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<blockquote data-quote="velis" data-source="post: 1146243" data-attributes="member: 96429">I haven't been debugging the provider's network traffic, but this is usually how it goes:You get webepg. Each channel has its own ID. Each show has its own ID. Both are part of EPG definition, so the data is there. Aside from actually posting one such record, I don't really see what more I can do here.[code]&lt;programme id=&quot;3438628&quot; start=&quot;20140601111000 +0000&quot; stop=&quot;20140601120000 +0000&quot; channel=&quot;Viasat Nature&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &lt;title&gt;The Wild&lt;/title&gt;&nbsp; &lt;description&gt;The magnificent dancing dragons&lt;/description&gt;&nbsp; &lt;genre&gt;documentary&lt;/genre&gt;&lt;/programme&gt;[/code]Then you have to issue a RTSP request (MPIPTVFilter)[code]rtsp://239.10.1.9/timeshift/3438628[/code]The IP address is IP of the server that handles &quot;Viasat Nature&quot;The number at the end is the show ID as received in the EPG.The format of the URL most probably differs significantly from provider to provider. I can definitely see variants where channel id would be part of the parametres for one single RTSP server. The URL would have to be configurable.Edit: This is actually an &quot;alternate mode&quot; for each of the TV channels. Live TV is handled one way, while timeshifting is handled another. The UI would have to be modified such that it would offer the user to &quot;tune in to live video feed&quot; (as it does now when you select an entry in the EPG) or &quot;watch show from beginning&quot; (for all past shows). Also selection between the two when an ongoing show would be selected.Edit2: This could already be implemented for recorded TV shows: The EPG could mark such shows and if user selected them, the recording would begin to play. So the above mentioned menu now has 3 possible items: tune in to live, watch from beginning, watch recorded show.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="velis, post: 1146243, member: 96429"] I haven't been debugging the provider's network traffic, but this is usually how it goes: You get webepg. Each channel has its own ID. Each show has its own ID. Both are part of EPG definition, so the data is there. Aside from actually posting one such record, I don't really see what more I can do here. [code]<programme id="3438628" start="20140601111000 +0000" stop="20140601120000 +0000" channel="Viasat Nature"> <title>The Wild</title> <description>The magnificent dancing dragons</description> <genre>documentary</genre> </programme> [/code] Then you have to issue a RTSP request (MPIPTVFilter) [code]rtsp://239.10.1.9/timeshift/3438628[/code] The IP address is IP of the server that handles "Viasat Nature" The number at the end is the show ID as received in the EPG. The format of the URL most probably differs significantly from provider to provider. I can definitely see variants where channel id would be part of the parametres for one single RTSP server. The URL would have to be configurable. Edit: This is actually an "alternate mode" for each of the TV channels. Live TV is handled one way, while timeshifting is handled another. The UI would have to be modified such that it would offer the user to "tune in to live video feed" (as it does now when you select an entry in the EPG) or "watch show from beginning" (for all past shows). Also selection between the two when an ongoing show would be selected. Edit2: This could already be implemented for recorded TV shows: The EPG could mark such shows and if user selected them, the recording would begin to play. So the above mentioned menu now has 3 possible items: tune in to live, watch from beginning, watch recorded show. [/QUOTE]

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