FAQ General

1. Is it possible to mark things watched?

It IS possible, but not currently on my radar. As it stands, Plex Channel Framework has no tools to allow for items to be marked watched. Note: this is only limited to channels.

If following the ComicReader channel development, @coryo has developed a system to mark content read by placing an * in front of the items title. They are also keeping track of each users read data (since channels can be shared, you would have multiple users).

Sorry, but for now I have no plans implement this into my channel, as I can see it could entail a complete restructure of my code to allow for multiple user tracking.

2. Does the channel support external subtitle files/URLs?

Plex Channel Framework does not support external subtitles, so it's not possible within a channel but is available for personal media.

3. Does the web stream go to my PC then to the client, or just straight from web to the client?

By default, my channel assumes all streams can be directly played by your clients, so it sends the clients the direct video URL for them to handle. This means your client is directly streaming from the source URL and not using you Plex Media Server (PMS) for any transcoding. Some clients have options for direct stream, this would be what my channel is trying to do normally. If a direct stream fails because the content is not supported then some clients have a fallback to try transcoding the video URL through your PMS.

That said, I have included an option within the channel's preferences to Force Transcoding. This means the video URL is kept by your PMS and transcoded into a compatible stream that your specific client can use. So in the force transcoding instance your client is using PMS as a man-in-the-middle, thus taxing your network's upload speed.