[rizjuan1]

Hey guys. I'm trying to get live TV (via the configured PVR IPTV Simple Client- if that matters) to open in an external player. Anyone know the proper rule to input into the playercorefactory.xml? I've figured out how to set it up for local files but not sure what to input for live TV- or if it's even possible.

I tried setting the following rule and now it at least tries to open the video in VLC but I'm presented with a VLC error that "the input is invalid" trying to open a file with a pvr extension. The m3u list I inputed into IPTV Simple Client plays fine when directly opened in VLC. I'm guessing there is some middleman Kodi PVR protocol that VLC can't understand. Is there anyway I can use the native Kodi EPG for Live TV but have the stream open in an external player instead of the native Kodi one? Thanks!

Here is the playercorefactory.xml I tried making:

xml:
<playercorefactory>

 <players>

   <player name="IINA" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">

     <filename>/Applications/IINA.app/Contents/MacOS/IINA</filename>

   </player>

   <player name="VLC" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">

     <filename>/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC</filename>

   </player>

 </players>

 <rules action="prepend">

   <rule protocols="daap|rtv|rtsp|rtmp|rtmpe|rtsp|mms|rtp|pvr" player="VLC" />

  </rules>

</playercorefactory>

[dcol]

I also would be interested in any answer to this.