xTeVe - IPTV for Plex DVR

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xTeVe - IPTV (m3u) Proxy for Plex DVR

I started xTeVe earlier this year because there was no IPTV app for the Apple TV that I was satisfied with.
I was then looking for a solution to watch IPTV with Plex.
I found tvheadend, which was too much overhead for me.
Telly I found much better, but some features were missing me.
So I thought, I’ll do it myself.

www: https://xteve.de
support: Discord
GitHub

Requirements

  • Plex Pass
  • Plex Client with DVR support

Operating systems:

  • Linux
  • FreeBSD
  • Windows
  • OS X

Features:

  • Merge M3U files
  • Merge XMLTV files
  • Channel mapping
  • Automatic M3U and XMLTV update
  • Filtering M3U lists
  • Number of tuners adjustable
  • Compatible with Plex EPG and Plex Guid Number
  • Supports XMLTV with gzip compression
  • HLS / M3U8 support

Changelog

Version 2.0.0

Command line interface for basic settings:

Usage of ./xteve:
  -config string
    	: Config Folder        [/path/to/xteve/] (default: /Users/marmei/.xteve/)
  -debug int
    	: Debug level          [0 - 3] (default: 0)
  -h	: Show help
  -port string
    	: Server port          [34400] (default: 34400)

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Do I understand this correctly, that xTeVe downloads/updates the IPTV playlist and “emulates” a tuner to supply these channels to Plex?

Sounds pretty useful to me :slight_smile:

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Yes, m3u playlist and xmltv EPG

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Can it run on any machine or does it have to be the plexmedia server’s host? I am asking because I run PMS on an nvidia shield but also have an ubuntu server, which might qualify for xTeVe if that is possible.

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Can it concatenate different xmltv EPG files?

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Yes, you can do that. For me, PMS runs on a FreeBSD server and for testing, xTeVe runs on my MacBook. As a Plex client, I use an Apple TV

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Nice idea :wink:, but not at the moment. Maybe I’ll build this in the future.
But you can concatenate different m3u Files
xteve -file="http://server.local/stream1.m3u,http://server.local/stream2.m3u"

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Nice, I could try it!

Please document it in the top post and in the man, so that this possibility is known.

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I have a hdhomerun connected to an antenna configured in my PMS. With other apps like yours that I have tried, Plex forces me to only map to channels in the handfull that I get OTA which is obviously a problem. With your program setup to use XMLTV, would I see in my guide my OTA channels from my hdhomerun and the IPTV channels?

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If the tvg-id in the M3U has the same value as in the XMLTV, that should work.
PM me for a beta key.

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Hi,

will you publish the sources on GitHub, so that for example it will be possible to compile it for ARM?

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A version for ARM will come too.
First of all, everything should be stable.

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I’m having trouble getting this to work, i can see it initially its there when doing setup and then it disappears. I currently use telly and it did have problems with plex losing connection with it.

This has been the same with all versions, i’m now on 0.1.27

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What happens if you restart Plex and run xTeVe in the background?

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Hello, I apologise if this was included in your documentation but I could not find it. Is there a way to allow xteve to use concurrent streams? So essentially making Plex see multiple tuners instead of just 1?

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This feature is not yet available, but will come later. Please be patient.
I am currently working on a user interface for configuring xTeVe.

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Awesome, sounds good to me. So far I’m very impressed with how well this working.

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Hello, it works great but at the FireTV i always get the message that the ressource can not be reached.

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Try if your stream is running in VLC Player

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It works with VLC (direct), Plex iOS APP and PlexWeb.