Za/Multichoice/Dstv/Osn XMLTV

Can anyone point me in the right direction to get EPG data for The South African Supersport Channels please ?

I need up to date Sref's too if that's at all possible ?

If EPG cannot be obtained via CrosEPG or EPGimport, then a working Webgrab++ ini will do if anyone has one ? I can then code the Sref's into a py file to give EPG on my box.

Everything I've found seems to be from around 2011 so is out of date.

Thanks.

Yes exactly that, lots of infighting. Any new ini's require you to donate. Its basically a paid service now, hence me asking here. I tried the ini from the pack from 2016, but it didn't work, even after cookie generation. I will give yours a go, but I suspect they're the same as what I already have if their from 2016 too. There's nothing on the Github either, other ini's have been updated, but nothing new from South Africa since 2016.

The 14 Supersports Channels are just brill for footie, carrying all the English Cups and Premier League as well as F1 and loads of other goodies too. All that's lacking is EPG for them, which would be easy to code into a py to load onto my box if using WebGrab, if a working ini can just be found. As I stated earlier, no Sref's for these Channels has been posted online that I can find since 2011, to try to get EPG from the Rytec Sources. However, saying that, it seems those sources have not been updated for these Channels since around 2013 either. Looks like this might be a lost cause, which is a shame as the Channels are so good.

Attached is the py what I currently use. (no sref lines added yet for Supersports) Also attached is the Channels.xml which has to match the numbers in the sref.py

As you can see from the code there are 2 ways of doing it. Either by adding your own sref numbers which match those added to the attached IPTV.xml file on the Server, or by adding the real sref's from Sat or Cable if obtainable. The attached sref.py also assigns the channels into specific bouquets, such as Sports, Movies, Entertainment ect ect.

Basically you run this manually on your box and it assigns numbers to from the added sref's in it to your IPTV Channels on your box. Then in CrossEPG you add code to get it to download the Webgrab++ Data which is saved on a Server as a guide.xml which is then compressed as a guide.xm.gz after first adjusting for any offsets. This is all automated at the time of download using crons.

It sounds complicated but it really isnt, all you are doing is downloading from Webgrab, adjusting for offsets, and then compressing into a file type that CrossEPG understands which contains sref's that match those in your IPTV Channel lists, CrossEPG downloads this daily from the Server at 4am and then merges into your existing .dat file.

I was going to add the EPG you downloaded to the Server to show you the proof of concept, but I need your generated channels.xml to get the correct channel id's to add to the IPTVchannels.xml (attached above) located on the Server. Your file only contains the final guide.xml

We can then sort you out access to the Server by adding a bit of code to your CrossEPG

I would also need your working DSTV ini too.

Attached is an offset.py to show you how the offset is adjusted. As you can see the output file is the final guide.xml which is then simply compressed into .gz for CrossEPG to download. The time difference for the Supersport Channels would need adding to this. Its a pain figuring out the actual difference especially with Channels from the Far East, but I dont think South Africa is much different to UK time ?

Sweet.

EPG for Supersport 1 and 11 is there, but because of a site issue ( probably getting hamered) its not downloaded everything for today and the full EPG only starts at 22.30 tonight. Just now need to keep an eye on it to check the offsets and see if the times are correct for everything.

I will send you some files once I've done this and all is ok.

We just need some Picons now.

EDIT: Yeah the offset is out by about an hour I think. I hate getting the offsets right, it batters my head, but I will try adjusting tomorrow.

Well we sorted out the EPG for these channels, but it looks like they are down on all Servers and have been since Friday, unless anyone knows better ?

Bummer eh ?