revengineer 125 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I have a new IPTV provider that uses the same tvg-id for multiple channels in the m3u file, e.g., tvg-id="Global.ca". The tvg-name differs. It seems that only the last channel with a given tvg-id is shown in the TV guide and channel list. Please fix to show all channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 tvg-id is how we uniquely identify them. It's possible in the future to revise this but it's not going to change very easily in the short term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revengineer 125 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 tvg-id is how we uniquely identify them. It's possible in the future to revise this but it's not going to change very easily in the short term. Ok, thanks. In this case, I may just use the file instead of the URL and edit the edit by hand. Just be aware that some IPTV provider are sloppy with this ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revengineer 125 Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 I am wondering whether you are using the wrong tag to identify the channels. When I load the m3u file into an m3u editor, the tvg-id is listed in the EPG column. This indicates that it identifies the guide to be used. Many channels have standard and high definition channels. While the channels are different the guide is the same. Using tvg-id to identify channels, seems to result in either the SD or HD channel to be dropped dependent on which one is listed first. I believe the tvg-name tag should be used instead to identify the channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Tvg name is just a display name and is subject to frequent changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revengineer 125 Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 Frequent changes of the tvg-name seems to be an issue with the IPTV provider. Since there does not seem to be a near time solution, I have edited my m3u file by hand to eliminate the SD channels with the same tvg-id. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegibbons 1267 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) Ah! This old chestnut! There is still an issue with similar channel streams i.e SD/HD and mapping to the same guide data. Yes the tvg-id has to match the guide channel-id in the guide data BUT i am not sure why the tvg-id NEEDS to be unique within the m3u and why the same id cannot multimap to the same guide data. I have run in to this issue again very recently. Schedules Direct USED TO have seperate ids for both SD/HD channels so no problem. However, since the SD uk sky guide shake up at the end of December the multiple versions have disappeared. So i am back in the same boat. Just done major house and office move so have not been around to report it! Remember, I am NOT talking about the uniquemess of the CHANNEL when it comes to recording - you sorted that some time ago. I am talking purely using the same guide data for multiple channels in the m3u lineup Krs Mark Edited February 20, 2018 by maegibbons 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 This is something that will probably be easier to accommodate once we have revamped channel management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegibbons 1267 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Hi Actually, I think you fixed this at one point because looking at my m3u which has not altered recently multimap worked up to around October/November time so there must have been a change since then, intended or not. Krs Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2493 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Hi Actually, I think you fixed this at one point because looking at my m3u which has not altered recently multimap worked up to around October/November time so there must have been a change since then, intended or not. Krs Mark agreed, it definitely worked at one point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senna 368 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) Then it probably is the way Emby handles the Schedules Direct listings. Never had SD/HD/FHD/4K variants of a channel in my m3u, so tested this in beta server to add the SD/HD etc variants of a channel with same tvg-id's. In 3.2.70.16 beta, the m3u can have identical tvg-id's WHEN a XMLTV list is used. Channels with same tvg-id's are shown in list, including EPG. The only thing that gets messed up now by that tvg-id change in my m3u, that half of my channel logo's are gone, so something goes also wrong there.... Had to delete and install the m3u tuner again, to get logo's back, so that bug or "feature" is still present in Emby server, that channel logos from m3u don't get precedence, when changes in m3u are done.... See also this topic:https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/53808-m3u-tunerguide-provider-provide-setting-for-channel-logo-thumbnailicon-priority/ Edited February 20, 2018 by Senna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 The only thing that gets messed up now by that tvg-id change in my m3u, that half of my channel logo's are gone, so something goes also wrong there.... Well that's kind of expected. If the tvg-id changes, how is Emby supposed to know that it's still the same channel as before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senna 368 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Well, I just changed the tvg-id's of 3 channels for this test, so tell me, why does that effect the channel logo's of the channels I didn't change the tvg-id from ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 well that shouldn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senna 368 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) Ok, something went wrong than in my first test, but this is something I still can reproduce: Existing m3u: #EXTM3U #EXTINF:-1 channel-id="1" tvg-id="A" tvg-name="A SD" tvg-logo="http://url/logo1.png" group-title="groupname",A SD http://url/x.ts #EXTINF:-1 channel-id="2" tvg-id="A.hd" tvg-name="A HD" tvg-logo="http://url/logo2.png" group-title="groupname",A HD http://url/y.ts #EXTINF:-1 channel-id="3" tvg-id="A.fhd" tvg-name="A FHD" tvg-logo="http://url/logo3.png" group-title="groupname",A FHD http://url/z.ts When I edit this m3u to this: #EXTM3U #EXTINF:-1 channel-id="1" tvg-id="A" tvg-name="A SD" tvg-logo="http://url/logo1.png" group-title="groupname",A SD http://url/x.ts #EXTINF:-1 channel-id="2" tvg-id="A" tvg-name="A HD" tvg-logo="http://url/logo2.png" group-title="groupname",A HD http://url/y.ts #EXTINF:-1 channel-id="3" tvg-id="A" tvg-name="A FHD" tvg-logo="http://url/logo3.png" group-title="groupname",A FHD http://url/z.ts >> Save m3u In Emby: >> Scheduled tasks >> refresh channels + Refresh Guide Result: Channel logo's are gone for channels with channel-id 2+3 When I revert those changes in m3u to the original tvg-id's and save m3u and do this again: >> Scheduled tasks >> refresh channels + Refresh Guide Result: Channel logo's are still gone for channels with channel-id 2+3 Why can't Emby get those logo's back from m3u ? Edited February 20, 2018 by Senna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IQ2000 6 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 (edited) Any chance this could get reviewed again? Because a lot of providers use the same ID for backup channels or different resolutions. (The ID ist not unique, just for the EPG-Mapping!) Edit: Some Channels don't have an ID at all -> not present Edited September 2, 2019 by IQ2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revengineer 125 Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 I believe that TV channel management is one of THE biggest features that requires improvement and I think it is one of the next items on the todo list. I currently work around the mess with xTeVe and getting my schedules using epg123. Having said that I do want to take a moment to say how far emby has come in the last year - Live TV including IPTV is pretty much working problem free and Android client, which I use most, is also enjoyable again. Thank you devs for all all the good work!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2493 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I believe that TV channel management is one of THE biggest features that requires improvement and I think it is one of the next items on the todo list. I currently work around the mess with xTeVe and getting my schedules using epg123. Having said that I do want to take a moment to say how far emby has come in the last year - Live TV including IPTV is pretty much working problem free and Android client, which I use most, is also enjoyable again. Thank you devs for all all the good work!!! Live tv has come on a lot in the last year but no thanks to emby. Xteve has filled the gaping chasm in emby functionality. Nothing to do with emby at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scothost 0 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 For me this issue was because my provider m3u url had empty id tags for example tvg-ID="". None of those showed up. What I did was pasted my m3u url into a browser and downloaded it as a file then modified it and saved it then reloaded it into emby. I changed the empty tags all to the same numeric value for example tvg-ID="4040404" Now all the channels show up. My biggest downside to emby live is that it does not pick up groupings so I get everything in one long unusable list which is a a shame. It is kick ass apart from that one missing feature and it is a show stopper, I'll be cancelling my premium subscription because of this. emby is almost there as an IPTV client but without the grouping ability it is completely unusable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 The Beta will pull the groups and make TAGs out of them which can be used like groups. I've got Movie, News, Sports, Kids, etc channels setup this way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjef1 1 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Will it also solve the tvg-id issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 30 minutes ago, Sjef1 said: Will it also solve the tvg-id issue? Hi, duplicate tvg-id's are currently stripped but we plan to provide more control over this in future updates. thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjef1 1 Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Thank you very much.:) is there a beta program which i can join maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Sjef1 said: Thank you very much.:) is there a beta program which i can join maybe? Yes you can follow the testing area of the community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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