Some channels importing as VOD

[wapkaplet]

Hey there,

I have a weird question that I can't seem to figure out. I'm running IPTV through Threadfin to NextPVR. I'm trying to add some new channels from my provider, but I can't because when I give NextPVR the Threadfin m3u and XML links, it detects these new channels as VOD, even though they're not.

I've looked directly at the M3U file and can see no difference between the old channels and the new ones. They are higher res versions of existing channels (1080p vs 720p) so I'm not sure if that has something to do with it. However, I've also tried disabling the old channels in Threadfin, and the new ones still go in as VOD.

I also tried doing a completely fresh NextPVR install before importing, and these channels are still tagged as VOD. And when importing into another PVR setup (e.g. Plex) these come through as regular channels and work properly.

So, the key question is how does NextPVR decide that something is a VOD channel, and how can I correct it?

Thanks!

[mvallevand]

What does on m3u8 entry for a bad channel look like? Sounds like something isn't standard.

Martin

[sub]

Did you import from M3U or XC?

[sub]

Hey there,
So, the key question is how does NextPVR decide that something is a VOD channel, and how can I correct it?

For the most part, it's decided by a item pointing to a file name with extension like mp4/mkv/avi etc, rather than a stream url.

[wapkaplet]

What does on m3u8  entry for a bad channel look like?  Sounds like something isn't standard.

Martin

Sure thing! Here are two examples:

Working as channel in NextPVR:
#EXTINF:0 channelID="x-ID.11" tvg-chno="1011" tvg-name="[REMOVED]" tvg-id="1011" tvg-logo="[TV LOGO LINK REMOVED]" group-title="[REMOVED]",[CHANNELNAME]
http://[IP]:[PORT]/stream/[STREAMID]

Detected as VOD in NextPVR:
#EXTINF:0 channelID="x-ID.28" tvg-chno="1028" tvg-name="[REMOVED] (1080)" tvg-id="1028" tvg-logo="[TV LOGO LINK REMOVED]" group-title="[REMOVED]",[CHANNELNAME] (1080)
http://[IP]:[PORT]/stream/[STREAMID]

A few key pieces of info:

• The tvg-names do not match, as the later has (1080) appended to it.
  
• Same with channel names (after group-title).
  
• Both link back to the same guide record in the XML, because they're the same channel, just at different resolutions.
  

I'm pretty stumped here.

[sub]

What was the group title, and channel name on an example? This can sometimes cause it to be treated as VOD.

ie, if it includes a season/episode number in the channel name, that's usually an indication it's some type of VOD, rather than an actual live tv channel.

[wapkaplet]

Hey there,
So, the key question is how does NextPVR decide that something is a VOD channel, and how can I correct it?

For the most part, it's decided by a item pointing to a file name with extension like mp4/mkv/avi etc, rather than a stream url.

Hey, thanks for the reply! I imported from an m3u link, and both are stream URLs. That's part of why I'm so confused by this behaviour. See the above post for comparisons. I don't see anything at all that would be different between the two.

[mvallevand]

I think based on what sub said maybe tvg-name="[REMOVED] (1080)" might be treated as a movie(year)

Martin

[sub]

Give us a couple of actual examples. We don't need the stream url, but need the #EXTINF line. It probably think's it's a movie or an episode, rather than a real live stream.

[mvallevand]

Sub I can create the error as follows if the playlist name has 4 digits in brackets

Code:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:0 tvg-id="" tvg-chno="77", NextPVR(1080)
http://123/1

Martin