[Stefan2902]

Hi all,

Sorry to ask maybe simple questions but I am pretty new to this topic. Have set up "Raspbian Butcher Lite" with Kodi on top and I am running a Xoro 8100 SAT>IP server.

During the configuration of the "IPTV Simple Client" Add-On I am not sure where I do get the m3u address from? Some websites point me to "http://www.satip.info/Playlists/ASTRA_19_2E.m3u" but I struggle to understand how to configure the add-on to use the stream from my  Xoro 8100 SAT>IP server sitting in local network?

For now the channel list is empty. If I point to above mentioned external URL I see channels but no stream is coming up when clicking.

On my local PC, when using VLC, under UPnP, I find my server "XORO SAT>IP Server 8100" and under meta information I see "http://www.satip.info/Playlists/ASTRA_19_2E.m3u".

My concrete questions are:

a) Do I need to select remote URL for m3u or local since I want to stream from my SAT>IP server sitting in my LAN?
b) How do I find out the URL relevant for my Xoro 8100 SAT>IP server?

Any hint would be highly appreciated.

Many thanks.
Stefan

[Stefan2902]

In the meantime I have investigated further and guess that the m3u file content wrong is. It looks like:

#EXTINF:0,3. RTL Television^M
rtsp://192.168.178.78/?src=1&freq=12188&pol=h&ro=0.35&msys=dvbs&mtype=qpsk
&plts=off&sr=27500&fec=34&pids=0,17,18,163,104,44,105|User-Agent=VLC^M

Whereby the ip is the one from my xoro sat ip server. Guess that this is somewhat wrong. The kodi log file tells me:

2020-04-27 18:12:14.133 T:1899844528 NOTICE: VideoPlayer: finished waiting
2020-04-27 18:12:17.567 T:1899844528 NOTICE: VideoPlayer::OpenFile: pvr://channels/tv/All channels/pvr.iptvsimple_1433249453.pvr
2020-04-27 18:12:17.569 T:1763164384 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
2020-04-27 18:12:17.571 T:1763164384 NOTICE: Creating Demuxer
2020-04-27 18:12:47.620 T:1763164384 WARNING: could not find codec parameters for rtsp://192.168.178.78/?src=1&freq=12188&pol=h&ro=0.35&msys=dvbs&mtype=qpsk&plts=off&sr=27500&fec=34&pids=0,17,18,163,104,44,105
2020-04-27 18:12:47.621 T:1763164384 ERROR: OpenDemuxStream - Error creating demuxer
2020-04-27 18:12:47.621 T:1763164384 NOTICE: CVideoPlayer::OnExit()
2020-04-27 18:12:47.677 T:1899844528 NOTICE: CVideoPlayer::CloseFile()
2020-04-27 18:12:47.678 T:1899844528 NOTICE: VideoPlayer: waiting for threads to exit

Do you have any hint for me? Also I am in doubt that vlc player will be used?! 🤔

Stefan

[phunkyfish]

Can you post a full debug log? Instructions in my signature.

[Stefan2902]

Hi,

Thanks for your response. As requested you can find the debug log below:

https://paste.kodi.tv/salusiqodu

One or two more questions. On my RPI I have selected memory split 256.is that a fair setting? I am using WiFi connection only. Is that sufficient to stream the sat signal or do I need to connect to Lan?

Stefan

[Stefan2902]

Looks as if the Videoplayer is missing some codec parameters (see pastein). Due to further reading in the forum I have decided to change to VLC as an external player. Hence I have added a file called playercorefactory.xml under ~/.kodi/userdata with the following content:

<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="VLC" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>/usr/bin/vlc</filename>
<args>--fullscreen "{1}"</args>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule video="true" player="VLC"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

According to the latest kodi log it recognizes the vlc player as well but doesn't seem to use it for playing the stream, details see

https://paste.kodi.tv/izucemuvic

Any suggestion?

[phunkyfish]

You can’t use external players for PVR

[Stefan2902]

Thanks for sharing. That explains why vlc is not working. Do you have any idea why the channel is not loading? I am a bit desperate?! Anything I can do to further troubleshoot or do root cause analysis? In the meantime I have also tried via LAN cable but this is no different from the wifi...

[Stefan2902]

Instead of using the iptv simple client is it also possible to try using the DVBViewer instead? Would that also work with sap>ip xoro 8100 server?

[phunkyfish]

Could you try a kodi 19 testbuild?

Which platforms can you run?

[Stefan2902]

Has not worked for me. I have gone a different route now. Use raspbian butcher with GUI and using VLC directly with upnp for sat>IP. Kodi installed as well for other media. Not Ideal but better than nothing. Will close this item now.

[User 272336]

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