(2020-08-25, 15:18)emveepee Wrote: (2020-07-20, 16:58)Dumyat Wrote:
I thought of something looking at another issues last night. Are the m3u links to a ts stream or an m3u8 file? If so and if NextPVR doesn't find the ts/m3u8 extension inn the URL it uses the HEAD command and if that isn't supported by the server then it will transcode which would explain a delay and potentially lost tracks.
Sometimes it is as simple as appending a parameter like ?.ts or &.ts to the URL to fake out NextPVR, since the server will typically ignore unused parameters.
Martin
Hi Martin,
Apologies, for the delay in replying as I didn't see your until today.
The channel List that I can download from my E2 device is in M3U8 Format.
Have just downloaded my main Entertainment Group and following details are included:-
tvg-chno, tvg-logo, tvg-id, tvg-name, and then the channel stream details underneath, which following this format:-
http://192.xxx.x.xx:8001/1:0:19:22C5:80D...0000:0:0:0:
http://192.xxx.x.xx:8001/1:0:19:1B1C:802...0000:0:0:0:
At the very top underneath #EXTM3U it is has #EXTVLCOPT--http-reconnect=true.
#EXTVLCOPT is also listed for each channel, but I didn't include these details in the M3U8 I created to use with when testing with NextPVR (Mainly because I didn't know exactly what it was or if it was needed).
I downloaded the latest server last week and tested the few IPTV channels I had left in my current config.
Channels were still quite slow to open, but previously the HD Channels I had created just wouldn't play period. This time, they did attempt to play but were marred with a constant buffer, ie 2 secs of playback, then maybe 4 secs of buffering and so on. Standard Definition channels played without issue, but as I say were still slow to open and change channel.
With regard to the slow channel openings and switches when using Timeshift Mode for both my Tuner card channels and these IPTV channels, I'm currently using the default decoder settings and I did wonder if that might have some bearing on the situation or if changing any of these settings would be at the expense of the super fast channel switches I'm getting currently using real time mode. These are my current settings:-
A couple of other things I've noticed.
Since upgrading the server last week, I'm seeing quite regular picture distortion/picture break-up for my tuner card channels. I normally only get such behaviour due to poor atmospheric conditions, but weather has not been particularly adverse recently.
Also, for some of my channels I'm not getting any Audio Channel data returned on my OSD. At first, I thought it was just the HD channels affected, but also seems to affect a couple of my standard definition as well. Not a huge problem....Was more curious what might be causing the issue and if there was something I wasn't doing in my config?
Cheers