Description:MC28.0.7 adds IPTV Support in TV engine. Live streaming, time-shifting and recording.
You can add an IPTV URL as a TV channel, and view the stream in TV engine.
Instructions[Edit: Please see
Using IPTV for more complete instructions.]
1. To add channels:
a. Manually add a channel: Run
Manage TV Channels. Click the Add button. Choose "IPTV" for type. Enter a station name, and type/paste URL.
or
b. Set up channels using an m3u8 playlist file:
(1) Run
TV Setup.
(2) Select "Streaming (from a network tuner or from the Internet)" for Service Type.
(3) On Capture Hardware page, select "IPTV" for Tuner Type, and choose an m3u/m3u8 file for channel playlist.
(4) Finish the rest of the wizard like you do with other TV type setups.
2. View the video like you do with other types of TV channels, from the EPG. Most likely you will have to manually make EPG mapping entries to get the correct EPG data for such channels. If you do not make any EPG association, the guide for such channels will be filled with "Program info not available" entries.
Note: Most HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) based IPTV sources use an m3u8 file extension in their URLs. These are the URLs we can currently support. If the URL does not contain the file extension, it will not work, because we have not implemented a smarter way of telling the type yet.
