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Output m3u in addition to lineup.json
It would be great if telly were to output an m3u file in addition to the lineup.json and epg.xml files. This way it could be used with other apps and IPTV viewers aside from Plex, which are expecting m3u files as input.
This M3U, would it contain telly links to the streams, or the original provider links?
I’m not sure which would be more beneficial, to be honest. I would say however the json is being generated, the same should be used for the m3u.
I would say telly links, as it allows for ffmpeg buffering, and also allows people who would need a vpn to bypass that where possible
Preferably it should be configurable. If using ffmpeg, it must be telly links. For non-ffmpeg it might as well be the original provider links, unless telly wants to proxy the traffic in which case telly l would need to do a redirect anyways on the telly links (don't see how this solves any potential VPN situations if we're talking about a normal HTTP redirect).
Another reason to support original provider links is to remove one more point of failure. If the telly service/server goes down, most clients will have the m3u file cached and if the file contains original provider links, service will still work even if the telly server/service is down.
The links that telly puts into lineup.json are the same whether ffmpeg is enabled or not, so the choice is only between telly links or provider links. I only see real value here in the case of 1.5, where you can combine multiple provider accounts into one lineup. If this is all coming from one provider, what's the big win here as opposed to just using the original M3U from the provider? Filtering, I suppose?
Was this ever implemented by chance? I think the use case would be to allow other IPTV apps (like those on AppleTV) to run through TellyTV and over a VPN without having to VPN the whole appletv device
