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Viewing a livestream on Jellyfin? - JohnnyFarts - 2025-01-18
Hello! Kind of an odd question.
I'm running a stream at http://[IP-ADDRESS]/weather.mp4. I have been opening it with VLC's Network Stream functionality. I'd like to be able to watch this stream on my Jellyfin deployment if possible.
Is there any good way to accomplish this? I was poking around with the Live TV functionality but ultimately could not figure it out. Would it be possible to add this via a .m3u file?
Thanks in advance. I hope I'm not wildly overcomplicating this.
p.s. the weather.mp4 in question is a stream of a WeatherStar 4000+ build, screenshot attached. I think it's a cool way to check the weather.
RE: Viewing a livestream on Jellyfin? - TheDreadPirate - 2025-01-18
I'm not sure if simply putting the mp4 in a m3u would work, but it is worth a try. If that doesn't work you may need to use a live TV proxy like TVHeadEnd to serve up the video stream.
RE: Viewing a livestream on Jellyfin? - JohnnyFarts - 2025-01-22
Been a few days but wanted to let you know that this worked! I made a basic M3U file that points to my livestream and it shows up in Jellyfin just fine. I appreciate the help!
RE: Viewing a livestream on Jellyfin? - Molehill0616 - 2025-01-24
Wow, your post sent me down a rabbit hole. I didn't realize you could run your own Weather Star instance. Anyway, I have everything working but stuck at your original question. I can view it in MPV or a browser. How did you format the M3U file? Did you add the stream as an M3U tuner?
RE: Viewing a livestream on Jellyfin? - TheDreadPirate - 2025-01-24
You'd put the URL to the MP4 in a m3u file then add it as a M3U tuner. I don't think the m3u files requires anything else in it.