Cannot get M3U to work at all. Must fix within 24 hours (trial)

[EODCrafter 181]

2 minutes ago, MarcusJ said:

I hear ya. What I don't get is why people feel that way about using a PC to watch TV. I have a great little PC that is 10x more powerful than any of my android boxes. I have that PC connected to my main TV. I can use it to watch or listen to any of my emby libraries, surf the net, do my office work, and (the plan was to) watch live tv.

Hmmmm, TV is a TV, PC is a PC, I guess I'm old School.

[EODCrafter 181]

Another thing to consider, These IPTV Providers have figured out that users want to "share" their Streams on Media Players like Emby, and have cleverly figured out ways to make it tough to do on Media Players. Something to consider also.

[KegTapper 8]

I see that you were able to login using XC.  Did you extract the m3u from your XC login? Or did your provider provide an m3u. A lot are getting away from providing them.  

Edited April 5, 2022 by KegTapper

[MarcusJ 18]

6 hours ago, KegTapper said:

I see that you were able to login using XC.  Did you extract the m3u from your XC login? Or did your provider provide an m3u. A lot are getting away from providing them.  

Hello Keg Tapper and thanks for the response.

The provider gave me the URL for the M3U. She also told me the EPG was integrated into that M3U link. I'm not sure what that means, but that's what she said.

I'm not very technical, so I'm not sure how to "extract the m3u". Can you explain?

[emveepee 132]

The problem might not be the m3u list.  Perhaps the XMLTV file is massive which could be a problem even with a reduced channel list.  Perhaps try NextPVR which also is netcore and sqlite to see if is an Emby only problem.

Martin

[MarcusJ 18]

Thank you, Martin.

When you say "try NextPVR", are you referring to an emby plugin or is NextPVR a separate app?

[emveepee 132]

I'd install it standalone just to see how long it takes to load for a comparison baseline with Emby.

Martin

[MarcusJ 18]

I have a VPN (ExpressVPN). Could that affect anything?

[sacrifist 0]

12 hours ago, KegTapper said:

I see that you were able to login using XC.  Did you extract the m3u from your XC login? Or did your provider provide an m3u. A lot are getting away from providing them.  

Does Emby allow for XC? My iptv provider isnt giving us m3u codes anymore.

[EODCrafter 181]

4 minutes ago, sacrifist said:

Does Emby allow for XC? My iptv provider isnt giving us m3u codes anymore.

No, look for iptv proxy on github.

[sacrifist 0]

11 minutes ago, EODCrafter said:

No, look for iptv proxy on github.

How do I even use iptv proxy without having to use docker?

[sacrifist 0]

Scratch that, I found the windows version of it lol.

[EODCrafter 181]

1 minute ago, sacrifist said:

How do I even use iptv proxy without having to use docker?

Read the directions.

[sacrifist 0]

5 minutes ago, EODCrafter said:

Read the directions.

I did. They are pretty bad.

[EODCrafter 181]

9 minutes ago, sacrifist said:

I did. They are pretty bad.

Yea, its so expensive, they should do better  

[sacrifist 0]

12 minutes ago, EODCrafter said:

Yea, its so expensive, they should do better  

Well Im not familiar with linux or cmd line stuff so its alien to me unfortunately.

[sacrifist 0]

Will m3u4u links work with Emby? Mine dont seem to be.

[Luke 42077]

22 hours ago, sacrifist said:

Will m3u4u links work with Emby? Mine dont seem to be.

Hi, what does "don't work" mean?

[KegTapper 8]

If I recall, m3u4u blocks emby and plex

[Luke 42077]

You can probably get around that by changing the user agent or referrer option.

 

[emveepee 132]

But since they are blocking Emby because of what they imply is bad application logic, you probably shouldn't.

Martin

[EODCrafter 181]

2 hours ago, Luke said:

You can probably get around that by changing the user agent or referrer option.

 

Some providers will Ban you if you try work-arounds.

[Luke 42077]

I don't think we have bad application logic. Maybe we did a long time ago, but newer versions nowadays have added a number of measures to prevent excess connections, which I think is what their issue was back when.