2020-02-06, 21:00
(2020-02-06, 17:49)clones Wrote: It appears the updates (up to .90) have been effective, as I am not seeing Kodi crashes, or interruptions in playing live tv so far. The only small thing I noted this morning, was in the channel guide, where I had set the channel number locations, the sling channels had reset to the original channel numbers.
That's good to hear, it's been my experience as well. In regards to channel numbering, the playlist file is generated on the fly upon request and specifically it's generated alphabetically in terms of playlist order. It then is imported by IPTV Simple. Only things that would change this order would the removal/addition of channels such as subscription changes and/or hiding a channel via the add-on. IPTV Simple defaults to starting numbering at 1, unless changed to something else the playlist will be numbered accordingly. One step further in Kodi settings, you have the options to "Use channel order from backend(s)", "User channel numbers from backend", and "Start group channels from 1". Might be worth while playing with some of those settings to see if your experience improves. You call also try using cache in IPTV Simple and/or "Store data in database" under "Guide" in Kodi settings.
The process in general goes flows like this: Backend (the add-on playlist) -> PVR Client (IPTV Simple) -> PVR Frontend (Kodi). As already stated, the playlist is alphabetic. The client just goes down list starting at 1, unless otherwise specified. Lastly, the frontend does final customization. I'm not sure as to the mechanic that would remove your customization's albeit perhaps down the road it may be an option to custom order the playlist or at the very least give certain channels priority to the top.