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[BitBlockv6]

I get the following Error message from ytdl2STRM installed in an virtual env in /opt: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/ytdlp2STRM/cli.py", line 3, in import config.plugins as plugins File "/opt/ytdlp2STRM/config/plugins.py", line 2, in from plugins.youtube import youtube File "/opt/ytdlp2STRM/plugins/youtube/youtube.py", line 374, in ).get_channels() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/opt/ytdlp2STRM/clases/config/config.py", line 41, in get_channels config_data = json.load(file) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/json/init.py", line 293, in load return loads(fp.read(), ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/json/init.py", line 346, in loads return _default_decoder.decode(s) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end()) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 3 column 1 (char 43)

[fanyangto]

Are you sure you have customized the systemd service file to reflect that you are using venv python3 ? Here is what I did and it works. Notice I didn't put the ytdlp2strm dir under /opt. The most important line is execstart.

[Unit]
Description=ytdlp2STRM Service
After=network-online.target

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/home/ubuntu/ytdlp2STRM
Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/ubuntu/venv2/bin/python3 /home/ubuntu/ytdlp2STRM/main.py
Restart=always
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

[BitBlockv6]

Are you sure you have customized the systemd service file to reflect that you are using venv python3 ? Here is what I did and it works. Notice I didn't put the ytdlp2strm dir under /opt. The most important line is execstart.

[Unit]
Description=ytdlp2STRM Service
After=network-online.target

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/home/ubuntu/ytdlp2STRM
Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/ubuntu/venv2/bin/python3 /home/ubuntu/ytdlp2STRM/main.py
Restart=always
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Here is mine systemd file: [Unit] Description=ytdlp2STRM Service After=network-online.target [Service] WorkingDirectory=/opt/ytdlp2STRM Type=simple ExecStart=/opt/ytdlp2STRM/bin/python3 /opt/ytdlp2STRM/main.py Restart=always RestartSec=10 [Install] WantedBy=default.target

The web-ui works on port 5000 but didnt create any strm files. I tried with the example lists and own ones. And tried for example manually with /opt/ytdlp2STRM/bin/python3 /opt/ytdlp2STRM/main.py --media youtube --params direct but always get an error, of course i installed reauierements.txt in the venv. I'am not a dev just an user and out of ideas right now. For me the error messages looks like the list with the youtube (even twitch) links can't be parsed or something.

[BitBlockv6]

I could solve the problem with swapping the yt-dlp binary in bin folder with an actual binary from the git-hub page. But now i am struggeling with the .strm files. When I insert a playlist url ( list-"youtubeid" ) i get in jellyfin one listing without picture, metadata and is not playable. I tried even with keyword-"somesearch" but get nothing playable not in direct or bridge mode.

Someone can help me ?

[fanyangto]

hi, mine is working in terms of generating the nfo and strm files. It just doesn't generate them according to the schedule I set. But overnight, it does generate all the youtube channel content. Not sure why changing the schedule to every hour than every day didn't work.

I highly recommend you use docker. This way, it removes most of the uncertainty as the docker image is a fully tested bundle of packages. It's not that hard to install docker and than run docker image. You can use the following article to install docker.

• add docker: [How to Install Docker on Ubuntu Easily](https://itsfoss.com/install-docker-ubuntu/)

Here is the command to start the docker image: sudo docker run -d -v ~ubuntu/media:/media -p 5000:5000 fe80grau/ytdlp2strm

Now you can focus on the real problem than struggling with the packages.

[fanyangto]

I could solve the problem with swapping the yt-dlp binary in bin folder with an actual binary from the git-hub page. But now i am struggeling with the .strm files. When I insert a playlist url ( list-"youtubeid" ) i get in jellyfin one listing without picture, metadata and is not playable. I tried even with keyword-"somesearch" but get nothing playable not in direct or bridge mode.

Someone can help me ?

I agree with you. I have copied the youtube strm files into jellyfin library. Jellyfin seems to be able to scan the library. But nothing is playable . It complains about the stream is not playable, or not in recognizable format.

[fe80Grau]

what's your output if you run this command under your venv? /home/ubuntu/venv2/bin/python3 /home/ubuntu/ytdlp2STRM/cli.py --media youtube --params direct