IPTV m3u format not working

[frank@…]

Hi,

I use an IPTV Server (Kathrein) and produced a m3u playlist using EyeTV. For VLC the list is working fine but freebox in mythtv does not recognize any channels.

So I think that the playlist is in a wrong format. It would be great if you could help me.

Here are some lines of the m3u list:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:0,1 Das Erste
http://192.168.0.57/?src=1&msys=dvbs&mtype=qpsk&freq=11836.00&sr=27500&pol=h&fec=34&pids=0,16,17,18,20,101,102,103,104,84,1176,2070,2171,106,105,100,101
#EXTINF:0,2 Das Erste HD
http://192.168.0.57/?src=1&msys=dvbs2&mtype=qpsk&freq=11494.00&sr=22000&pol=h&fec=23&pids=0,16,17,18,20,5102,5104,5106,5101,5105,5100,5101

Thanks,

Frank.

[Karl Egly]

Yes, I think we don't support this variant (just a space between channel number and channel name) right now.

For a SAT>IP device I'd expect the format to be "channel number, full stop, space, channel name" e.g. "1. Das Erste"

Here is the playlist for out unit test for SAT>IP style playlists ​https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/blob/fixes/0.28/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/test/test_iptvrecorder/test_iptvrecorder.h#L125-L131

As a quick workaround you can download the playlist and edit the format.

Can you give some details on the IPTV server device and the version of MythTV that you are running?

[frank@…]

Thank you very much for your answer. I will try to build a playlist on my own as a workaround.

The IPTV Server is a Kathrein EXIP 414. Because this server is not able to serve a M3U list I created this list in "M3U8" Format using EyeTV on MacOS.

Currently I try to use MythTV on MacOS using the latest MacPorts? package including MythTV 0.27

[frank@…]

I am afraid but I can't get a modified playlist to work. I changed the list to this format

#EXTM3U

#EXTINF:0,1. Das Erste

​http://192.168.0.57/?src=1&msys=dvbs&mtype=qpsk&freq=11836.00&sr=27500&pol=h&fec=34&pids=0,16,17,18,20,101,102,103,104,84,1176,2070,2171,106,105,100,101[[BR]]

So the first two lines should now match the parsers expectations but the third line does not. E.g. for the parser it should begin with "rtp..." but mine starts with "http...".

With this format still no senders are found. Any idea for this?

THANKS!

[Karl Egly]

I lost track of this. Can you clarify the version you are running? MPEG-TS over http should work on fixes/0.28

[paul-h]

No reply in 3 years. There has been some changes since that allowed more formats to be recognized which may have fixed the in initial problem.

Please try version 31.0 when released and reopen if still not working.