Enigma2 IPTV m3u to bouquet

Latest release can be downloaded from releases

Usage

usage: e2m3u2bouquet.py [-h] [-m M3UURL] [-e EPGURL] [-d1 DELIMITER_CATEGORY]
                        [-d2 DELIMITER_TITLE] [-d3 DELIMITER_TVGID]
                        [-d4 DELIMITER_LOGOURL] [-n PROVIDERNAME]
                        [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] [-i] [-M] [-a] [-P]
                        [-q ICONPATH] [-U] [-V]

e2m3u2bouquet.e2m3u2bouquet -- Enigma2 IPTV m3u to bouquet parser

  Copyright 2017. All rights reserved.
  Created on 2017-06-04.
  Licensed under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE version 3
  Distributed on an "AS IS" basis without warranties
  or conditions of any kind, either express or implied.

USAGE

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i, --iptvtypes       Treat all stream references as IPTV stream type.
                        (required for some enigma boxes)
  -M, --multivod        Create multiple VOD bouquets rather than single VOD
                        bouquet
  -a, --allbouquet      Create all channels bouquet
  -P, --picons          Automatically download of Picons, this option will
                        slow the execution
  -q ICONPATH, --iconpath ICONPATH
                        Option path to store picons, if not supplied defaults
                        to /usr/share/enigma2/picon/
  -U, --uninstall       Uninstall all changes made by this script
  -V, --version         show program's version number and exit

URL Based Setup:
  -m M3UURL, --m3uurl M3UURL
                        URL to download m3u data from (required)
  -e EPGURL, --epgurl EPGURL
                        URL source for XML TV epg data sources
  -d1 DELIMITER_CATEGORY, --delimiter_category DELIMITER_CATEGORY
                        Delimiter (") count for category - default = 7
  -d2 DELIMITER_TITLE, --delimiter_title DELIMITER_TITLE
                        Delimiter (") count for title - default = 8
  -d3 DELIMITER_TVGID, --delimiter_tvgid DELIMITER_TVGID
                        Delimiter (") count for tvg_id - default = 1
  -d4 DELIMITER_LOGOURL, --delimiter_logourl DELIMITER_LOGOURL
                        Delimiter (") count for logourl - default = 5

Provider Based Setup:
  -n PROVIDERNAME, --providername PROVIDERNAME
                        Host IPTV provider name (FAB/EPIC) (required)
  -u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
                        Your IPTV username (required)
  -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
                        Your IPTV password (required)

Pre Requisites

EPG-Importer plugin is required. This should be available in the plugin feed or already installed.

N.B. OpenPLi may need additional packaes installed. If you attempt to run the script and get an error about missing modules please run

opkg update
opkg install python-image python-imaging python-argparse

How to install

• FTP the e2m3u2bouquet.py to your engima2 box (i would suggest to /home/root)
• SSH to your enigma2 box (using putty or something similar)
• CD to the correct directory if you are not already there

cd /home/root

• Make script executable

chmod 755 e2m3u2bouquet.py

Provider Based Setup

./e2m3u2bouquet.py -n FAB -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD

Supported providers are currently FAB, EPIC, ULTIMATESPORTS, ACE, POSH

URL Based Setup

Run the script passing the url for your m3u file and the url for your providers XML TV data feed (for FAB hosting the below works)

./e2m3u2bouquet.py -m "http://stream.fabiptv.com:25461/get.php?username=YOURUSERNAME&password=YOURPASSWORD&type=m3u_plus&output=ts" -e "http://stream.fabiptv.com:25461/xmltv.php?username=YOURUSERNAME&password=YOURPASSWORD"

NB: you need to replace the username and password values X 2

If you are with a different provider the script should work but you will obviously need the m3u url (1st parameter) and XML TV url (2nd parameter) for your own provider. Please note the m3u file needs to be the “extended” version if you have the option.

For Picon Download Support

Add -P and optionally -q /path/to/picon/folder/ if you don’t store your picons in the default location. The default location is /usr/share/enigma2/picon/ (internal flash) other enigma2 picon search location are /media/usb/picon/ & /media/hdd/picon/.

N.B. If you store the picons on HDD it was spin up whenever they are shown

./e2m3u2bouquet.py -n FAB -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -P

Specify all stream types to be IPTV

Default is DVB stream types for live channels and IPTV for VOD, all IPTV type streams may be required if you are unable to record channels.

./e2m3u2bouquet.py -n FAB -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -i

Keep VOD all in a single bouquet

./e2m3u2bouquet.py -n FAB -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -s

Uninstall

./e2m3u2bouquet.py -U

Help!

./e2m3u2bouquet.py --help

Importing EPG Data

• Open EPG-Importer plugin (download it if you haven’t already got it)
• Select sources (Blue button on OpenVix)
• Enable the source created by the script (e2m3u2bouquet / FAB / EPIC)
• Kick off a manual EPG import

Updating Channels

To update the channels simply run this script again. A scheduled script can be set up to automate this process (see below)

Automate channel updates (set up from SSH)

• If your box doesn't already have cron then install it

opkg install busybox-cron

• open crontab for editing

crontab -e

Once open press i to switch to INSERT mode enter the following (retype or ctrl-v to paste) This will automatically run the script at 06:00 & 18:00 every day

0 6,18 * * * cd /home/root && ./e2m3u2bouquet.py -n FAB -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD

or

0 6,18 * * * cd /home/root && ./e2m3u2bouquet.py -m "http://stream.fabiptv.com:25461/get.php?username=YOURUSERNAME&password=YOURPASSWORD&type=m3u_plus&output=ts" -e "http://stream.fabiptv.com:25461/xmltv.php?username=YOURUSERNAME&password=YOURPASSWORD"

Press ESC follwed by :wq to exit the cron editor and save the entry You can check the entry with the command below

crontab -l

(Depending on your box image installing nano opkg install nano may set it as the default editor which makes editing the crontab easier)

Automate Channel Updates (set up from box GUI)

• Go to 'Menu -> Timers -> CronTimers
• Select the required update frequency
• For the command to run enter i.e. to run at 06:00 & 18:00 enter

0 6,18 * * * cd /home/root && ./e2m3u2bouquet.py -n FAB -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD

• Ensure that cron Autostart is active

Custom Mapping

• Run the script once. It will create e2m3u2bouquet-sort-current.xml
• FTP e2m3u2bouquet-sort-current.xml to your machine and rename it e2m3u2bouquet-sort-override.xml
• For custom bouquet order move the <category lines within <mapping> -> <categories>
• To disable a bouquet change enabled="true" to enabled="false"
• For custom channel ordering within a bouquet move the <channel lines within <mapping> -> <channels>
• To disable a channel change enabled="true" to enabled="false"
• To change the id used for XML EPG mapping update the tvg-id attribute
• To change the service ref (e.g. to map to an existing satellite EPG feed) change the serviceRef attribute
  • For example to use the Channel 4 HD DVB-S EPG you would set the serviceRef to "1:0:1:52D0:814:2:11A0000:0:0:0" (part in bold SID:TID:NID:Namespace needs to match). If you match a DVB service and also set the streamUrl to blank the DVB service will replace the IPTV service
• FTP e2m3u2bouquet-sort-override.xml to your box
• Run the script again and the changes made will be applied

Change notes

v0.1

• Initial version (Dave Sully)

v0.2

• Updated to use providers epg, doesn't need reboot to take effect - so could be scheduled from cron job (Doug MacKay)

v0.3

• Complete restructure of the code base to some thing more usable going forward, incorporated Dougs changes to EPG data source (Dave Sully)
• tvg-id now included in the channels
• better parsing of m3u data (Doug MacKay)
• downloads m3u file from url
• sets custom source to providers xml tv feed (as per Dougs v0.2)
• fixed IPTV streams not playing / having incorrect stream type
• option to make all streams IPTV type
• option to split VOD bouquets by initial category
• all parameters arg based so in theory works for other providers and can be croned
• auto reloads bouquets (Doug MacKay)
• debug \ testrun modes

v0.4

• Restructure (again) of code base to bring in some of dougs better structures
• m3u file parsing updated
• channel ordering based on m3u file, bouquet ordering alphabetically or custom.
• create single channels and sources list for EPG-Importer. Only one source now needs to be enabled in the EPG-Importer plugin
• Add Picon download option (thanks to Jose Sanchez for initial code and idea)
• Better args layout and processing
• Mutli VOD by default
• Named provider support (= simplified command line)
• Delimiter options for user defined parsing of the m3u file
• Ability to chose own bouquet sort order

v0.4.1

• Update service number to use numbers unlikely to be in use by existing sat services
• Leave service number gaps between categories to reduce the effect of playlist additions cause the epg to get out of sync

v0.4.2

• Fixed error for ACE and FLAWLESS users where “:” in category put the box into an infinite loop

v0.5

• Custom mapping feature
  • Reorder bouquets
  • Reorder channels within bouquets
  • Disable entire bouquet or individual channels
  • Ability to change service reference (so that EPG from existing satellite service can be used)
  • Change tvg-id to match other xml epg feeds
  • Support unicode characters in playlist
  • Xml override file can set-up EPG-Importer config for different xmltv feeds
  • Single VOD bouquet now default (use -M for multiple VOD bouquets)
  • Option for all channels bouquet (-a)

v0.5.1

• Stream Url no longer output to xml (replaced by clearStreamUrl). This means that custom override maps can be shared as they no longer contain username and passwords

v0.5.2

• Fix bug where delimiter arguments weren't getting converted to ints

Visit https://www.suls.co.uk/enigma2-iptv-bouquets-with-epg/ for further information on the script