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<blockquote data-quote="rb338" data-source="post: 1096116" data-attributes="member: 134920">Thanks! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Point taken. However: it seems it's also an unofficial standard to put the channel number in that position when it's an m3u for IPTV streams. In fact, when I used DVBLink software to import the same m3u file, it worked like a charm. When it comes to generating specific IPTV playlists for channel scanning (which this is) it would make sense to use the value supplied.For IPTV as well. I agree that for other formats (DVB-T/S/C) MediaPortal should use the numbers supplied by the provider, but in case of IPTV, the only option is using an m3u file.Thanks for thinking with me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I went for the less time consuming approach: I've opened the m3u file with a text editor and used find&amp;replace to turn the playlist into SQL UPDATE-statements for the channel table of the TvServer database.Right now I've got a file like:update channel set channelNumber = 1 where displayName = 'Nederland 1 HD'; /* 224.0.xxx.xxx:xxxx */update channel set channelNumber = 2 where displayName = 'Nederland 2 HD'; /* 224.0.xxx.xxx:xxxx */I simply executed the script from phpMyAdmin and that's all there was to it. Worked like a charm!But I still feel that MediaPortal should pick up the number from the m3u file <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="rb338, post: 1096116, member: 134920"] Thanks! :) Point taken. However: it seems it's also an unofficial standard to put the channel number in that position when it's an m3u for IPTV streams. In fact, when I used DVBLink software to import the same m3u file, it worked like a charm. When it comes to generating specific IPTV playlists for channel scanning (which this is) it would make sense to use the value supplied. For IPTV as well. I agree that for other formats (DVB-T/S/C) MediaPortal should use the numbers supplied by the provider, but in case of IPTV, the only option is using an m3u file. Thanks for thinking with me :) I went for the less time consuming approach: I've opened the m3u file with a text editor and used find&replace to turn the playlist into SQL UPDATE-statements for the channel table of the TvServer database. Right now I've got a file like: update channel set channelNumber = 1 where displayName = 'Nederland 1 HD'; /* 224.0.xxx.xxx:xxxx */ update channel set channelNumber = 2 where displayName = 'Nederland 2 HD'; /* 224.0.xxx.xxx:xxxx */ I simply executed the script from phpMyAdmin and that's all there was to it. Worked like a charm! But I still feel that MediaPortal should pick up the number from the m3u file ;) [/QUOTE]

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