Plugin: Fast IPTV M3U

[dcati 1]

I made a faster m3u tuner because was tired of the loading spinner everytime i started up a new m3u iptv channel.

The benefits of this tuner in comparisen with old one

• In memory channel-cache — fetches channels and holds in memory and serves subsequent request instantly untill TTL expires 
• Custom User-Agent & HTTP headers per tuner — bypasses provider blocks/throttling
• Configurable playlist caching — no repeated fetches of large M3U files
• Built-in XMLTV EPG per tuner — no separate listing provider needed
• Stream retries + timeout control — automatic recovery on flaky streams
• Health probe — verifies a stream is reachable before Emby tries to open it
• HLS auto-detection — correct ffmpeg flags without manual configuration
• Radio channels & group-title — proper channel types and grouping in the UI
  
  The build is based on 4.9.3.0 version of emby server and tested on Ubuntu and windows

Emby.FastIptv.dll

[Luke 42582]

Thanks for sharing.

[Chillout 117]

Thanks, Looks like a great improvement.

Do we need to uninstall the old tuner and will it require rebuilding the Channels/tv guide after installing?

Can this be released as an upgrade to the existing tuner in the catalog?

[Luke 42582]

8 minutes ago, Chillout said:

Thanks, Looks like a great improvement.

Do we need to uninstall the old tuner and will it require rebuilding the Channels/tv guide after installing?

Can this be released as an upgrade to the existing tuner in the catalog?

There is the webstreams plugin as an upgrade to the iptv plugin.

[Chillout 117]

5 hours ago, Luke said:

There is the webstreams plugin as an upgrade to the iptv plugin.

Webstreams is a very useful plugin but it is just for VOD content. An improved LiveTV IPTV Tuner with the features mentioned would be a nice improvement.

[dcati 1]

You can just remove the current tuner with your m3u list and add de fastIPTV tuner with same m3u list it should work the same.

If not let me know what to improve..

Edited yesterday at 01:52 PM by dcati

[Phyrate 0]

Hello, thank you for sharing this. The plugin settings doesn't seem to have vertical scroll bars, my screen is just 1600x900, so I can't scroll to the bottom of the settings page to see all the settings and the save button.

[Phyrate 0]

45 minutes ago, Phyrate said:

Hello, thank you for sharing this. The plugin settings doesn't seem to have vertical scroll bars, my screen is just 1600x900, so I can't scroll to the bottom of the settings page to see all the settings and the save button.

I'm sorry I didn't pay attention to the version it was developed on. I tested in 4.9.5.0, so it seems it doesn't work on latest stable