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IPTV configuration - Maniac - 2012-12-11

How does one set up the IPTV in tvheadend so that it works with http streams?
E.g. this type of streams: http://188.60.100.60:8080/stream/?channel=foxnews?player=http

I tryed placing it in the Group column, but it does not work. Do I have to convert my streams to udp streams?

I've been told that tvheadend does support http streams as iptv services.

RE: IPTV configuration - adamsutton - 2012-12-11

You've been correctly informed, HTTP input is not supported. It wouldn't be a massive job to add it but you need to find someone with the time and inclination.

Adam

RE: IPTV configuration - Maniac - 2012-12-11

Ah, I was afraid of that Sad
So there are no backends that support http as input?

Thank you for your reply.

RE: IPTV configuration - Roman_V_M - 2012-12-11

(2012-12-11, 16:14)Maniac Wrote: Ah, I was afraid of that Sad
So there are no backends that support http as input?

Thank you for your reply.

It's not exactly a backend, but pvr.demo addon allows to watch any kind of streams (http, udp, rtsp), but with limited features: no EPG or recording support.

RE: IPTV configuration - Maniac - 2012-12-11

@Roman, hehe yeah I know Smile I am using that one. Would be nice to have at least EPG in the future. recording is not important.



RE: IPTV configuration - ntadej - 2012-12-11

Try VDR. It's difficult to configure, but I think it supports http streams (that's why I stick to tvheadend Wink).

RE: IPTV configuration - Maniac - 2012-12-12

Yes VDR was an option, but as I could understand it does not have EPG support for simple http streams. VDR reads EPG via the channel, http streams do not containt that data.

In other words, no XMLTV epg support Smile

RE: IPTV configuration - ntadej - 2012-12-12

VDR supports XMLTV. www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/Xmltv2vdr-plugin

RE: IPTV configuration - Maniac - 2012-12-12

Ah nice Smile didn't know they had a plugin for that Smile maybe I should look into this, but it does look hard to setup and configure, never used a linux OS...

RE: IPTV configuration - ray1112 - 2012-12-13

(2012-12-11, 23:20)ntadej Wrote: Try VDR. It's difficult to configure, but I think it supports http streams (that's why I stick to tvheadend Wink).
"Currently the IPTV plugin has direct support for both multicast UDP/RTP and unicast HTTP MPEG1/2 transport streams."
http://www.saunalahti.fi/rahrenbe/vdr/iptv/
There is no support for HTTP with h264 video stream.



RE: IPTV configuration - k_bury87 - 2013-01-17

Hi everyone, any chance somebody could explain to me how to setup some udp channels in TvHeadend so that they will play in xbmc? basically I can add sm channels on the configuration page of TvHeadend, however nothing I add will play. If anybody has some working channels that I could use to test my setup, could you please share?

RE: IPTV configuration - negge - 2013-05-17

(2013-01-17, 13:40)k_bury87 Wrote: Hi everyone, any chance somebody could explain to me how to setup some udp channels in TvHeadend so that they will play in xbmc? basically I can add sm channels on the configuration page of TvHeadend, however nothing I add will play. If anybody has some working channels that I could use to test my setup, could you please share?

I'm facing the same problem. I've added some IPTV services that work when played in VLC, but not in XBMC.