ontap 2 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 (edited) Hi , long time plex user , have purchased a "premium" account to try emby, in particular "live tv ( IPTV). Been on hours trying to add an m3u url , I know it should be a doddle , I ,ve done it 1000s of times before elsewhere. When I click on "live tv" ,I only get an "m3u tuner" option which i assume is not what i want for IPTV ? I can't find an "add playlist " option ? Looking at the wiki it says this : Configure your TV Tuner(s) or M3U based IPTV sources, could someone please post where i add my "m3u" url ? Am using emby server on iMac. Update , I seeon wiki under m3u that in fact I am enetering my url in the correct place however it appears emby isn't reading it ? My subscription channels are supplied in "tinyurl.com" URL, which works fine elsewhere , is this an issue for emby ? OK tried with file rather than m3u and channels have loaded , however my epg is an xml not a file. But even more importantly all channels are listed together , is there no category option in emby ? This is a deal breaker for me. Edited January 26, 2019 by ontap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37054 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Hi, click the + button, then select m3u tuner. Then on the next screen is where you enter the url. To learn more, please check out our live tv setup wiki: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Live-TV Please let us know if this helps. Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontap 2 Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 Thanks for that reply , Bazinga , I subscribed for a month , to test the server. Sadly if my URL's wont work even more importantly "channel groups" are not an option in IPTV/live tv , emby is not for me, once again thanks for prompt reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 You mentioned your M3U list contains redirects using tiny url. This may be an issue. I've not seen anyone else try this. I'm going to send you a PM in order to try and help you privately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontap 2 Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) Thanks cayars for your help , just to clear this up , I managed to use an m3u and xml from a different provider and am now sorted ( the tinyurl.com links were the issue). Edited January 27, 2019 by ontap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acnp77 60 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 I added an m3u url to watch live tv. But the "play to" feature does not work with these url's. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37054 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 I added an m3u url to watch live tv. But the "play to" feature does not work with these url's. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong? Hi there @@acnp77, please see how to report a problem. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acnp77 60 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Wow quick response time, cheers. It's not a problem but just a general question if the "play to" feature also works with m3u url's in general or not. I will try to specify my question according to your "How to report a problem" . I just tried to keep it a simple general question. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37054 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Yes it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acnp77 60 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Does anyone have experience with the live tv setup in Switzerland? Most channels are not available over-the-air, sat is not an option for me, and cable is disappearing more and more. Only real option would be IPTV. The problem is that most tv providers provide IPTV that is only accessible with their own set-top-boxes. Is there a legal way to obtain iptv mu3 url's anywhere? Or how do others do this? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acnp77 60 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) I am looking into DVB-C as an alternative, if I can not get IPTV working... Does anyone know if there are any DVB-C tuners that would work with Emby server on Linux? If I can find a hauppauge tuner that works with debian linux, would it automatically also work in the debian x64 linux version of emby server? or are these 2 different things? HDHomeRun Tuner is not sold anywhere in Switzerland, and I could not find out if it would actually work here. Edited May 25, 2020 by acnp77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37054 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 I am looking into DVB-C as an alternative, if I can not get IPTV working... Does anyone know if there are any DVB-C tuners that would work with Emby server on Linux? HDHomeRun Tuner is not sold anywhere in Switzerland, and I could not find out if it would actually work here. @@Senna, @@vdatanet and @@Spaceboy may have some tips. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdatanet 1549 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) In Spain, the same happens, over-the-air television is just rubbish, satellite television is fine, but the provider's equipment is necessary and IPTV also requires the ISP's equipment. Luckily, there is an ISP in Spain that broadcasts DRM-free IPTV using multicast UDP streams. But more and more channels use DRM and in the long run I think all channels will (I hope it will take a long time). In my area, there are no DBV-C services available, so I can't help here. If you have satellite TV service available not linked to the provider's equipment, you can use an Enigma 2 receiver (such as vu +) and with a proxy expose channels as a m3u playlist, using your card subscription. Edited May 25, 2020 by vdatanet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acnp77 60 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) @@Luke @@vdatanet Thanks for your input. Cheers. It's a great shame, most people here watch TV with a set-top-box from the provider with integrated voice-assistant. Unbelievable. Where is the good old TV signal that I can use however I want? Would love to use emby also as a TV server. Seems to be a difficult subject. Although we still have DVB-C here, so the question remains what tuner could work with emby on linux. Edited May 25, 2020 by acnp77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdatanet 1549 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Here's a list of linux supported tuners: https://www.hauppauge.com/pages/support/support_linux.html Another option would be to use an Enigma 2 box with a dvb-c tuner, there are some great vu + branded gear. I have done tests with satellite receivers and it works very well. There is a plugin that acts as a proxy exposing the channels as an iptv playlist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acnp77 60 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 @@vdatanet Thanks a lot. I will look into this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acnp77 60 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 (edited) I am getting 60 channels over DVB-C for free from my provider, so I am going to try this. 1. The Hauppauge WinTV-soloHD Tuner should work under Linux. Does this automatically mean that emby server would detect it natively? Or would I need to install something like TVHeadEnd for it to work? 2. As an alternvative, if I install the tuner and TVHeadEnd-server on a separate device, like a RPI, could emby-server somehow access it? CHEERS Edited May 26, 2020 by acnp77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37054 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Yes expanded tuner support is coming soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acnp77 60 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Great thanks. Last question: Can emby server somehow access a TVHeadEnd-server running on a separate device on the network? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2493 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 If you create an m3u in tvheadend and ensure the addresses for each channel include the correct ip/host name 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acnp77 60 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 @@Spaceboy Thanks! I will give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chava89 0 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 I have an IP TV subscription and I would like to add it to Emby I do not wanna buy a tuner please help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 7 hours ago, Chava89 said: I have an IP TV subscription and I would like to add it to Emby I do not wanna buy a tuner please help Hi, just follow this KB article which will walk you through the setup https://support.emby.media/a/solutions/articles/44001160415 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chava89 0 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Thanks appreciate it I’ve read the article but it sad I need a tuner is there a way to add M3u playlist from my provider without I tuner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdatanet 1549 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Chava89 said: Thanks appreciate it I’ve read the article but it sad I need a tuner is there a way to add M3u playlist from my provider without I tuner https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/articles/44001848795-m3u-tuners Yes, you need a tuner, but it's a virtual tuner. Just select add m3u tuner and set your m3u playlist. No physical tuner needed. Edited May 9, 2021 by vdatanet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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