diff --git a/resources/lib/WriteKodiVideoDB.py b/resources/lib/WriteKodiVideoDB.py
index e43d8686..a980ce22 100644
--- a/resources/lib/WriteKodiVideoDB.py
+++ b/resources/lib/WriteKodiVideoDB.py
@@ -615,20 +615,16 @@ class WriteKodiVideoDB():
         
         #### ADD OR UPDATE THE FILE AND PATH ###########
         #### NOTE THAT LASTPLAYED AND PLAYCOUNT ARE STORED AT THE FILE ENTRY        
-        if addon.getSetting('useDirectPaths')=='true':
-            if True: #PlayUtils().isDirectPlay(MBitem): # dont do the exists check
-                playurl = PlayUtils().directPlay(MBitem)
-                #use the direct file path
-                if "\\" in playurl:
-                    filename = playurl.rsplit("\\",1)[-1]
-                    path = playurl.replace(filename,"")
-                elif "/" in playurl:
-                    filename = playurl.rsplit("/",1)[-1]
-                    path = playurl.replace(filename,"")        
-            else:
-                #for transcoding we just use the server's streaming path because I couldn't figure out how to set the plugin path in the music DB
-                path = server + "/Video/%s/" %MBitem["Id"]
-                filename = "stream.mp4"                
+        if addon.getSetting('useDirectPaths') == 'true':
+            playurl = PlayUtils().directPlay(MBitem)
+            if playurl == False:
+                return
+            elif "\\" in playurl:
+                filename = playurl.rsplit("\\",1)[-1]
+                path = playurl.replace(filename, "")
+            elif "/" in playurl:
+                filename = playurl.rsplit("/",1)[-1]
+                path = playurl.replace(filename, "")
         else:
             path = "plugin://plugin.video.emby/tvshows/" + MBitem["SeriesId"] + "/"
             filename = "plugin://plugin.video.emby/tvshows/" + MBitem["SeriesId"] + "/?id=" + MBitem["Id"] + "&mode=play"