how can jellyfin play radiostreams?
from boebbele@discuss.tchncs.de to jellyfin@lemmy.ml on 12 Dec 2024 14:30
https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/26646491

I tried with m3u files and strm files. but nothing works. vlc can play my strm files with no problem. why can’t jellyfin?

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mbirth@lemmy.ml on 12 Dec 2024 16:01 next collapse

Have you tried this?

jellyfin.org/docs/general/…/internet-radio/

boebbele@discuss.tchncs.de on 12 Dec 2024 18:50 collapse

m3u playlist file in TV runrik worked for me until a few months ago. But now it doesn’t work anymore… at least for me.

I find it really sad that Jellyfin doesn’t just offer a radio plugin. It really can’t be that difficult. It’s really stupid if you have to do all this tinkering with strm or m3u. Why just use a plugin for tunein or radiobrowser?

ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org on 12 Dec 2024 19:06 collapse

plugins cant extend the WebUI and your clients with new functionality

boebbele@discuss.tchncs.de on 12 Dec 2024 18:44 next collapse

I managed to play some radio streams in jellyfin. It only seems to work with mp3 streams. pls and m3u don’t work.

strangely it doesn’t work with a music library but only with movies or books.

pirat@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 2024 16:35 next collapse

I thought this would work - and it does! Here’s how to add radio channels as Live TV:

  • From the Jellyfin homescreen menu, navigate to the Dashboard
  • Click the Dashboard menu button (three stripes at the top)
  • Go to Live TV
  • Click the first (+) button to add a new tuner device
  • Choose "M3U Tuner"
  • Select your local .m3u file or paste a URL
  • Click Save
  • Go back to the homescreen of Jellyfin
  • In the menu, click Live TV
  • Switch to the tab called Channels
  • If your .m3u file works, you can select any channel it contains from here.

You can even add a custom logo for each channel:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,Channel 1 tvg-logo="https://link.to/logo-ch1.png"
http://liveradio.url.channel1.fake:8000/channel1-is-fake.mp3

#EXTINF:-1,RadiOmega tvg-logo="https://linking.park/logo-radiomega.png"
http://liveradio.nope.omegalive:8000/y/radiomega.mp3

And rank them in the list by changing -1 to positive values IIRC.

[deleted] on 13 Dec 2024 17:03 next collapse

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boebbele@discuss.tchncs.de on 14 Dec 2024 22:03 collapse

Thanks for the help here! I got it working! It works under TV as described here. strm (only mp3 links, pls doesn’t work for me) files also work under other libraries than the music library. For whatever reason… strange.

Life would be so easy if I could simply search for radio stations in Jellyfin and save them as favorites.