Passing URL

[samwiliams33]

Hi, Is there any way to have Nextpvr pass my iptv url instead of transcoding?

[mvallevand]

You need to provide more details. IPTV won't typically be transcoded if the stream browser compatible or when you use a direct play client unless the source provides separate audio and video streams.

Martin

[samwiliams33]

So what I'm seeing is no matter what client I'm using Nextpvr uses FFMpeg, so it looks like the url is not just being passed to the client. 
I use kodi, web browser, and other applications.

[mvallevand]

NextPVR never passes a URL to the source to a client they are always buffered on the server. Sounds like your source has separate a/v streams but we can't tell without the zipped logs.

Martin

[sub]

As Martin said, it never passes the url to the client. All the streaming is handled by NextPVR, so that it has features like pausing/skipping/recording etc. However, in most cases it will not use ffmpeg.

If you're seeing it use ffmpeg when you're streaming to kodi, then it likely means there is something unusual about the source stream, and NextPVR is unable to natively consume it, so it asks ffmpeg for help to convert it into a format it can understand. If you can post your logs, I check what it doesn't like.

When viewing in a web browser, it always uses ffmpeg, but in most cases it's just a remux (rather than a transcode).

[samwiliams33]

So this is a feature found in Xteve, where it is able to pass the url without buffering. And it does it with the same m3u file, that NextPVR is using.
So I figured there has to be a way or setting that can be changed to allow Nextpvr to do the same.

[mvallevand]

Without the logs there are no problems. The buffering in NextPVR doesn't mean transcoding.

Martin

[samwiliams33]

But if it is using FFmpeg doesn't that mean it is not passing the URL?

[sub]

But if it is using FFmpeg doesn't that mean it is not passing the URL?

It's not clear what you mean here. As we said above, NextPVR never passes the original IPTV url to the client. The client receives a url to a stream being provided by NextPVR. (and behind the scenes the NextPVR server uses the connection to the TV tuner, or IPTV source, or whatever)

[sub]

As we mentioned though, normally when watching in kodi, ffmpeg would not be required anywhere, and this may be a sign that there is something unusual about the IPTV stream that NextPVR doesn't like. If you can post the logs, it might tell us what (and I can try to add support for that)