sundevil67 21 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 I was trying to see if I could access my provider's VOD options through Emby, and managed to convert my m3u to .strm, but can't seem to find any instructions for what to do next. Anyone able to point me to some kind of instruction? This is all I could dig up, and it's not all that helpful I'm afraid. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37167 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Hi there, why do you feel that article isn't helpful? What is your specific question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanipek 224 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 On 12/30/2020 at 10:15 AM, sundevil67 said: I was trying to see if I could access my provider's VOD options through Emby, and managed to convert my m3u to .strm, but can't seem to find any instructions for what to do next. Anyone able to point me to some kind of instruction? This is all I could dig up, and it's not all that helpful I'm afraid. Thanks! All I did was add the .strm files to the appropriate library. For example if I wanted to add say the Mandalorian I would create a folder in the appropriate library folder (E:\Tv Shows\T\The Mandalorian) then season folders. Add the .strm files to the appropriate season folder and either wait to let Emby scan the info or do a manual scan. It was that simple for me. Movies are do in similar fashion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundevil67 21 Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 Thanks @kanipek; that makes sense now. I just didn't know what to do with the STRM files after I found a way to convert my m3u! @LukeThat bit of info, which probably seemed obvious to the author of the documentation, didn't occur to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14947 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Hi. There is an example of one used as a movie at the end of that article but we will try to make it more clear. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 In a nutshell the STRM just replaces the local media file. So you would have the strm file instead of a mp4 or mkv for example. You setup the movie library or tv show library otherwise exactly as if it were an mp4 or mkv file and follow our normal naming suggestions. Does that make more sense? If so I can add that to the KB article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14947 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 On 1/4/2021 at 12:19 PM, cayars said: If so I can add that to the KB article. I already did that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickjw 0 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Is there any Advantages from changing the file extensions from .mkv or .mp4 or .avi to .strm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37167 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 4 minutes ago, rickjw said: Is there any Advantages from changing the file extensions from .mkv or .mp4 or .avi to .strm Hi, you mean actually renaming an existing mkv to strm? That won't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8326 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) No as a mkv, mp4 or avi actually contain audio and video codecs. A strm file is just a file containing a path to actual media ie the mkv, mp4 or avi file. So in short a strm file is considered the same as a shortcut file. Edited January 7, 2021 by Happy2Play 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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