EPG for IPTV channels has been an common request for many years now but I simply abandoned this area because I havent been successful with attaching EPG to IPTV channels. Athoik from OpenPLi forum faced the same problem last year but as he has coding abilities he was able to fix the issue in OpenPLi. From the 20.12.2013 we can attach or append EPG to IPTV channels but this requires some manual work (also using FTP) and is not for complete E2 noobs.

Here is short tutorial for all who want to finally see EPG on your favourite IPTV channels which are getting more and more popular:

1. Create test.channels.xml file using Notepad++ and add this test content:

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”latin-1″?>
<channels>
<channel id=”PlanetTV.sl”>1:0:1:E:10:1:FFFF0000:0:0:0:http%3a//example.com</channel> <!– Planet TV –>
</channels>

http%3a//example.com part at the end is mandatory and you should not change it. XMLTVimport needs the http%3a// (whatever) just to start a fake recording and then to import EPG.

1:0:1:E:10:1:FFFF0000:0:0:0: is real channel reference for channel Planet TV on local DVB-C network. You can also use reference from channel on satellite (DVB-S/DVB-S2) or regular antenna (DVB-T/T2).

PlanetTV.sl is the real channel id which you can get if you open rytec.sources.xml file which is located in /etc/epgimport on your receiver. PlanetTV is part of Slovenian rytec package so you just need to check for Slovenian XMLTV (or any other country package, it depends on your needs) in rytec.sources.xml file and then copy one of the urls to your browser and download *.gz file where you can get all channel ids for selected country.

After you finish editing test.channels.xml file, copy it to etc/epgimport folder on your receiver.

2.Create test.sources.xml using Notepad++ and add this test content:

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”latin-1″?>
<sources>

<source type=”gen_xmltv” channels=”test.channels.xml”>
<description>Test XMLTV</description>
<url>http://rytec.sifteam.eu/rytecxmltvexyu.gz</url>
<url>http://xmltvepg.wanwizard.eu/rytecxmltvexyu.gz</url>
<url>http://enigma2.world-of-satellite.com/epg_data/rytecxmltvexyu.gz</url>
<url>http://www.xmltvepg.nl/rytecxmltvexyu.gz</url>
<url>http://www.vuplus-community.net/rytec/rytecxmltvexyu.gz</url>
<url>http://www.ebook-directory.net/rytecxmlepg/rytecxmltvexyu.gz</url>
</source>

</sources>

First you need to open rytec.sources.xml file and find section dedicated to your country. In my case I had to search for Slovenian rytec package. Then you need to copy this part and paste it in your new file named test.sources.xml. Here you need to change channels=”xxx” part. In my case I had to change it to test.channels.xml file which I created earlier. Also change description to something else, I just used name Test XMLTV.

After you finish editing test.sources.xml file, copy it to etc/epgimport folder and restart Enigma 2 – GUI.

3. Now you need to add this IPTV channel to Enigma 2. I already explained how to add IPTV channels to E2 bouquets in my older article which is located here: https://www.satnigmo.com/?p=2681

In my case I had to add this channel:

#SERVICE 4097:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:rtsp%3a//origin.biokoda.tv/live/mbit-planet?k=planettv-public:Planet TV
#DESCRIPTION Planet TV

This version does not work with EPG, I was forced to tweak it a bit:

#SERVICE 4097:0:1:E:10:1:FFFF0000:0:0:0:rtsp%3a//origin.biokoda.tv/live/mbit-planet?k=planettv-public:Planet TV
#DESCRIPTION Planet TV

As you can see the only change are the letters and number after the 4097 part (the same applies to 1:0:1… channel reference). They need to match channel reference in test.channels.xml file.

4. Start EPG import in XMLTVimport plugin which might not be available for your favourite image. If you use OpenPLi, you can add it. EPG should appear or IPTV channels. If not, please write an message on Satnigmo forum, link is available below.

You can discuss this article on forum: https://www.satnigmo.com/forum/index.php?threads/tutorial-how-to-attach-epg-to-iptv-channels-in-iptv.2154/

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