Thanks for all your help with this, as I said you guys are amazing - going above and beyond!
Does it work OK?
It's a huge improvement and working yes , few problems
- Accurate list of sat ip data (e.g. Freesat) if you have incorrect/missing data e.g. PIDs it causes issues. Different sources seems to have different data.
- I don't seem to be able to utilise the 8 tuners of the Kathrein sat ip box. Every channel tunes into the one that is being utilised (right now whatever is being recorded is streamed to a channel selected). Not sure why this is happening...
OK.
So the data / pid issue thing - I use the ini file from king of sat. You can alway remove any pids not required. I do this for narrated audio streams and German audio streams (on channels with a separate English feed) from astra 19.2.
The tuning issue you detail under point 2 is exactly what I was referring to in my earlier post.
If you start two VLC windows with two rtsp urls it works fine there?
No, it plays the same channel... so it seems the satip server does not automatically select a new tuner.
When you use TVHeadend it identifies the separate tuners for the device.
Thanks Neil. I don't seem to find an ini file with the channels/ PIDs in it ... e.g. for Astra 28.2E:
SATTYPE]
1=0282
2=28.2E
[DVB]
0=109
1=10714,H,22000,56,DVB-S,QPSK
2=10729,V,22000,56,DVB-S,QPSK
3=10744,H,22000,56,DVB-S,QPSK
4=10758,V,22000,56,DVB-S,QPSK
Am I missing something ?
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The bug where it plays the same channel should be fixed in v2020.12.19.0923
Unfortunately it doesn't seem to fix it for me. It maybe the Kathrein , I've ordered another SAT IP server to see if it that works better (one that provides its own M3U).
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Are you sure you tried the version I mentioned? It only finished uploading a couple minutes ago.
Sorry was too quick! Trying 0923 now!
It works! Tried 2 channels concurrently. Fantastic!
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Il give this a try later.
Let me know if you end up with a redundant Kathrein SATIP box.
Hi folks. I've just had a play with this latest release using my Kathrein EXIP 418 and it's working great. Using my browser on my Windows laptop, I was able to stream 8 channels at the same time and they were all really smooth. Huge thanks to @tmm1 and the channels team for their fantastic support and collaboration with the community!
I now just need to get my iPhone / iPad working, which both report 'Tuner Not Available' when trying to view a channel. I'd like to get these working before investing in an Apple TV to complete my setup. Is anyone else struggling with this?
@neild7744 - we spoke about 10 days ago regarding the Sky Q LNB compatibility with the Kathrein box. Seems my problem was simply the firewall on my laptop. After disabling the firewall, both VLC and DVBViewer are working great with the Kathrein and the Sky Q 'EL021' LNB. Obviously this isn't a recommended solution for anyone reading - I need to check which ports satip uses and open just those necessary.
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Please submit diagnostics from the app after the error
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Hi. I should have got back to you - after we spoke about the sky q lnb issue, I did some testing on my setup and found the exact same issue as you. My firewall prevented successful tuning.
On another note... Ive just bought an apple TV box and now have it running with Channels DVR. I wanted to try it out as the channels dvr app seems further developed on ios. So far it's working well... Arguably better than my amazon fire tv boxes. The channels dvr app is much more developed, provides more TV show info, more options for customisation and channel playback seems quicker. I like it.
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I am also interested to learn how you go from the ini file to the rtsp urls with the pids
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This seems a more accurate and up to date site to get the information, I’ve noticed some differences in things like the dvb roll. No way to download them though, a big manual effort!
Can anyone confirm if subtitles/closed captions are working?
I get subtitles from my SAT>IP streams, but you have to make sure you have the correct PID included in your URL string. There are separate PIDs needed for video, audio and subtitles (amongst other things).
Here is an example URL for BBC1 HD on Astra 28.2:
http://[X.X.X.X]/?src=1&freq=10847&pol=v&ro=0.25&msys=dvbs2&mtype=8psk&plts=off&sr=23000&fec=34&pids=0,1,16,17,260,5400,5401,5402,5403
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