[Request] - option to open real debrid sources in web player

[leonardo34554]

would it be possible to add a configuration option to the torrentio RD options in which the RD links open in RD's own web player rather than the one that gives the download URL of the torrented source?

[TheBeastLT]

Hi, I don't think this exact functionality would be useful, as it would take you away from the Stremio app to a web browser. Why not just use RealDebrid website once you open the link in Stremio?
What could be useful is an option to return stream links instead of download links, since they are transocoded to be web-ready and would be compatible to play on the browser via Stremio-web.

[leonardo34554]

I was hoping for this feature so that I could use the web app to play the RD link in its own player on iOS, and opening directly to the RD web player is just more convenient. For some reason, the RD web player works flawlessly in browser as they use the mpd format with their web player, while on the stremio web app, or any browser web player, the direct link mkv format struggles to play most of the time as you get playback errors or that the video plays but there is no audio.

I was initially going to suggest adding the option to return the stream links, specifically, the webm (h264) links as they play in both browser and in the app, however, there is some issue on RD's end. When you try to skip to a middle part of the video, sending a range header, the video goes back to play from the beginning. And if you let the video play from the beginning untouched, it will stop randomly and go back to the beginning. I really hope they fix this.

But I see your point. Not a lot of people would really use this. Although, I still think the option to open directly into RD's player would be a nice feature to have.

[TheBeastLT]

I've implement partial support for this. So now when using Stremio Web through browser with RD or PM it will return web ready streaming links, so they should play directly in the web app player. For RD it will play a HLS stream, which sometimes takes a bit of time to start, since the Stremio web player does not support dash format yet. You can try it out and let me know how it works for you.

[nperez0111]

I saw that you pulled support for this, I'm interested to why you removed it with this commit: c3b37b3

[TheBeastLT]

It seems that some users use the shell web version for viewing, tho it shouldn't be used ideally. The shell player plays RD's provided hls files really poorly or doesn't at all, due to the way they're encoded. So some users were complaining why it stopped working. When the shell player is updated I'll try again.
Ideally I'd use dash format, since that one seems to be better quality encoding from RD, but dash is not yet supported on the web only versions without server (shell or new stremio web)

[ghost]

I'm iOS user too and I'm interested in this feature because RD does not play directly on Strem io. This feature could save my life because I would be able to play in VLC app

[ghost]

I found this tutorial how to open link in VLC using a new interface, but it is complicated

https://platinmods.com/threads/how-to-open-strem-io-real-debrid-source-in-vlc.175349/

Can you replace the "Open in external player" with the RD url instead the playlist.m3u??

[TheBeastLT]

@AntonPripyat this is not something the addons can control.

[ghost]

Oh ok

[theyoungbuck22]

I've noticed that the current functionality, whereby Stremio player streams the Real Debrid links directly from source, results in playback issues if your'e on a device that can't handle decoding the source video file. In contrast, if you stream torrent files via Torrentio, the decoding is handled by the Stremio Web Server. Is there a way to force the Real Debrid links to be streamed via the Web Server rather than being streamed direclty from the Real Debrid source.

If anyone has advice, that would be much appreciated.