Plex plugin

[cordellstoyer]

I saw recently where Clearplay has a chrome plugin that filters Netflix and Amazon on-the-fly. Do you think it is possible to implement such a plugin for Plex using your methods?

Also, I'd like to try and get some more people involved so we can get more stuff filtered. Is there a Discord channel?

[ocram]

Thank you!

I’d say Plex is not a priority, but it’s certainly possible with the backend and concept that we have. When #6 or #7 is done, I imagine it must be relatively easy to port the filtering from Netflix/Disney/Amazon to Plex.

There is no Discord channel yet. It would be great if someone could help and create/maintain/moderate that channel. We’d link to the channel from this project’s README.

[jacob-willden]

Hello @cordellstoyer. I know that it's been almost a year since you opened this issue, but I've been working on building the Chrome/Firefox extension that @ocram mentioned. I've actually used the Clearplay Chrome extension myself and the extension I'm building is very functionally similar to it. You were asking about a plugin for Plex. Does that mean a Chrome extension that works on the Plex.tv website? If so, I could easily add support for it.

[ocram]

Plex is both for personal media (“Plex Media Server”) and for movies and TV shows (“On Demand”, “Live TV”, etc.), right?

And it seems to be available on lots of different devices.

If support in the browser would be enough, and it could be added via the Chrome extension that also works for the other services, that would certainly be the best solution.

[jacob-willden]

Sounds good. I'll definitely add support for the browser extension.

[cordellstoyer]

Most excellent! Thanks!

On the topic, I don't suppose it's possible to also filter using Plex HTPC? It's the dedicated Windows app. I don't see where it's possible to run plugins, so I was wondering if someone else knew of a way. Or perhaps Kodi has that functionality?

[jacob-willden]

I'm not sure about Plex HTPC either, though Kodi does support add-on development (according to one of their wiki pages here).

[cordellstoyer]

Oh awesome, I wish I knew how to make something like that. I do my own personal edits with Premiere, export them, and run them through Plex. I use methods like zooming and cropping out undesirable content where possible, sometimes utilizing blur if I need to. I'll black out the whole screen as a last resort. I don't suppose things like that would be possible on-the-fly in a video player like Kodi? It's probably too precise to account for different video files.

[jacob-willden]

Sorry for the late response! Kodi does support Edit Decision List (EDL) files, though EDLs only allow for muting or skipping. Though since muting and skipping are possible at certain times (and based on the sample EDL files on the Kodi wiki here, have split-second precision), maybe it is possible to black out, blur, or even crop the screen, but I'm not sure. I'll do some research to try and find out more.

Update: I've been spending a little time experimenting with Kodi extension development, and I think it may be possible to add screen blanking as well by creating an opaque window that can be added and removed as needed (still not sure about cropping or blurring yet). I haven't been able to test this yet, since I've been unable to even create an extension that consistently reports a video's current time, but I'll see what I can figure out in the meantime.

Another Update: I've figured out how to consistently detect a video's current time in Kodi, and how to mute and skip with a basic custom add-on I'm experimenting with. I'm still trying to figure out screen blanking, and I'll post again if/when I figure it out. Thanks for your patience!

[cordellstoyer]

Very exciting! Thank you so much!

[cordellstoyer]

Hi Jacob! I came across something called Jellyfin, an open-source Plex alternative. I thought I'd run it by you and see if filtering is possible through it? I found this here for creating plugins https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-plugin-template

[jacob-willden]

Ah, interesting! I'll take a look at it too.

[Mike7154]

I manage all my movies and other media with a plex media server for my kids' media. I dabbled in plex plugins in the past, and it would be amazing if there was a plex plugin that would allow a movie stream to read a filter file. That should make it work for any device that streams from the server. I would try to tackle this myself, but I'm in med school and won't have time. Has anyone tried to make a plex plugin? Plex does have plugin capability still even though they discontinued their plugin service, you just must install plugins manually now.