Gridflix 0 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Alright so I've recently set up my Emby to work with my IPTV. I've tested it back and forth and it works fine I guess, however.. If I start one channel to stream it starts download the stream and then sends it to my viewer, essentially working as a middle man. Sounds like a waste instead of just allowing the LIVE Tv to open the streams channel without being in the middle of it. Even though I think that the current solution isnt optimal I still wanted to try it and so if I run one channel and I watch my servers outbound and inbound bandwidth in real time it will be around 1000KB/s, however.. And here is where it starts getting real wierd. If I start the same channel or another channel that uses the same amount of bandwidth the servers outbound goes up to about 2000KB/s while the fricking inbound goes up to around 40000KB/s...???? But should I close one of the streams it goes back down to 1000KB/s.. Is this something that is only occuring on my server or noone has checked if it happens on their server too? I tried using xTeve with DVR settings and if I open one stream the xTeve reports stream: 1 sent to plex And nothing more, should I open one more it'll go Stream: 1 sent to plex Stream: 2 sent to plex and then it'll spam that continously until you end one of the streams.. It feels like the server spams the connections which causes the inbound speed to skyrocket.. So the conclusion is that this thing happens wether I use DVR Tuner or m3u.. Anyone have any ideas? Sincerely, Grid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridflix 0 Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 Another point that I was thinking about, if you use m3u and limit the amount of streams to 1 and then open another one it never tells you that one stream is already open it just keeps loading and loading making the user that tries to open that the server or stream is lagging or not working. A message being sent to the user that tries to open a stream that will go over the set limit would be great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridflix 0 Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 Noone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36876 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Hi there, sounds like your provider only allows one connection at a time, is that correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillOatman 492 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 If I start one channel to stream it starts download the stream and then sends it to my viewer, essentially working as a middle man. Sounds like a waste instead of just allowing the LIVE Tv to open the streams channel without being in the middle of it. The server gets in the middle so it can send all video/audio the same way to the clients. If you want your client box to stream the video directly, you can use something like VLC or several other clients. No need for Emby at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4328 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 The server gets in the middle so it can send all video/audio the same way to the clients. If you want your client box to stream the video directly, you can use something like VLC or several other clients. No need for Emby at all. Exactly. This way you can have multiple users watching the same channel and only use one inbound stream for that channel. You server could also be recording that same channel as well and it would still only use the one stream. It works the same way for hardware based tuners as well. That's not a waist but a POSITIVE thing about Emby. In my house it's very common to have multiple TVs on in different rooms watching the same channel like CNN or Fox News. Why would I want to use multiple tuners if they can all share the same tuner/stream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevanpfc 3 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Exactly. This way you can have multiple users watching the same channel and only use one inbound stream for that channel. You server could also be recording that same channel as well and it would still only use the one stream. It works the same way for hardware based tuners as well. That's not a waist but a POSITIVE thing about Emby. In my house it's very common to have multiple TVs on in different rooms watching the same channel like CNN or Fox News. Why would I want to use multiple tuners if they can all share the same tuner/stream? Am I understanding this correctly, I currently have 2 iptv providers one provides 5 concurrent streams the other 1, I've always limited emby to 1 stream on this provider so that my account wouldn't be blocked, are you saying that emby redistributes the stream and creates extra streams itself if needed ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36876 Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 When possible, Emby Server will buffer the stream and then all Emby apps that request the same channel during that time will play from that same buffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4328 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) Am I understanding this correctly, I currently have 2 providers one provides 5 concurrent streams the other 1, I've always limited emby to 1 stream on this provider so that my account wouldn't be blocked, are you saying that emby redistributes the stream and creates extra streams itself if needed ? Then in Emby set them up this way. For the one provider you would set it up as 5 streams and the other 1 stream. Emby won't use more streams then you allow this way you don't have to worry about your provider. As an example let's assume the provider that only allows 1 stream has two channels in the M3U file (Fox News, CNN). If someone in the house is watching Fox News then your ONE AND ONLY STREAM from that provider is being used. No one would be able to choose to play CNN because there are no streams available to use. HOWEVER, every TV, mobile device, tablet in your house could watch Fox News. Emby server only needs the ONE STREAM to the provider PER CHANNEL and can "rebroadcast" it internally. It's really the same thing with your 5 stream provider. If three people were watching MSNBC via this provider and 4 people were watching CBS from this provider you have 7 people watching but only using 2 streams. You would still have 3 streams available from that provider for recording or Live TV. Does that make better sense and help clarify the sharing of streams? Edited April 1, 2019 by cayars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevanpfc 3 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Yes perfectly, thanks a lot ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
test399 0 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Then in Emby set them up this way. For the one provider you would set it up as 5 streams and the other 1 stream. Emby won't use more streams then you allow this way you don't have to worry about your provider. As an example let's assume the provider that only allows 1 stream has two channels in the M3U file (Fox News, CNN). If someone in the house is watching Fox News then your ONE AND ONLY STREAM from that provider is being used. No one would be able to choose to play CNN because there are no streams available to use. HOWEVER, every TV, mobile device, tablet in your house could watch Fox News. Emby server only needs the ONE STREAM to the provider PER CHANNEL and can "rebroadcast" it internally. It's really the same thing with your 5 stream provider. If three people were watching MSNBC via this provider and 4 people were watching CBS from this provider you have 7 people watching but only using 2 streams. You would still have 3 streams available from that provider for recording or Live TV. Does that make better sense and help clarify the sharing of streams? Hey Cayers. Thanks for this info. Im still trying to wrap my head around this. I have 1 paid iptv provider which allows me 1 stream. I have the same issue to where if we try to watch live tv (different channels) emby barfs and cuts them both off or maybe its my provider? What interests me is what bevampspfc said "are you saying Emby redistributes the stream and creates extra streams itself if needed ?" Can i set my emby up to watch more than one stream (Two Tv's different channels) if im only allowed 1 stream by my 1 provider? i sure wish i were smarter. My brain is hot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark-in-dallas 86 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Hey Cayers. Thanks for this info. Im still trying to wrap my head around this. I have 1 paid iptv provider which allows me 1 stream. I have the same issue to where if we try to watch live tv (different channels) emby barfs and cuts them both off or maybe its my provider? What interests me is what bevampspfc said "are you saying Emby redistributes the stream and creates extra streams itself if needed ?" Can i set my emby up to watch more than one stream (Two Tv's different channels) if im only allowed 1 stream by my 1 provider? i sure wish i were smarter. My brain is hot! Let me see if maybe I can help make it a little easier to understand: If your IPTV provider only allows for a single stream, you can only view or download one channel at a time from that provider, but if it is being streamed to an Emby Server you can watch that one channel on any number of Emby Clients. The IPTV stream goes to the Emby Server and Emby then redistributes that stream to the Client devices, so that the stream is now coming from the Emby Server instead of the IPTV provider. So, a single incoming stream can be rebroadcast to multiple devices. Should you attempt to stream more channels than your IPTV service allows, they will drop one of those channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36876 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 @@test399 has this helped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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