Port-Forwarding (9981 and 9982) but channels do not start

suwofis

Hey,
I made a port forwarding for the two ports 9981 and 9982 in the tcp protocoll because I want to use my tvheadend server worldwide.

Well, I can enter the web-if by typing in: dyn-dns-adress:9981. But when I want to start achannel it just doesn't work. Like I said,streaming port 9982is forwarded tho. What could be the reason?

Thanks in advance

davep

When you play a channel or recording from the GUI, tvheadend sends your browser a .m3u file containing a URL. Your browser opens that URL (or passes it to another application such as VLC) to view the content.

However the .m3u file contains the IP address of your tvheadend server as seen from inside your network, not the external address of your router. Hence it won't work.

I use a VPN provided by my router, which effectively puts my remote device inside my internal network and so allows access to tvheadend content.

suwofis

Thanks for your answer - I think I know what you want to say. Is it possible to edit the .m3u with a Linux Editor because I think I can't install a seperate VPN as I already configured a DynDNS in my FritzBox and at home I also need some smartDNS Providers.
Or doesn't all that bite each other?

davep

Yes you could edit the .m3u file but you would have to keep the modified file on your client device - you wouldn't be able to just click on a channel or recording in the UI and have it play. I don't think there is any way in the UI to change the IP address included in the file.

Flole

It should automatically contain the right IP/Hostname based on the hostname header the browser sends

suwofis

Thank you for your nice answers.
I opened one .m3u-file, just to see what's inside and I think I found the mistake. I opened up the https port in the router. But not the http-port. And the streams use http.
So I think I have to do that and maybe it should work then.

EDIT: Just opened the http-port 80 - but still doesn't work. Don't know why - doesn't make any sense to me.

davep

Your m3u file will contain the address of your Tvheadend server on your local network - something like 192.168.1.21. However to access the server from the internet it should contain either the external IP address of your router (something like 123.456.78.90) or your dyndns address (myaddress.dyndns.org). Your router will than forward the traffic to your Tvheadend server.

suwofis

Hi, I know what you mean but my m3u-files (when I open them with the editor) contain the dyn-dns adress.
For example: http://dyn-dns-adress and so on... (and not the internal ip 192.168.....) That's why I was asking...