No Audio Stream on most IPTV Channels

[mvallevand]

I think you are doing things ok it is just a complex stream program and with catchup and it might be timing out. I think you need -v panic too.

Martin

[mvallevand]

I had a look again at your extra since I found an ffmpeg setting that might help and I notice you cour have the wrong URL for audio master-masteraudio1. Here in Canada on the international feed it is just masteraudio1.m3u

The option I was trying was -live_start_index -1 to force it to the end and it seems to speed up playback here.

Martin

[pascholnahui]

Thank you.
I tried it that way and it seems to work.

Code:

<extras>
    <channel name="Das Erste HD">
      <command>ffmpeg.exe</command>
      <args>-i https://daserste-live.ard-mcdn.de/daserste/live/hls/de/master1080p5000.m3u8 -i https://daserste-live.ard-mcdn.de/daserste/live/hls/de/masteraudio1.m3u8  -codec copy -v panic -live_start_index -1 -f mpegts - </args>
    </channel>
  </extras>

Sometimes I encountered some issues. Sometimes the video would randomly stop. Or the audio would stop. Or the audio would run out of sync. Then I would change the channel and change back and it runs smoothly as it should.

I will test the other channels too and report back if the issues continue happening.

But the one thing missing is still the EPG information for the extra channel. In channel setting I manually set the epg source for this channel and chose the same as I did for the m3u source but there are no informations showing. Can I fix that too?

[mvallevand]

Maybe change -live_start_index -1 to -10 to give more buffer or remove it entirely. Otherwise I can't help with the stream issues, since the data is coming from ffmpeg. It is possible that Kodi would have fewer issues. if you are testing with the browser since it is direct play,.

If you mapped the channel on settings it will work but the any XMLTV file has to be be updated. The zipped logs will show what is going wrong.

Martin

[pascholnahui]

I tested around a bit and tried to change -live_start_index -1 to -10. Same issue with the out of sync audio right at the start of the stream. Changing channels back and forth for a while solves the issue but it comes back eventually. Removing -live_start_index -1 entirely is worse. In addition the stream would randomly freeze.

Writing these extras for complex streams is way too much work. And every time you change something you have to scan the channels, order them and set the epg settings all over again.

I think I'll do that once and deactivate the NextPVR addon in KODI using the IPTV Simple Client for regular watching. If I need to record something I'll switch to the NextPVR addon just for that purpose.

Thanks for the help. It is much appreciated.

[mvallevand]

Agreed these complex m3u8 are a pain when the built in downloader fails. If you only change the batch file you don't need to rescan or change the EPG.

Martin