How to add epg information to m3u list directly ?
I am currently downloading epg using webgrab+, saving to xml and running in kodi but now I would prefer to add information directly to the m3u list.
I know this is possible because I once tested one list and it had everything in it.
If I open that list using a text editor, I don't see any additional data there, so how does the list know to download epg information?
Does anyone know how to set it up?
(2019-12-16, 21:59)ray2301 Wrote: [ -> ] (2019-12-16, 18:09)DanielDAN Wrote: [ -> ] (2019-12-16, 01:39)phunkyfish Wrote: [ -> ]Take a look at the readme: https://github.com/kodi-pvr/pvr.iptvsimp.../README.md
And look for x-tvg-url. Only supported in kodi matrix.
This is the way to specify EPG data in the M3U list.
I added x-tvg-url but kodi doesn't load the EPG.
This is part of my list:
https://paste.kodi.tv/miwiyiluba
EPG:
https://www34.zippyshare.com/d/h77FugBl/15023/guide.xml
I use the latest Kodi Matrix
why is this here? i believe you are trying to do something you can't do. do you want iptv simple client to read the guide from zippyshare?
Quote:#EXTM3U x-tvg-url="https://www34.zippyshare.com/d/h77FugBl/15023/guide.xml"
Yes zippyshare or other service. I need a url for my guide and I need to associate it with the m3u list
That won’t work. Services like zippyshare don’t allow direct downloads. If you visit the link it loads a wait page first. That will fail.
If you check your debug log you will see that.
you need a direct link.
i use webgrab to generate the guide on my PC and at some point i wanted it to be accessible on my android phone and on my laptop when i travel.
i installed some kind of a server (and setup dynamic dns) on my PC so i could access (only) the folder with the guide directly from the internet. My PC at home is always on so that wasn't an issue. i had a direct link to the guide.
that's one way to go.
i could have also used something like gogle drive sync to sync the file to other devices and setup that file as guide in kodi or some other app on my phone and my laptop, but the above would work with what you're trying to do.
No, you can only specify a single x-tag-url for the entire M3U.
Essentially it uses this instead of reading the URL from the addon settings.
(2019-12-17, 22:37)phunkyfish Wrote: [ -> ]No, you can only specify a single x-tag-url for the entire M3U.
Essentially it uses this instead of reading the URL from the addon settings.
it will be good if provider not provide epg for all channels, user to specify other for single or others channel could that happen?
That’s aggregation. This shouldn’t happen as part of the addon, it’s too complex a problem to solve.
Checkout the IPTV merge addon or try webgrab++.
(2019-12-17, 23:41)phunkyfish Wrote: [ -> ]That’s aggregation. This shouldn’t happen as part of the addon, it’s too complex a problem to solve.
Checkout the IPTV merge addon or try webgrab++.
iptv merge pvr start stop kodi crashesh a lot thats too complex problem to solve
But it won’t work like that in kodi Matrix. In that version the iptvsimple addon supports refresh so no need for the iptv merge to restart anything. That should make things a lot more stable.
If we are already talking about such things, I wonder how to extract metadata from radio streams such as the song currently being played.
If I throw the stream as ordinary music in kodi then kodi sees the information contained in the stream. If I put the radio stream on the m3u list and give the tag as a radio, then kodi will not read the metadata.
My point, maybe it would be good to create a new tag that specifies whether the stream should read data from the stream or from epg.
In some situations it is better to load the epg for radio (if any). In other cases, it is better to load information directly from stream metadata (if there is no epg for radio anywhere but the information is contained in the stream)
Please be more specific, do you mean RDS data from a radio station or something else?