Pass media metadata to external m3u8 players

[AbdulSamadMalik]

Describe your suggested feature

I've been working on an helper app, that can intercept intent from "Play in m3u8 player" button to send the m3u8 file to a device running an express server, effectively playing it.

But currently cloudstream does not include any metadata about the media in this m3u8 file. So I have to extract it using the content-disposition headers from the links.

It would be nice to have this as native HLS metadata, as other m3u8 players would also be able to display the title properly.

for example:

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:10

# Metadata attached directly to the track/stream line
#EXTINF:10.0 title="The Matrix" year="1999" genre="Sci-Fi",The Matrix (1999)
segment1.ts

or

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:7

# Global Metadata using Session Data (Requires V7+)
#EXT-X-SESSION-DATA:DATA-ID="com.lagradost.cloudstream3.title",VALUE="The Matrix"
#EXT-X-SESSION-DATA:DATA-ID="com.lagradost.cloudstream3.year",VALUE="1999"
#EXT-X-SESSION-DATA:DATA-ID="com.lagradost.cloudstream3.genre",VALUE="Sci-Fi" 

#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:10
#EXTINF:10.0,
segment1.ts

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Other details

No response

Acknowledgements

• My suggestion is NOT about adding a new provider
• I have searched the existing issues and this is a new ticket, NOT a duplicate or related to another open issue.

[fire-light42]

It is possible to add it here:

cloudstream/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/actions/OpenInAppAction.kt

Line 33 in d78b991

fun makeTempM3U8Intent(

However, it is much easier to just register your own action with a plugin and customize it directly to your preferences. We have a very easy setup tutorial with an autobuild on commit. https://github.com/recloudstream/TestPlugins

Then take a look at our registerVideoClickAction

cloudstream/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/plugins/Plugin.kt

Line 25 in d78b991

fun registerVideoClickAction(element: VideoClickAction) {

It can register a VideoClickAction with a runAction

cloudstream/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/actions/VideoClickAction.kt

Line 184 in d78b991

abstract suspend fun runAction(context: Context?, video: ResultEpisode, result: LinkLoadingResult, index: Int?)