Got it now. Thanks!
Getting lots of buffering but working.
Is your channels DVR server on the same machine as EMBY mine is and no buffering. I also found it better to use the Channels DVR IP and not the machine name.
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="22.3" tvg-logo="https://tmsimg.fancybits.co/assets/s55241_ll_h3_ac.png" tvg-name="KPXGDT3" group-title="Favorites",IONPLUS
http://10.0.0.2:8089/devices/ANY/channels/22.3/stream.mpg?format=ts
Same machine and Ip used
Not sure what you are running on I am on Windows 10 and recording to 10TB mirrored Windows 10 Storage Space and have my Channels DVR Stream folder (symlink) separate from my recording folder on a SSD. Also my EMBY transcoding folder is on the SSD.
I prefer keeping all transcoding and streaming separate from my recordings.
Not quite your setup but I am on windows 10 I5 processor 16 GB ram 2 x 1T drives. But Monday my DS720+ 4T drives and 6GB RAM is coming so I will be redoing my setup so will see how that works out.
You have plenty of horsepower not sure why you are buffering.
Also where are you doing these edits I am just using the address as a tuner.
I used the M3U8 file created when I input this in my browser http://iptoserver:8089/devices/ANY/channels.m3u?format=ts and used that as my tuner input in EMBY by browsing to the file. I do not use the address but use the file no overhead. I just renamed it to a more friendly name.
Ok I tried that not much better but I have double entries with the change .
Remove all the M3U tuners completely then just add the file tuner.
I did some investigating and found out why I was having trouble mapping channels and found out that channel-id is not the standard but tvg-chno is the standard. Editing the M3U file and doing a replace worked like a charm.
I will add tvg-chno
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@Edwin_Perez what channel numbers are you using? I couldn't get channel number to help me map channels. Using the correct call sign did work.
Here the latest example of my m3u entries:
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="44" tvg-name="BBCA",BBCA
http://x.x.x.x:8089/devices/ANY/channels/6087/stream.mpg?format=ts
I found for Emby, channel-id (i assign custom channel numbers) works to put the channels in the order I want, but the call sign determines the auto-mapping awesomeness. Using this format I don't have to map any of the channels in Emby.
I also beta test for NEXTPVR and couldn't map the channels because it numbered them 1-33 etc ... Sub pointed me to the standard I made the change and both EMBY and NEXTPVR mapped correctly with the channel numbers SUB from NEXTVPVR is adding channel=id in case tvg-chno is not found...
@tmm1 Thanks.
Appreciate the addition this will make it easier for PVR clients that use that. They can use the url directly if this addition is made.
I numbered the channels even the ones on the HDhomerun the same as my local Verizon guide and they all fell in place and more like what my wife is used to. Great work here. This is starting to justify a lifetime premiere membership to Emby.
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="510" tvg-logo="https://tmsimg.fancybits.co/assets/s28719_ll_h3_ac.png" tvg-name="WBFFDT" group-title="Favorites",FOX
http://192.168.1.243:8089/devices/ANY/channels/45.1/stream.mpg?format=ts
I actually made a m3u file of my 3 tuners combined HDhomerun, Locast and Spectrum.
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Yeah this solved the problem in my household where some prefer Emby for viewing and recording ... I prefer Channels DVR ... too many tuners were getting used when watching or recording same channels ...
No longer a problem Channels cannot be beat. I have Channels DVR folders in EMBY and EMBY folders imported in channels DVR.
I'm glad I stumbled over this thread. I'm setting up things for both me and my Mom who is a technophobe.
Channels DVR kept throwing hurdles at us for her. Most recently she might watch a channel awhile and then try to change channels. If for whatever reason the timing had gotten off a little (buffering I guess) it would pop up a dialog to confirm she wanted to leave her time-shifted show behind. The remote I set her up with doesn't even have the option to pause, rewind,etc. Nor does it have a select button for her to confirm. I digress...
I think this may work out better. I used the links to the m3u files further up the thread to create a custom list of the channels she cares about (not as easy as clicking hide in Channels DVR of course).
I'm then able to use that list as an IPTV source in multiple apps. The first one I tried was "TVIRL" which combines that m3u list as a source with Android Live Channels. That might be of interest to some because it meant I could also include Pluto channels since they are already integrated into Live Channels.
I think I'm going to end up using TiViMate though. For whatever reason it seems to switch channels faster.
I did try Emby but it's really overkill for us. The only thing it has that I can't seem to replicate is a way to get guide data. Mom really doesn't care about that part but it bugs my OCD to see "No Information" on every screen when flipping channels. LOL I do wish there was an easy way to get the existing guide data from Channels because it has matched up guide data far better than any of the ways I tried in the past day of fiddling with this.
The last thing I looked at was Schedules Direct for EPG data and it was just beyond me. As far as I can tell none of the approved apps fit with anything I'm using.
Anyway thank you for everyone who has shared what they are doing in this thread. It has definitely helped.
Did you try your local verizon or other cable companies. I matched the channel number in the beginning of the m3u of each channel to their guide. The "510" is from Verizons guide. #EXTINF:-1 channel-id="510"
Also downloaded the guide in Emby.
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="510" tvg-logo="https://tmsimg.fancybits.co/assets/s28719_ll_h3_ac.png" tvg-name="WBFFDT" group-title="Favorites",FOX
http://192.168.1.243:8089/devices/ANY/channels/45.1/stream.mpg?format=ts
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