VOD to STRM

[mudbaby 2]

Hello Everyone

 

So i just found how to do the VOD to STRM and it worked but my question is where do i put these STRM files on the emby server and have them show in my movie library?

 

Thanks

 

[ebr 16184]

Hi.  Wherever you wish.

STRM Files

[MBSki 1114]

7 minutes ago, mudbaby said:

where do i put these STRM files on the emby server and have them show in my movie library.

Just treat them as you would any other movie file. Question though, you already have a VOD file, what are you using an strm?

[mudbaby 2]

This was an m3u file from my provider with VOD movies. so i only want them in the movies library and not in with the TV channels.

Also i have put these folders with the strm files in my /home/username/videos .

When i try to add this folder to the movie library path i get to /home/ then see the username and click on it and it disappears so i can not put that path in.

Any reason for that. 

Thanks

[Neminem 1519]

I do not think you path is right for windows.

[mudbaby 2]

This is on Ubuntu not windows sorry for not saying that at the beginning.

 

[Neminem 1519]

In that case look at this Linux/Unix Permissions | Emby Documentation

[MBSki 1114]

1 hour ago, mudbaby said:

This was an m3u file from my provider with VOD movies. so i only want them in the movies library and not in with the TV channels.

Ahhh, ok, but you can't play Video on demand movie on another platform from Emby. Is that what you're trying to do?

[mudbaby 2]

No what i have done is run the m3u to strm software and it take the url and downloads it and puts all the movies into a folder. 

In that folder are the movie folders and in each movie folder it has the movie.strm file to play.

Hope that explains what i am doing here.

Thanks/

[MBSki 1114]

@mudbabySo when you play, are you playing a recorded MP4 that is saved on your computer?

[mudbaby 2]

no it is a strm file. when i play it with VLC paly no issues. I am just rying to get these in emby server so i can play them n the server 

 

[mudbaby 2]

 

Here is an example of my files

 

[MBSki 1114]

11 hours ago, mudbaby said:

Here is an example of my files

Got it, and what does the strm point to? Does it point to a URL?

Btw, you should name the strm file the same way you'd name a movie file. So for the example above name it "Wyrmwood Apocalypse (2022).strm" and put it in a folder named "Wyrmwood Apocalypse (2022)". That way Emby can pick it up and match it.

[mudbaby 2]

Yes the strm points to a url . and the folder structure is the way you suggested. 

The example is just from what the program created. I only copy over the movie folder and the strm file in it.

 

[MBSki 1114]

2 minutes ago, mudbaby said:

Yes the strm points to a url . and the folder structure is the way you suggested. 

Gotcha, I'm really interested to see if it works. I've never seen a link to a URL work in Emby. If it works, I'm going to try it too. 

[Spaceboy 2573]

this has worked forever - i have a whole ibrary of classic movies that are strms containing urls to publicly available streams

[mudbaby 2]

Yes it works. I have found that if i terminal into emby and go to the var/lib/emby/data. I then created a new folder called movies. I did a chown and chgrp from root to emby.

I than did a mv -v from my folder to the newly created folder. All movies show and play in emby.

Thanks for all your help and suggestion everyone.

 

[MBSki 1114]

1 hour ago, Spaceboy said:

this has worked forever - i have a whole ibrary of classic movies that are strms containing urls to publicly available streams

So as long as it doesn't require a login it works? 

[Spaceboy 2573]

3 hours ago, MBSki said:

So as long as it doesn't require a login it works? 

well iptv urls can contain and pass usernames and passwords but i'm guessing you're talking about netflix urls or similar. they arent going to work

[MBSki 1114]

3 hours ago, Spaceboy said:

but i'm guessing you're talking about netflix urls or similar. they arent going to work

Yea, Netflix, Amazon, those are the one's I've tried, but I didn't know ANY urls worked. Definitely good to know.