Get live tv channel stream

[pünktchen 704]

Is there a single call i can use to get a live tv channel stream returned?

[Luke 25828]

Is this from a plugin or via the api?

[pünktchen 704]

Is this from a plugin or via the api?

Api. I already know the channel id. Edited November 3, 2018 by pünktchen

[Luke 25828]

if you'll never need transcoding, then

/videos/{id}/stream.ts?static=true

might work.

[pünktchen 704]

Doesn't work.

@@Angelblue05 how are doing this in your Kodi addon?

[Luke 25828]

What does that mean?

[pünktchen 704]

It does mean i get an error:

Parameter name path cannot be null

[Luke 25828]

Server log?

[Angelblue05 4122]

I use two calls in Kodi. One to playbackinfo, the second to LiveStreams/Open which returns the path with the mediasource. However, maybe I guess, if there's a way to skip the playbackinfo, it would be even better.

[pünktchen 704]

@@Luke time to resurrect this this thread.

I've created a nice little Emby plugin that allows to serve Emby's live tv guide as a xmltv file and the live tv channels as a m3u playlist to other applications.

I think that could be useful for those people that always ask for a better live tv integration into Kodi. They could import the data into Kodi's Simple (IPTV) PVR Addon.

 

To open a live tv channel from the playlist, i've created an api endpoint in my plugin that takes the channelId,

makes a POST request to "/Items/{Id}/PlaybackInfo" with "AutoOpenLiveStream=true" and then redirects to the stream path that i get from the "PlaybackInfoResponse".

 

This is working nicely to start playback, BUT of course i cannot make a POST request to "/LiveStreams/Close" with just a playlist full of links 

So can you please just create an additional parameter for the PlaybackInfo request, something like "AutoCloseLiveStream=integer" that closes the stream after xx seconds if no one consumes the stream.

If omitted or AutoCloseLivestream=0 then behave as until now.

[Luke 25828]

 

 

I've created a nice little Emby plugin that allows to serve Emby's live tv guide as a xmltv file and the live tv channels as a m3u playlist to other applications.

 

Well this is coming very soon as a built-in feature.

[pünktchen 704]

Nice, but oh. I hear your words - very soon - this could be a very long time in the Emby world 

This year, next three month, sometime next year? Any timeframe?

[Luke 25828]

It's on my short term to do list for the next several betas.

[Spaceboy 1561]

But bear in mind channel management was definitely coming in 2019 [emoji23]

 

Sorry, is coming. I’m sure it’s still coming. Perhaps a surprise Christmas present

Edited November 28, 2019 by Spaceboy