notsatan / kodi-strm

A python script to batch generate strm files to be able to stream videos in Kodi directly from Google Drive.

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Easiest way to implement with Kodi running on Xbox?

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If this is a question outside the scope of this script, feel free to delete / ignore this request, but I'm relatively new to Kodi and have had innumerable issues getting the Google Drive Add-on to reliably export .strm files for monitored folders. Can I run the script on a separate PC and share the .strm directory to the Xbox via SMB? Could the script run on something like a heroku app and share the .strm files from there as an https source?

Sorry for what are probably misguided questions, but some documentation on a way to use this script on devices that can't directly run it would be hugely valuable to me and many other kodi users. Thanks for your time :)

Can I run the script on a separate PC and share the .strm directory to the Xbox via SMB?

Yep, how or where you run the script to generate strm files is irrelevant, as long as you can place the generated files in the correct path in your Xbox - the add-on will be able to parse them.

Make sure that the google account you login with on your Xbox has access to these files on drive - beyond that, you're good to go!

And yes, Heroku can work fine as well - as long as you can download those files on your Xbox. If you go ahead with this plan, I recommend zipping the root folder on Heroku, and unzipping it back in your Xbox, depending on the number of files generated, transferring them individually can take quite a lot of time.