Tvheadend

You might want to have a look at https://github.com/Jalle19/node-ffmpeg-mpegts-proxy, people are already using it successfully to play streams that tvheadend cannot use natively.

Ok, but can't it be integrated into tvh ? I'm not enough strong in linux to make it work .. Too much complicated ! How can I enable that into my htpc ? Can you explain what sould I do ?

I think 0d10db25143848c8a92d88f8e4786a59b33fca44 implements sth better than this and can also be used for RTSP streams.

Sorry but what is "0d10db25143848c8a92d88f8e4786a59b33fca44" ???

Rafal main the latest tvh version. 3.9.2100+ ...

https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/Custom_MPEG-TS_Input

Ho sorry, I'm just an old man who is trying to understand things a bit too hard for me !
It's a very good news ! I'll investigate that and try to make it work !! Afraid that some questions will follow !!! Thanks a lot for your help,
Regards,
Beber

Ok so I just try Tvh 3.9.2102.
I add a network iptv with just network name
Then I add a muxes whith URL : rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=1050&flavour=hd it's a url I have into playlist.m3u, interface eth0 and name of channel.
Tvh says :

2014-11-17 22:56:37.000 [ INFO] mpegts: paramount in Free - tuning on IPTV
2014-11-17 22:56:37.000 [ ERROR] iptv: paramount in Free - unsupported scheme [rtsp]
2014-11-17 22:56:37.000 [WARNING] mpegts: paramount in Free - failed to start on IPTV, try another

So what should I do ?
Many Thanks

I try your url. Add to muxes to IPTV network and have this log:

2014-11-19 07:51:36.000 mpegts: tvh in IPTV - tuning on IPTV
2014-11-19 07:51:36.000 iptv: tvh in IPTV - unsupported scheme [rtsp]
2014-11-19 07:51:36.000 mpegts: tvh in IPTV - failed to start on IPTV, try another

Ok so the same of me ...
This URL is good ( rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=1050&flavour=hd ) as when I put it into VLC the channel is correctly opened ...
I don't know what is appening in Tvh ...

Try this url (assuming that you have ffmpeg enabled):

pipe:///usr/bin/ffmpeg -loglevel fatal -i rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=1050&flavour=hd -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f mpegts pipe:1

ffmpeg enabled = ffmpeg installed ....

I installed ffmpeg and then check. But have this:

2014-11-19 20:26:30.004 mpegts: pipe:///usr/bin/ffmpeg -loglevel fatal -i rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=1050&flavour=hd -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f mpegts pipe:1 - tuning on IPTV
2014-11-19 20:26:30.007 spawn: Executing "/usr/bin/ffmpeg"
2014-11-19 20:26:30.008 eit: registering mux pipe:///usr/bin/ffmpeg -loglevel fatal -i rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=1050&flavour=hd -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f mpegts pipe:1
2014-11-19 20:26:30.009 subscription: 0003: "scan" subscribing to mux, weight: 4, adapter: "IPTV", network: "IPTV", mux: "pipe:///usr/bin/ffmpeg -loglevel fatal -i rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=1050&flavour=hd -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f mpegts pipe:1", hostname: "", username: "", client: ""
2014-11-19 20:26:40.668 iptv: stdin pipe unexpectedly closed: No data
2014-11-19 20:26:45.005 mpegts: pipe:///usr/bin/ffmpeg -loglevel fatal -i rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=1050&flavour=hd -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f mpegts pipe:1 - scan no data, failed
2014-11-19 20:26:45.005 subscription: 0003: "scan" unsubscribing
2014-11-19 20:26:46.591 mpegts: pipe:///usr/bin/ffmpeg -loglevel fatal -i rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=1050&flavour=hd -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f mpegts pipe:1 - tuning on IPTV
2014-11-19 20:26:46.594 spawn: Executing "/usr/bin/ffmpeg"
2014-11-19 20:26:46.595 subscription: 0004: "scan" subscribing to mux, weight: 5, adapter: "IPTV", network: "IPTV", mux: "pipe:///usr/bin/ffmpeg -loglevel fatal -i rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=1050&flavour=hd -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f mpegts pipe:1", hostname: "", username: "", client: ""
2014-11-19 20:26:56.834 iptv: stdin pipe unexpectedly closed: No data
2014-11-19 20:27:01.004 mpegts: pipe:///usr/bin/ffmpeg -loglevel fatal -i rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=1050&flavour=hd -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f mpegts pipe:1 - scan no data, failed
2014-11-19 20:27:01.004 subscription: 0004: "scan" unsubscribing
2014-11-19 20:27:42.603 mpegts: pipe:///usr/bin/ffmpeg -loglevel fatal -i rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=1050&flavour=hd -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f mpegts pipe:1 - tuning on IPTV
2014-11-19 20:27:42.607 spawn: Executing "/usr/bin/ffmpeg"
2014-11-19 20:27:42.607 subscription: 0005: "scan" subscribing to mux, weight: 5, adapter: "IPTV", network: "IPTV", mux: "pipe:///usr/bin/ffmpeg -loglevel fatal -i rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=1050&flavour=hd -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f mpegts pipe:1", hostname: "", username: "", client: ""
2014-11-19 20:27:52.837 iptv: stdin pipe unexpectedly closed: No data
2014-11-19 20:27:57.004 mpegts: pipe:///usr/bin/ffmpeg -loglevel fatal -i rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=1050&flavour=hd -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f mpegts pipe:1 - scan no data, failed
2014-11-19 20:27:57.004 subscription: 0005: "scan" unsubscribing

I did some tests, it's better, I think I am near ...
Here's log : http://pastebin.com/UkwbtHUf

Seam that tvh find a service, but the channel doesn't open in xbmc ...
A message in xbmc appears "No input detected"

Why for me not search and not find ? Please help me.

Try the command on the command line without pipe:// and remove "-loglevel fatal" using redirection for stdout to a file to check for errors. If it succeeds (file will contains the TS stream), you may try it in tvh.. Again, check examples in wiki:

https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/Custom_MPEG-TS_Input

Ok I'll give some tests this evening or on week-end ..
But, can you give me the right line to put into url with the stream informations given by VLC :
http://dl.free.fr/clO3F5fGF
and
http://dl.free.fr/tmePGO27t

Must I transcode or not ? ...

Another links that works !
http://hpics.li/13eb3f8 and http://hpics.li/fd3fa99

Ok I tryed this url : pipe:///usr/bin/ffmpeg -i rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=1050&flavour=hd -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f mpegts pipe:1

and get this on log : http://pastebin.com/ZHiaxjBv

please help !!!

So, after some hours of tests ... I stop here !
The only thing I've got is a very bad quality of video in xbmc stutering etc ... so it doesn't work for me.
The only change for me to read and record tv stream of my internet provider (free in france) with tvheadend and openelec/kodi would be that tvh have a native support of those streams (h264/mpeg4)
Until that, I'll have to put my playlist.m3u file into kodi which read great those streams. But no recording possibility and no EPG !
Regards,
beber

2014-11-22 08:14:39.524 [ ERROR]:spawn: [NULL @ 0xab3f60] Requested output format 'mpegts' is not a suitable output format
2014-11-22 08:14:39.524 [ ERROR]:spawn: pipe:1: Invalid argument

That is obviously the problem. Please try running the command directly in a terminal, replacing "pipe:1" with e.g. "out.ts". You'll need to wrap the source URL inside quotes, e.g. "http://blabla". For anyone else trying to get the stream working, it won't work unless you're on free.fr I assume (cause I can't play it).

I would also add the "-re" switch to the beginning of the command, e.g. "ffmpeg -re -i <source>"

Ok I've got it !!!
with : /usr/bin/ffmpeg -i "rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=202&flavour=hd" -vcodec copy -acodec libfaac -f mpegts /home/beber/essai.ts

http://pastebin.com/mefi2BXE

IT DOES WORK !!! I'm very happy !
Just put the url into tvh last build and it works !!!

Just for the info the -re parametter doesn't work lost of frames lost ..

So now, my work is to make it work into OpenELEC ...
Thanks a lot ..

In OpenELEC I've got "Requested output format 'mpegts' is not a suitable output format"
It seems that transcode or mpegts format is not activated in openelec ... I'm going to ask for help at OpenELEC forums ...

Ok solved for me in OpenELEC by adding --enable-muxer=mpegts \ into ./configure section of ffmpeg's package.mk file.
I made a bug report to OE to ask the developpers to add this.

So all is Ok now for me, I can see and record channels of my iptv provider (free.fr) with Tvh.

Thanks a lot for this feature,
Regards,
Beber

I am the original author of the IPTV RTSP branch, and I have one good news, and one bad news.

The good news is that my patch seems stable enough to be working for more than 2 years, without any issue, except on HD channels.

The bad news is that since my branch (iptv_rtsp), everything change in TVH (and indeed, API is far better now). So my branch can't be applied anymore. I tried to have some time to work on this, but unfortunately, it's more difficult now.

RTSP integration into TVHeadend would be great, cause it makes channel switching really fast. And TVHeadend is the only PVR application that meets all need for watching and recording Freebox TV, without being a bloated software like MythTV.

I know it didn't help, but…

I added for example this url
http://194.116.252.129:4022/udp/239.239.2.27:1234

and try play by XBMC and have this i syslog:

2015-05-01 22:50:55.004 TS: IPTV Test/test/VOX: MPEG2VIDEO #167 Continuity counter error (total 1)
2015-05-01 22:50:55.004 TS: IPTV Test/test/VOX: TELETEXT #71 Continuity counter error (total 1)
2015-05-01 22:50:55.230 TS: IPTV Test/test/VOX: MPEG2AUDIO @ #136 Continuity counter error (total 1)