Separate Live TV and Library Stream Limit

[Warzonefury 13]

Hello devs !

Would it be possible in a future update to separate the limit between live TV and movies from the library?

It would be nice to be able to have an overall limit and a separate limit for live TV.

Example :

Global stream limit: 2
Live TV limit: 1

Because Live TV streams are more important to limit than the rest. This feature would be very useful I think! Thank you

[Luke 43094]

HI, is this to avoid hitting an m3u limit?

[Warzonefury 13]

5 hours ago, Luke said:

HI, is this to avoid hitting an m3u limit?

Yes, and especially to avoid that a person who has a limit of 2 or 3 global streams can use all the available tuners without leaving any for others. Thx

[EmYaj 25]

Just want to put in my support for this request as well - do we know if this is on the roadmap?

Same concern for me - I have a 12 connection limit and I have 12 users with access to IPTV but I want them to be able to use more than 1 connection for non-live content while still having a maximum of 1 live tv connection.

[Chillout 130]

Maybe a (simpler) workaround would be If Emby would download the entire .strm file and then work off the local file the connection would only be in use (locked) during the time it took to download the video.  It would also provide a bit better stability by working off a local copy.  

People with bandwidth limitations may not be on board with this but it could be a user option to buffer the entire .strm.  

 

[thestapler 1]

I had just posted about this, and an admin pointed me at this topic.   I too was suggesting adding in a limitation per user for livetv access.  As an interim option, I was going to make a "kick stream" script or something to force a stop playback if someone tried to watch a second livetv stream, not 100% ideal, but would work until/if there is a limit implemented.

I haven't looked at the API functionality of things yet, but maybe it should be doable with some kind of webhook and api calls?

[Luke 43094]

On 12/3/2024 at 2:15 PM, thestapler said:

I had just posted about this, and an admin pointed me at this topic.   I too was suggesting adding in a limitation per user for livetv access.  As an interim option, I was going to make a "kick stream" script or something to force a stop playback if someone tried to watch a second livetv stream, not 100% ideal, but would work until/if there is a limit implemented.

I haven't looked at the API functionality of things yet, but maybe it should be doable with some kind of webhook and api calls?

HI, if you have a web server to receive and parse/interpret the webhooks, then yes in theory it is possible.

[mwongjay 77]

This would be very useful although I might suggest an alternative approach using rate limit pools rather than global and live tv rate limits per user. This would allow finer-grained access controls based on the media source.

Example:

• Pool ID: 1
  • Name: IPTV Fairness Limiter
  • Included Libaries: Live TV, Movies
  • Apply to Users:
    • Joe
    • Jimmy
  • Stream Rate Limit: 2
  • Rate Limit Filter:
    • [x] Device ID
    • [  ] IP Address
• Pool ID: 2
  • Name: Shared Credential Limiter
  • Included Libraries: All
  • Apply to Users:
    • Joe
  • Stream Rate Limit: 1
  • Rate Limit Filter:
    • [  ] Device ID
    • [x] IP Address