m3u from local file

[etrain1]

anyway to import my m3u which is on my own drive

[mvallevand]

For what purpose?

Martin

[sub]

You should be able to enter a URL like file://d:\Test.m3u

[etrain1]

For what purpose?

Martin

I edited the file

[etrain1]

You should be able to enter a URL like file://d:\Test.m3u

tried this and it said it was downloading, but it didn't

[mvallevand]

I think file: takes 3 slashes. I'd try file:///d:/test.m3u

Martin

[etrain1]

I think file: takes 3 slashes.  I'd try file:///d:/test.m3u

Martin

tried both file:///d:/test.m3u and file:///d:\test.m3u...neither worked

[mvallevand]

I guess you need to post your logs then.

Martin

[dayvboy]

In the windows version, I import a local m3u file by specifying it as:  c:\temp\temp.m3u. I then have to update npvr.db3 database in c:\users\public\npvr-data.  I use DB Browser and a SQL lite script to change "c:\temp\temp.m3u" back into the m3u string given to me by my IPTV provider.  But you have to escape any "&" in the string with "&".  As a hypothetical example, if the m3u string from my IPTV provider is:

"https://someiptv.tv:826/get.php?username=12345678&password=24681357&type=m3u_plus&output=mpegts"

Then my SQL script would look like ... (note the escaped &'s)

UPDATE CHANNEL_MAPPING
SET tuning = REPLACE(tuning,'c:\temp\temp.m3u','https://someiptv.tv:826/get.php?username=12345678&password=24681357&type=m3u_plus&output=mpegts')
WHERE
    tuning IS NOT NULL;


Don't worry, it will only update rows containing c:\temp\temp.m3u.

You have to stop the nextpvr service before you run the script.   open command prompt as admin and run
C:\Windows\System32\net.exe STOP "NEXTPVR Service" or stop it from the computer management screen.

It would be a good idea to backup npvr.db3 before you run the script as a fallback should things go wrong.

I find it very useful.  I get my iptv provider's m3u file, delete thousands of channels that are useless to me and end up only adding the channels I want to watch.