Feature Request Live TV

[Shidapu 14]

Heya, i'd like to make a request to Emby Live TV.

If i add a new source, i'd like to be able to Edit the User, and choose what Source of IPTV that the user has access to.

I for instance, don't want all the Sports channels, but my friend might want. I could bind another TV source to his account with other channels.

[Carlo 4560]

You can adjust channels already using the TAG feature.

This knowledge base article covers the basics of how to do this:

https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/articles/44001921236-how-to-hide-specific-tv-channels-edit-parental-rating-or-set-tags

[Shidapu 14]

15 minutes ago, cayars said:

You can adjust channels already using the TAG feature.

This knowledge base article covers the basics of how to do this:

https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/articles/44001921236-how-to-hide-specific-tv-channels-edit-parental-rating-or-set-tags

Yes that method could work. But Doing that to hundreds or thousands of channels.. Then id have to tag every channel for Sports, then in parental control Block that tag.

What i suggested, is that if i have multiple M3U URLs, for different kind of channels, I could bind access to specific M3U Url in the user directly. That would put some ease of mind when channels gets updated/added/removed.

Edited July 28, 2020 by Shidapu

[Carlo 4560]

Understood.  Why don't you write this up and submit it in the Feature Request section of the website.

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/forum/98-feature-requests/

[Shidapu 14]

11 minutes ago, cayars said:

Understood.  Why don't you write this up and submit it in the Feature Request section of the website.

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/forum/98-feature-requests/

Thanks, I have now.

[Carlo 4560]

We just added a new feature to LiveTV that may make this far easier to manage.

We have pushed out a change to M3U functionality that can be very helpful and used by admins in a few different ways.

When setting up or editing an M3U tuner, you will see a new option to use.  "Auto-add tags to channels" shown above.
This will do exactly what it sounds like. Every channel loaded from the M3U source will be tagged with the entry you set in the config.
Each M3U source can have a different tag associated with the channels from that source.

USEFUL USES

Many IPTV providers limit the number of simultaneous streams in their service. If you need additional streams, you could purchase another plan adding a 2nd m3u tuner to your system, you end up with an unmanaged set of channels, having duplicate channel entries of every channel. Not only does it make using LiveTV harder to maneuver with double the data, it looks far less clean and becomes confusing to users.

With the new auto-tagging functionality, you can set a tag like IPTV1 and IPTV2 to each tuner.  Every channel will now be tagged according to what tuner it's associated with. With the help of Emby's Parental Controls you can add a tag assigned to a tuner's channels in parental control in the section that blocks items with these tags.

Setting Up Tags for TV Users

• Split Users: Set up half your TV users with one tag and the other half with another tag. Each group shares one tuner and only sees one set of channels.

• Multiple Subscriptions: Use 3, 4, or more IPTV subscriptions to spread the number of tuners/streams across your users.

Tagging for Different Uses

• Split Subscriptions: Have one IPTV subscription split among your users while keeping a second subscription for your use. This way, you can provide LiveTV and recording abilities to users, while reserving a subscription for your own private use.

• Curate Channels: If your m3u file doesn’t use grouping, move multiple channels at once to category-based m3u files (e.g., sports.m3u, news.m3u, kids.m3u, premium.m3u, network.m3u, local.m3u). Set these up in Emby LiveTV with each file having a tag to match the content.

• Multiple m3u Files: If you have multiple IPTV m3u files from different sources, tagging helps you know what source a channel is from by looking at the channel's tag.

These are just a few of the creative ways this new functionality could be used.

If you don't see the new tag option when adding or editing an M3U tuner, it may not have updated on your system yet. You can manually upgrade this easily by upgrading the M3UTUNER plugin to 1.0.32 or later in the Plugin Catalog.