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I have a very specific scenario here. I have a stream file (.strm) that points to a .m3u8 stream. I am able to play this stream but it doesn't pick the highest quality. The .m3u8 file: #EXTM3U #EXT-X-VERSION:3 #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=614000,AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH=564000,RESOLUTION=480x270,CODECS="avc1.77.30,mp4a.40.2" 270/prog_index.m3u8 #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=1118000,AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH=1028000,RESOLUTION=640x360,CODECS="avc1.77.30,mp4a.40.2" 360/prog_index.m3u8 #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=1998000,AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH=1828000,RESOLUTION=960x540,CODECS="avc1.77.30,mp4a.40.2" 540/prog_index.m3u8 #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=3318000,AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH=3028000,RESOLUTION=1280x720,CODECS="avc1.77.30,mp4a.40.2" 720/prog_index.m3u8 Emby is not picking the 1280x720 stream. It is using the 480x270 stream. I have a excellent internet connection and am able to even stream 4k comfortably. Why would a 720p stream be difficult for Emby? I have also set 4k as home network quality. I get about 100mpbs download speeds.

Hello, im using a Enigma2 receiver with OpenATV 7.x. I created a *.m3u8 from the OpenWebIF-Plugin. (see screenshot) If i copy the m3u8 file to my Synology DS720+ and add it in Emby as a M3U-Tuner, i can´t see any channels. On my Windows 11 Computer with e.g. VLCplayer its working just fine. Can someone tell me, what am I doing wrong? Thanks

Hi Uninstall Xml TV plugin. i had the same problem. it looks like the plugin is giving the problem. When you uninstall it you will not have epg( Tv Guide working) or images. Hope that it will be fix soon. Best Regards

after a while of searching for a solution, I found some posts here in the community dealing with my same problem, but from Live TV Channels. My situation is similar but I want to watch my movies and series that are in m3u8 links, but Emby only picks the first link of the playlist that appears, which in this case are in 480p quality. I saw that in version 4.7+ you put a mechanism to change the streams that Emby recognizes, but this was only implemented on Live TV right? But what about movies and series in m3u8? It is still necessary to put this option to change the quality streams when watching movies and series that are added in m3u8 link via .STRM file!

Hey guys, Adding and creating playlists in Emby is a long and nerve-wrecking process, but with this tool you can add m3u8 playlists made with other media players (e.g. VLC) to Emby. I'm not a good coder and this tool is in an early state, if you could give me feedback, that would be great. To get the tool working, read the Readme and if it still doesn't work, you can ask me here and I try to answer. I hope someone will find a good usage in this. Playlist Maker.zip

Hello, when I add channels from this stream emby server, it plays me a few seconds and then it closes. Could you tell me why this happens? http://185.246.211.77:25461/live/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/26129.m3u8

I have a .m3u8 file that looks something like this: #EXTM3U #EXT-X-VERSION:3 #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=614000,AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH=564000,RESOLUTION=480x270,CODECS="avc1.77.30,mp4a.40.2" https://example.com/270/prog_index.m3u8 #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=1118000,AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH=1028000,RESOLUTION=640x360,CODECS="avc1.77.30,mp4a.40.2" https://example.com/360/prog_index.m3u8 This is a valid streaming file and the servers are responding. The file works in VLC and using ffmpeg command line. However when trying to play the file in Emby it fails. Here is my log (where [EXAMPLE_FILE] is emby's .mp4 output): 2019-12-02 21:28:36.671 Info App: ProcessRun 'StreamTranscode 3931b4' Execute: /opt/emby-server/bin/ffmpeg -loglevel +timing -f mp4 -i file:"/home/[EXAMPLE_FILE].mp4" -threads 0 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -sn -c:v:0 libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -maxrate 2914608 -bufsize 5829216 -preset veryfast -profile:v:0 high -level:v:0 4.1 -crf 23 -x264opts:0 subme=0:me_range=4:rc_lookahead=10:me=dia:no_chroma_me:8x8dct=0:partitions=none -g:v:0 72 -keyint_min:v:0 72 -sc_threshold:v:0 0 -copyts -vsync -1 -codec:a:0 libmp3lame -disposition:a:0 default -ac:a:0 2 -ab:a:0 63903 -f segment -max_delay 5000000 -avoid_negative_ts disabled -map_metadata -1 -map_chapters -1 -start_at_zero -segment_time 3 -individual_header_trailer 0 -segment_format mpegts -segment_write_temp 1 -segment_list_type m3u8 -segment_start_number 0 -segment_list "/var/lib/emby/transcoding-temp/cea4a7824123e700ac386c08c4969e3c.m3u8" -y "/var/lib/emby/transcoding-temp/cea4a7824123e700ac386c08c4969e3c%d.ts" 2019-12-02 21:28:36.759 Info App: ProcessRun 'StreamTranscode 3931b4' Process exited with code 1 2019-12-02 21:28:36.798 Error HttpServer: Error processing request *** Error Report *** Version: 4.3.0.30 Command line: /opt/emby-server/system/EmbyServer.dll -programdata /var/lib/emby -ffdetect /opt/emby-server/bin/ffdetect -ffmpeg /opt/emby-server/bin/ffmpeg -ffprobe /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -restartexitcode 3 -updatepackage emby-server-deb_{version}_amd64.deb Operating system: Unix 5.2.0.2 64-Bit OS: True 64-Bit Process: True User Interactive: True Runtime: file:///opt/emby-server/system/System.Private.CoreLib.dll Processor count: 2 Program data path: /var/lib/emby Application directory: /opt/emby-server/system System.Exception: System.Exception: Error starting ffmpeg at Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Api.BaseStreamingService.StartFfMpeg(StreamState state, String outputPath, CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource, Boolean acquireResources) at Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Api.Hls.DynamicHlsService.GetDynamicSegment(StreamRequest request, String playlistId, String segmentId, Int32 subtitleStreamIndex) at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceController.GetTaskResult(Task task) at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceHandler.ProcessRequestAsync(HttpListenerHost appHost, IRequest httpReq, IResponse httpRes, RestPath restPath, String responseContentType, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer.HttpListenerHost.RequestHandler(IRequest httpReq, ReadOnlyMemory`1 urlString, ReadOnlyMemory`1 localPath, CancellationToken cancellationToken) Source: Emby.Server.MediaEncoding TargetSite: Void MoveNext() I know the correct ffmpeg command for this (similar example): ffmpeg -protocol_whitelist file,http,https,tcp,tls -i "org_file.m3u8" -c copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc output.mp4 If all else fails I can change the source code to match the above code.

Is there a way to export or access the list fo channels in Emby thru m3u like people are doing to access some live tv tuner in TvHeadend by using this type of url? http://YourTVHeadendIP:9981/playlist/channels.m3u The reason I need this, is to try to see if using this url in Live Channels will work or not. Brief, I'm looking for the equivalent of the above in Emby as it''s provided by Tvheadend to expose the channels to other apps.

Hi, I've been trying to use TuneIn to listen to streaming radio as my local reception is pretty bad because of localized interference. It worked well when I was running the 3.2.x.x versions of Emby-Server. I upgraded to the 3.5.x.x version as my Rokus insisted on it in early August after the Roku Emby client was updated. Since then TuneIn will not play any of the streams regardless of client (both browser or Roku). I can navigate within TuneIn and select stations, but all I visually see is the spinner. Here is a server log file from my most recent attempt (Chrome browser was the client). server.txt There was no ffmpeg log file. Looking at the logs it keeps complaining about not being able to find a handler for the live.m3u8 URLs, and ContainerNotSupported. Searching the forums, I see this is something that seems to happen with some frequency, but I didn't see any applicable solutions to remedy this myself. Would appreciate any advice/assistance to correct this.