lifespeed 42 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 (edited) I would like to watch a local TV station called Northbay TV that is too far away for my antenna to pull in. If you go to their web page, it looks like they are making a concerted effort to offer their programming over the internet. I am not at all familiar with making IPTV available within the Emby client/server environment. Can anybody point me in the right direction to set this up? Further, is Northbay TV making their programming available in the "standard" format to include in Emby server. My understanding is an IPTV "plugin" is no longer required, are instructions posted somewhere as to how to set this up? I see they offer the usual apps for IOS and Android, but I would much prefer integration into Emby. I see they have an "over the air" link to click on the web page, perhaps I need to connect Emby to this URL somehow? Thanks, Lifespeed Edited June 29, 2017 by lifespeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 28603 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 Well Emby can't connect to a web page, so you need to find the actual video url, if they make it available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 I viewed the source of their webpage for viewing over the air TV and found a URL in there. Is this what you mean? I'm still completely clueless as to how/where to integrate playlists (?) into Emby server. jwplayer("player").setup({ playlist: [{ sources: [{ file:'http://d6zakd3y10kfd.cloudfront.net/hls-live/livepkgr/_definst_/liveevent/nbtv.m3u8', label: "720p HD" }] }], Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdiesel 1061 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 Try installing the IPTV plugin from the catalog and adding the URL you posted above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 Try installing the IPTV plugin from the catalog and adding the URL you posted above. Supposedly the IPTV plugin is no longer necessary. I added the URL to Emby server Live TV as an "M3U tuner", and several "channels" showed up in the guide without artwork or other detail. But I only get the spinning circle when I try to play those channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 28603 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 because that m3u8 is a single video stream, not a listing of channels. That is why it doesn't work as a tuner source. Please consult our live tv wiki: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Live%20TV Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 (edited) Created a .M3U playlist below and added it as a M3U tuner in Emby server Live TV, then refreshed the guide (not sure this was needed). But it doesn't show up in the guide. I can play the URL directly using MPC-BE player, so it is a valid stream. Any idea what I am doing wrong? #EXTM3U http://d6zakd3y10kfd.cloudfront.net/hls-live/livepkgr/_definst_/liveevent/nbtv.m3u8 Edit: Looks like I may need an #EXTINF statement with the description of the channel per the link above, will try later. Thanks! Edited June 29, 2017 by lifespeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdiesel 1061 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 (edited) Created a .M3U playlist below and added it as a M3U tuner in Emby server Live TV, then refreshed the guide (not sure this was needed). But it doesn't show up in the guide. I can play the URL directly using MPC-BE player, so it is a valid stream. Any idea what I am doing wrong? #EXTM3U http://d6zakd3y10kfd.cloudfront.net/hls-live/livepkgr/_definst_/liveevent/nbtv.m3u8 Try #EXTM3U #EXTINF:-1,NBTV http://d6zakd3y10kfd.cloudfront.net/hls-live/livepkgr/_definst_/liveevent/nbtv.m3u8 Edited June 29, 2017 by Jdiesel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 Try #EXTM3U #EXTINF:-1,NBTV http://d6zakd3y10kfd.cloudfront.net/hls-live/livepkgr/_definst_/liveevent/nbtv.m3u8 Thanks, that works! Is it possible to change the channel number (-1 above?) to the actual virtual channel and include it in my SchedulesDirect guide configuration to pull in guide data? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 because that m3u8 is a single video stream, not a listing of channels. That is why it doesn't work as a tuner source. Please consult our live tv wiki: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Live%20TV Thanks. Thanks for the link, very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 28603 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Just click Help wherever you see it in the emby web interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted July 1, 2017 Author Share Posted July 1, 2017 There are several different .M3U file formats listed in the xmplayer guide, which are supported, ACE streams, xmplayer, Borpas, etc? So far all I can get to work is the simplest format above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 28603 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 the simple one is what we've implemented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegibbons 1247 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Hi There is a ton of stuff on the forums about the correct format of the m3u line, some written by myself, but as a hint channel-id tag is used to specify the channel to be used by emby internally and tvg-id should be set to the Schedules direct channel-id to map the epg data correctly. Krs Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted July 1, 2017 Author Share Posted July 1, 2017 How about a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegibbons 1247 Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Whilst not really here to be your search engine an example of the last I wrote on the subject https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/48652-automating-line-ups-m3u/&do=findComment&comment=462085 Krs Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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