11:15 <_xor> How do I specify the thumbnail for a strm file? It points to a RTSP feed (IP webcam). I'm checking to see if there's a specific property that can be set in the strm file or if there's a picture source to a HTTP url that I can use.

14:58 <mack> _xor: Use an NFO file like you can with any kodi video.

15:09 <mack> search this page for "thumb": https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files/Movies

15:11 <mack> However, as that states, it says it's not needed for local artwork, so my answer is probably too complicated. You should just be able to make a file called thumb.jpg in the same directory as your strm file and kodi will pick it up.

15:15 <mack> You can also probably pull up the Context menu for the item within kodi and Choose Artwork to select image files manually.

15:15 <mack> I assumed you already tried that, though :)

15:16 <vpeter> can someone tell me what checksum it gets?

15:16 <vpeter> wget https://download.qemu.org/qemu-8.1.0-rc1.tar.xz ; sha256sum qemu-8.1.0-rc1.tar.xz

15:18 <mack> vpeter: downloading now - my connection isn't speedy

15:20 <oblikoamorrale> wget url -O - | sha256sum # d2fedcf962eac9b79e0de9e8e01ba7f63095c387c70d9c5364b2cccc93261c2d no need to save the file :)

15:22 <vpeter> so it is same I got, thanks

15:22 <mack> Stopping my download :)

19:41 <Teraii> IPTV Simple Client on LibreELEC 11 is not working on RPI4 ?

22:53 <_xor> mack: HTTP URL, not local file. NFO file is one of the first things I tried, but it didn't work (unsurprisingly, since it says it expects local artwork).

22:53 <_xor> mack: I searched for EXT* or KODIPROP that take URLs, but I couldn't find much documentation on it.

22:54 <_xor> I tried changing it to m3u per another suggestion, but that didn't seem to work either. I verified the URL too, and it's fine. Ideally it would fetch the thumbnail on-demand when displaying, but fetching + caching with TTL is fine too.

23:03 <mack> _xor: the page I linked and said "search for thumb" says <thumb /> is used specifically when the image is NOT local.

23:04 <mack> Also what my next message said :)

23:13 <_xor> I'll try that again, but it didn't work when I tried it.

23:13 <_xor> I could have messed it up though.

23:17 <_xor> mack: Just to make sure, it would just be named after the strm file, right? (e.g. camera.strm + camera.nfo)

23:26 <mack> _xor: I've never made an nfo for a stream. In theory it's the same as another video file. So yes, the nfo should have the same pre-dot file name. The thumb tag, if it's implemented correctly in kodi, should take a URL.

23:28 <_xor> Yup, trying now.

23:29 <mack> this example may or may not help with formatting of the XML: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=319488&pid=2632200#pid2632200

23:31 <_xor> Yup, got a tab open to that. It's surprisingly difficult to find reference docs/examples of supported properties.

23:32 <mack> getting a static image out of your stream, as you've stated before, requires another step. If your stream really is a camera, many IP cameras have multiple URIs for feeds: a high res, a low res, and a snapshot.

23:33 <_xor> Yup, I'm using the sub-stream for the main feed and a snapshot jpg URL.

23:33 <_xor> The feed works great, it's just the thumbnail that's kind of annoying on my home screen. Not a huge deal to me, but it would be nice to have a static snapshot.

23:35 <_xor> There's also .tbn, but that's just a jpg.

23:36 <mack> there do exist kodi addons for cameras/surveillance that might make things easier

23:39 <_xor> That's the next step, as I have Frigate setup. Just need to tweak it. But system is rebooting now when installing addons. I checked but it doesn't appear that there are any banned plugins (which from what I understand can cause a reboot).

23:40 <_xor> I looked at the crash log and it's showing that "/usr/lib/kodi/kodi.bin --standalone -fs" coredumped.