- September 12, 2014
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Love MediaPortal 1! I've been using it for years, originally with the MePo client and for the last few years as a backend for Kodi. The TV Server support for the HD-PVR and IP channel tuning allows me to use MePo with DirecTV -- which works great.
My current interest is to get TV Server working with Plex, so I can use the HD-PVR with a cable TV box in a remote location. This local cable company has poor support for the HDHomeRun Prime (via CableCard), so using a capture box like the HD-PVR looks like a good option. Remote recording of OTA broadcasts is an area where Plex has really gotten good, and so I'd like to throw some remote cable box recording into the mix.
My plan is to use a virtual tuner for Plex, that supports M3U playlists, called xTeVe:
xTeVe - IPTV for Plex DVR
Based on an older post in this very forum, I believe I have what I need to be able to create an M3U playlist for all channels through MPExtended and WebMediaPortal:
is ther a mpextended plugin (slimtv) for mp1
Post #5 has some specific information about doing this, the problem is I don't understand how to go about it. Specifically, this part:
Can anyone decipher the above, and give me some additional detail on how to create an M3U playlist for all channels? It's easy enough to output an M3U for a single channel -- which, I've done and tested via VLC. So, the basics are all working. Here's what my M3U looks like for one channel:
I especially don't understand the first part beginning with SELECT. I this a database command? Or, is it some sort of HTML or other code I'm supposed to execute somewhere to generate the M3U playlist? Is that playlist then static, or does it have to be regenerated regularly? Why is the transcoder different, and what's the significance of that? Why does my single channel playlist have a continuationId and the example doesn't? More questions than answers at this point -- sorry.
The approach I'm planning to take would be:
TV Server --> MediaPortal Extended / WebMediaPortal --> xTeVe Virtual Tuner --> Plex Media Server
My current interest is to get TV Server working with Plex, so I can use the HD-PVR with a cable TV box in a remote location. This local cable company has poor support for the HDHomeRun Prime (via CableCard), so using a capture box like the HD-PVR looks like a good option. Remote recording of OTA broadcasts is an area where Plex has really gotten good, and so I'd like to throw some remote cable box recording into the mix.
My plan is to use a virtual tuner for Plex, that supports M3U playlists, called xTeVe:
xTeVe - IPTV for Plex DVR
Based on an older post in this very forum, I believe I have what I need to be able to create an M3U playlist for all channels through MPExtended and WebMediaPortal:
is ther a mpextended plugin (slimtv) for mp1
Post #5 has some specific information about doing this, the problem is I don't understand how to go about it. Specifically, this part:
Can anyone decipher the above, and give me some additional detail on how to create an M3U playlist for all channels? It's easy enough to output an M3U for a single channel -- which, I've done and tested via VLC. So, the basics are all working. Here's what my M3U looks like for one channel:
I especially don't understand the first part beginning with SELECT. I this a database command? Or, is it some sort of HTML or other code I'm supposed to execute somewhere to generate the M3U playlist? Is that playlist then static, or does it have to be regenerated regularly? Why is the transcoder different, and what's the significance of that? Why does my single channel playlist have a continuationId and the example doesn't? More questions than answers at this point -- sorry.
The approach I'm planning to take would be:
TV Server --> MediaPortal Extended / WebMediaPortal --> xTeVe Virtual Tuner --> Plex Media Server
