IPTV Channel Mapping

[jrockow]

Besides my normal cable channels, I use an IPTV service.
After importing the IPTV channels I want, I pair them up with my SD account to get a better EPG.
This process takes a fair amount of time.

Periodically the IPTV service changes things on their end, which causes me to lose the feed to the channels.
Basically they change the last 6 digits of the channel URL.
My current solution is to re-import the channels and redo the SD mapping.
As I said, this takes a fair amount of time.

I understand IPTV services aren't very reliable, and I accept that.
What I'm asking for is if anyone knows of any way to make the SD channel mapping any easier.
i.e. is there any database or conifg file I could edit instead of having to redo the whole channel import/mapping routine.
Thanx.

[Graham]

Periodically the IPTV service changes things on their end, which causes me to lose the feed to the channels.
Basically they change the last 6 digits of the channel URL.

Can you post examples of the entry from the m3u file for before and after a channel changes.

[jrockow]

before: http://watch-myjokertv.xyz:8080/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/425622
after: http://watch-myjokertv.xyz:8080/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/150016


the x's are my username and password

[Graham]

before:  http://watch-myjokertv.xyz:8080/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/425622
after:    http://watch-myjokertv.xyz:8080/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/150016

Is there an #EXTINF line before the URL ... Does the channel name change in the #EXTINF row?

[mvallevand]

If only the URL changes NextPVR should automatically update it (at least in V5). I believe there is more to the problem then this.

Martin

[jrockow]

#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="eleven.sports.us" tvg-name="US: ELEVEN SPORTS HD" tvg-logo="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/ELEVEN-SPORTS-NETWORK-RGB.png/159px-ELEVEN-SPORTS-NETWORK-RGB.png" group-title="USA | SPORTS",US: ELEVEN SPORTS HD
http://watch-myjokertv.xyz:8080/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxx/150016

the only change is the last 6 digits.

[mvallevand]

Did you try V5?

Martin

[jrockow]

If only the URL changes NextPVR should automatically update it (at least in V5).  I believe there is more to the problem then this.

Martin

Martin,

Come to think of it, I may have first deleted all the old channels first
I'll give it another try.
Thanx.

[jrockow]

Did you try V5?

Martin

Currently I am not interested in V5.

[Graham]

If only the URL changes NextPVR should automatically update it (at least in V5).  I believe there is more to the problem then this.

Bugger ... I had not noticed that this is a thread about V4 ... I am sure that everything about IPTV is better in V5 than in V4.

It might be that the only option in V4 is to edit the database ... npvr.db3.