM](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bassM)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/16 "2010-06-23T05:28:14Z")
New release! [list] [_]Code cleanup_ _[_]Uses default art [_]Added Movies directory_ _[_]Can use internationalization [/list] Enjoy ---
**Author:** ![bassM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@bassM](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bassM)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/17 "2010-06-24T19:31:33Z")
The Plex TVKaista plugin can now be found on google code! (removed files in previous posts…) [Plex TVKaista @ Google Code](http://code.google.com/p/plex-tvkaista-plugin/) Update in r3: [list] [\*]Now includes search! [/list] will try to get this into app store soon 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ripla](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ripla/32/253633_2.png) [@ripla](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ripla)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/18 "2010-07-13T19:26:36Z")
> [@](#): > > The Plex TVKaista plugin can now be found on google code! (removed files in previous posts..) > > [Plex TVKaista @ Google Code](http://code.google.com/p/plex-tvkaista-plugin/) > > Update in r3: > [list] > [\*]Now includes search! > [/list] > > will try to get this into app store soon :) Just downloaded the app, works great. I've been waiting for this for a long time... Any ideas on subtitles on YLE channels? ---
**Author:** ![bassM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@bassM](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bassM)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/19 "2010-07-14T07:07:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Just downloaded the app, works great. I've been waiting for this for a long time... Any ideas on subtitles on YLE channels? Subtitles are probably doable in the future for recordings that have them available, but requires switching to mediarss - something I'm not sure how to handle right now. The switch would also allow thumbnails for videos! TVKaista is now in appstore so i recommend installing from there! ---
**Author:** ![bassM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@bassM](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bassM)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779/20 "2010-07-22T11:15:00Z")
I can now use the mediarss feed, to set thumbnails for example. Subtitles are provided in the feed but as far as i can tell plex doesn’t support adding subtitles to a streaming videoitem…? The thumbnails are of such poor quality that, in my opinion, there is no point using them. Do you know of another plugin that uses srt or xml subtitles? Feedback, suggestions? [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tvkaista/3779.md?page=2)