MULTIPLE SCREENS ON IPTV

[suppervinny 1]

When opening the same channel on two or more devices, Emby should use only one internet stream from that same channel. However,

it bypasses all streams from the same internet channel. I'd like to request a fix so that Emby uses only one internet stream and mirrors 
it to two or 100 devices, regardless of how many are accessing the same channel simultaneously. This saves internet and server resources.
In other words, when you open two streams from the same channel, Emby will only use one web stream from that same channel.

[Luke 42077]

 

Hi there, let's look at an example. Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. Thanks!

 

[suppervinny 1]

Hi, I'm not reporting a playback issue, I'm requesting a new feature from Emby. 

As I explained above, when watching an IPTV channel on Emby, if 2 users watch the 
same channel, Emby opens 2 streams of the same channel coming from the internet, 
instead of opening only 1 web stream of the IPTV channel and mirroring that single stream to the 2 users.

For example: I have an IPTV M3U subscription that only allows me to have one screen at a time, 
but I want Emby to play the same channel on 10 different TVs. Currently, this isn't possible 
because Emby will stream 10 IPTV streams and it won't work. The correct way would be for Emby to 
stream just one instance of the channel and mirror it to the 10 Emby users.

[badous 17]

I thought it was already doing this.

[Luke 42077]

4 hours ago, badous said:

I thought it was already doing this.

HI, yes it already does this for  most streams. But it depends on the input format as not all are supported this way.

[badous 17]

Which type of format are not supported ? 

[Luke 42077]

17 minutes ago, badous said:

Which type of format are not supported ? 

If the stream is HLS, then depending on the HLS features being used, then we do not support those yet with our stream sharing feature. One example would be if the HLS has the audio and video split into separate urls.

[badous 17]

On 8/24/2025 at 10:38 PM, Luke said:

If the stream is HLS, then depending on the HLS features being used, then we do not support those yet with our stream sharing feature. One example would be if the HLS has the audio and video split into separate urls.

Thanks for the answer.

I used this option sometimes, and I don't think I ever had a problem with it. So the streams must not be split yet.

[griam01 14]

@LukeI stumbled on this thread.  So if the stream is in TS format, in Emby, then if someone is streaming the same channel, it would only use 1 IPTV "connection" but multiple users could see the same one.  For example football game on same channel at same time?  The "split" would be done on Emby, not with the IPTV provider side, so they would only see 1 stream being used?

[Luke 42077]

1 hour ago, griam01 said:

@LukeI stumbled on this thread.  So if the stream is in TS format, in Emby, then if someone is streaming the same channel, it would only use 1 IPTV "connection" but multiple users could see the same one.  For example football game on same channel at same time?  The "split" would be done on Emby, not with the IPTV provider side, so they would only see 1 stream being used?

Yes that is correct.