E2m3u2bouquet - discussion & support

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    Ok but why xsteamity can access to the groups and streams, and m3u4u can generate a playlist file?

    Is the documentation contain all necessary informations, I don't know.

    Octagon SF8008 IPTV / DVB-S2X / DVB-C / T2

    OpenATV multiboot 7.5.1 / 7.6

    Edited once, last by jeepcook ().

    Quote from jeepcook

    why xsteamity can access to the groups and stream

    The fact is that the API provides different ways of obtaining certain information... For example, you can get a list of groups, then get a list of channels (broadcasts) in a given group, etc. The method of obtaining an m3u playlist is one of the API functions and may or may not be supported by the provider (at their discretion). To implement such functionality as access to any API, you need to write a separate interface and logic for working with the API... It is much easier to ask the provider to simply enable support for generating a ready-made m3u playlist upon a standard request, which is provided for by this API.


    The standard functionality of this API is described below

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    Quote from jeepcook

    xsteamity can access to the groups and streams

    I'm not sure... I looked at the source code for this plugin... It generates the link for obtaining the m3u playlist in exactly the same way as described in the API. In any case, you can “stuff” DEBUG output into the code of this plugin and look at the HTTP requests it generates when calling the API (I didn't see this there at all)... There is simply the formation of a link to get the m3u playlist as described above in my post.

    XStreamity/XStreamity/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions/XStreamity/playsettings.py at 6bf7630fd2679a87fb492a22bd828b0aa8499bca · kiddac/XStreamity
    Enigma2 plugin is for playing official Xtream Codes IPTV playlists. - kiddac/XStreamity
    github.com

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    Quote from pepsik

    The fact is that the API provides different ways of obtaining certain information... For example, you can get a list of groups, then get a list of channels (broadcasts) in a given group, etc. The method of obtaining an m3u playlist is one of the API functions and may or may not be supported by the provider (at their discretion). To implement such functionality as access to any API, you need to write a separate interface and logic for working with the API... It is much easier to ask the provider to simply enable support for generating a ready-made m3u playlist upon a standard request, which is provided for by this API.


    The standard functionality of this API is described below

    Xtreamity works with every providers, whatever their configurations, I've always used xstreamity with all my providers because there is the informations about the subscription and I never had access problem.

    m3u4u works with every providers too.


    Quote from pepsik

    It is much easier to ask the provider to simply enable support for generating a ready-made m3u playlist upon a standard request, which is provided for by this API.

    It's the problem, the provider has forbidden everything since few days except the api to access to the channels and don't want to re-enable a standard download.

    Octagon SF8008 IPTV / DVB-S2X / DVB-C / T2

    OpenATV multiboot 7.5.1 / 7.6

    Quote from pepsik
    Quote from jeepcook

    xsteamity can access to the groups and streams

    I'm not sure... I looked at the source code for this plugin... It generates the link for obtaining the m3u playlist in exactly the same way as described in the API. In any case, you can “stuff” DEBUG output into the code of this plugin and look at the HTTP requests it generates when calling the API (I didn't see this there at all)... There is simply the formation of a link to get the m3u playlist as described above in my post.

    You can try my link on xstreamity and you will see that everything works.

    Octagon SF8008 IPTV / DVB-S2X / DVB-C / T2

    OpenATV multiboot 7.5.1 / 7.6

    Quote from jeepcook

    Here are the global settings and playlist settings.

    This plugin does NOT use the standard link for obtaining an m3u playlist provided by XStreamAPI. It uses a “mechanism” for requesting a list of categories (LiveStreams, Vod, etc.) ... Then it requests links to broadcasts and a list of channels in each of the categories received... This can be implemented, but when will there be time for this nonsense for the sake of one provider who simply disabled the return of the finished m3u playlist in their API


    When using links /player_api.php, the response comes in json format and you need to “rake” it and form Enigma2 bouquet files from the received data ... There is nothing complicated about it, but right now I don't have time for it.

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    Quote from jeepcook

    But with m3u4u the delay to create the playslist is very short.

    Does this utility run on an ARM processor with limited RAM on your receiver? Or do you run it on a multi-core x86 processor on a personal computer or remote server? Can you find the answer to your question yourself, or do you need more hints? When it comes to working with JSON API responses, this will work much faster than direct parsing of m3u, which is essentially a flat text file, unlike JSON. :face with rolling eyes:

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    jeepcook, This weekend—I can't promise anything, but by the end of next week I'll have a small link analyzer that will automatically detect links in XStream format if it's specified in the plugin settings, and the parser will process JSON responses from the XStream API using /player_api.php requests... In general, it will work quickly =) ... I'll try to make it faster than the “m3u4u” utility, which I'm not familiar with... Nothing is impossible.

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    Quote from pepsik
    Quote from jeepcook

    But with m3u4u the delay to create the playslist is very short.

    Does this utility run on an ARM processor with limited RAM on your receiver? Or do you run it on a multi-core x86 processor on a personal computer or remote server? Can you find the answer to your question yourself, or do you need more hints? When it comes to working with JSON API responses, this will work much faster than direct parsing of m3u, which is essentially a flat text file, unlike JSON. :face with rolling eyes:

    True, I don't know how this tool run because it's an online server.


    Quote from pepsik

    jeepcook, This weekend—I can't promise anything, but by the end of next week I'll have a small link analyzer that will automatically detect links in XStream format if it's specified in the plugin settings, and the parser will process JSON responses from the XStream API using /player_api.php requests... In general, it will work quickly =) ... I'll try to make it faster than the “m3u4u” utility, which I'm not familiar with... Nothing is impossible.

    You're never one to give up, that's what makes e2m3u2b so complete. Respect ;-)

    Thank you for your support.

    Octagon SF8008 IPTV / DVB-S2X / DVB-C / T2

    OpenATV multiboot 7.5.1 / 7.6

    Hello,

    I have another question/issue.

    Example, I have a channel named "PRIME| EUROSPORT 1" in a bouquet named "FR| PRIME", this channel is in the sort override in the good group, so "FR| PRIME"

    Now a channel with the same name but with a different language or content is added to another groups ("IT| PRIME","NL| PRIME"), it will not be seen as new and doesn't appear in the diff override file because the process consider it already exists in the "FR| PRIME". It's not good because these channels are new.

    I did some test and in fact whatever the group a channel is , it is consider as already existing, the check is only on the channel name and tvg id, not in the group name. A control key is missing here I think.

    I hope I am clear.

    Thanks

    Octagon SF8008 IPTV / DVB-S2X / DVB-C / T2

    OpenATV multiboot 7.5.1 / 7.6

    Edited once, last by jeepcook ().

    Quote from jeepcook

    A control key is missing here I think.

    I don't quite understand what you're doing there, but it seems that you've renamed the same channel several times and placed it in different groups. The control key (hash) for determining the uniqueness of a channel is a combination of the original channel name and the tvg-id value. A renamed channel is not a new channel. The checksum is calculated based on the original channel name, because it is present in the original playlist received from the provider.

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    Quote from pepsik

    I don't quite understand what you're doing there, but it seems that you've renamed the same channel several times and placed it in different groups. The control key (hash) for determining the uniqueness of a channel is a combination of the original channel name and the tvg-id value. A renamed channel is not a new channel. The checksum is calculated based on the original channel name, because it is present in the original playlist received from the provider.

    No no, I've renamed nothing. I just have channels with the same name but in different groups. These channels are declinations depending of country, with different language and contents. But they have the same name in the m3u8.


    These channels are newly added by the provider. So the logic should be to have these new channels in the diff override file.


    The hash is not complete in these case, it should be "Channel name" + "tvg-id" + "group".

    Octagon SF8008 IPTV / DVB-S2X / DVB-C / T2

    OpenATV multiboot 7.5.1 / 7.6

    Quote from pepsik

    . Nothing is impossible.

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    In general, the “framework” and logic are ready and everything works perfectly... but right now it only works for “Live Streams”... Should we add ‘VOD’ and “TV Series” (essentially the same as VOD) to the playlist?

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    Quote from pepsik

    In general, the “framework” and logic are ready and everything works perfectly... but right now it only works for “Live Streams”... Should we add ‘VOD’ and “TV Series” (essentially the same as VOD) to the playlist?

    Yes great !! You're a champion !! Only Live streams are necessary. For the others streams, it is necessary to use a third party app otherwise the standard list are unusable given the quantity of streams.

    Octagon SF8008 IPTV / DVB-S2X / DVB-C / T2

    OpenATV multiboot 7.5.1 / 7.6

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