ErikaJ 56 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Good day...I am trying to have the channels display in order with the EPG and my m3u looks like this... #EXTM3U#EXTINF:-1 tvg-chno="3" tvg-id="5starmax.us" tvg-name="5 StarMax" tvg-logo="http://pluspng.com/img-png/5star-hd-png-five-star-max-hdtv-400.png"group-title="USA MOVIE NETWORKS",5 StarMax #EXTINF:-1 tvg-chno="4" tvg-id="aande.us" tvg-name="A&E low bandwith" tvg-logo="http://picon.helixhosting.ninja/1940.png"group-title="USA ENTERTAINMENT",A&E low bandwith #EXTINF:-1 tvg-chno="5" tvg-id="aande.us" tvg-name="A&E Main" tvg-logo="http://picon.helixhosting.ninja/1633.png"group-title="USA ENTERTAINMENT",A&E Main #EXTINF:-1 tvg-chno="6" tvg-id="abc7kabctv.us" tvg-name="ABC Main" tvg-logo="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/ABC_%282013%29_Dark_Grey.svg/225px-ABC_%282013%29_Dark_Grey.svg.png"group-title="USA ENTERTAINMENT",ABC Main However, the EPG looks like this... The order is fine with the exception of the missing channel "4". Any ideas on what may be causing this? This is only a small example but I have setup 155 channels starting from channel "3" and the result is that they are in order however, there are also missing channels. I have used both SD and Emby as the guide data with the same result, that of missing channels. thoughts? Cheers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuelqwe 313 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 The reason why you have channels missing is that some of your m3u channels share the same tvg-id and Emby assumes they are the same channel. Both your A&E channels have the same tvg-id, which is why only one of the two appears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikaJ 56 Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 Ahhhhh that may be the issue Sam. I just plain overlooked that part. So if I change the tvg-id to somethings else that should populate channel 4 and the other missing ones yes? Cheers and thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuelqwe 313 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 So if I change the tvg-id to somethings else that should populate channel 4 and the other missing ones yes? Cheers and thanks Yes, that should populate any missing channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 This is something we plan to revamp in the future to allow you to better control this. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikaJ 56 Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 Success!! Short version is that I was able to completely edit my m3u file. Adding, changing and deleting groups, complete channel management plus changing and sorting the channel order. I attempted using xTeve with no luck as the proggy would not display my lineup so that I could manage it. It could have been operator error or just me not understanding what to expect from the xTeve. In any event I had already spent too much time on xTeve. So I decided to go another route and come back to xTeve at another time. I found a few programs that ended up working as I would expect a channel/group manager should. The first program is called IPTV Editor (duh) by Tantrum. This proggy allowed me to bring in the m3u either as a local file or via URL which was a plus. It allowed me to add an EPG channel number for the stream plus additional edits were possible. Finally, I could either save the edited m3u or export as an IPTV list. The next 2 programs are the same except one is in Italian and the other is an English version. I went with the Italian version because it was faster (ha). The interface was very easy to work with in all 3 of these programs. These 2 programs are by ERDesigns and it gives you greater control over your m3u file. Again, as with the previous program you can bring in your m3u locally or via URL. This program had one additional opportunity which was it allowed you to bring in your XML file and channel map. Suffice it to say that the programs from ERDesigns had much greater control over the files which was a pleasant experience. The end result is shown below. The EPG is setup as I wanted it to be. I will be editing in different channel icons as the icons that come from SD are sometimes masked by either the black or blue themes from Emby. Plus, the icons are not uniform which is to say the are not all the same size and shape. I have over 7000 channel icons I developed over the years using PS which I will be using instead. All in all, this was a good project which I will continue to work on. I just want to say thanks to the mods and the various people on this forum who gave me a tremendous amount of information from which to work with. I will be purchasing a newer model Hauppauge so that it works better with Emby as well. Cheers… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikaJ 56 Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 I have noticed a few questions regarding "group" filtering in live TV. I just came across the ellipses at the top of the live TV page and when I clicked on it there was a filtering option for categories. Four of them I believe. If this could be expanded to include other categories/groups, I believe that would be our group/category filter. I clicked on 3 of the filters and just left one active and sure enough it filters out the unmatched selection. Thanks...cheers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Yes we plan to expand on those in the future, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikaJ 56 Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikaJ 56 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 Update on my project so far. Thanks to all who lended their opinions and assistance. Cheers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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