m3u2hts

Generate TVHeadend 3.x channel/tag configuration files from VLC compatible IPTV M3U playlist.

About

Channel and optional tag definitions are read from a M3U playlist file::

#EXTINF:duration,[channel number - ]channel name
#EXTTV:tag[,tag,tag...];language;XMLTV id[;icon URL]
udp://@ip:port

The #EXTTV line and its contents are optional.

sample.m3u::

#EXTINF:0,1 - SLO 1
#EXTTV:nacionalni;slovenski;SLO 1
udp://@239.1.1.115:5000

#EXTINF:0,SLO 1 HD
#EXTTV:nacionalni,hd;slovenski;http://cdn1.siol.tv/logo/93x78/slo2.png
udp://@239.10.2.56:5000

The script creates iptvservices, channels and channeltags directories into which the following files are written::

#one file per channel:
iptvservices/iptv_X
{
    "pmt": 0,
    "channelname": "SLO 1",
    "port": "5000",
    "interface": "eth1",
    "group": "239.1.1.115",
    "mapped": 1,
    "pcr": 0,
    "disabled": 0
}

#one file per channel:
channels/X
{
    "name": "SLO 1",
    "xmltv-channel": "SLO 1",
    "tags": [
             1,2
    ],
    "dvr_extra_time_pre": 0,
    "dvr_extra_time_post": 0,
    "channel_number": 1,
    "icon": ""
}

#one file per tag:
channeltags/X
{
    "enabled": 1,
    "internal": 0,
    "titledIcon": 0,
    "name": "nacionalni",
    "comment": "",
    "icon": "",
    "id": 1
}

Usage

Use m3u2hts.py [options] inputfile or m3u2hts.py -h for help. If you want to import the configuration directly, you should stop the TVHeadend service and delete current config first::

sudo service tvheadend stop
sudo su hts
cd ~/.hts/tvheadend/
rm iptvservices/* channels/* channeltags/*
m3u2hts.py inputfile.m3u
exit
sudo service tvheadend start

Alternatively, run the script somewhere else and transfer the files to TVHeadend config dir when service isn't running.

New file format

Experimental, use --newformat switch to create TVHeadend 3.9 compatible configuration. The file structure is:

input/iptv/config
input/iptv/networks/UUID/config                      - one network
input/iptv/networks/UUID/muxes/UUID/config           - one mux per channel
input/iptv/networks/UUID/muxes/UUID/services/UUID    - one service per channel
channel/UUID                                         - channel (linked to service)
epggrab/xmltv/channels/UUID                          - EPG info (linked to channel)
channeltags/#                                        - channel tags

Licence

Licensed under the MIT license: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php