# Public domain

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/public-domain/854413>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [September 21, 2023, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/public-domain/854413 "2023-09-21T06:14:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/public-domain/854413/3 "2023-09-21T15:21:46Z")

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Thanks for your suggestion. There’s already an existing thread discussing an option to add a STRM file to your library that can point to media available on a specific URL/path (instead of downloading it). I suppose with such a feature you could also point your library to the public domain videos on [archive.org](http://archive.org) (but I suppose they have a wider use case in mind).

> [@\[REQ\] ADD STRM Support](https://forums.plex.tv/t/req-add-strm-support/233521):
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> Taken from: [STRM support - General Discussions - Plex Forum](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/317877/strm-support)@jinxy88 said: This is a huge huge request for plex developers, please add STRM support back into Plex. People with huge libraries using gdrive as a source would love this feature. Emby allready added this feature and its starting to get a lot of attention since it did, because there are scripts that just passthrough the STRM to the client, thus getting rid of transcoding, wasting precious resources, and everything gets direct play…

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