2015-05-01, 03:14
To my knowledge, no one has written up a solution around the mpeg2 decoding issue with the Amazon Fire TV Stick with Live TV with a windows backend.
Here is the way I did it...
Requirements-
Have a HDHomerun, Ceton or Enigma 2 tv tuner setup
TVServer application written by mcheng89 from here LINK
VLC version 2.1.2
Google Docs template to create Live TV playlist by PowerLion1 from here LINK
Steps (real simple)-
1. Unzip the tvserver package
2. Install VLC version 2.1.2 (I think this is the latest version that works)
a. Optionally enable hardware encoding in the expert menu within VLC
3. Run tvserver package (follow the installation guide inside the package)
4. Create a Live TV playlist using the Google Docs template from above.
a. However you plan on getting an xmltv file (I use zap2xml but I know others use mc2xml...), open up the xmltv file and copy the <channel>...</channel> section to the F column in the Google Docs template.
b. Adjust the settings under column D in the Google Docs template to your desire.
c. Take care that you need to add "http://" in front of the Base URL setting; for example, for ip address 192.168.1.1, you would enter http://192.168.1.1
d. Take care that you need to add a "&" after the resolution setting; for example, for 720, you would enter 720&
e. Let the spreadsheet do its thing, may take a few minutes
f. Once the spreadsheet is done crunching, copy column A into a txt file and change the txt file extension to m3u
g. Optionally, you can use wordpad to remove all "&tuner=n" from the txt file; this way the tvserver will take care of the tuner selection dynamically
5. Fire up Kodi on your AFTVs and enable IPTV Simple client and have it point to the m3u playlist you just created.
6. Cheers!! Be happy that you're no longer dealing with the mpeg2 stuttering because now your live tv streams in h264! (only downside now is no more the ability to record shows via Kodi)
All credits goes to mcheng89 for the tvserver application and PowerLion1 for the playlist creation tool.
I really hope development can continue with tvserver to eventually include scheduled recordings...but I am extremely happy with my AFTVs setup right now!
Here is the way I did it...
Requirements-
Have a HDHomerun, Ceton or Enigma 2 tv tuner setup
TVServer application written by mcheng89 from here LINK
VLC version 2.1.2
Google Docs template to create Live TV playlist by PowerLion1 from here LINK
Steps (real simple)-
1. Unzip the tvserver package
2. Install VLC version 2.1.2 (I think this is the latest version that works)
a. Optionally enable hardware encoding in the expert menu within VLC
3. Run tvserver package (follow the installation guide inside the package)
4. Create a Live TV playlist using the Google Docs template from above.
a. However you plan on getting an xmltv file (I use zap2xml but I know others use mc2xml...), open up the xmltv file and copy the <channel>...</channel> section to the F column in the Google Docs template.
b. Adjust the settings under column D in the Google Docs template to your desire.
c. Take care that you need to add "http://" in front of the Base URL setting; for example, for ip address 192.168.1.1, you would enter http://192.168.1.1
d. Take care that you need to add a "&" after the resolution setting; for example, for 720, you would enter 720&
e. Let the spreadsheet do its thing, may take a few minutes
f. Once the spreadsheet is done crunching, copy column A into a txt file and change the txt file extension to m3u
g. Optionally, you can use wordpad to remove all "&tuner=n" from the txt file; this way the tvserver will take care of the tuner selection dynamically
5. Fire up Kodi on your AFTVs and enable IPTV Simple client and have it point to the m3u playlist you just created.
6. Cheers!! Be happy that you're no longer dealing with the mpeg2 stuttering because now your live tv streams in h264! (only downside now is no more the ability to record shows via Kodi)
All credits goes to mcheng89 for the tvserver application and PowerLion1 for the playlist creation tool.
I really hope development can continue with tvserver to eventually include scheduled recordings...but I am extremely happy with my AFTVs setup right now!