python script to convert m3u file to strm files with emby folder structure (free)

[sinlogikal 0]

On 6/9/2024 at 7:09 PM, nr124 said:

I'm having the same issue where everything seems to be working except for cron.  Were you able to find a solution?

After watching it I noticed that the jobs are working and the folders you setup should have logs for each day that you scheduled each to run, e.g, the movies folder should have a log of runs, tvshows as well, etc.

[MajidKorai 0]

In case you don't want to go through the hassle of running a tool locally to convert your m3u file into strm files, use this online tool https://m3u2stream.talkingtech.io/

[sftech13 25]

I wrote this one the other day and it's free for anyone who wants to use it. Has user options available.

 

https://github.com/sftech13/m3u2strm

 

 

 

 

[Luke 42077]

  Hi, our new WebStreams plugin can help with this:

 

[afogleson 15]

On 3/20/2020 at 10:01 AM, requa3r0 said:

I have a quisiton to t1m.

 

Your script is pretty nice, so you are deffently most cable of writing code

 

Would you be intersted in making a M3u to IPTV app setup file converter.

 

To sideload the M3u into the IPTV app.

 

I have Emby Premiere, and use the M3U tuner and EPG data setup as you can with a license,  but lots dont have alicense and dont care about EPG data etc.

Its very tedious to mannualy load and maintain the IPTV app, with hundreds of TV channels.

Its a bit strange that the IPTV app does not have a bulk loader interface, to load and maintain the channels.

 

so...Could you script a M3u to MediaBrowser.Channels.IPTV.xml generator ?

 

To automatically sideload the IPTV app with automatically updated M3u links?

 

Just an idear to make Emby more versatile.

 

Requaero

 

I am confused.. .what IPTV app? you mean the live tv on emby? or some other app? I think (im interpreting you mean the live tv guide) what you want to do is have the IPTV channels maintained before loading them into emby. Ie. you can choose to remove some etc... maybe even rename the channel names or such. AND map them to some XML-TV guide??? (though that works very well in emby... heck even filtering channels works pretty decent if the IPTV provider does a decent job but I can see maybe you want to group things and such. That is all theoretically doable by loading all the channels and using the apis to do whatever enablement/disablement etc. I have not dug through all the APIS for live tv but they are pretty robust. im more on the java side of things (there is a strm producer in here somewhere that i wrote ages ago when i was using Apollo TV. now my IPTV demands are lower and not really worth it to pay Apollo or most other providers for VOD. 

Im not sure who would NOT want guide data though.... what is the "purpose" of live tv if you dont know when or where something will be. (I think SEARCHING the TV guide would be something worth while building mind you. or if there is a way i have not found it easily

[baby555 1]

On 17/3/2025 at 19:10, sftech13 said:

Escribí esto el otro día y es gratuito para cualquiera que quiera usarlo. Tiene opciones de usuario disponibles.

 

https://github.com/sftech13/m3u2strm

 

Hi, do your channels work well? Do they not drop out? How many channels does it have approximately?

 

 

 

[ssbomber32 10]

Hey Emby Peeps,

 

I found it hard to find a tool to easily and quickly take a m3u or m3u8 playlist to batch convert contents and create individual STRM's for each playlist item.

So, I created this Powershell script that ask's for the playlist location, then the destination, before building a folder full of the STRM's for easy import into Emby.

I create the playlist first using: https://playlist-creator.findmysoft.com/ (Playlist Creator), then run my tool to create STRM files.

[Be sure to add your required video file extensions if needed (only music file extensions are there by default), in settings, also ensure the playlist uses absolute paths]

Enjoy, and let me know if this helps you, it's certainly made my life easier.

M3U.to.STRM.conversion.tool.ps1