Web Streams plugin and M3U file: Which path to store local meta files?

[Achim71 0]

Hi there,

I use the Web Streams plugin to manage my radio streams. I created an .m3u list stored locally, which contains all stations and streaming URLs. This works perfectly well.

Now I tried to integrate station logos in the list, to be displayed instead of the generic web stream icon. When I use an external URL to the corresponding image file, this works fine:
#EXTINF:-1 tvg-logo="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/D318_ANTENNE_600x600.png" group-title="Sonstige",ANTENNE BAYERN

However, I have all these logo files stored on my NAS and want to reference them locally in the M3U:
#EXTINF:-1 tvg-logo="./121B_ROCK_ANT_600x600.png"  group-title="Sonstige",ANTENNE BAYERN

But that fails. I tried relative as well as absolute paths, but the images are always broken. It's not a permission problem, it seems to be kinda path problem. When I try to view such an broken image in the Emby web UI, I get an error:

Could not find a part of the path '/volume1/@appstore/EmbyServer/file:/volume1/music/121B_ROCK_ANT_600x600.png'.

I marked the correct absolute path in blue and the apparently problematic part in red.

What could be the issue?

Thanks!

Achim

[Luke 43248]

Hi there, please attach the Emby server log from when the problem occurred:

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Thanks!

 

[Achim71 0]

Of course, here it is:

*** Error Report ***

Version: 4.9.5.0

Command line: /volume1/@appstore/EmbyServer/system/EmbyServer.dll -programdata /var/packages/EmbyServer/var -ffdetect /var/packages/EmbyServer/target/bin/ffdetect -ffmpeg /var/packages/EmbyServer/target/bin/ffmpeg -ffprobe /var/packages/EmbyServer/target/bin/ffprobe -nolocalportconfig -ignore_vaapi_enabled_flag -pidfile /var/packages/EmbyServer/var/EmbyServer.pid -defaultdirectory /volume1/Public -updatepackage emby-server-synology72_{version}_x86_64.spk -noautorunwebapp

Operating system: Linux version 4.4.302+ (root@build5) (gcc version 12.2.0 (GCC) ) #90080 SMP Wed Jul 22 00:08:29 CST 2026

OS/Process: x64/x64

Framework: .NET 8.0.25

Runtime: volume1/@appstore/EmbyServer/system/System.Private.CoreLib.dll

Processor count: 2

Data path: /var/packages/EmbyServer/var

Application path: /volume1/@appstore/EmbyServer/system

System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path '/volume1/@appstore/EmbyServer/file:/volume1/music/M3U-TEST/D318_ANTENNE_600x600.png'.

at Emby.Providers.Manager.ImageSaver.SaveImage(BaseItem item, LibraryOptions libraryOptions, IImageSource source, ReadOnlyMemory`1 mimeType, ImageType type, Nullable`1 imageIndex, Nullable`1 saveLocallyWithMedia, Int64[] generatedFromItemIds, IDirectoryService directoryService, Boolean updateImageCache, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

at Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager.ConvertImageToLocal(BaseItem item, ItemImageInfo image, Int32 imageIndex, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

at Emby.Drawing.ImageProcessor.ProcessImage(ImageProcessingOptions options, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

at Emby.Api.Images.ImageService.GetImage(ImageRequest request, Int64 itemId, BaseItem item, Boolean isHeadRequest)

at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceController.GetTaskResult(Task task)

at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceHandler.ProcessRequestAsync(HttpListenerHost httpHost, IServerApplicationHost appHost, IRequest httpReq, IResponse httpRes, IStreamHelper streamHelper, RestPath restPath, String responseContentType, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer.HttpListenerHost.RequestHandler(IRequest httpReq, RestPath restPath, String urlString, String localPath, String contentTypeInPath, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

Source: Emby.Providers

TargetSite: Void MoveNext()

 

I marked the erroneous part of the path in red. The correct path would be '/volume1/music/M3U-TEST/D318_ANTENNE_600x600.png'.

The M3U file and the png file are placed next to each other in the same folder. For this test, the image is referenced relatively, but when I provide an absolute path in the M3U file, the result is the same...

 

I'll provide the M3U-file and PNG as attachements.

 

Thx

 

 

Test.m3u