Multiple streams watching the same m3u channel?

[Blob 7]

Hi,

 

HDHomerun only use one tuner slot if the same channel is streamed.

Does m3u streams share the same feature or is multiple streams started towards the live tv stream provider when the same channel is used?

 

Thanks

Edited March 21, 2017 by Blob

[Luke 42077]

Hi, no, each stream will go to the source for m3u.

[maegibbons 1287]

Hi

 

Is there any way to change that?  It appears wasteful in terms of incoming bandwidth and subscription.

 

Is there a technical reason why the stream cannot be shared from the server?

 

Krs

 

Mark

[Luke 42077]

It is a possibility for the future.

[blackoper 2]

Bump for football season. I'd like to second this request. Emby does a great job with IPTV but i'll have a lot of the same family members watching the same local college games on livetv. Would dvr'ing a game and having them watch the recording on a bit of delay solve the issue for the time being?

[Luke 42077]

You could have them do that, yes.

[maegibbons 1287]

Yes - Start a recording and have each of them pick up the "Active Recording" will work.

 

Hopefully, @@Luke can make stream sharing a server option at some stage so that it automatically saves incoming bandwidth when multiple clients request the same Live IPTV stream.

 

Krs

 

Mark

[ShotToTheDome 7]

Hopefully, @@Luke can make stream sharing a server option at some stage so that it automatically saves incoming bandwidth when multiple clients request the same Live IPTV stream.

 

Krs

 

Mark

Anything that saves on bandwidth and is less wasteful I'm down for. Also on some things I'm limited in total iptv connections so this helps Edited September 2, 2017 by ShotToTheDome

[eviltizzy 0]

It is a possibility for the future.

Has the future came yet?

This would help people that have a cap on the number of M3U streams available.. 

[Luke 42077]

We have already implemented stream sharing for m3u sources. It will not be used in all situations, but much of the time it will.

[Carlo 4560]

How can we tell without looking through log files?

It's important to be able to tell how many streams are being used so you don't get in trouble with certain providers.

 

Do you know what conditions would cause the stream to not be shared?

[Luke 42077]

 

 

How can we tell without looking through log files?

Currently you can't.

 

 

 

Do you know what conditions would cause the stream to not be shared?

If a channel stream is anything other than a single mpegts stream, then we'll run it through ffmpeg and it won't be shared.

[Carlo 4560]

Thanks Luke, good info to know about.

[BillOatman 596]

So basically if it needs to be transcoded for any reason, it won't be shared.  Correct?

[Luke 42077]

No that's not true.

[BillOatman 596]

Hmm. OK let me try again.  My IPTV provider sends a .ts stream, not m3u8 so its a single stream I believe.  In my case, the streams will be shared?

If not, can you please provide a scenario as an example of when they would not be shared?

[Carlo 4560]

Hmm. OK let me try again.  My IPTV provider sends a .ts stream, not m3u8 so its a single stream I believe.  In my case, the streams will be shared?

If not, can you please provide a scenario as an example of when they would not be shared?

Kuke already said: If a channel stream is anything other than a single mpegts stream, then we'll run it through ffmpeg and it won't be shared.