Media player via batch/script? (VPN off/on for streaming)

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Hi, and sorry for (maybe) noob-question.

On my OSMC which I use as mediaplayer, I have permanent OpenVPN installed and working.
Additionally, I have a m3u stream (live tv) which I need to play regularly WITHOUT VPN.
So, every time I go to terminal shell and kill OpenVPN, then starting this stream via OSMC GUI and after I’m done watching I go to terminal and start OpnVPN again. Not convenient at all.

Could I change default mediaplayer to some script which does it? Or is there any other mainstream way of doing it?

Thanks in advance

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Well you could configure a route outside of the tunnel for that IP address

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Thanks for suggestion. Actually, that could help, but in my situation - not so much: my configuration slightly more complicated (I omitted it to simplify) - I have transmission with kill-switch, if VPN is down :slight_smile:

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And how does that make it more difficult? That is that just a question of where you define the route.

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It means that I need to kill transmission as well, otherwise there will be not enough bandwidth :slight_smile: