Xtream IPTV to STRM generator

[EladBar 2]

Xtream2Emby

Convert Xtream lists to STRM files and Live TV (including EPG), support multiple providers.

https://gitlab.com/elad.bar/xtream2emby

How to install

Prerequisites

• Xtream IPTV account

Docker Compose

version: "3"
services:
  xtream2emby:
    image: "registry.gitlab.com/elad.bar/xtream2emby:latest"
    container_name: "xtream2emby"
    hostname: "xtream2emby"
    restart: "unless-stopped"
    environment:
      - EXPORTER_PORT=9563
      - DEBUG=False
    volumes:
      - $PWD/config/config.json:/app/config/config.json
      - $PWD/media:/app/media
      - $PWD/cache:/app/cache

Image tags per architecture

• latest: linux/amd64
• arm32v7: linux/arm32/v7
• arm64v8: linux/arm64/v8

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Required	Description
EXPORTER_PORT	9563	-	Port for Prometheus exporter
DEBUG	false	-	Enable debug log messages

Configuration file

Configuration file must be located at /config/config.json

{
  "IPTVProviderName": {
    "url": "http://provider.domain.com",
    "username": "username",
    "password": "password",
    "interval": 360,
    "category_name_regex": {
      "^[^\\|]*.[\\|].": "",
      "^[^\\-]*.[\\-].": ""
    },
    "settings": {
      "live": {
        "enabled": true,
        "use_server_info": false,
        "name_regex": {
          "^[^\\|]*.[\\|].": "",
          "^[^\\-]*.[\\-].": ""
        },
        "exclude_categories": null
      },
      "movie": {
        "enabled": true,
        "use_server_info": false,
        "category_folder": true,
        "name_regex": {
          "[A-Z]{2}.\\s": "",
          "\\s*$": "",
          "^[^\\|]*.[\\|].": "",
          "^[^\\-]*.[\\-].": ""
        },
        "exclude_categories": []
      },
      "series": {
        "enabled": true,
        "use_server_info": false,
        "category_folder": true,
        "name_regex": {
          "[A-Z]{2}.\\s": "",
          "\\s*$": "",
          "^[^\\|]*.[\\|].": "",
          "^[^\\-]*.[\\-].": ""
        },
        "exclude_categories": []
      }
    }
  }
}

Vendor configuration

Key	Description
url	URL provided by the IPTV provider
username	Account's username
password	Account's password
interval	Interval in minutes between scans
category_name_regex	Regex matches for replacing text for category name as key (find) value (replace)

Per stream type (live, movie, series) configuration

Key	Description
enabled	Extracting streams is active or not
use_server_info	Should the base url for stream taken from server info (data from authentication), default is False which will make the stream base url as configuration in url
name_regex	Regex matches for replacing text for stream (live, movie, series) name as key (find) value (replace)
exclude_categories	List of categories comma separated to exclude from fetching process, format: ["1", "2", "3"]
category_folder	Create media within category folder or media type root folder, default is True, will create the media within category

 

[zaHrecsohbiw 13]

Hey this is pretty neat. I just wanted to comment and say good job. I had to solve this problem as well, and wrote a python script that presents the xtream content as folders/files via FUSE mount, so it isn't really portable like yours.

I have had tons of trouble with Emby struggling to transcode a lot of the remote files, however. ffmpeg command strings will fail when invoked directly from emby, but if I take the command string and run it manually after exec'ing into the container, it works

[grizlyadams 19]

hi- trying to get this to work on an unraid server with docker-compose-manager but just get the following in the log file when I start the docker...

initializing xtream2emby <timestamp>
xtream2emby stopped <tomestamp>

where <timestamp> are the same (with millseconds between them) and those two events fill the log file with the same two lines about 8 or 10secs apart each time.

[EladBar 2]

Did you set up the configuration file?

 

Thanks

[grizlyadams 19]

On 20/10/2024 at 05:48, EladBar said:

Did you set up the configuration file?

 

Thanks

Hi, yes I did and i know the docker is working correctly because I see it create the directories when I start the docker. Then I put the config file in the config directory.

 

I'll re-check the config file once I'm back at the server.

 

I'm also a bit unsure of the volume: directive in the composer files

 

volumes:

- $PWD/config/config.json:/app/config/config.json

 

I have it as (for docker on unraid)

/mnt/user/appdata/xtream2emby/config/config.json:/config/config.json

 

Can the "volumes:" directives point to files, not volumes?

 

Also, when working correctly, how does xtream2emby present the m3u and EPG files? It is via a URL?

 

 

Edited October 21, 2024 by grizlyadams
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[grizlyadams 19]

19 minutes ago, grizlyadams said:

Hi, yes I did and i know the docker is working correctly because I see it create the directories when I start the docker. Then I put the config file in the config directory.

 

I'll re-check the config file once I'm back at the server.

 

I'm also a bit unsure of the volume: directive in the composer files

 

volumes:

- $PWD/config/config.json:/app/config/config.json

 

I have it as (for docker on unraid)

/mnt/user/appdata/xtream2emby/config/config.json:/config/config.json

 

Can the "volumes:" directives point to files, not volumes?

 

Also, when working correctly, how does xtream2emby present the m3u and EPG files? It is via a URL?

 

 

Just re-checked the config.json file and it is the same as your sample file here, but with my IPTV provider details in the first 3 lines.

[iamronr 0]

Forgive me for asking a bit of a noob question...

What's the benefit of using this over the Xtream url when setting up Emby?  I'd be using this exclusively got Live TV, which doesn't have an "on-demand" library attached.

[grizlyadams 19]

2 minutes ago, iamronr said:

Forgive me for asking a bit of a noob question...

What's the benefit of using this over the Xtream url when setting up Emby?  I'd be using this exclusively got Live TV, which doesn't have an "on-demand" library attached.

Emby does not support xtream, it only supports m3u.

[EladBar 2]

2 minutes ago, iamronr said:

What's the benefit of using this over the Xtream url when setting up Emby?

I used it to filter just channels relevant to what we watch and adjust their name,

Today I have different vendor for live tv snd using the direct link

[iamronr 0]

2 minutes ago, grizlyadams said:

Emby does not support xtream, it only supports m3u.

 

1 minute ago, EladBar said:

I used it to filter just channels relevant to what we watch and adjust their name,

Today I have different vendor for live tv snd using the direct link

Good point, it is only m3u, and then a separate link to the epg. So I get this up and going in docker, get the config going as well. Do I got to the port to customize the channels? Just trying to get a general idea before I get the container going...

[grizlyadams 19]

@EladBaris your man on how to set it up - I haven't got it working yet so I'm of little help, sorry.

Edited October 21, 2024 by grizlyadams

[iamronr 0]

Ah I think I got it. It extracts and creates a file that you can edit, etc. 

[grizlyadams 19]

I have no idea what it does as I can't get it to run...

[EladBar 2]

@grizlyadamscan you pls enable the DEBUG environment variable and share the log?

 

It seems that volume mapping is correct

 

Thanks

Edited October 22, 2024 by EladBar

[grizlyadams 19]

5 hours ago, EladBar said:

@grizlyadamscan you pls enable the DEBUG environment variable and share the log?

 

It seems that volume mapping is correct

 

Thanks

I have debug enabled with "- debug=True" but this is all the log has in it....

 

2024-10-21 15:42:34,925 INFO __main__ Initializing Xtream2Emby
2024-10-21 15:42:34,927 INFO __main__ Xtream2Emby stopped
2024-10-21 15:42:36,957 INFO __main__ Initializing Xtream2Emby
2024-10-21 15:42:36,959 INFO __main__ Xtream2Emby stopped
2024-10-21 15:42:38,616 INFO __main__ Initializing Xtream2Emby
2024-10-21 15:42:38,617 INFO __main__ Xtream2Emby stopped
2024-10-21 15:42:40,324 INFO __main__ Initializing Xtream2Emby
2024-10-21 15:42:40,326 INFO __main__ Xtream2Emby stopped
2024-10-21 15:42:42,287 INFO __main__ Initializing Xtream2Emby
2024-10-21 15:42:42,290 INFO __main__ Xtream2Emby stopped
2024-10-21 15:42:44,968 INFO __main__ Initializing Xtream2Emby
2024-10-21 15:42:44,970 INFO __main__ Xtream2Emby stopped
2024-10-22 11:49:24,150 INFO __main__ Initializing Xtream2Emby
2024-10-22 11:49:24,221 INFO __main__ Xtream2Emby stopped
2024-10-22 11:49:27,419 INFO __main__ Initializing Xtream2Emby
2024-10-22 11:49:27,421 INFO __main__ Xtream2Emby stopped
2024-10-22 11:49:30,285 INFO __main__ Initializing Xtream2Emby
2024-10-22 11:49:30,286 INFO __main__ Xtream2Emby stopped
2024-10-22 11:49:32,949 INFO __main__ Initializing Xtream2Emby
2024-10-22 11:49:32,954 INFO __main__ Xtream2Emby stopped
2024-10-22 11:49:35,631 INFO __main__ Initializing Xtream2Emby
2024-10-22 11:49:35,633 INFO __main__ Xtream2Emby stopped
2024-10-22 11:49:39,894 INFO __main__ Initializing Xtream2Emby
2024-10-22 11:49:39,897 INFO __main__ Xtream2Emby stopped
2024-10-22 11:49:44,995 INFO __main__ Initializing Xtream2Emby
2024-10-22 11:49:44,997 INFO __main__ Xtream2Emby stopped
2024-10-22 11:49:52,678 INFO __main__ Initializing Xtream2Emby
2024-10-22 11:49:52,679 INFO __main__ Xtream2Emby stopped
2024-10-22 11:50:07,181 INFO __main__ Initializing Xtream2Emby
2024-10-22 11:50:07,183 INFO __main__ Xtream2Emby stopped
2024-10-22 11:50:34,689 INFO __main__ Initializing Xtream2Emby
2024-10-22 11:50:34,691 INFO __main__ Xtream2Emby stopped




 

[EladBar 2]

I think that there is a bug in documentation, config file should be in:

/app/config/config.json

 

 

[grizlyadams 19]

ok - I changed the location of the config.json file and now I get more in the logfile when I start the docker. I've attached the log.

 

xtream2emby.log

[irPhunky 3]

Just stumbled on this and wanted to give it a go, but it looks like the build pipeline is failing I couldn't get this running either, the container would just crash - i've attached log files 

xtream2emby.html

[navy12 1]

On 10/30/2024 at 5:49 PM, irPhunky said:

Just stumbled on this and wanted to give it a go, but it looks like the build pipeline is failing I couldn't get this running either, the container would just crash - i've attached log files 

xtream2emby.html 36.94 kB · 6 downloads

@irPhunky @grizlyadams@EladBar I fixed the request error that others show and the missing emby config that needs to be there. I will post the changes here later today now that I got it fully working. 

[ullms 0]

Trying to build this docker in Unraid,  it errors in the log with:

 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/entrypoint.py", line 21, in <module>
    from managers.xtream_provider import XtreamProvider
  File "/app/managers/xtream_provider.py", line 7, in <module>
    import requests
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'requests'

 

Any help would be great. Thanks.

[bruor 42]

On 2/10/2025 at 2:47 PM, navy12 said:

@irPhunky @grizlyadams@EladBar I fixed the request error that others show and the missing emby config that needs to be there. I will post the changes here later today now that I got it fully working. 

Any chance you can post those changes?