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Basically as the title.

I have a m3u file which i have stored on my cloud account which i would like to access via UMS. like this as an example only (this is not its actual location) http://myserver.my/Video/mylist.m3u
The content of the m3u file consists of various formats of video files and looks similar (again example only) to this... So the question...

Is there any plugin or method which will list and playback this content for UMS and if not any plans to support files like this?

I can run this file via plex and its IPTV plugin/addon but the disadvantage is 1) it transcodes them all 2) As its load as a stream Plex will not allow allow fast forwarding/skip thru the file. Hoping there is a way to make it work in UMS which is of course far superior

Thanks in advance.

Paradox wrote:Is there any plugin or method which will list and playback this content for UMS

Try adding an item like this to your WEB.conf: But it will likely have similar seek/transcode constraints.

infidel wrote:

Paradox wrote:Is there any plugin or method which will list and playback this content for UMS

Try adding an item like this to your WEB.conf:

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videostream.Web,MyServer=mylist,http://myserver.my/Video/mylist.m3u

But it will likely have similar seek/transcode constraints.

Nope does not work a folder (myserver) appears inside the web folder with the single m3u listed file (mylist) inside it, upon selecting the m3u file it immediately attempts to playback rather than listing the content of the m3u file.

If for example i open the m3u file in VLC it lists the content (IE video01, video02 etc) as a playlist and i can select which file i wish to playback, the same for Plex.

Paradox wrote:upon selecting the m3u file it immediately attempts to playback rather than listing the content of the m3u file.

I get a list of items on opening an m3u, not auto play. Could be your settings. Can you post a full set of logs showing navigation to your m3u? Do you get the same behaviour with this playlist:

Will try that over the weekend log everything and get back to you, a few things first though....

I Tried what you had prior to your post edit. The apple m3u8 link (IE http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1 ... 0_vod.m3u8) and entering... Into my web.conf file.

That is closer to working but still not right. With that on its own it displays folders and files but each file in folder only plays for 10 seconds.

I basically get a list of folders like...
0640
0150
0240
0440
1240
1840

and inside each of those is dozens upon dozens of files named "10" each of which plays for only 10 seconds.


Quick question...
When i try your updated post i obviously copy and paste the.... Bit and save it on my machine to an m3u file, how should i enter the file path in the web.conf file though???

Do i need to enter as an example.... where "c:\playlists\infidel.m3u" is obviously the location and name of the file or do i need something different, or will i have to upload it to the web first and use a http:// link????

Also in your post prior to the edit and the videostream.Web,HLS=sl,http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1 ... fg/sl.m3u8 command, what is the "=sl," part of the command supposed to do??

Cheers in advance

Paradox wrote:I basically get a list of folders like...
0640
...and inside each of those is dozens upon dozens of files named "10" each of which plays for only 10 seconds.

Good, as it should be .

Paradox wrote:"c:\playlists\infidel.m3u" is obviously the location and name of the file or do i need something different

The url syntax for local files is 'file:///path/to/file' so try something like

Paradox wrote:or will i have to upload it to the web first and use a http:// link????

Only if you want to compare/verify the behaviour. When I tested it I ran a localhost server (via python SimpleHTTPServer module) and used an address like http://127.0.0.1:8000/x.m3u

Paradox wrote:what is the "=sl," part of the command supposed to do??

I was getting an error unless I put the m3u inside a subfolder ('sl' in this case), haven't looked deeper into it yet as it's a separate issue.

Thanks infidel i think i have solved the issue now, your clue about placing it in another folder helped. Ive placed it one more folder deep on my server and now it works fine Can also now thanks to your tip also store it locally and have it play back fine also. Its a little temperamental with some files such as streams that have a ts extension (they sometimes require a couple of attempts before they play) i think that is likely down to my fussy sony but other than that though all working now
Cheers again.

Paradox wrote:Thanks infidel i think i have solved the issue now, your clue about placing it in another folder helped.

Great ! And the joke is it wasn't a separate issue as I thought, so now I'll have to look into it.

One thing i have noticed is you have to have "#EXTM3U" at the very top of the m3u file, if you have anything else (even a blank line) or "#EXTM3U" missing it can give issues. Like wise if you have any extra cartridge returns (blank lines) between entries. Not a big deal but can be a PITA if you have a massive m3u file and have to go through and check it all. Getting it to accept BBcodes would also be nice to separate things in the list. Example at the moment... Will not work, though i spose that could be something with my sony tv again, not sure if this technically breaks the m3u standard or not but you can do that in plex. (although it will not always show as bold on my sony you can still separate things)

End of the day though im happy it is capable of doing what i want would be nice if you do spend some time to improve the m3u implementation though, it would make web content and cloud content so much easier to deal with than having to list each video entry using... in the web.conf

People and developers could just list it all in a m3u and shove that entry in the web.conf file as a single entry If you could get m3u files to also work in conjunction with rss or xml lists that would be doubly amazing and allow for all types of new functionality



Either way i look forward to you looking at things and any improvements you decide to make I would be interested in what you thought the issue may had been and if you do find anything else wrong.

Thanks again Infidel

hi.

I'm trying to do same thing

I.e to make m3u list in my pc or cludes and run it using android media player.

How can i do it ?

Thanks