diff --git a/CONTROL/control b/CONTROL/control
index aa5d054..4b9797e 100644
--- a/CONTROL/control
+++ b/CONTROL/control
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: webif
 Priority: optional
 Section: web
-Version: 1.4.3-3
+Version: 1.4.4
 Architecture: mipsel
 Maintainer: af123@hpkg.tv
 Depends: tcpfix,webif-channelicons(>=1.1.26),lighttpd(>=1.4.39-1),jim(>=0.77),jim-oo(>=0.77),jim-sqlite3(>=0.77),jim-cgi(>=0.7-1),jim-binary(>=0.76),service-control(>=2.3),busybox(>=1.20.2-1),lsof(>=4.87),epg(>=1.2.8),hmt(>=2.0.10),ssmtp,cron-daemon(>=1.18.3-3),at(>=3.1.18),anacron,trm(>=1.1),openssl-command,nicesplice,id3v2,file,rsvsync(>=1.1.11),webif-charts(>=1.2-1),stripts(>=1.4.2),tmenu(>=1.21-2),ffmpeg(>=2.8),id3v2,multienv(>=1.6),tcpping(>=1.1),e2fsprogs,wireless-tools(>=29-1),dbupdate,recmon(>=2.0.7),hwctl,nugget(>=0.98-3),sqlite3(>=3.15.1),jim-xconv
diff --git a/webif/lib/auto/deq b/webif/lib/auto/deq
index 6984664..7d9b52c 100755
--- a/webif/lib/auto/deq
+++ b/webif/lib/auto/deq
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ proc ::auto::dumpq {qq} {
 proc ::auto::runplugin {plugin fn args} {
 	set rfn "::${plugin}::${fn}"
 	if {![exists -proc $rfn]} { return -1 }
-	if {[catch {set ret [uplevel 1 $rfn {*}$args]} msg]} {
+	if {[catch {set ret [uplevel 1 $rfn $args]} msg]} {
 		log "$rfn: $msg" 0
 		lassign [info stacktrace] p f l
 		log "    $f:$l @ $p" 0
@@ -168,13 +168,25 @@ for {set qq [::auto::pending]} {[llength $qq]} {set qq [::auto::pending]} {
 	# Try to run the first item in the queue.
 	set q [lindex $qq 0]
 	set plugin [$q get action]
+	set file [$q get file]
 
-	::auto::log "De-queuing [$q get id] - [$q get action] - [$q get file]" 0
+	::auto::log "De-queuing [$q get id] - [$q get action] - $file" 0
 
-	if {[catch {set ts [ts fetch [$q get file]]}] || $ts eq "0"} {
-		::auto::log "ts load failed." 0
-		$q update "FAILED" "Could not load .ts file" 1
-		continue
+	if {[string match {file://*} $file]} {
+		set arg [string range $file 7 end]
+		if {![file exists $arg]} {
+			::auto::log "file does not exist." 0
+			$q update "FAILED" "File does not exist" 1
+			continue
+		}
+	} elseif {[string first :// $file] != -1} {
+		set arg $file
+	} else {
+		if {[catch {set arg [ts fetch $file]}] || $arg eq "0"} {
+			::auto::log "ts load failed." 0
+			$q update "FAILED" "Could not load .ts file" 1
+			continue
+		}
 	}
 
 	::auto::dsc
@@ -186,7 +198,7 @@ for {set qq [::auto::pending]} {[llength $qq]} {set qq [::auto::pending]} {
 	set ::auto::logprefix "$plugin:$::auto::logprefix"
 
 	set st [clock milliseconds]
-	lassign [::auto::runplugin $plugin dequeue $q $ts] code msg next
+	lassign [::auto::runplugin $plugin dequeue $q $arg] code msg next
 	set ::auto::logprefix $ologprefix
 	set elapsed [::auto::elapsed $st]
 
@@ -200,7 +212,7 @@ for {set qq [::auto::pending]} {[llength $qq]} {set qq [::auto::pending]} {
 	    }
 	    "OK" {
 		$q update "COMPLETE" $msg 1 $elapsed
-		::auto::runplugins dequeued $plugin $q $ts
+		::auto::runplugins dequeued $plugin $q $arg
 	    }
 	    "DEFER" {
 		if {$next ne ""} { $q set start $next }
diff --git a/webif/lib/queue.class b/webif/lib/queue.class
index ceb80bd..a3f99fa 100644
--- a/webif/lib/queue.class
+++ b/webif/lib/queue.class
@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ class queue {
 	last		0
 }
 
+proc {queue key} {o} {
+	set type "string"
+	catch { set type [getref $o] }
+	switch -- $type {
+		ts	{ return [file normalize [$o get file]] }
+		default	{
+			if {[string first :// $o] != -1} {
+				return $o
+			}
+			return "file://$o"
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 # Queue status values:
 #	PENDING
 #	FAILED
@@ -119,21 +133,23 @@ proc {queue fetch} {file action} {
 	return {}
 }
 
-proc {queue insert} {args ts action} {
+proc {queue insert} {args file action} {
 	set db [queue dbhandle]
 
 	set status "PENDING"
 	if {"-hold" in $args} { set status "HOLD" }
 
+	set file [queue key $file]
+
 	$db query {
 		insert or ignore into queue(submitted, file, action, status)
 		values(%s, '%s', '%s', '%s')
-	} [clock seconds] [file normalize [$ts get file]] $action $status
+	} [clock seconds] $file $action $status
 
-	return [queue fetch [$ts get file] $action]
+	return [queue fetch $file $action]
 }
 
-proc {queue delete} {ts {action "*"}} {
+proc {queue delete} {file {action "*"}} {
 	set db [queue dbhandle]
 
 	set q "
@@ -145,7 +161,7 @@ proc {queue delete} {ts {action "*"}} {
 		append q " and action = '%s'"
 	}
 
-	$db query $q [file normalize [$ts get file]] $action
+	$db query $q [queue key $file] $action
 }
 
 proc {queue delete_by_id} {id} {
@@ -186,8 +202,8 @@ proc {queue hold} {id} {
 	$db query $q $id
 }
 
-proc {queue status} {ts} {
-	if {$ts eq "0"} { return "" }
+proc {queue status} {file} {
+	if {$file eq "0"} { return "" }
 
 	set db [queue dbhandle]
 
@@ -196,7 +212,7 @@ proc {queue status} {ts} {
 		from queue
 		where file = '%s'
 		and status not in ('COMPLETE', 'FAILED', 'HOLD')
-	} [file normalize [$ts get file]]]
+	} [queue key $file]]
 
 	set q ""
 	if {[llength $ret] == 1} {
@@ -205,8 +221,8 @@ proc {queue status} {ts} {
 	return $q
 }
 
-proc {queue check} {ts {q "any"}} {
-	set queues [split [queue status $ts] ,]
+proc {queue check} {file {q "any"}} {
+	set queues [split [queue status $file] ,]
 	if {$q eq "any" && [llength $queues]} {
 		return 1
 	}