MERGING MediaPortal Url Source Splitter & IPTV Filter (3 Viewers)

[georgius]

@georgius
Question about internet (non-MPEG 2 TS) streams: would it be possible for the source filter to deliver the "raw" data, TV Server to write the raw data to file (dump filter instead of TsWriter), and LAV (or other splitter) to read the stream successfully from file?
If so, this might be easier, faster and more reliable than converting all to MPEG 2 TS.

Possibly yes, but I think that it will not work. Many splitters require to know exact file file size to read data from end of file.

 

[nikos1671]

Hi
How can i play this kind of url? http://starhdlive2-lh.akamaihd.net/i/live_1@181243/master.m3u8
I have try to scanned like a channel but no succes.

Thanks
Nikos

 

[georgius]

Hi
How can i play this kind of url? http://starhdlive2-lh.akamaihd.net/i/live_1@181243/master.m3u8
I have try to scanned like a channel but no succes.

Thanks
Nikos

Exactly this type of playlist is not supported. But playlist itself contain:

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=608000,RESOLUTION=480x270,CODECS="avc1.77.30, mp4a.40.2"
http://starhdlive2-lh.akamaihd.net/i/live_1@181243/index_608_av-p.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=608000,RESOLUTION=480x270,CODECS="avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2"
http://starhdlive2-lh.akamaihd.net/i/live_1@181243/index_608_av-b.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=2128000,RESOLUTION=640x360,CODECS="avc1.77.30, mp4a.40.2"
http://starhdlive2-lh.akamaihd.net/i/live_1@181243/index_2128_av-p.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=2128000,RESOLUTION=640x360,CODECS="avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2"
http://starhdlive2-lh.akamaihd.net/i/live_1@181243/index_2128_av-b.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=128000,CODECS="mp4a.40.2"
http://starhdlive2-lh.akamaihd.net/i/live_1@181243/index_608_a-p.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=128000,CODECS="mp4a.40.2"
http://starhdlive2-lh.akamaihd.net/i/live_1@181243/index_608_a-b.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on

Just choose one url (I supposes that first or second should be fine) and try scan again.

 

[Nervesagent]

So if I get this right, all this plug does is make more types of IPTV streams "scannable" and available in the TV-section than the standard MP iptv filter right?
I was hoping it would have a proper channel testing/auto adding tested channels function to predefined channel group for like those iptv.blogspot.com playlists of which 90% is dead by the time you can add them. Still a nice addition! Got it not to crash my TV-server at my office, so will try again at home some time soon when the wife lets me fiddle with it again.

 

[georgius]

So if I get this right, all this plug does is make more types of IPTV streams "scannable" and available in the TV-section than the standard MP iptv filter right?
I was hoping it would have a proper channel testing/auto adding tested channels function to predefined channel group for like those iptv.blogspot.com playlists of which 90% is dead by the time you can add them. Still a nice addition! Got it not to crash my TV-server at my office, so will try again at home some time soon when the wife lets me fiddle with it again.

Against standard MediaPortal IPTV filter it has support of m3u8 playlists (Apple HTTP Live Streaming). Now I'm working on transcoding to MPEG2 TS to be able to use all protocols in TV Service.

 

[subaquatic]

Many thanks in advance for the hours you spend coding.

I can load my playlist in the plugin and the channel test OK with the green check mark. However, they are not detected during a scan.

The playlist has URLs like this:

http://123.45.67.89:1234/liveedge/smil:edge02.smil/playlist.m3u8

That playlist.m3u8 file contains:

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=3500000
chunklist_w1819168187_b3500000.m3u

and the chunklist_w1819168187_b3500000.m3u file contains:

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE:YES
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:12
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:11088
#EXTINF:10.778,
media_w1819168187_b3500000_11088.ts
#EXTINF:10.31,
media_w1819168187_b3500000_11089.ts
#EXTINF:10.01,
media_w1819168187_b3500000_11090.ts

I believe this is an Apple HLS version 3, which is supported as of a few days ago. Is there a different way to scan for the channels when using the plugin?

Thanks!

 

[georgius]

Please, attach logs from scanning.

 

[subaquatic]

Many thanks in advance for the hours you spend coding.

I can load my playlist in the plugin and the channel test OK with the green check mark. However, they are not detected during a scan.

The playlist has URLs like this:

http://123.45.67.89:1234/liveedge/smil:edge02.smil/playlist.m3u8

That playlist.m3u8 file contains:

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=3500000
chunklist_w1819168187_b3500000.m3u

and the chunklist_w1819168187_b3500000.m3u file contains:

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE:YES
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:12
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:11088
#EXTINF:10.778,
media_w1819168187_b3500000_11088.ts
#EXTINF:10.31,
media_w1819168187_b3500000_11089.ts
#EXTINF:10.01,
media_w1819168187_b3500000_11090.ts

I believe this is an Apple HLS version 3, which is supported as of a few days ago. Is there a different way to scan for the channels when using the plugin?

Thanks!

Sorry, new to the forum. thanks for checking.

 

[georgius]

Many thanks in advance for the hours you spend coding.

I can load my playlist in the plugin and the channel test OK with the green check mark. However, they are not detected during a scan.

The playlist has URLs like this:

http://123.45.67.89:1234/liveedge/smil:edge02.smil/playlist.m3u8

That playlist.m3u8 file contains:

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=3500000
chunklist_w1819168187_b3500000.m3u

and the chunklist_w1819168187_b3500000.m3u file contains:

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE:YES
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:12
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:11088
#EXTINF:10.778,
media_w1819168187_b3500000_11088.ts
#EXTINF:10.31,
media_w1819168187_b3500000_11089.ts
#EXTINF:10.01,
media_w1819168187_b3500000_11090.ts

I believe this is an Apple HLS version 3, which is supported as of a few days ago. Is there a different way to scan for the channels when using the plugin?

Thanks!

Sorry, new to the forum. thanks for checking.

You have to replace url in scan playlist to

http://123.45.67.89:1234/liveedge/smil:edge02.smil/chunklist_w1819168187_b3500000.m3u

The first playlist in url

http://123.45.67.89:1234/liveedge/smil:edge02.smil/playlist.m3u8

is master playlist, which is not supported. Supported are only media playlists.

 

[subaquatic]

That did it! Thanks!