The m3u list is accessible like this (example only) https://hello:there@example.com/tv.m3u
So it has a username and password of ‘hello’ and ‘there’.
If I enter the URL in a browser, the m3u gets downloaded. But if I enter the same thing in Jellyfin Live TV Tuner Devices setup as a new M3U Tuner, it returns with an error: “There was an error saving the TV provider. Please ensure it is accessible and try again.”
Any help to add it would be greatly appreciated.
Oh, that worked !! Without the <filename>.m3u part in the URL.
Thanks so much !!
Edit: taking it back. Reacted too quickly, although I can successfully add the URL, no channels are shown when I enter Live TV…
Edit: I enter the exact same URL (with the .m3u part, and with username:password) in Kodi, and it works. So something in the .m3u that Jellyfin doesn’t like perhaps?
I see some stale issues in the jellyfin GitHub about problems with m3u streams, but I’m not familiar with the software.
Do unauthenticated streams work, or is this an undeveloped/faulty portion of the app?
Unauthenticated streams work just fine for me.
This is the only .m3u URL I have with a username and password.
Can you test the stream in VLC to see if it works as expected?
It partially works. Only the first channel in the channel list gets detected (the .m3u contains a bunch of channels, each with a .m3u8 link), and that channel gets played automatically. I was expecting it to show the channel list, like KODI does when I test the stream there.
Can you download the m3u via browser and open it with jellyfin? Or upload it to the content server?
Yes this works. Thanks again for the nice workaround.
So this means the username/password bit in the URL choked up Jellyfin. Hopefully they don’t change the .m3u file too often…
It might be worthwhile filing a bug with jellyfin
I think in theory yes, I will give it a try thanks. But I don’t know how frequently they change the links within the .m3u, so that may mean frequent manual updates…