2020-03-12, 21:16
I tried to run the same setup as @Doctor Eggs before and ran into the dilemma. Basically IPTV Simple is disabled if the Slinger service and Enable EPG into IPTV settings are disabled. The best way I got it to work was to modify the slinger.py file so that I could leave the Enable EPG into IPTV true but disable the Slinger service. Only problem was the client devices would never update shows so on demand content didn't play. Would be nice to be able to centralize the slinger and EPG service.
Edit: I agree with @d21spike. As it is now the centralized setup just isn't that beneficial over individual web servers unless a single device is only going to use the guide. The PSvue addon was able to do it since the EPG files didn't have to be written to during startup. But PSvue content and URLs "rarely" (more so nerver) changed, so longer EPG file update time could be used.
Edit: I agree with @d21spike. As it is now the centralized setup just isn't that beneficial over individual web servers unless a single device is only going to use the guide. The PSvue addon was able to do it since the EPG files didn't have to be written to during startup. But PSvue content and URLs "rarely" (more so nerver) changed, so longer EPG file update time could be used.
