# Video Player Hook **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev/API Corner\ **Tags:** other-dev\ **Created:** [June 25, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/video-player-hook/2092 "2009-06-25T11:09:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![logy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@logy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/logy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/video-player-hook/2092/1 "2009-06-25T11:09:17Z")
Greetings… i like to make a little hook script when i press play/pause/stop while playing a video. i just want call/start a system command or shell script. - is this possible with a pyton script/plugin or do i have to edit the plex source? - is there a script/plugin API documentation? or a simple example for understanding. i “speak” bash/perl and a little bit python, so i just need the hook syntax (if there is one) the main goal is to send an I/O command via an usb-I/O adapter to toggle/dimm the roomlight any info/suggestion/help would be nice thanks in advance ---
**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:** [June 25, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/video-player-hook/2092/2 "2009-06-25T15:48:36Z")
Sorry, there’s no way of doing this currently. It’s something we want to add to future versions as part of a bigger “event” system 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sansnipple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@sansnipple](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sansnipple)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/video-player-hook/2092/3 "2009-06-25T16:13:00Z")
that would be so awesome, having plex intelligently control the room lighting! ---
**Author:** ![logy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@logy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/logy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/video-player-hook/2092/4 "2009-06-25T16:54:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Sorry, there’s no way of doing this currently. It’s something we want to add to future versions as part of a bigger “event” system 🙂 You got 3 days :D Ok, i will wait. In the meantime I found a dirty workaround: I monitor the plex process via [ps-watcher](http://ps-watcher.sourceforge.net/). If the plex process hit 50% CPU ps-watch will run a shell command. (and run enother if it goes back) On my mac mini plex use 12% cpu while in menu or pause. while play 1080p it use ~70%. For the light this could be enought, for my second [goal](http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php?showtopic=7264&hl=) (play 2 different sound track on 2 different audio interfaces) i guess it won't be very syncron. ---
**Author:** ![Keane16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac8455/32.png) [@Keane16](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Keane16)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/video-player-hook/2092/5 "2009-06-26T10:34:30Z")
Very cool. 🙂 So many possibilities. ---
**Author:** ![antspants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@antspants](https://forums.plex.tv/u/antspants)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/video-player-hook/2092/6 "2009-07-18T07:03:59Z")
☹ … i wish i was a bigger nerd… sigh… ---
**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, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/video-player-hook/2092/7 "2019-12-20T20:28:24Z")
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