Create STRM Files for VOD Series & Movies - bash script help needed

[bryan3301 2]

I have been on a quest to get my IPTV provider's VOD content (TV Series and Movies) to properly show under Emby recordings. I can do this by creating the necessary folder structure and STRM files. I have validated this with a couple series manually. My goal is to automate this so it runs daily.

I run Emby on Linux. I have found various solutions but none have worked for me as they likely require modification and the authors seemed to have abandoned their respective projects. I ran across this utility that seems nearly what I need: https://github.com/h0me5k1n/iptv-strmmaker

Here is the workflow I need:

1. Download the MEU file.
2. Parse the M3U file and identify VOD TV Series and VOD Movies.
3. Check if the VOD TV Series and VOD Movies are already have folders and STRM files, and skip if so.
4. Check for and remove any "stale" folders and STRM files that may exist for content no longer available.
5. For creating folder structures and content; here is what I would like:
   • Series
     • Show Title
       • Season
         • STRM File per Episode
   • Movies
     • Movie Title
       • STRM File foe Movie

Here is how the content appears in my M3U file.

#EXTINF:-1,Mad Men S01E01
http:/xxxxx.com:80/series/yyyyy/zzzzz/NNNNN.mkv
#EXTINF:-1,Mad Men S01E02
http://xxxxx.com:80/series/yyyyy/zzzzz/NNNNN.mkv

#EXTINF:-1,30 Miles from Nowhere (2018)
http://xxxxx:80/movie/yyyyy/zzzzz/NNNNN.mp4

I am an systems engineer; however, not a programmer/scripter. I am hoping someone more knowledgeable than I can help me make this work. My plan is to then runt he script daily via a cron job.

Thank you so much in advance!

[grimevil 54]

Hi,

Can you not use:-

 

This does what you are looking to do I believe?

[bryan3301 2]

I could use some help giving it a try. Here is the error when I try to run it. I entered my M3U URL in the main.py file (ipttvurl = 'http://xxxxxxx.xxx:80/playlist/yyyyy/zzzzz/m3u' ). I only have a single URL for all live TV, Series, and Movies. I do not see a place in the main.py to enter a movie URL. Also, I see references to apollo throughput this tool and I do not have apollo. Does that matter?

$ python3 ./main.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/mnt/video/utils/m3u2strm/m3u2strm-nextgen/./main.py", line 13, in <module>
    print(wget.download(iptmovieurl, ('m3u/iptmovies.m3u'))) #if not downloading comment out this line.
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^
NameError: name 'iptmovieurl' is not defined

I REALLY appreciate your help!
 

[grimevil 54]

sent you a pm

[bryan3301 2]

@grimevilThank you! Response is in your inbox. Much appreciated!