HOW-TO Play Live TV/Internet Video in XBMC (including some sample streams!)

patm95 · 2011-03-16 18:13

I am having trouble getting xbmc to "see" the file. I have pasted the text for Al Jazeera English into notepad, save as AJ.strm, drop it in my videos folder. But when I go to open it in xbmc, it doesn't "see" it. I have tried this for Russia Today and Cspan as well and can't get any to work. I must be doing something fundamentally wrong.

Philmatic · 2011-03-16 19:33

danfred Wrote:CNBC

Code:

http://bglive-a.bitgravity.com/bitgravity/dtv2/1000kbps

Very nice, thanks!

patm95 Wrote:I am having trouble getting xbmc to "see" the file. I have pasted the text for Al Jazeera English into notepad, save as AJ.strm, drop it in my videos folder. But when I go to open it in xbmc, it doesn't "see" it. I have tried this for Russia Today and Cspan as well and can't get any to work. I must be doing something fundamentally wrong.

Make sure you aren't in library mode.

patm95 · 2011-03-16 19:46

Philmatic Wrote:Very nice, thanks!

Make sure you aren't in library mode.

Thanks, but it doesn't seem to work even when I am not in library mode. I just go to that directory and it is like there is nothing there. For example I have a folder with misc videos. I can go to that folder and see all of my videos, but if I put the strm file in there, I can't see it.

Philmatic · 2011-03-16 19:53

patm95 Wrote:Thanks, but it doesn't seem to work even when I am not in library mode. I just go to that directory and it is like there is nothing there. For example I have a folder with misc videos. I can go to that folder and see all of my videos, but if I put the strm file in there, I can't see it.

Weird... are you running at least XBMC 10.0? What platform?

patm95 · 2011-03-16 20:01

Philmatic Wrote:Weird... are you running at least XBMC 10.0? What platform?

yeah I am running 10.1 and using windows 7 (64 bit). I am using notepad to save these files. Just doing a save as *.strm where "*" is just the name of file. I have tried this using different skins thinking that could have something to do with it, but no luck.

Philmatic · 2011-03-16 20:05

patm95 Wrote:yeah I am running 10.1 and using windows 7 (64 bit). I am using notepad to save these files. Just doing a save as *.strm where "*" is just the name of file. I have tried this using different skins thinking that could have something to do with it, but no luck.

Ah, you probably have Windows set to "Hide extensions for known file types" and the file you saved is actually called AJ.strm.txt

Disabled that feature, and rename the file to just "AJ.strm".

patm95 · 2011-03-16 20:11

patm95 Wrote:yeah I am running 10.1 and using windows 7 (64 bit). I am using notepad to save these files. Just doing a save as *.strm where "*" is just the name of file. I have tried this using different skins thinking that could have something to do with it, but no luck.

Thanks! I thought I was going crazy! Works like a charm now!

nokian · 2011-03-17 04:02

Danfred, you're good.

Can you figure out this one: http://www.alhiwar.tv
I tried all possibilities and could not figure it out.

The following work for a limited session:
http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct1/zive/
http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct2/zive/
http://www.ct24.cz/vysilani/

divingmule · 2011-03-17 20:42

This thread inspired me to make an add-on alternative to .strm files.
Details here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=97116

danfred · 2011-03-17 21:57

ABC News 24 (Australia)

Code:

rtmp://cp103653.live.edgefcs.net:1935/live?_fcs_vhost=cp103653.live.edgefcs.net&akmfv=1.8 playpath=international_medium@36382 swfVfy=true live=true

NASA HD

Code:

rtmp://flash86.ustream.tv:1935/ustreamVideo/6540154 playpath=streams/live app=ustreamVideo/6540154 swfUrl="http://cdn1.ustream.tv/swf/4/viewer.rsl.558.swf" pageUrl="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html" live=true

patm95 Senior Member Posts: 115 Joined: May 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-03-16 18:13 Post: #21 I am having trouble getting xbmc to "see" the file. I have pasted the text for Al Jazeera English into notepad, save as AJ.strm, drop it in my videos folder. But when I go to open it in xbmc, it doesn't "see" it. I have tried this for Russia Today and Cspan as well and can't get any to work. I must be doing something fundamentally wrong.
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patm95 Senior Member Posts: 115 Joined: May 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-03-16 19:46 Post: #23 Philmatic Wrote:Very nice, thanks! Make sure you aren't in library mode. Thanks, but it doesn't seem to work even when I am not in library mode. I just go to that directory and it is like there is nothing there. For example I have a folder with misc videos. I can go to that folder and see all of my videos, but if I put the strm file in there, I can't see it.
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patm95 Senior Member Posts: 115 Joined: May 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-03-16 20:01 Post: #25 Philmatic Wrote:Weird... are you running at least XBMC 10.0? What platform? yeah I am running 10.1 and using windows 7 (64 bit). I am using notepad to save these files. Just doing a save as .strm where "" is just the name of file. I have tried this using different skins thinking that could have something to do with it, but no luck.
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patm95 Senior Member Posts: 115 Joined: May 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-03-16 20:11 Post: #27 patm95 Wrote:yeah I am running 10.1 and using windows 7 (64 bit). I am using notepad to save these files. Just doing a save as .strm where "" is just the name of file. I have tried this using different skins thinking that could have something to do with it, but no luck. Thanks! I thought I was going crazy! Works like a charm now!
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nokian Member Posts: 99 Joined: Dec 2009 Reputation: 0	2011-03-17 04:02 Post: #28 Danfred, you're good. Can you figure out this one: http://www.alhiwar.tv I tried all possibilities and could not figure it out. The following work for a limited session: http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct1/zive/ http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct2/zive/ http://www.ct24.cz/vysilani/
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divingmule Posting Freak Posts: 1,278 Joined: Oct 2008 Reputation: 54	2011-03-17 20:42 Post: #29 This thread inspired me to make an add-on alternative to .strm files. Details here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=97116
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