VPN for M3U recordings only

[dcol 175]

You are correct, The stream uses the VPN via xTeVe without buffering. I looked at the VPN traffic monitor and saw activity when playing a stream. I will try it now without the buffering.

Edited February 11, 2021 by dcol

[dcol 175]

When I look at the xTeVe GUI it shows xTeve 1K buffering even though I selected no buffering. So you cannot turn the buffering off. Which mean last nights failures was a result of the VPN and not xTeVe buffering.

Edited February 11, 2021 by dcol

[groenator 13]

I've done it by using nextPVR (Version 5) and connect to emby using the nextPVR plugin, or using the iptv-proxy app. Both, nextPvr and iptv-proxy are docker instances behind VPN (you need another docker instance for your VPN).

I used xteve before but I am not a very big fan of it. Plus, it seems that the developer is not adding any new features. Anyway, if you use one of these two you don't need to put emby behind VPN. I found nextPVR working better with recording and TV guide, it populates the TV show/movies metadata (if available) nicely. NextPVR makes the metadata available even if your EPG source doesn't have it. 

With iptv-proxy I am having issues with recording and EPG doesn't have any metadata because the source of my EPG Is without it, otherwise everything works fine.

This is the URL of the iptv-proxy app. 

https://github.com/pierre-emmanuelJ/iptv-proxy

https://hub.docker.com/r/pierro777/iptv-proxy

NextPVR:

https://hub.docker.com/r/nextpvr/nextpvr_amd64

VPN:

https://hub.docker.com/r/qmcgaw/private-internet-access

Edited March 26, 2021 by groenator

[vdrover 62]

@SpaceboyAre you recording routinely? XTeVe always caused my recordings to end early, and now I have the same with threadfin. Neither use buffering. 

 

[Spaceboy 2573]

37 minutes ago, vdrover said:

@SpaceboyAre you recording routinely?

5-10 shows a day without issue, on stable server

38 minutes ago, vdrover said:

XTeVe always caused my recordings to end early, and now I have the same with threadfin. Neither use buffering.

i don't use xteve anymore, only iptvboss for combining and customising two m3us. but when i did use xteve i had no issues with the channels coming from my local tv server, only the iptv channels

[vdrover 62]

41 minutes ago, Spaceboy said:

5-10 shows a day without issue, on stable server

i don't use xteve anymore, only iptvboss for combining and customising two m3us. but when i did use xteve i had no issues with the channels coming from my local tv server, only the iptv channels

Are your IPTV channels using VPN somehow?

[Spaceboy 2573]

18 hours ago, vdrover said:

Are your IPTV channels using VPN somehow?

not currently

[Chillout 110]

On 2/9/2021 at 1:00 PM, dcol said:

I do not want to change my remote Emby access IP/URL.

 

If your VPN has Wireguard protocol you can still access your computer using your regular IP address eventhough to the rest of the world sees your VPN address.   

 

[groenator 13]

Is your emby running inside docker? If it does, all you need is to add a vpn service inside docker-compose. Then when you spin up emby it will run behind the VPN and your emby server can be accessible via your localhost.