2013-11-15, 11:28
(2013-11-15, 02:24)Sleuteltje Wrote:Perhaps you should find a different angle in solving your problem: Why does XBMC not like the URL in a strm file, but does take it in the favourites? Perhaps they can remove the limitation from the strm file? It seems like it has a maximum of 1478 characters, perhaps that would make things easier?(2013-11-15, 00:49)Basje Wrote: The problem is that I need more than the channel, show and episode name.
I need an URL to open so I can get an stream from it. And the episode could actually have multiple videos and should be treated as a folder. In some cases I need meta data from the parent item, like a title or thumb.
I tried storing the meta data in files and just put an ID in the XOT-Uzg.v3 url, but that got very slow on devices like the ATV2 and rPi.
I even created an XBMC service that could store all the meta data in memory, but the overhead from sending and receiving the days was too large and it got a slower and too complex.
So at this point I am stuck with this solution, where I use the url to pass some sort of SessionState on to the next item.
But if there is somebody with a very smart idea to solve this, I am very willing to give it a try.
Okay, i think i get the limitations. Maybe this idea is flawed as well, but maybe the link can be:
Code:plugin://pluginname/link=complete/path/as/in/plugin
That way maybe the plugin can follow the exact path as you would normally do with the remote (as in emulating the browsing with the remote)
Now i'm thinking of it, that would probably also be to slow, since it would "click" its way threw the plugin, which would ofcourse also can take a little while, especially on slower hardware. But hey, i'm justing putting the idea's out there, maybe it helps.
I guess there's also no way to have plugin links that long in a .strm file? (while still being playable by xbmc ofcourse). Then i'm afraid i'll have to give up what i'm trying to do for now.
And i wondered if it would be possible to hide short video's like promo's and such?
Thanks for your quick responses !