How to download an IPTV playlist for SS and set up channels, what if it doesn’t work

New technologies make television even better and more accessible. The new product is called IPTV or Internet television. It allows you to use the Internet to get high-quality television, which is in many ways superior to its more popular counterparts. But users are used to them. As, for example, this happened with Tricolor TV.

Viewers like this provider, but for some reason they cannot receive their package of services in the usual way. In this case, it becomes possible to connect an IPTV playlist. It is in no way inferior in quality to the usual methods of receiving content via a satellite dish and additional equipment. But now it has become much easier, because in order to use Tricolor, you need to have access to the Internet and a stable network in order to get a high-quality picture. And of course, be sure to download the working playlist.

IPTV Forever

Of course, I decided to start the list with my playlist. The playlist has been running 24/7 since the beginning of 2021 and to this day I update it regularly. Thanks to you and your comments, I was able to improve it. Thank you very much for your comments and links to the channels you share.

There are currently 3 versions of the playlist available:

1. General playlist that contains Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian and other channels: https://iptvm3u.ru/list.m3u
2. Playlist of Russian channels - https://iptvm3u.ru/listru.m3u
3. Playlist with channels for adults - https://iptvm3u.ru/list18.m3u

All 3 sources contain the same links, 2 just have channels from other countries cut out, and 3 are 1 + adult channels.

I also recommend the private playlist of this blog, everything is very cool there:

Private IPTV playlist

Working playlist with Russian channels for 2020-2021

A current IPTV playlist with several hundred Russian regional, sports, entertainment, news, cartoon, film, music and other channels in a standardized m3u format.

The playlist includes many broadcasts in HD and Full HD quality, as well as backup sources for the most popular TV channels in case of outages.

Partial list of sources:

• Channel One (+ HD);
• House Cinema Premium HD;
• CinemaPremium HD;
• ULTO;
• Cinema (+ULTRA HD);
• ViP Comedy HD;
• ViP Megahit HD;
• ViP Premiere HD;
• VIP SERIAL HD;
• TV1000 Action HD;
• TV1000 HD;
• TV1000 Russian Cinema;
• HCT;
• Cinema Date HD;
• Russian Detective;
• THT (+THT4);
• Russian bestseller;
• Fox HD (+Life HD);
• Cinema 1;
• PEH TB HD;
• PEH TB International;
• 2×2;
• A2;
• Kinohit HD;
• TB-3;
• Victory;
• Amedia Hit HD;
• Bollywood HD;
• Hollywood HD;
• TVM Channel;
• Star (+HD);
• HTB;
• TLC (+Russia);
• HTB HD;
• Native Cinema;
• CTPK HD;
• Red line;
• HD CINEMA;
• Our Film Novel;
• Action-packed HD;
• Kronehit HD;
• Phoenix Plus Cinema;
• Scream TB;
• MostVideo TV HD;
• Discovery (+Science);
• Viasat Explore HD (+History HD, Nature HD);
• Da Vinci;
• Trophy HD;
• Wild Fishing HD;
• Nano TV;
• H2;
• Health TB;
• Izvestia TB;
• Russia 1 (+HD);
• Rain;
• Russia 24 (+HD);
• THT HD;
• Russia K;
• Moscow 24;
• Nostalgia;
• TB Center;
• Super;
• CTC+;
• YU;
• Che;
• PTP Planet;
• PTP Russia;
• Rain 2;
• THT. 21;
• CTC Prima (+International);
• Lipetsk Time;
• Together RF (+HD);
• Euronews;
• First Meteo;
• Union;
• THB Planet;
• Luxury HD;
• Education;
• RBC TB;
• My joy;
• Cartoon;
• Nickelodeon (+HD);
• CTC Kids HD;
• Smiley TB HD;
• Disney;
• HTB+ Sports;
• RU TV HD.

Link for free download of IPTV playlist - https://iptvmaster.ru/russia.m3u

Russian radio playlist

Radio playlist containing 3 thousand radio stations of various genres and from different regions with good sound quality. The playlist also includes music from popular artists.

Partial list of radio stations included:

• Europa Plus;
• POKC (Minsk);
• Samara Provincial Radio (Province);
• Radio Liberty;
• Your own radio;
• Sevastopol FM;
• Autoradio;
• 6 (Tallinn);
• Business FM;
• 7 (Chisinau);
• Wave FM;
• Baltcom (Riga);
• Voice of the Capital;
• 5 FM (Dushanbe);
• Hromadske radio;
• Baltic Coast;
• Disco 90s;
• Road Radio;
• Russian FM;
• Soul radio;
• Maximum FM;
• Akunin;
• Megapolis FM;
• Echo of Moscow;
• Radio Chanson;
• Russian Wave;
• Our radio;
• Nostalgia;
• Radio One;
• Radio Jazz;
• Bright radio Emmanuel;
• Radio Sports;
• PETPO FM;
• Russian radio;
• Hit FM;
• Own FM;
• Humor FM;
• Samara-Maximum;
• Radio Russia;
• 2 (Surgut);
• Agatha Christie;
• Azov wave;
• Aquarium;
• Shark;
• Alanya FM;
• Poster FM;
• ATAMAH FM;
• White Radio;
• 7 FM;
• 8 (Nizhny Novgorod);
• Barneo FM New School.

Partial list of artists whose music is on the playlist:

• Alla Pugacheva;
• Basta;
• White Sea Canal;
• Hands up;
• Yuriy Shatunov;
• Yulia Savicheva;
• B2;
• Yuri Antonov;
• Sergey Trofimov;
• Yuri Vizbor;
• Yuri Loza;
• Shura;
• Taisiya Povaliy;
• Chocolate;
• Tatyana Bulanova;
• Chizh and Co.;
• Secret;
• Gaza Strip;
• Chaif;
• Hits of the 90s;
• Freestyle;
• Philip Kirkorov;
• Arrows;
• Factor-2;
• Gone With the Wind;
• Sergey Minaev;
• Sergey Nagovitsyn;
• Tattoo;
• Dancing Minus;
• Syabry;
• Stas Mikhailov;
• Spleen;
• Sofia Rotaru;
• Silver.

The link for safe downloading is https://iptvmaster.ru/pcradio.m3u.

Launching SS IPTV from USB Flash Drive and problems

Sometimes installation and configuration are easier to do from a flash drive. Using a PC, we find the SS IPTV file on the official website using a search. Download to a USB drive.

When the download is complete, the archive is unpacked onto a flash drive. Now we install the USB drive into the TV. The drive and software should be automatically recognized. A corresponding entry will appear in the “My Apps” tab.

If playback does not work, but TV channels are displayed, you need to do the following. You must enable UDP Proxy in your router settings. At the same time, you should check which port number is set and the IP address assigned (the first one needs to be changed from “4022” to “1234”).

The player is a VideoLAN VLC shell

BorPas-Soft IP-TV Player

Program for convenient viewing of IP-TV

Content

• Possibilities
• Version history
• Screenshots
• What is IPTV
• Network settings
• Record
• Channel list - M3U format
• TV program - JTV, XMLTV and others formats
• Setting up the player from scratch (if you only have a list of channels)
• For providers → Build distribution
• For providers → Channel list format with settings
• For providers → Collecting channel viewing statistics and logs
• For providers and specialists → JavaScript modules
• For specialists → Watching terrestrial TV via a TV tuner
• For specialists → Network features of IPTV
• For specialists → UDP-to-HTTP Proxy

Possibilities

• simple and quick deployment in the provider’s network (free self-assembly of the distribution kit with branding)
• viewing open
  (
  unencrypted
  ) UDP (multicast), HTTP, HLS (m3u8), RTMP, etc. streams.
• individual or general settings for channels
• switch between multiple channel lists
• ability to record a stream to a file
• OSD (information window at the bottom of the video window) - volume and channel name, recording indicator
• list of channels in the video window
• control video from the keyboard (see the keys in the brief help in the program itself)
• support for TV programs in XMLTV, JTV, TXT formats (automatic downloading, unpacking, matching)
• recording/viewing scheduler
• background recording of any number of channels (limited by the capabilities of the subscriber line and the provider)
• the ability to use any smartphone as a player control panel
• We ourselves do not provide IP television services, but only give you a player to use the service of your provider or watch channels from open sources
• The player is not intended for watching Russian channels from abroad via the Internet
• the player cannot show encrypted (DRM, CAS, X-KEY) channels

Version history

• 50.2
  — error correction, switching all/favorite channels using the Tab key
• 50.1
  - bug fixes, possibility of provider channel numbering
• 50.0
  - VLC 3.0.x support, bug fixes in HLS handler, XMLTV parser and installer
• 49.5
  — corrections in the TV program parser, change in signature
• 49.4
  — correction of rendering errors when using high-contrast Windows themes, the ability for the user to disable the transfer of statistics and logs to the provider
• 49.3
  - fixes in the loader and TV program parser, the Esc key now performs a return action in different situations
• 49.2
  — correction of errors in processing channel settings of old versions, correction of entering the channel number in the remote control, calling JavaScript code from the address of the channel list
• 49.1
  — JavaScript modules (authorization on middleware for providers, script as a channel address, URL filters), the ability to hide a TV program in the channel menu, general correction of the TV program time, the frame cropping logic has been changed (the crop parameter has been replaced by croppadd), improvements to the TV program linking channel names (prefixes and brackets), English localization improved, version numbering changed
• 0.28.1.8847
  — support for system mouse wheel settings, fixes in selecting HLS stream quality
• 0.28.1.8845
  — fixes in the HLS handler (bypassing sequence numbering errors, segment repetitions, http 4xx/5xx errors when downloading segments)
• 0.28.1.8844
  — support for announcements in XMLTV (the desc tag is read only if it contains plain text!)
• 0.28.1.8843
  - fixed crashes on Windows 10 with RS1 update package, ability to pause channel surfing
• 0.28.1.8842
  - fixes in the TV program parser (XMTV, TXT), support for the system proxy exclusion list, installation of updates and detection of Windows 10 restored (broken in 8840-41)
• 0.28.1.8839
  - workaround for problems with the mouse wheel in Windows 10 and GPU acceleration on VLC 2.2, the first launch dialog has been changed, Aero controls have been removed
• 0.28.1.8838
  — the ability to use a smartphone (with any OS) as a player control panel, support for TV programs in XMLTV format, support for links in the “Channel Logo” field, the ability to use deinterlacing/aspect ratio/cropping settings common to all channels, the ability to use multiple channel lists ( see the “three dots” menu), its experimental protocol handler HLS-m3u8 (compared to VLC, much less CPU load, fast switching, support for 1.x libraries, cookie support, BUT no rewind for VoD, no encryption support, sensitivity to errors and communication quality), RTMP support
• 0.28.1.8836
  — support for VLC 2.2 (bypassing problems with sound), the appearance of channels without a TV program has been changed, the comparison of logos has been improved, the settings dialog has been changed
• 0.28.1.8834
  — marking favorite channels and switching all/favorite, the ability to “drag and drop” scheduler tasks, scheduler tasks are tied to the channel address (and not its sequential number), changing the method of switching channels with the right mouse button held down (hold, select with the wheel, release)
• 0.28.1.8832
  — compatibility problem with version 5 of the popular archiver has been fixed, formal support for VLC 2.1 (“formal” because there is a problem with sound adjustment)
• 0.28.1.8831
  — the operation of the command line switches has been fixed, the settings have been expanded in a simplified form, the error in displaying the TV program after auto-tuning has been fixed
• 0.28.1.8829
  — a log collection system (similar to statistics), transmission of script addresses for collecting statistics and logs through the channel list, settings for the channel list view in the “Advanced” tab
• 0.28.1.8827
  - screenshots and channel surfing on VLC 2.0.x, switching the text entry using F7, support for zip with utf8 names
• 0.28.1.8826
  - option to show clock, hide transmission information when pressing [?] again, internal changes to the installation process
• 0.28.1.8825
  — support for VLC 1.1.11 (by default), start of support for VLC 2.0.x, fit video into the screen when Aero is enabled, configure a different channel when viewing, quickly switch to another monitor through the menu, improve the “Auto” network interface mode
• 0.28.1.8823
  — stop background recording on the current channel using F3, support for channels with more than 9 audio tracks
• 0.28.1.8822
  — fixes in the channel list parser, adjusting the font size of the channel list (right-click on the list, submenu “View”), fixing the time zone during auto-tuning (cancelling the transition to winter time), switching the aspect ratio using F6
• 0.28.1.8820
  — groups are collapsed, selection of list position (left/right), indication of background recording, the rule for auto-updating a TV program has been relaxed, the procedure for assembling provider distributions has been slightly changed
• 0.28.1.8819
  - fixed false positives of some antiviruses, additions to channel list and TV program parsers
• 0.28.1.8817
  — several minor bugs have been fixed, false positives of some antiviruses have been fixed, numbers on the color parameters controls have been fixed
• 0.28.1.8815
  — the appearance of the OSD and the control panel has been changed, a shortened version of the settings and menus, dialing a channel number, trial support for rewinding the broadcast (similar to ProgDVB)
• 0.28.1.8812
  — ability to disable unblocking, resistance to incorrect JTV files
• 0.28.1.8809
  - switching audio track, mono, adjusting color parameters for VLC 1.0.x, ability to disable Aero
• 0.28.1.8798
  - fixed a critical error in working with a temporary folder, fixed an error in the audio track in the background recording, added a statistics collection system
• 0.28.1.8792
  — ability to specify the language of the priority audio track, loading settings directly from the channel list
• 0.28.1.8746
  — start of support for VLC 1.0.x, many minor improvements
• 0.28
  — more convenient tools for providers (auto-search for TV programs, logos, downloading settings from your server, assembling a distribution kit “for yourself”), minor interface changes
• 0.27.1
  — compatibility with Aero (direct3d), user profile, some “fool protection”
• 0.26.10
  - fixed a critical bug that caused the player to crash
• 0.26.9
  - fixed work with multiple audio tracks (only the current track is written to the file!)
• 0.26
  — the interface has been redesigned, the possibility of false positives of some antiviruses has been eliminated
• 0.25
  - ability to select an audio track, mono mode, ability to ignore deinterlacing and frame cropping
• 0.24
  — additional information in the channel list, adjusting color parameters of the image without stopping, taking screenshots, TV program over video, improving interface rendering
• 0.21
  — corrections for switching channels and output, OSD when searching through the list, changed keys for searching through the list
• 0.20
  — additional optimization of calls to ActiveX VLC
• 0.18
  — background recording, trial zoom support
• 0.17
  — manual selection of address and TV program files, full support for Udp-to-Http proxy
• 0.16.4
  — fixes in the scheduler, “Standby mode” has been added (analogous to Winamp-Agent)
• 0.16
  — recording scheduler, minor adjustments to the recording algorithm
• 0.15
  — the “minimize” button and command now simply minimize the player (instead of “putting it to sleep”), a pop-up control panel at the bottom of the screen, improved compatibility with Windows 98/ME
• 14.10.2006
  — many improvements, showing the entire TV program [Shift+G] (slows down), recording without a container (raw) instead of a dump (you can write an mp3 radio to an mp3 file), selecting an audio card
• 03.10.2006
  — TV program downloader is built into the player
• 01.10.2006
  — TV program in OSD, in the menu and in a separate window [G], optimization of calls to ActiveX VLC
• xx.09.2006
  - ... many changes ...
• 15.08.2006
  - compatible with VLC 0.8.5, record button stops recording and continues playback, recording indicator on the video window
• 08.08.2006
  — code optimization, new keys in the video window, video window stabilized
• 05.08.2006
  — separate settings for channels, OSD (volume and channel name for now), new keys in the video window
• 04.08.2006
  — Birthday of the program

What is IPTV

IPTV (aka DVB-IP or TVoIP) does NOT mean

"television broadcasting via the Internet."
The beginning of this abbreviation, IP, only means that this data transfer protocol is used (in this particular case, for transmitting video content), but the entire system is not connected with the World Wide Web in absolutely anything. The IPTV service is provided to you by YOUR PROVIDER
, i.e. the company that installed a network cable (Ethernet) into your apartment or installed an ADSL modem. IPTV is similar to regular cable television, only it comes into the house not via a coaxial cable, but via the same channel as the Internet (ADSL modem or Ethernet). If your provider does not provide such a service or provides it only through a set-top box and does not publish a list of channels, then you do not need a player.

IPTV is the broadcast of channels (usually received from satellites), mainly in MPEG2/MPEG4 formats over the provider’s transport network, followed by viewing on a computer or a special set-top box (Set-Top Box).

Some providers use stream encryption so that certain channels can only be watched through a set-top box using an identification card or PIN code; the player will not be able to play such a stream. If the provider sells the service only

together with the set-top box and encrypts the channels, then the player will also be useless for you.

Network settings

Almost all firewalls, such as Agnitum Outpost and Kaspersky Internet Security, block IPTV (multicast) by default, as they consider it an attack. In general, it is necessary to enable the IGMP protocol (connection management protocol to multicast groups) in the system rules and allow the player any TCP activity (for downloading channel lists and TV programs) and UDP activity (directly for IPTV).

Instructions with pictures can be found here

Kaspersky Internet Security

(option 1)

• Open Kaspersky Internet Security, click the “Settings” link at the top right
• In the “Settings” window, in the list on the left, select “Threats and exceptions”
• In the right window, in the “Exceptions” field, click the “Settings” button
• In the “Trusted Zone” window that opens, select the “Trusted Programs” tab and click on the “Add” link
• In the context menu, select “Browse”, find the file IpTvPlayer.exe and click “Open”
• In the “Program Exceptions” window, check all the boxes and click “OK” in all windows

Kaspersky Internet Security
(option 2)

• Settings → Firewall → Filtering system → Settings → Rules for applications
• Click add and specify the path to IpTvPlayer.exe
• Click the "Template" button and select "Allow All"
• Go to the "Package Rules" tab
• Create a rule “Allow incoming and outgoing IGMP/RGMP packets”

Dr.Web Security Space

• Find the Dr.Web icon in the system tray and right-click
• In the menu, select Firewall → Settings, go to the “Applications” section
• If the IpTvPlayer.exe item is already in the list, then select and click “Change”; if not, then click “Create” and specify the path to IpTvPlayer.exe
• Select the rule type “Allow everything”, click OK

• Find the Dr.Web icon in the system tray again and right-click
• In the menu, select SpIDer Guard → Settings, go to the “Exceptions” section
• In the “List of excluded paths and files” field, enter “iptvplayer*.ini”, click “Add” and OK

ESET Smart Security

• Go to the “Advanced Settings” menu by pressing “F5” or “Settings → Advanced Settings”
• On the left in the menu, go to the “Personal Firewall” section, in the “Filtering Mode” section, select “Interactive Mode”
• On the left in the menu, go to the “Rules and zones” section, in the “Rules and zones editor” section, click the “Settings” button
• Create a rule for the “IGMP” protocol: “Name” - any word, “Direction” - any, “Action” - allow, “Protocol” - IGMP
• Click “OK” everywhere and close the program, it remains hanging in the tray
• Launch the player and NOD32 will ask for an action
• Check the box “Remember action (create rule)
• Open “Advanced Settings” and click the “Custom Rule” button: “Direction” - any, “Action” - allow
• Click OK

Outpost Firewall

• Click the Settings button on the top bar of the Outpost window
• Go to the "Application Rules" section, click the Add button
• Specify the path to IpTvPlayer.exe, click Edit, oh, click OK
• Go to the “Network rules” section, click the “System rules” button, go to the “Low-level rules” tab
• Uncheck the Block IGMP rule
• Create a rule “Where is the IP protocol and the IGMP IP protocol. Allow this data"

Old versions of Outpost Firewall

• Menu Settings → Applications → Trusted applications → Add…
• Specify the path to IpTvPlayer.exe
• Go to the System tab and in the “Global rules and access to rawsockets” section, click on the Settings button
• Uncheck the Block IGMP rule
• Create a rule “Where is the IP protocol and the IGMP IP protocol. Allow this data"

Comodo Firewall

• Protection → Application Monitor: Specify the path to IpTvPlayer.exe, select “Any parent”, check the “Allow any actions by this application” checkbox
• Security → Network Monitor: Select Protocol: IP, go to the IP Details tab and select IP Protocol: IGMP. Move the new rule up one position so that it is before the "Block and Log" rule

If your computer has more than one network card or you are provided with Internet via VPN or PPPoE, you must specify a working network card in the player. Since IPTV is usually distributed locally, this will be a card with the address 192.168.*.*, 172.16.*.* or 10.*.*.*. When you first start the player, it will automatically select the first network card. You can change the network card like this: Settings → General → Network interface

.

Please note that the VPN or PPPoE connection raised over the local network does not need

(many providers write in their instructions that it is necessary to disable it - this is not so!), You just need to choose the right network interface.

On some networks, it is recommended to set the VLC network-caching (udp-caching) parameter to a special value. This is done like this: Settings → General → Cache (milliseconds)

Attention! Technical support for the IP television service MUST be provided to you by your provider, which is the supplier of this service. It is your provider who must ensure the correct configuration of your terminal equipment and network connection.

Record

Recording in IP-TV Player is truly a recording, that is, copying data received from the network to the hard drive with virtually no load on the processor. For comparison, in the case of a TV tuner, this is video encoding, and then recording, which creates a large load on the processor, memory, etc.

As a rule, modern IP-TV is encoded in the MPEG2 format, so the files obtained during recording are similar to VOB files from household DVDs. However, using the player you can watch and record any streams, such as Windows Media (mms), MP3 radio, etc. For different sources you need to use different formats (containers) of the final files.

Set in Settings → General → Recording container format

So, for IPTV in MPEG2 you need to use the PS

- you will get files with the MPG extension, similar to VOBs from DVDs.
They can be played by players such as PowerDVD, Media Player Classic, etc. You can convert them to AVI (DivX/XviD encoding) using programs such as DVD-to-AVI, Gordian Knot, AutoGK and others designed to convert DVD to AVI. You can cut, for example, advertising from MPG and save it without
recoding using the programs AviDemux, Free Video Dub, VideoReDo.
do video editing with
transcoding in VirtualDub-MPEG2, AviDemux, Mpeg Video Wizard DVD, Canopus ProCoder, Adobe Premiere Pro, Edius and others.
For IPTV in H264/AVC it ​​is better to use the TS
.

The IPTV-MPEG2 stream is usually 5-6 MBit/s thick, which is about 2.5 GB/hour, H264 (SD) 2-4 MBit/s.

To record a stream with multiple audio tracks or if using TS

files are damaged (no sound/video), you should use the
DUMP
.

Video about using the scheduler and background recording

Channel list - M3U format

Channel list example:

#EXTM3U #EXTINF:-1, Channel One udp://@224.10.10.1:8001 #EXTINF:-1, TVC Siberia udp://@224.10.10.2:8002 #EXTINF:-1.7 TV udp:// @224.10.10.3:8003 #EXTINF:-1,A-One udp://@224.10.10.4:8004 #EXTINF:-1,REN TV udp://@224.10.10.5:8005

#EXTVLCOPT directives are not supported!

Well, everything is clear here. I would like to note that it is recommended to give the channels the correct names (for example, the ORT channel is correctly called “First Channel”, and “RTR” is “Russia”) and in Russian, and not in transliteration. This is important so that the player automatically associates logos and TV program files with the channels.

The encoding can be ANSI or UTF8, the player can load lists from a file or via http, https, ftp protocols.

It is recommended to use the extended channel list format with settings.

TV program - JTV, XMLTV and others formats

JTV

The JTV format appeared in the program of the same name by Polish developer Jaroslaw Kowalski for TV tuners based on bt8x8 chips. This is a binary format, the JTV TV program database is usually a ZIP or RAR archive containing pairs of files (NDX and PDT extension) for each TV channel. A new database is usually released every week on Mondays. The format does not contain time zone information, so you must check the current TV program time zone on the source website. The JTV format is mainly widespread in the territory of the former USSR, where the program of the same name was popular in 2000-2003. Currently, the most popular software that uses the JTV format is software for Beholder and GotView tuners.

Example of a JTV source - https://www.teleguide.info/download/new3/jtv.zip (Moscow time)

Developers can understand the JTV format by checking out GuideGen (JTV generation from text in C++ and PHP)

If you generate a TV program yourself, especially on a Linux server, then keep in mind that it is not at all necessary to give the files names in Russian. You can use transliteration or numbering or some other identifiers, the main thing is to link them to the corresponding channel via tvg-name.

XMLTV

A TV program in XMLTV format is an XML file, optionally packaged in an archive. A description of the format is available on xmltv.org.

Attention!

XMLTV timestamps contain the time zone! This means that when displaying time, the current time zone selected in the user's operating system settings is automatically taken into account.

Limitations: letter designations of time zones are not supported (±HHmm only), only the start time (start), transmission title (title) and description (desc, only if it contains simple text) are used.

If the XMLTV file is packaged in an archive other than GZ, then it must be the only file in the archive with the XML extension.

Examples of XMLTV sources - https://www.teleguide.info/download/new3/xmltv.xml.gz - https://epg.in.ua/epg/tvprogram_ua_ru.gz

Text formats

Option 1. TV program on all channels in one

TXT file, the format is known as ListTV/TV.ALL/Inter-TV. The first line of the file must be “tv.all”. If a TXT file is packaged in an archive, it must be the only file in the archive with the TXT extension.

Option 2. Archive with TXT files, one per channel (similar to JTV). Multiple date/time formats are supported (for example, “yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm transmission” or divided by day: once “yyyy-MM-dd” and then a block “HH:mm transmission”)

Archives

The player can unpack ZIP and GZ formats independently. To unpack RAR/7Z, you must have WinRAR or 7-Zip installed on your systems.

Setting up the player from scratch (if you only have a list of channels)

Empty profile” as a preset

“, somehow download the channel list via
Settings → General → Channel list address
(from a website or from a file). If necessary, first edit the channel list using Notepad, following the recommendations described above.

Take your time to start watching channels!

First, in
Settings → Channel,
set the default parameters (will be applied to all channels), for example, for IPTV Deinterlace Blend, Aspect Ratio 4:3, etc.
Having selected the defaults, click the Apply
and
Close
the settings dialog.

Select in the Menu TV program → Automatic tuning

— the player will try to select the most suitable logos and TV program files for all channels in turn. After completing the auto-tuning, go through all the channels and correct errors, if necessary, select the appropriate audio tracks.

For providers → Build distribution

You can independently assemble a player distribution containing your settings and logos, and offer it to your company’s subscribers absolutely free!

Configuration

In accordance with the format description, generate a channel list file and upload it to your web server (in the example below https://your.server/your_channel_list.m3u

).
Build
Download the distribution builder, create a folder (name for example Custom

) with the structure described below. Launch the collector and point it to this folder.

• Custom\Provider.ini
  - required, settings file
• Custom\Setup.bmp
  - optional, large installer logo (left), bmp format, size 164x314
• Custom\Setup.ico
  - optional, installer icon (in the window title, on the taskbar)
• Custom\*.js
  - optional, JavaScript modules
• Custom\Images\App.ico
  - optional, player icon (in the window title, on the taskbar, on shortcuts)
• Custom\Images\Logo.png
  - optional, logo in the center of the player screen
• Custom\Images\Loading.png
  - optional, player loading splash screen
• Custom\Icons\*.*
  - optional, additional channel icons, format png/jpg/gif/bmp, size 24x24, file names must match the channel names in your list

Ready! Don't forget to periodically update your distribution.

Manual assembly (old method)

Download the “SFXs for installers” package from the website 7-zip.org and unpack it, for example, into the C:\7zip folder, download the latest version of the player and name the file Setup.exe

.
Create a folder (for example C:\IPTV) and place Setup.exe in it, next to it create a Custom
with the structure described above. You'll get something like this:

• Custom\
  - for our example this will be C:\IPTV\Custom\
• Custom\Provider.ini
  and other files
• Setup.exe
  - downloaded player distribution

Collect a self-extracting archive using 7zip:

cd C:\IPTV C:\7zip\7zR.exe a -sfx7zS2.sfx IpTvPlayer-setup.exe Setup.exe Custom

Easy assembly online

Description of Provider.ini

;— standard option ——————————————- [List] Count=1 1name=”Company Name” 1um3u=https://your.server/your_channel_list.m3u ;— option with choice— —————————————— [List] ; number of points Count=2 1name="Company Name - Package1" 1um3u=https://your.server/your_channel_list_1.m3u 2name="Company Name - Package2" 2um3u=https://your.server/your_channel_list_2.m3u ; 3name, etc. ;— option with an external list ————————————- [List] list-url=https://your.server/your_list_of_packages.ini ;— option with nesting ———————— —————- [List] Count=2 1name=”Company Name — City1″ 1ulst=https://your.server/list_of_packages_city_1.ini 2name=”Company Name — City2″ 2ulst=https://your.server /list_of_packages_city_2.ini ; 3name, etc. ;— player parameters (all parameters are optional) —————- [Settings] ; player window title;apptitle1=”Company-TV Player”; interface colors (you can see it in IpTvPlayer.User.ini) ;colors=… ; value VLC network-caching (udp-caching) ;cache=500 ; replacing the “Help Information” link; support-url=https://your.server/tech support;— installer parameters (all parameters are optional) ———— [Setup] ; installer title, shortcut name on the desktop and in the Start menu;productname=”Company-TV Player” ; folder name in Program Files (required in English);productinstdir=”Company-TV Player” ; delete the current user's settings during installation; (should not be used when building to update over!) ;resetuserdata=1 ;— the file must be strictly in ANSI encoding! ———————

To get on the list of providers

, which is loaded when installing the original player distribution, send us a letter with the address of the list of channels, be sure to be from your company’s corporate domain.

For providers → Channel list format with settings

You can add the necessary settings for the player to the channel list, in which case the file will look like this:

#EXTM3U General settings #EXTINF:-1 Channel 1 settings ,Channel 1 channel-address-1 #EXTINF:-1 Channel 2 settings ,Channel 2 channel-address-2

The encoding can be ANSI or UTF8.

Inserts with settings should look like: parameter1=value1 parameter2=value2...

Options for general settings:

• url-tvg
  — address of the archive with the TV program (several addresses separated by commas are possible)
• cache
  — cache value (Settings → General → Cache)
• reportstat
  — script address for collecting browsing statistics
• reportlog
  — script address for collecting logs
• url-m3u
  - new address of the channel list (use for mass change of address in subscribers' players)
• tvg-logo
  - link template for installing logos of all channels at once (variables are supported: %name% - url-coded channel name in lower case, %tvg% - tvg-name/tvg-id value of the channel, %num% - channel number, for example ,
  https://your-server/logos/%name%.png
  )
• url-scrlogo
  - png/jpg/gif/bmp image address for the logo in the center of the screen, recommended size 200-300px for a black background (v48 and higher)
• nameaskey
  — (0/1) use the channel name as a key field for saving settings, rather than its address (use in dynamically generated lists)
• numwzero
  - (0/1) add zeros before short channel numbers, for example, 001, 002, ... (v50.1 and higher)

Options for channel settings:

• tvg-name
  /
  tvg-id
  — channel name/identifier in the TV program file (can be omitted if it matches the channel name; id takes precedence over name)
• tvg-shift
  — time correction, in hours (…-2, -1, 0, +1, +2, …)
• tvg-logo
  — image address png/jpg/gif/bmp (v8838 and higher) or the name of the channel logo from the built-in database or file name (
  without
  extension!) from the Icons\*.png/jpg/gif/bmp folder (you don’t have to specify if it matches the channel name)
• group-title
  — channel group title
• deinterlace
  - deinterlace (0 - off, 1 - Blend, 2 - Mean, ...)
• aspect-ratio
  - aspect ratio (None, 4:3, 16:9, ...)
• croppadd
  — frame cropping
  horizontal x vertical
  in pixels, for example, “15×10” (v48 and higher)
• num
  — channel number (1-9999) in the provider’s broadcast network instead of the usual serial number (v50.1 and higher)

Any parameter for channels can be added to the general settings, then this parameter will apply to all channels. Channel settings have higher priority and override general ones, if specified. Settings from the channel list overwrite user settings if the channel name is changed.

Example:

#EXTM3U url-tvg=”https://server/jtv.zip” cache=500 deinterlace=1 aspect-ratio=4:3 croppadd=10×10 tvg-shift=0 #EXTINF:-1 tvg-name=” First_channel" croppadd=16×8 group-title="Terrestrial channels" ,First channel udp://@239.1.1.1:5000 #EXTINF:-1 tvg-name="TV3″ tvg-shift=2 ,TV3 udp:/ /@239.1.1.2:5000 #EXTINF:-1 tvg-name=”Russia_Culture” tvg-logo=”Russia K” croppadd=16×8 ,Culture udp://@239.1.1.3:5000 #EXTINF:-1 tvg -name=”Expert TV” group-title=”Satellite” ,Expert TV udp://@239.1.1.4:5000 #EXTINF:-1 tvg-name=”Eurosport” aspect-ratio=16:9 ,Eurosport udp ://@239.1.1.5:5000 #EXTINF:-1 tvg-name=”Ru_TV” croppadd=15×10 ,RuTV udp://@239.1.1.6:5000 #EXTINF:-1 tvg-logo=”-Radio "group-title="Radio" ,Radio Club https://server:8000/club #EXTINF:-1 tvg-logo="-Radio" ,Radio-Trans https://server:8000/trance

For providers → Collecting channel viewing statistics and logs

Collecting channel viewing statistics
When collecting statistics, the player once every ~15 minutes generates a data packet in XML format, which reflects the time periods during which the user watched a particular channel. The data is sent using the POST method in the “postdata” variable; the response to a GET request can be anything. UserId is a unique user identifier generated by the player upon first launch, convenient as a key field if the provider uses dynamic addresses.

03112ba3102496b93284d8aa34033843 2013-03-02 01:09:042013-03-02 01:10:32udp://@239.1.2.1:12342×2 2013-03-02 01:10:332013-03-02 01:13:24udp ://@239.1.4.9:1234Universal Channel 2013-03-02 01:13:242013-03-02 01:13:35udp://@239.1.5.2:1234Discovery World 2013-03-02 01:13:352013- 03-02 01:18:11udp://@239.1.2.1:12342×2 2013-03-02 01:18:112013-03-02 01:24:04udp://@239.1.5.2:1234Discovery World

Reception in PHP:

Typical example of SimpleXML+MySQL:

← [email protected]

← To the player page

Russian children's channels

Free IPTV playlist containing 23 children's TV channels. Almost all channels have several backup sources.

Full list of channels included in the playlist:

• Cartoon;
• Multimania;
• Cartoons;
• Penguin Lolo;
• Ginger;
• Bunny Tales HD;
• 2×2;
• Karapuz TV;
• Carousel;
• Baby Mammoth HD;
• Soviet cartoons.

Download link: https://iptv-playlisty.ru/wp-content/uploads/m3u/multy.m3u.

Additional small selection of good children's playlists:

• Children's playlist containing 53 TV channels and 21 cartoons. Safe download - https://webhalpme.ru/kids.m3u.
• Children's playlist containing 12 children's TV channels. Safe download - https://iptvlist.ru/1578.m3u.
• IPTV playlist of the TV channel “Carousel”. Safe download - https://iptvlist.ru/bfd_download/2019-02-25-kanal-karusel/.
• IPTV playlist of Santa Claus channel. Safe download - https://iptvlist.ru/bfd_download/2019-01-09-ded-moroz/.