[mythtv-users] Iptv

[Stephen Worthington]

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 11:22:37 -0500, you wrote:

>On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 8:43 PM, Stephen Worthington <
>stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:33:46 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>> >On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 7:55 PM, Stephen Worthington <
>> >stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:34:29 -0500, you wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> > trieli at mythtv:~$ ls -al /var/www/html
>> >> >> >total 24
>> >> >> >drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Feb 21 10:26 .
>> >> >> >drwxr-xr-x 4 root root  4096 May 26  2016 ..
>> >> >> >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11321 May 26  2016 index.html
>> >> >> >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    50 Feb 21 10:26 playlist.m3u
>> >> >> >trieli at mythtv:~$
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Is there anything wrong with these permissions?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> No.  The web server can read the files, as it runs as root.  So
>> access
>> >> >> to the files is then controlled by the web server.  Which will allow
>> >> >> you to access them from anywhere that has access to the web server -
>> >> >> it is not set up by default with any restrictions on access.  To
>> check
>> >> >> that it is working, run this from a (non-root) command prompt on that
>> >> >> box:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> wget http://127.0.0.1/playlist.m3u
>> >> >>
>> >> >> It should download a copy of the playlist.m3u file.
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >Thanks Stephen, that gives me this:
>> >> >trieli at mythtv:~$ wget http://127.0.0.1/playlist.m3u
>> >> >--2018-02-21 19:18:59--  http://127.0.0.1/playlist.m3u
>> >> >Connecting to 127.0.0.1:80... connected.
>> >> >HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
>> >> >Length: 50 [audio/x-mpegurl]
>> >> >Saving to: ‘playlist.m3u’
>> >> >
>> >> >playlist.m3u        100%[===================>]      50  --.-KB/s    in
>> 0s
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >2018-02-21 19:18:59 (3.47 MB/s) - ‘playlist.m3u’ saved [50/50]
>> >> >
>> >> >trieli at mythtv:~$
>> >> >
>> >> >So maybe this isn't right?
>> >>
>> >> That is all working correctly.
>> >>
>> >> >trieli at mythtv:~$ cat /var/www/html/playlist.m3u
>> >> >#EXTM3U
>> >> >https://watch.cbc.ca/live/channel/windsor
>> >> >trieli at mythtv:~$
>> >> >
>> >> >If the URL that I can stream on FireFox isn't what I should use, how
>> do I
>> >> >determine what to use? Or is something else wrong with my playlist?
>> >>
>> >> Your playlist.m3u file is not in the correct format.  It needs some
>> >> extra bits to make it work with MythTV.  Here is an example from my
>> >> file:
>> >>
>> >> #EXTINF:0,4061 - ESPN2
>> >> #EXTMYTHTV:xmltvid=espn2.sky.co.nz
>> >> #EXTVLCOPT:program=1222
>> >> rtsp://satip.jsw.gen.nz:554/?src=1&freq=12734&msys=dvbs&
>> >> plts=off&fec=34&pol=h&ro=0.35&sr=22500&mtype=qpsk&pids=0,311,1011,1111
>> >>
>> >> The #EXTINF: line is required and always has the 0, at the front, then
>> >> the channum value, a space, a - character, a space and then the
>> >> channel name (which, IIRC, gets put in both the name and callsign
>> >> fields in the database).  The #EXTMYTHTV: line always has the xmltvid=
>> >> bit and following that the correct xmltvid value to match the EPG data
>> >> you are using.  It is optional - if you do not have EPG for the
>> >> channel, do not use a #EXTMYTHTV: line.  The #EXTVLCOPT: line is also
>> >> optional - it always has a program= followed by the serviceid of the
>> >> channel.  You should not use #EXTVLCOPT: as your IPTV channels are
>> >> pure web streaming channels - mine come from tuners via minisatip and
>> >> do have serviceid values.
>> >>
>> >> There can also be problems with URLs that get redirected to a
>> >> different URL.  I think that redirection code was added to
>> >> mythbackend, so it should now handle that, but I have not tested it
>> >> myself.  If it does not, then you have to somehow track through the
>> >> redirection(s) and find the real URL and use that.
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>> >
>> >My bad, I assumed that the leading # meant it was commented out and
>> >therefore optional. How this:
>> >
>> > trieli at mythtv:~$ cat /var/www/html/playlist.m3u
>> >#EXTM3U
>> >#EXTINF:0,9_1 - CBC
>> >#EXTMYTHTV:xmltvid=72772
>> >https://watch.cbc.ca/live/channel/windsor
>> >trieli at mythtv:~$
>>
>> I do not think 9_1 would work as a channnum - the field in the
>> database is "varchar", but as far as I know, the value has to actually
>> be a positive integer number.  The rest looks fine.

>I edited the playlist:
> #EXTM3U
>#EXTINF:0,9 - CBET-DT
>#EXTMYTHTV:xmltvid=72772
>https://watch.cbc.ca/live/channel/windsor
>
>restarted apache2, scanned or channels, confirmed channel in the editor,
>but no program info populates when I exit BE and run mythfildatabase,
>Is this a scheduals direct issue, I've looked there but don't see how to
>crteate a HLS lineup.

There is no EPG on the streams, so yes, you will need to get that via
Schedules Direct.  If you go to the Guide and do M(enu) > Watch This
Channel, does it work?