Stream m3u files

[apoklyps3]

fixed the photos ...
here is the trace:

[infidel]

fixed the photos ...

many thx .

here is the trace:

Try this update (put the enclosed update.jar next to ums.jar in your UMS program folder and restart). The streams items should now show up in the shared xmb folder:

update-m3ufix.zip

Unzip to UMS program folder

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[apoklyps3]

it works
now when open the m3u file there is a media inside it and it plays.
not that I'm unpleased but would like to ask if you can "shorten" the things a little in the sense that the m3u files themselves be detected as media files directly or at least the ones that have the specific tags inside:

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#EXTM3U 
#EXTVLCOPT--http-reconnect=true

[infidel]

it works

Excellent! I'll fix this in source (remember to remove update.jar at the next UMS release).

would like to ask if you can "shorten" the things a little in the sense that the m3u files themselves be detected as media files

m3u files are technically playlists and could be multi-item, hence the folder representation. In practice many/most web m3us are single-item (radio stations, etc) but since we don't necessarily know this beforehand we default to folders. You're right that for local m3us this wouldn't be a problem, it's worth considering (no promises ).

[apoklyps3]

yeah, it would be cool if UMS could detect the type of the m3u file (local) and by contents to display it as video file or as a folder if contains multiple items.
thanks anyway.
now all I have to do is to figure why the streams take a long time load. on the PC they open in vlc in about 5 seconds for scrambled channels and 1-2 seconds for unscrambled ones. on the TV it goes to 35 seconds for both of them.

[infidel]

on the TV it goes to 35 seconds for both of them

Likely UMS buffering. It probably won't make any difference but try also ffmpeg, etc from the #--TRANSCODE--# folder.

[apoklyps3]

yeah...it doesn't make any difference.
I don't suppose I could lower the UMS buffering time

[apoklyps3]

no improvement on this?
still buffers like crazy every 1s and the stream takes alot to start.
been using serviio in the meantime and it loads the streams very fast and they don't buffer. of course it would have been perfect if the serviio wouldn't fail to recognize the streams at times.