Using Plex Media Server for a WebTV

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Hello everyone,

 

I am a newbie on video streaming. These days, I'm working on a WebTV project. The main aim in this project to implement a web television.That's why i am looking for a media server which can help me with implementation. Here, followings are the properties of WebTV what i want:

- It consists of blocks (10 seconds - for 5 minutes)
- Everyone has their own "playlists" (a composition of different blocks)
- The blocks should be played without interruption.
It is a concept (or different concepts) which are worked out how these properties can be met with the media server / streaming provider. So, I should have find an adaptable media server or streaming provider. I found Plex Media Server and I searched a little bit on it. I downloaded,installed it, created my own playlist and saw that it works fine. At this point, I wonder if I can use it or not because I have some questions in my mind:

 

1) Which streaming protocols are supported by the server?

2) What APIs provides the server and what can I do with these?

3) Which players are supported and can these players be embedded into my WebTV site?

4) Which API has the player? (JavaScript (browser), ActionScript (Flash), Java (Android), Objective C (iOS), ...)?

 

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

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Have you read the Plex introductory:  https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200288286-What-is-Plex-  ?

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Yes, i have read it but i am sorry as i said, i am still learning the topic of streaming, may be that's why i could not understand all of them. Therefore i could not find the answers of my questions there. Can you help me? 

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Plex's protocols are:

1. DLNA

2. Plex Proprietary protocol.

API's:

 There is an API for channel plug-ins.   This is the only documented API at the user level.

Players:

 No.  You cannot plug a player in to your web page and expect it to work.   Plex/Web is its own free-standing web page.

Interface Languages:

  1.  Standard web page scripting (but on the server side, not the client side)

  2.  Python

  3.  Language for each client is on a per-client/per-host-OS basis, which is closed-source / Plex proprietary.

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Thank you very much for your answers.

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