(2015-02-20, 17:18)tommymsw Wrote: Sweet, well there are just a ton of free M3U streams offered from networks. "Cartoon Network Reboot" for example. They make it easy to incorporate right into Kodi via the PVR service. They would make great channels for PTVL. I am sure there is a way to do this? But I've only been using PTVL this way for like a week now.

(2015-02-20, 17:18)tommymsw Wrote: Sweet, well there are just a ton of free M3U streams offered from networks. "Cartoon Network Reboot" for example. They make it easy to incorporate right into Kodi via the PVR service. They would make great channels for PTVL. I am sure there is a way to do this? But I've only been using PTVL this way for like a week now.

(2015-02-20, 18:55)tommymsw Wrote: lol... Thanks. I did search this forum for adding M3U and got no results. (but forums can be hard to search sometimes without reading every post). However, I did figure out how to do it and I am sure most of you know, but I'll add it here anyway. Just download the M3U file then add an internetTV channel, choose "pvr" and then browse to the M3U file you downloaded. Have not tested the one you added in the community, but mine works fine using the method above.

I guess I was looking for a reference to "M3U", "PVR" didn't seem intuitive, but I just tried everything.

(2015-02-20, 20:01)Lunatixz Wrote:

(2015-02-20, 18:55)tommymsw Wrote: lol... Thanks. I did search this forum for adding M3U and got no results. (but forums can be hard to search sometimes without reading every post). However, I did figure out how to do it and I am sure most of you know, but I'll add it here anyway. Just download the M3U file then add an internetTV channel, choose "pvr" and then browse to the M3U file you downloaded. Have not tested the one you added in the community, but mine works fine using the method above.

I guess I was looking for a reference to "M3U", "PVR" didn't seem intuitive, but I just tried everything.

You're not searching for m3u you are searching for m3u8... you need to understand the difference
a m3u with one single link in it is just silly, don't' know why anyone would do that...

As for your setup, you took a backward way of doing it... tech. the proper way would have been to browse "local video", since you downloaded it. Not PVR since PVR is unrelated... only relationship is that they both pull up a browser window.

But if we want to get real tech, the proper way would have been to enter the m3u8 link into the "URL" option, or to place the m3u8 link into a strm file. Then Browse "Local Video" and select that strm.

Leaving it as a m3u with only one single link can lead to problems down the road... for one PTVL will never look beyond the m3u package... ie. it will not be able to verify the source. If its a direct link or a strm, PTVL has the ability to verify the source.

I only point this out because anything worth doing, is worth doing right...

(2015-02-20, 05:54)xecutionx Wrote:

(2015-02-20, 04:35)rsummers618 Wrote: A few days ago I mentioned slow performance without much evidence, however I've done some looking into the code and some brief debugging to try to figure out what is going on.

My HTPC is an older laptop which I originally experienced sluggish epg performance on.

I have since done a fresh install of KODI and pseudotv live only on my desktop: i7 4770K overclocked with intel 530 SSD and 16 GB ram. to make sure that the problem wasn't that my system was just too slow.
Well even with a fresh install, and one of the quickest consumer systems available I experience significant lag in the EPG.

To further debug. I disabled Dynamic artwork in settings.xml. ,disabled debug logs, only used local content that has all information and images, no color, no extra info, default skin. I limited to the minimum 50 items per channel and created 13 channels.
Even with this configurations the epg takes about 0.5 - 1 second to flip channels back and forth, and a full 2-3 seconds when you change the channel beyond what is visible in the epg already. ie(scroll all the way to bottom of list)

Here are my debug logs as proof time stamps shown on the side: Again this taken with the above configuration (13 channels limited to 50, no artwork on desktop system etc.)



Logs:
Scrolling all the way down: taking 2-3 seconds as shown by timestamps http://pastebin.com/GfkmihYd
pressing left in the menu highlight an already visible option: http://pastebin.com/vtHASKt0 Takes 0.5-1 seconds shown by timestamps
**note** the epg is about the same speed with debug logs both on and off, there is a negligible difference



When i use my HDHomerun on my HTPC, with dynamic art, etc, everything takes an additional second or two. I figured i would isolate the problem to begin with though with everything disabled, as performance is still slow

I've eliminated most of the variables that I know of, and I've begun digging in the code to see what could be taking so long, but I figured i would bring this to your attention first.

Just want to note that I'm experiencing the same thing coming from XBMC over to Kodi. CPU isn't an issue, it's an i5 2500K + Samsung 830 SSD. I don't care for all the bells and whistles as long as the EPG is fast and I've disabled all that I can.

I end up getting stuck in the EPG because of the lag; its actually easier for me to change channels than to use the EPG to do so.

(2015-02-20, 21:59)jaynford Wrote:

(2015-02-20, 20:01)Lunatixz Wrote:

(2015-02-20, 18:55)tommymsw Wrote: lol... Thanks. I did search this forum for adding M3U and got no results. (but forums can be hard to search sometimes without reading every post). However, I did figure out how to do it and I am sure most of you know, but I'll add it here anyway. Just download the M3U file then add an internetTV channel, choose "pvr" and then browse to the M3U file you downloaded. Have not tested the one you added in the community, but mine works fine using the method above.

I guess I was looking for a reference to "M3U", "PVR" didn't seem intuitive, but I just tried everything.

You're not searching for m3u you are searching for m3u8... you need to understand the difference
a m3u with one single link in it is just silly, don't' know why anyone would do that...

As for your setup, you took a backward way of doing it... tech. the proper way would have been to browse "local video", since you downloaded it. Not PVR since PVR is unrelated... only relationship is that they both pull up a browser window.

But if we want to get real tech, the proper way would have been to enter the m3u8 link into the "URL" option, or to place the m3u8 link into a strm file. Then Browse "Local Video" and select that strm.

Leaving it as a m3u with only one single link can lead to problems down the road... for one PTVL will never look beyond the m3u package... ie. it will not be able to verify the source. If its a direct link or a strm, PTVL has the ability to verify the source.

I only point this out because anything worth doing, is worth doing right...

Yeah the m3u8 is the only way that works for me, at least with the nickreboot stream. I tried the community channel for cnreboot and it doesn't work. It shows up on the guide but when I select it, it doesnt change. Anyone have the m3u8 link for cnreboot?

(2015-02-20, 22:27)azrael17 Wrote:

(2015-02-20, 21:59)jaynford Wrote:

(2015-02-20, 20:01)Lunatixz Wrote: You're not searching for m3u you are searching for m3u8... you need to understand the difference
a m3u with one single link in it is just silly, don't' know why anyone would do that...

As for your setup, you took a backward way of doing it... tech. the proper way would have been to browse "local video", since you downloaded it. Not PVR since PVR is unrelated... only relationship is that they both pull up a browser window.

But if we want to get real tech, the proper way would have been to enter the m3u8 link into the "URL" option, or to place the m3u8 link into a strm file. Then Browse "Local Video" and select that strm.

Leaving it as a m3u with only one single link can lead to problems down the road... for one PTVL will never look beyond the m3u package... ie. it will not be able to verify the source. If its a direct link or a strm, PTVL has the ability to verify the source.

I only point this out because anything worth doing, is worth doing right...

Yeah the m3u8 is the only way that works for me, at least with the nickreboot stream. I tried the community channel for cnreboot and it doesn't work. It shows up on the guide but when I select it, it doesnt change. Anyone have the m3u8 link for cnreboot?

So you're saying you use a m3u8 for nickreboot? I notice the community list uses an m3u. Could you share your m3u8 so I can update the community list? It might also be useful in deciphering the m3u8 for CNR as they use the same base.

(2015-02-20, 22:33)jaynford Wrote: HA! I figured out the cnreboot one as well.

cnreboot: http://east.cnreboot.com/live/cnreboot1/playlist.m3u8
nickreboot: http://live.nickreboot.net/live/mp4:nickreboot1east/playlist.m3u8

(2015-02-20, 22:36)azrael17 Wrote:

(2015-02-20, 22:33)jaynford Wrote: HA! I figured out the cnreboot one as well.

cnreboot: http://east.cnreboot.com/live/cnreboot1/playlist.m3u8
nickreboot: http://live.nickreboot.net/live/mp4:nickreboot1east/playlist.m3u8

Thx. Updated both in the community list.

(2015-02-18, 23:04)khuber79 Wrote:

(2015-02-18, 14:21)Indy_star Wrote:

(2015-02-18, 11:18)khuber79 Wrote: Sorry if this is off topic or if this has been addressed. After painfully spending the last couple days figuring everything out and running into a ton of crashes, I think I for the most part I am now in the clear. The only issue that I am still running in to is if I hit the stop button while a stream is playing. PseudoTV Live appears to stop but it doesn't quit and Kodi brings me to the home screen but I can't do anything. I hear clicking like I'm moving around the menu but nothing gets highlighted. I assume you are not supposed to hit stop button but sometimes I accidentally hit the button just from old habits. Is there a way to get control back without force quitting Kodi? If this is the normal behavior can I request a feature that makes the stop button simply pause the stream or bring up the quit dialog for PTVL.

Just change channels and you will have control again.

Nothing works after I hit stop. I tried hitting channel up and down to change channels. I tried hitting enter to bring up guide. I tried hitting esc to exit. The only thing that seems to work is hitting S to bring up the shutdown menu.

(2015-02-21, 01:33)tommymsw Wrote: I just opened the M3U file from the websites and then used the M3U8 file inside and added as URL. Works like a treat.

Rastan I think your problem is in hitting "x". For PTVL you need to hit "esc" to get out of the program properly.