IPTV repeat one?

[pewter_waggle]

Hi, adding an IPTV stream from https://iptvcat.com/faq

According to the FAQ:

VLC. Stream Stops or skips to other channel every 10-15-30 second
If Stream Stops or skips to other channel every 10-15-30 seconds, please click two times on Loop Play Button until an one appears as in figure.

How can I get the same result with NextPVR docker Arm64 Version: 6.1.1.221106  ?

Thanks!

[mvallevand]

You can't that really isn't PVR where you want to play or recording a specific show or channel, that is more like random video playback from a bad playlist.

Martin

[pewter_waggle]

I understand its a malformed playlist and but I just want to fix the stream so I can play it on NextPVR

from a ffmpeg dump:

Code:

ffmpeg -i http://ttv.bz:80/xgennnnldfsdnvsdvidufvndasnn/TzGCKJYsl9/69392\?checkedby:iptvcat.com -c copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc output.mp4
ffmpeg version 5.1.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2022 the FFmpeg developers
  built with Apple clang version 14.0.0 (clang-1400.0.29.202)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/5.1.2_6 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags= --enable-ffplay --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-libaom --enable-libaribb24 --enable-libbluray --enable-libdav1d --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-librav1e --enable-librist --enable-librubberband --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsrt --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-lzma --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-frei0r --enable-libass --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libspeex --enable-libsoxr --enable-libzmq --enable-libzimg --disable-libjack --disable-indev=jack --enable-videotoolbox
  libavutil      57. 28.100 / 57. 28.100
  libavcodec    59. 37.100 / 59. 37.100
  libavformat    59. 27.100 / 59. 27.100
  libavdevice    59.  7.100 / 59.  7.100
  libavfilter    8. 44.100 /  8. 44.100
  libswscale      6.  7.100 /  6.  7.100
  libswresample  4.  7.100 /  4.  7.100
  libpostproc    56.  6.100 / 56.  6.100
[h264 @ 0x7fc322f058c0] non-existing SPS 0 referenced in buffering period
    Last message repeated 1 times
Input #0, mpegts, from 'http://ttv.bz:80/xgennnnldfsdnvsdvidufvndasnn/TzGCKJYsl9/69392?checkedby:iptvcat.com':
  Duration: N/A, start: 10.006667, bitrate: N/A
  Program 1
    Metadata:
      service_name    : Service01
      service_provider: FFmpeg
  Stream #0:0[0x100]: Video: h264 (Main) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuv420p(progressive), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 25 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn
  Stream #0:1[0x101]: Audio: aac (LC) ([15][0][0][0] / 0x000F), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s
Output #0, mp4, to 'output.mp4':
  Metadata:
    encoder        : Lavf59.27.100
  Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(progressive), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn
  Stream #0:1: Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[http @ 0x7fc323904c40] Stream ends prematurely at 30289252, should be 1844674407370955161522x
http://ttv.bz:80/xgennnnldfsdnvsdvidufvndasnn/TzGCKJYsl9/69392?checkedby:iptvcat.com: Input/output error
frame=  913 fps=8.0 q=-1.0 Lsize=  27334kB time=00:00:36.47 bitrate=6139.2kbits/s speed=0.321x
video:26751kB audio:556kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.098537%

Anyway to transcode/fix that with NextPVR?

[pkscout]

There is not. If the provider is going to give you a playlist that changes streams at random, there's nothing NextPVR can do about that.

[pewter_waggle]

Im fine tuning some ffmpeg args to do so. I think it is possible. I just stream almost 1 hour with that.

Then my idea is use an extra device to import that to NextPVR https://github.com/sub3/NextPVR/wiki/Extras

Maybe do some magic bash to do automate that with all the channels?

[sub]

Hi, adding an IPTV stream from https://iptvcat.com/faq

According to the FAQ:

VLC. Stream Stops or skips to other channel every 10-15-30 second
If Stream Stops or skips to other channel every 10-15-30 seconds, please click two times on Loop Play Button until an one appears as in figure.

Pretty much the reason they're saying to use the loop button is because they know the streams are dodgy and will probably drop the connection often. NextPVR kind of does the same thing any way, in that it'll try to reconnect if the stream goes down.

Often reconnecting or having vlc loop isn't good enough for getting smooth playback from these streams though, because they'll often give you some buffered content you've already had. Leading to repeated bits of content or broken streams.

In summary, you'll generally need better streams.