plexpy/docs/sdks/video/README.md

Video

(video)

Overview

API Calls that perform operations with Plex Media Server Videos

Available Operations

• start_universal_transcode - Start Universal Transcode
• get_timeline - Get the timeline for a media item

start_universal_transcode

Begin a Universal Transcode Session

Example Usage

import plex_api
from plex_api.models import operations

s = plex_api.PlexAPI(
    access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
)

req = operations.StartUniversalTranscodeRequest(
    has_mde=8924.99,
    path='/etc/mail',
    media_index=9962.95,
    part_index=1232.82,
    protocol='string',
)

res = s.video.start_universal_transcode(req)

if res.status_code == 200:
    # handle response
    pass

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
request	operations.StartUniversalTranscodeRequest	✔️	The request object to use for the request.

Response

operations.StartUniversalTranscodeResponse

Errors

Error Object	Status Code	Content Type
errors.StartUniversalTranscodeResponseBody	401	application/json
errors.SDKError	4x-5xx	/

get_timeline

Get the timeline for a media item

Example Usage

import plex_api
from plex_api.models import operations

s = plex_api.PlexAPI(
    access_token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
)

req = operations.GetTimelineRequest(
    rating_key=716.56,
    key='<key>',
    state=operations.State.PAUSED,
    has_mde=7574.33,
    time=3327.51,
    duration=7585.39,
    context='string',
    play_queue_item_id=1406.21,
    play_back_time=2699.34,
    row=3536.42,
)

res = s.video.get_timeline(req)

if res.status_code == 200:
    # handle response
    pass

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
request	operations.GetTimelineRequest	✔️	The request object to use for the request.

Response

operations.GetTimelineResponse

Errors

Error Object	Status Code	Content Type
errors.GetTimelineResponseBody	401	application/json
errors.SDKError	4x-5xx	/