Cannot use CastagnaIT/plugin.video.netflix and Sandmann79/plugin.video.amazon-test along with PlexKodiConnect

padok commented 5 years ago

My current setup

Hey! I'm currently running running Kodi 18.3 with CastagnaIT/plugin.video.netflix and Sandmann79/plugin.video.amazon-test add-ons. The setup currently enables both of these add-ons to create placeholder directory trees in there add-on data directories, which can easily be integrated using Kodis internal scrapers.

plugin.video.amazon-test
├── Movies
│    └── _Movie_name_
│           └── _Movie_name_.strm
└── TV
    └── _Show_name_
            └── _Show_name_ - S00E00 - _Episode_name_.strm
plugin.video.netflix
├── movies
│    └── _Movie_name_
│           └── _Movie_name_.strm
└── shows
    └── _Show_name_
            └── _Show_name_ - S00E00 - _Episode_name_.strm

The strm files itself contains internal add-on links, that can start every add-on process needed for proxying or playback. That way it's easily possible to merge my netflix, amazon and offline librarys and keep them up to date, since the add-ons keep there directory trees in sync and Kodis scraper do there thing. The Amazon add-on even provides additional information through *.nfo files.

Describe the bug

Since I'm tryng to integrate PKC in my current setup I installed the add-on after the setup explained above and went through the setup process with Addon Paths. Because my server is not located on the same network as my streaming devices and does not have a static permanent IP or host name I need PKC's functionality.

Afterwards the library gets synchronized and it resets my current setup, all content definition of my sources are set to None now. Kodi integrates only the Plex content now. When I attempt to reconfigure my setup (setting up content types of sources) I always end up missing either the movie or show categories of my plex share.

Suggestion

I would love to get an option for PKS, that also create a placeholder directory trees using strm files. Since the only important information, that I got from your wiki is the URL "https://192.168.1.2:32400/library/metadata/1234" strm files could look like this:

plugin://plugin.video.plexkodiconnect/?mode=PlayVideo&url=https%3A%2F%2F192.168.1.2%3A32400%2Flibrary%2Fmetadata%2F1234

That way the PKS can be provided with all needed information.

It could also be a great alternative to writing directly to Kodis database, that I would consider as risky.

croneter commented 5 years ago

This is not a bug but 2 different feature requests 😉 . As such, please open a corresponding ticket here: https://feathub.com/croneter/PlexKodiConnect

Feature Request 1: use PKC alongside plugin.video.netflix and plugin.video.amazon-test The setup you want is indeed impossible right now. As a workaround, you could use PKC with a dedicated Kodi profile. You'd need to switch Kodi profiles when switching from PKC to either of the other add-ons.

Feature Request 2: use PKC with a PMS/IP address that changes Really not on the roadmap of PKC right now. Either use the standard plex.tv redirect or set-up your own static dns redirect (I think that's the technique) using e.g. duckdns.org

padok commented 5 years ago

I went ahead and created Feature Request 1. https://feathub.com/croneter/PlexKodiConnect/+55

Thanks for your help!

alazabe commented 3 years ago

@croneter Hi sorry to ping you ,but is there any chance we see strm support this year ? this will be amazing to see

croneter / PlexKodiConnect