Jack Lion wrote:
> Sorry guys,
> I need a clarification on the difference between putting the Url file in form of Http, rather than file://xxx.m3u.
> I mean, maybe my TVH doesn't work because I put the url in http form...
> Let me know and thanks a lot for the support.
If you are directly accessing the file from a remote source, use
http://@. This uses the HTTP protocol to access the file, the exact same way you would from a web browser. If you are accessing a local file, then you use the @file://
protocol.
If you are going to use the
file://
protocol, it is necessary to use the full path. So, if your file is located in your
Downloads
folder in your user's home directory, then the URI would be
file:///home/[user]/Downloads/playlist.m3u@. Note the *third* slash in the beginning, since the full path begins from the root, it must start with a slash, hence *3* slashes at the beginning. (The @[user]
would be replaced with your username.)
To see what the proper
file://
URI would be, the easiest thing to do would be to open a terminal/command prompt in the directory where your file is located, and type
pwd@. This command will output your _present working directory_, including the leading slash; just insert this string between @file://
and the filename in the URL field in Tvheadend.