[mythtv-commits] Ticket #12450: IPTV channel search not working - missing channel number in playlist

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#12450: IPTV channel search not working - missing channel number in playlist
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 Reporter:  glenn@…                              |          Owner:
     Type:  Bug Report - General                 |         Status:
                                                 |  infoneeded_new
 Priority:  minor                                |      Milestone:  unknown
Component:  MythTV - Recording                   |        Version:
                                                 |  Unspecified
 Severity:  medium                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  backend setup, channels, iptv, m3u,  |  Ticket locked:  0
  channels not showing up                        |
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Comment (by dekarl):

 * The best way would be for AVM to correctly rewrite the transmitted PAT
 to only list the one program that is actually present in the stream
 instead of copying the complete PAT from DVB-C with all programs. Other
 DVB->IP solutions do this properly, see e.g.
 http://www.mumudvb.net/doc/mumudvb-1.7.2/README.html#pat_rewrite
 * The second best way would be for AVM to automatically add the VLC style
 option #EXTVLCOPT:program=12345 (they already added another VLC option) to
 their playlist (The information is stored in the device already, as after
 all they filter by the program_number/service_id to only carry the
 relevant PIDs).
 * The last option would be to enhance MythTV's stream tasting to look for
 PMT presence, but as multiple PMTs can be transmitted on the same PID that
 may not be enough. So we need to write a lot of code, involving PID
 counting in case of multiple programs sharing streams (e.g. Euronews /
 regional variations of programs with dynamic PMT).

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Ticket URL: <https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/12450#comment:7>
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