tvg-chno tag is not used when adding IPTV auto playlist

Cutter

Hello,

I've created an IPTV automatic network from a M3U playlist for webradios. The channel numbers are given by tvg-chno tags in the playlist, but tvheadend does not use them when mapping services.

"Ignore provider's channel numbers" is not checked in the Network's settings.

My playlist entries look like this :

#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="" tvg-chno="542" tvg-name="Radio" tvg-logo="https://www.radio.com/logo.png" group-title="Radios",Radio Name
pipe:///usr/bin/ffmpeg -i http://radio.com:9212/radio -c:a copy -f mpegts -mpegts_service_type digital_radio pipe:1

Any idea ? 🙂

DeltaMikeCharlie

Cutter Any idea ?

At first glance, it looks like tvg-chno should be recognised.

tvheadend/tvheadendblob/b6d58031e5812094fe8498b866c42d6ce6a2c251/src/input/mpegts/iptv/iptv_auto.c#L105-L110

Try manually changing your M3U to use tvh-chnum instead of tvg-chno and see what happens.

You can also try manually removing tvg-id too, but only make the changes one at a time so that you know which one, if any, worked.

Cutter

I've tried both, one at a time, but it didn't work.

Cutter

Is there some sort of caching going on ? When I delete and re-add the channels and the network, the tag I've assigned to them is remembered. Maybe the channel numbers are remembered too ? How should I clean them out ? The first time the radios were added without the tvg-chno tag.

DeltaMikeCharlie

Cutter Is there some sort of caching going on ?

I'm note sure. One way you could test that would be to manually assign a channel a distinctive number. Delete and then re-add. If the distinctive number returns, there may be some form of caching.

Also, try rebooting between tests.

Cutter

I realize the channel numbers were properly assigned, they were just incorrectly numbered in my playlist. I'm really sorry for the time loss.

DeltaMikeCharlie

Cutter I realize the channel numbers were properly assigned, they were just incorrectly numbered in my playlist. I'm really sorry for the time loss.

It's good to hear that you managed to track down the cause.