v17 How to add radio sources
#1
I must be missing something! I can see the radio menu option of the ;eft hand menu, but don't see a way to add a source to it? How?
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#2
(2017-01-10, 19:57)sfatula Wrote: I must be missing something! I can see the radio menu option of the ;eft hand menu, but don't see a way to add a source to it? How?

Hello,
You can use pvr iptv simple client for add your favorite radios
You need find url stream's radio
You must edit your m3u like this :

#EXTINF:-1,tvg-logo="http://image.noelshack.com/minis/2017/02/1484272726-somafm.png" group-title="radio" radio="true",Groove Salad
http://ice1.somafm.com/groovesalad-128-mp3


PS : Group and logo are optionnal, for have radios into radio section , you must use this tag : radio="true"
If you don't use this tag, your radios will be into TV section
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#3
Actually, the duration element (that's the number immediately after "#EXTINF:") should be '-1', not '1'. '-1' indicates an indeterminate length for the item, while any positive number is the duration of the item in seconds. In the example above, it would be indicating the "Groove Salad" only plays for 1 second, and then playback should end.

(Kodi's IPTV Simple client may allow the stream to play indefinitely. I am uncertain as to IPTV Simple's specifics. However, if that is the case you may have problems using the M3U playlist with other software that properly reads playlists. Also, the first line of the playlist should be "#EXTM3U". Subsequent lines are pairs of #EXTINF metadata lines followed by the URI to the item to be played.)
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#4
That's strange, so, KODI added a main menu item named Radio, but, there is no (GUI) way to use it?
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#5
It's design to be used with radio channels being served by one of the Kodi PVR add-ons from a PVR backend in the exact same way Live TV is.
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#6
I see. Now that makes more sense. The different seems to be slight, the live tv menu always was missing if you did not have a PVR Addon. In this case, I do (mythtv), but, there is no radio feature that Kodi would use. Ideally, with no radio feature or stations, the menu probably shouldn't show but that's a minor nitpick. The fact that it showed made me think there was an interface there to load stations into. That, and, going into that menu option, it's very easy to crash Kodi. Perhaps because there are no stations. For me, just trying to use the context menu does it.

I believe I can choose to hide it from settings. Still, I would suggest hiding it if no stations or capability of the addon.
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#7
The Live TV menu option used to be hidden in Kodi < 17; however, since the PVR manager was essentially changed to being always on, it is always displayed (unless changed by your skin's settings). If you do not have any PVR clients configured, it presents links to enabling/configuring the PVR clients.
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#8
Why do you keep repeating that radio="true" in m3u file works. It doesn't work, I tried on Linux, Windows and Android and
radio channels are ALWAYS in TV section! This is very frustrating and disappointing also.
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#9
(2017-04-15, 16:10)amilino Wrote: Why do you keep repeating that radio="true" in m3u file works. It doesn't work, I tried on Linux, Windows and Android and
radio channels are ALWAYS in TV section! This is very frustrating and disappointing also.

I was able to work around this issue by adding a group-title="new" to the first radio and pressing Settings->PVR & Live TV Settings->General->Clear data. After that the radio channels moved from TV to radio section. The group name can be changed from 'new' to whatever you like.
Code:
#EXTINF:0 group-title="group1",Channel1
http://channel1.link
#EXTINF:0 group-title="group1",Channel2
http://channel2.link
#EXTINF:-1 group-title="new" radio="true",Radio1
http://radio1.link
#EXTINF:-1 radio="true",Radio2
http://radio2.link
#EXTINF:-1 radio="true",Radio3
http://radio3.link

Kodi version 17.4 git:20170822
iptvsimple version 2.4.14 by nightik
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#10
(2017-01-14, 13:56)wanabi Wrote:
(2017-01-10, 19:57)sfatula Wrote: I must be missing something! I can see the radio menu option of the ;eft hand menu, but don't see a way to add a source to it? How?

Hello,
You can use pvr iptv simple client for add your favorite radios
You need find url stream's radio
You must edit your m3u like this :

#EXTINF:-1,tvg-logo="http://image.noelshack.com/minis/2017/02/1484272726-somafm.png" group-title="radio" radio="true",Groove Salad
http://ice1.somafm.com/groovesalad-128-mp3


PS : Group and logo are optionnal, for have radios into radio section , you must use this tag : radio="true"
If you don't use this tag, your radios will be into TV section 
Sorry for noob question. I use tvheadend instead of iptv simple client. I assume I can edit tvheadend's m3u in the same way. I tried the command: $ find m3u, but that didn't work. How do I find the path to m3u? What command do I use to "You need find url stream's radio" and m3u
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#11
and $ find / m3u, followed by various greps. But I am not sure what I am trying to find
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#12
(2017-09-21, 12:54)klisanor Wrote:
(2017-04-15, 16:10)amilino Wrote: Why do you keep repeating that radio="true" in m3u file works. It doesn't work, I tried on Linux, Windows and Android and
radio channels are ALWAYS in TV section! This is very frustrating and disappointing also.

I was able to work around this issue by adding a group-title="new" to the first radio and pressing Settings->PVR & Live TV Settings->General->Clear data. After that the radio channels moved from TV to radio section. The group name can be changed from 'new' to whatever you like.
Code:
#EXTINF:0 group-title="group1",Channel1
http://channel1.link
#EXTINF:0 group-title="group1",Channel2
http://channel2.link
#EXTINF:-1 group-title="new" radio="true",Radio1
http://radio1.link
#EXTINF:-1 radio="true",Radio2
http://radio2.link
#EXTINF:-1 radio="true",Radio3
http://radio3.link

Kodi version 17.4 git:20170822
iptvsimple version 2.4.14 by nightik 
Sorry for noob question. I've searched my server and cannot find the file. How do I get to this file? What is the linux command-line path to this directory, or how do I edit via the Kodi interface?
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