Using PCloud Video Streaming as a "video source"

[gdomenici]

User "rocafebo" on the Kodi forums asks if it's possible to use this pluigin to have PCloud contents as a "video source". This is currently not possible (as of version 1.2.9) but I am creating this ticket to investigate whether it can be enabled.

See https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=239955&pid=2751194#pid2751194.

[gdomenici]

Additional request (which is probably for the same): https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=239955&pid=2935647#pid2935647.

[puhbooh]

that would be great 😊

Thanks for your work.

[gdomenici]

Hello @puhbooh ,

In principle there is a way you can already use the plugin as media source. Steps:

• Install the plugin normally.
• Go to Videos, then Files, then "Add videos..."
  
• In the "Add video source" dialog, click on "<None>" (do not click Browse)
  
• In the resulting input box, type the following verbatim:
  plugin://plugin.video.pcloud-video-streaming
  
• In the box under "Enter a name for your source", enter a name to your liking, like "PCloud Plugin" or whatever you want.
• Click OK.
• In the next dialog you are asked to set a content - movies, TV shows, etc.

That's it. Does that fit the bill?

Hello @gdomenici

Is there a way to get the library scan on KODI to work with the pCloud plugin after adding it as a media source on KODI. I tried the method that you outlined above and it added my pCloud folder as a media source, but when the time came to scan the video files in that folder and add the metadata, it didn't work. I put each movie in it's own folder with a poster and fanart jpg files and an nfo file with the necessary metadata which I pulled from tinyMediaManager.

[noticz]

What about trying this same thing with webdav? I know pcloud has a webdav version you can access. It might work for you....Just a thought. Let us know how it goes.

Data region European Union: https://ewebdav.pcloud.com/
Data region United States: https://webdav.pcloud.com/
You can log in using the email address and password registered with pCloud.

To use WebDAV, pCloud two-factor authentication has to be disabled.
If you want to use two-factor authentication, you will need the “pCloud Drive” app. You can find more about this in the last paragraph.