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pulling contnt from a personal webserver - voyager197 - 2023-11-26
hi ,
i have a webserver running with lots of movies which i have downloaded over the last few years , is there a kodi addon which i can use to pull the content from the webserver,, i know i can connect kodi to the content for viewing ,but am interested in an addon for the purpose,, i have a simple addon running but i have to scrape the drive and add the links inside the addon which i have to be change when i add new content..
any help would be much appreciated , thanks
RE: pulling contnt from a personal webserver - DarrenHill - 2023-11-28
Thread moved to OS independent support.
What you're looking for is not how Kodi is designed to work. You would be better off making those files available from the server via one of the normal means (SMB, NFS etc) and then using Kodi to scrape that source.
RE: pulling contnt from a personal webserver - lesrhorer - 2023-12-04
If you already have a web server running on the machine, it isn't difficult to run an SMB or NFS server. Note I have both running, and use the web server to deliver the artwork via links in the .nfo files. I use SMB to server up directories for the videos and all KODI related files such as logs, movie sets, etc.
RE: pulling contnt from a personal webserver - jbinkley60 - 2023-12-04
(2023-11-26, 20:49)voyager197 Wrote: hi ,
i have a webserver running with lots of movies which i have downloaded over the last few years , is there a kodi addon which i can use to pull the content from the webserver,, i know i can connect kodi to the content for viewing ,but am interested in an addon for the purpose,, i have a simple addon running but i have to scrape the drive and add the links inside the addon which i have to be change when i add new content..
any help would be much appreciated , thanks
One option you might consider is leveraging one of the Kodi sharing solutions. Some of them will do all of this automatically for you including adding new content, syncing to Kodi etc.. It might not be what you are looking for but might be easier and less maintenance than rolling your own. All of my media is sourced from a webserver to all of my Kodi and non-Kodi clients, including a browser interface option for my library..
Thanks,
Jeff