ptmuldoon 0 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 I'm still new/exploring Emby, just recently setting up LiveTV with my IPTV provider and curious what everyone's thoughts are on the best/preferred setup. I currently run a Proxmox NAS with most things running in various containers or VMs. And I have a container running Emby; added my IPTV provider and can watch the LiveTV pretty well with no issues. But I'm also exploring options, and have setup containers for both NextPVR and xTeVE, and hope to experiment with TVHeadead later this week. Is using the 'built in' IPTV with Emby the best way? Or is it better/preferred to pass in the LiveTV it from NextPVR (Or other) into Emby? And is it preferred to keep them on separate containers/VMs, or run Emby, NextPVR (or other) all on the same container/VM? Does any see any speed or performance improvements one way over another? Thanks, PT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37317 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Hi @ptmuldoon have you tried using the built-in features? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2508 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 i have a combination of 2 iptv subs and a 3rd m3u from a local tv server that does nothing but manage the pcie cards. i would recommend iptvboss to provide emby with a fully curated m3u and xmltv file. emby's built in features are significantly behind the features in that tool. plus it gives you resilience. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EODCrafter 180 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) [redacted] Edited December 13, 2022 by ebr Removed link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsung2100 21 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, Spaceboy said: i have a combination of 2 iptv subs and a 3rd m3u from a local tv server that does nothing but manage the pcie cards. i would recommend iptvboss to provide emby with a fully curated m3u and xmltv file. emby's built in features are significantly behind the features in that tool. plus it gives you resilience. I use emby epg as it shows all the cover art with a personal text file with my channels works fine. If I was to choose TVheadend or STB-Proxy would be my choices on a dedi pc for channels only and remote into it for editing. Just a mini pc hard wired to your modem is all you need. Edited December 13, 2022 by samsung2100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsung2100 21 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 14/11/2022 at 19:27, ptmuldoon said: I'm still new/exploring Emby, just recently setting up LiveTV with my IPTV provider and curious what everyone's thoughts are on the best/preferred setup. I currently run a Proxmox NAS with most things running in various containers or VMs. And I have a container running Emby; added my IPTV provider and can watch the LiveTV pretty well with no issues. But I'm also exploring options, and have setup containers for both NextPVR and xTeVE, and hope to experiment with TVHeadead later this week. Is using the 'built in' IPTV with Emby the best way? Or is it better/preferred to pass in the LiveTV it from NextPVR (Or other) into Emby? And is it preferred to keep them on separate containers/VMs, or run Emby, NextPVR (or other) all on the same container/VM? Does any see any speed or performance improvements one way over another? Thanks, PT https://libreelec.tv/downloads/ Install that on a mini pc with tvheadend and add your channels link to emby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2508 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 52 minutes ago, samsung2100 said: I use emby epg as it shows all the cover art with a personal text file with my channels works fine. If I was to choose TVheadend or STB-Proxy would be my choices on a dedi pc for channels only and remote into it for editing. Just a mini pc hard wired to your modem is all you need. just a separate pc. iptvboss can be installed on the same machine as emby and has some critical benefits over your method. the only thing it cant do, which i think tv headend can, is layering of m3u's from multiple sources. but the OP doesnt mention that. and i have full cover art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EODCrafter 180 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) Why would you remove a link to a Github open source proxy that does nothing illegal @Luke? @ebr Edited December 13, 2022 by EODCrafter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EODCrafter 180 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, EODCrafter said: [redacted] Why? @Luke Oh wait, that was a Discord invite...Sry. Edited December 13, 2022 by EODCrafter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsung2100 21 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Spaceboy said: just a separate pc. iptvboss can be installed on the same machine as emby and has some critical benefits over your method. the only thing it cant do, which i think tv headend can, is layering of m3u's from multiple sources. but the OP doesnt mention that. and i have full cover art Sounds cool, I never used iptvboss I manually do everything myself, make and create my own servers right down to my own editing for m3u files adding 4 backup channels from other m3us if one is down it will play the next one in line automatic while showing only 1 channel in guide when there are 4. I'm very picky with my server and how it looks and works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EODCrafter 180 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) 54 minutes ago, samsung2100 said: Sounds cool, I never used iptvboss I manually do everything myself, make and create my own servers right down to my own editing for m3u files adding 4 backup channels from other m3us if one is down it will play the next one in line automatic while showing only 1 channel in guide when there are 4. I'm very picky with my server and how it looks and works Might as well Direct and Produce your own shows! All joking aside, what switches it to next stream if one is down? JC (We've been trying to solve that issue for 8 years now.) Edited December 13, 2022 by EODCrafter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsung2100 21 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 #EXTM3U #EXTINF:-1 CNN http://cnn.link.1 http://cnn.link.2 http://cnn.link.3 http://cnn.link.4 #EXTINF:-1 TBS http://tbs.link.1 http://tbs.link.2 http://tbs.link.3 http://tbs.link.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EODCrafter 180 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, samsung2100 said: #EXTM3U #EXTINF:-1 CNN http://cnn.link.1 http://cnn.link.2 http://cnn.link.3 http://cnn.link.4 #EXTINF:-1 TBS http://tbs.link.1 http://tbs.link.2 http://tbs.link.3 http://tbs.link.4 Links in a m3u tells emby to switch to next stream if one is down? I'm gonna have to call bullShi# on that 1. Edited December 14, 2022 by EODCrafter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsung2100 21 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Just now, EODCrafter said: Links in a m3u tells emby to switch to next stream if one is down? It switches automatic yes if 1 is down the next will play 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsung2100 21 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Try it for yourself, put 1 broken link first then a working one under it and play the channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EODCrafter 180 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, samsung2100 said: It switches automatic yes if 1 is down the next will play Did you reprogram Emby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EODCrafter 180 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Mine just throws an error and times out. Then I have to manually switch the channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EODCrafter 180 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 I do admit, I've never set up a m3u like that. My m3u has 100k channels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsung2100 21 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 (edited) This is a channel from pastebin as a test #EXTM3U #EXTINF:-0, CNN https://tve-live-lln.warnermediacdn.com/hls/live/xxxx/cnngo/cnn_slate/VIDEO_0_3564000.m3u8 https://tve-live-lln.warnermediacdn.com/hls/live/586495/cnngo/cnn_slate/VIDEO_0_3564000.m3u8 add that to a txt file, first link is broken second works, load it in emby or vlc player or any tv playing app. Edited December 14, 2022 by samsung2100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EODCrafter 180 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Yea, thanks. I'm not gonna mess with my server. It's been running for years. It would be cool if someone could make a program to do that automatically for several Providers/m3u's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsung2100 21 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 1 minute ago, EODCrafter said: Yea, thanks. I'm not gonna mess with my server. It's been running for years. It would be cool if someone could make a program to do that automatically for several Providers/m3u's. Try it with vlc player and tell me what it does ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EODCrafter 180 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, samsung2100 said: This is a channel from pastebin as a test #EXTM3U #EXTINF:-0,CNN https://tve-live-lln.warnermediacdn.com/hls/live/xxxx/cnngo/cnn_slate/VIDEO_0_3564000.m3u8 https://tve-live-lln.warnermediacdn.com/hls/live/586495/cnngo/cnn_slate/VIDEO_0_3564000.m3u8 add that to a txt file, first link is broken second works, load it in emby or vlc player or any tv playing app. Won't play anyway.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EODCrafter 180 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 (edited) Those cable streams only work on your network. encrypted end to end (https) Edited December 14, 2022 by EODCrafter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsung2100 21 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 It works for me, it tries the first link then goes and plays the channel fine with 2nd link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EODCrafter 180 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 1 minute ago, samsung2100 said: It works for me, it tries the first link then goes and plays the channel fine with 2nd link. I believe you, just not practical for 100k streams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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