Main UK channels not playing

[Swindiff]

Thanks Martin, this is brilliant, I have it all working now. The EPG was not working as I had not mapped the channels.
One more question, should it be possible to record multiple channels simultaneously?
Thanks again

[Swindiff]

I just saw my maximum connections was set to 1. Increased to 10 and now working.

[mvallevand]

Great the reason I don't default it higher is after the first few seconds streamink is requesting a new token for each segment so it could impact Live TV.  If you find it choppy pause for a while.

Also now that streamlink is working for you, you can consider a hybrid solution in the extra file.  Looking at https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...#pid596427 there is a link the the iptv-org BBC mpd files.  https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv/blob/ma...uk_bbc.m3u  NextPVR can't play them but streamlink can.

From that page I would test any BBC streams you might watch from the command line

Code:

streamlink https://vs-cmaf-push-ww-live.akamaized.net/x=4/i=urn:bbc:pips:service:bbc_news_channel_hd/iptv_hd_abr_v1.mpd best

and if it works  edit the extras-filmon.xml and replace the filmon URL with the mpd URL Also change low to best

Since BBC News isn't in the list you could add this and use it as a template.

Code:

.
  <channel name="BBC News" number="231" group="Filmon" tvg-id=""BBCNews.uk">                                           
   <command>streamlink</command>                                                                                                   
    <args>https://vs-cmaf-push-ww-live.akamaized.net/x=4/i=urn:bbc:pips:service:bbc_news_channel_hd/iptv_hd_abr_v1.mpd best -O</args>                                                                           
    <icon>https://tv.assets.pressassociation.io/30df16d5-6b8a-5d2e-b48f-cf38b5c6c9dc.png</icon>                                                       
</channel>

Martin

[Swindiff]

Thanks Martin
I am using Jellyfin with the NextPVR plugin as my IPTV client. Those links don't play using streamlink, but they work great using ffmpeg as in your other linked post

[mvallevand]

They should work with streamlink cli. I do see my streamlink example got caught because of the forum URL shortener, try again. I find streamlink is slightly better getting selecting the best stream.

Martin

[Swindiff]

Thanks Martin, I shall keep fiddling. I notice that the ITV channels are missing from your extra. They are listed in the UK m3u here
https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv

ITV1 for example is
https://x.canlitvapp.com/u-itv1/index.m3u8

i have tried adding it to your extra using Streamlink and ffmpeg, but it does not work. Is there any way to get these channels working?

Cheers

[mvallevand]

I noted that there was no ITV and you noted that the iptv-org listings for that source didn't work. I don't know any quasi-legit URL's streaming them. I did look when they were removed from Filmon

Honestly your best bet is probably just to get a DVB-T tuner for NextPVR now that you know more about it. You will likely get more channels too.

Martin

[Swindiff]

I don't have an ariel. My TV provider is Sky with a dish.
I have one of these Sky Q Boxes
http://storage.sky.com/prod/helpcentre/m...HD_box.pdf
and 3 of these mini boxes
https://midlandskyservices.co.uk/sky-q-m...x-61-p.asp

Is there anything that can take the output from one of these mini boxes and into NextPVR on my PC?

[mvallevand]

Yes and no. If they accept IR remotes and you have a lot of technical skill you could use an HDMI capture device from one your devices, but you can get one channel at a time.

Martin

[Swindiff]

That would be no good for how I want to use it. I may have a cunning plan though, please shoot me down if I have this all wrong.

From what I understand my SkyQ dish had a dual channel wide band LNB and due to some cunning wizardry in the main SkyQ box this allows me to watch 1 channel and record up to 6 others at the same time.

What if I replaced my LNB with one of these
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Visiblewave-Hyb...1Z2YP?th=1

I could still connect the wideband to my SkyQ box and continue to use my Sky boxes as i currently do. I could then connect the quad satellite connectors to one of these
https://vboxcomm.co.uk/vbox-android-tv-g...rder=price

As long as i connect this VBOX into my LAN then I should be able to scan these satellite feeds with NextPVR?

Would this give 4 separate tuners/connections in NextPVR. So I could either watch 4 channels at once or record 3 and watch 1?

I don't actually need the HDMI out/remote, all I really need is the sat inputs > Ethernet, do you know of any boxes that would do this maybe cheaper?

If this works it well it may be in the future i could cancel my Sky subscription and just use Freesat

Thanks again