Passing VLC options in MRL

[hilltopper06]

I have several multicast RTP streams for an in house IPTV service on my network. I use VLC to tune these and they work great. I am using Silicondust HDHomerun Tech units to multicast entire channel data (INSTEAD of 13.1 goes to 239.255.1.1:59001, 13.2 goes to 239.255.1.2:59002 I am able to stream the entire channel including subchannels and then have VLC pull out the stream it wants using the :program=x option. This works in playlist files where options can be entered. It does not work when the only information you can pass is the MRL. I am trying to use IPTV Recorder (http://arakar.ifastnet.com/andrej/software/) and it will not work. It expects the M3U file to be formatted as follows:

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#EXTM3U #EXTINF:0,NBC rtp://@239.255.1.1:59001 #EXTINF:0,ThisTV rtp://@239.255.1.1:59001

But I need to specify a program option, like so:

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#EXTINF:0,Radar #EXTVLCOPT:program=3 rtp://@239.255.1.1:59001 #EXTINF:0,Local7 #EXTVLCOPT:program=4 rtp://@239.255.1.1:59001

IPTV recorder expects the line after #EXTINF to contain the MRL, also #EXTVLCOPT is deprecated I think, so I really need a way to pass the program option in the MRL. Is this possible?

[hilltopper06]

Okay, I don't think it is the proper syntax, but it works with IPTV Recorder. I had to change the formatting of my M3U file that IPTV Recorder uses to:

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#EXTM3U #EXTINF:0,NBC rtp://@239.255.1.1:59001 --program="1" #EXTINF:0,ThisTV rtp://@239.255.1.1:59001 --program="2" #EXTINF:0,Radar rtp://@239.255.1.1:59001 --program="3"

This allows me to tune to the correct program and schedule recordings accordingly.