Overview

The MediaPortal virtual DVB-IP tuner supports a variety of IPTV sources.

Details

As of MP 1.5.0, the following types of IPTV sources are supported.  Earlier versions are somewhat more limited.

File sources

Formats

• file://\[server\]/path

Comments

• all spaces in path have to be replaced by %20

Examples

file:///c:/temp/video.ts
file:///c:/temp%20folder/video%20with%20spaces.ts

HTTP sources

Formats

• http://server[:port]/path

Comments

• server can be DNS name or IP address (IPv4 or IPv6)
• authentication is not supported
• proxy server is not supported
• SSL not supported (HTTP port 443)

Examples

http://test.tv/channel
http://test.tv:80/channel

UDP sources

Formats

• udp://[[sourceServer[:sourcePort]]@]localServer:localPort

Comments

• sourceServer and localServer can be DNS name or IP address (IPv4 or IPv6)
• localServer can be unicast or multicast IP address

Examples

udp://233.10.12.1:7777
udp://@233.10.12.1:7777
udp://192.168.15.50@233.10.12.1:7777
udp://192.168.15.50:4477@233.10.12.1:7777

RTP sources

Formats

• rtp://[[sourceServer[:sourcePort]]@]localServer:localPort

Comments

• sourceServer and localServer can be DNS name or IP address (IPv4 or IPv6)
• localServer can be unicast or multicast IP address
• if failed with parsing of RTP packets it automatically switch to UDP protocol

Examples

rtp://233.10.12.1:7777
rtp://@233.10.12.1:7777
rtp://192.168.15.50@233.10.12.1
rtp://192.168.15.50:4477@233.10.12.1:7777

RTSP sources

Formats

• rtsp://[username:password@]server/path

Comments

• server can be DNS name or IP address (IPv4)
• doesn't support specifying network interface

Examples

rtps://test.tv/channel
rtsp://user:password@test.tv/channel

Remarks

For detailed information on configuration, see Scan DVB-IP

Related

• IPTV (DVB-IP)