M3U Filtering and Setup

[Artimus 1]

I am trying out some of the free iptv content to see how it works before considering a paid subscription somewhere.   I am testing these two M3U feeds in particular.

• IPTV-Org Playlist, English Speaking Channels: https://iptv-org.github.io/iptv/languages/eng.m3u
• LocalNow, https://www.apsattv.com/localnow.m3u

I pulled the 2,300+ channels in, and tested a few from both feeds.  That much works.

 

But I dont want 2300 channels.  There is an option to only import channels matching particular groups,  but that isn't really helpful.  Here the groups from the LocalNow list.  I dont want to exclude entire groups,  but l do want to exclude most of the content from each groups.  

For example,  I want to see all the New York and Massachusetts content across all the LocalNow groups.  But I dont want to see channels for Kentucky, or Texas.    
The only option i can see  is to pull up the list of 2300+ channels in the UI and uncheck each one i dont want.

Is there a better way to do this.     Maybe a white/black list of regex expressions?    Even if the channels were all unchecked by default would be a major improvement for importing channels.

On the front-end side,  the user doesn't really have a good way to filter either.  Basically just by genre of tag (where each is tagged with the group name).

 

LocalNow: Action
LocalNow: Comedy
LocalNow: Drama
LocalNow: En Espanol
LocalNow: Entertainment
LocalNow: Explore
LocalNow: Family And Faith
LocalNow: Gaming And More
LocalNow: Horror And SciFi
LocalNow: Lifestyle
LocalNow: Local
LocalNow: More Cities
LocalNow: Movies And TV
LocalNow: Music And Arts
LocalNow: News And Opinion
LocalNow: Reality
LocalNow: Recommended
LocalNow: Relaxation
LocalNow: Sports
LocalNow: World Interest

 

[Luke 42079]

Hi, looks like you'll have to use the channel management tool to exclude the channels that you don't want.

[Artimus 1]

sorry i must be missing something.  I'm not sure how im going to work through all those.  but as im still seeing if this is going to work for;  im trying now with just a slimmed down localnow m3u.

Below is a few hand picked channels from the localnow m3u.

For news12,   i  added the  "Emby Guide Data USA-NY62481-L" source,   and found what i was looking for immediately. but  its been rough afterthat.

Boston25 - After way too much effort i found "Emby Guide Data USA-DITV506-X".  and found the channel in there.

I've not had any luck getting epg for PBS Nature, and XFC MMA.   

I have to put in country + zip code to see the list of sources. I'm not sure these two channels belong to a particular area;  so i dont even know where to begin.  

Is this a known issue that everyone has when using localnow?.  I'm sure its likely what everyone finds first when looking for free iptv feeds.   

 

#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="LocalNow_News12NewYork" tvg-logo="https://f9q4g5j6.ssl.hwcdn.net/5f9c57ad92cd1774a1091752" group-title="LocalNow: Local",News 12 New York

https://livestream.chdrstatic.com/2272f9cc29d3f9e812a3b4cacbd767bf69c95a59434c3f482606a67962a0dd5e/localnow/n12nyLocalNow/news12newyork/primary/index.m3u8

#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="LocalNow_XFCMMA" tvg-logo="https://f9q4g5j6.ssl.hwcdn.net/61f0ac790a2a2f19256357f2" group-title="LocalNow: Sports",XFC MMA

https://b81ea6a237a99f732a8a56c17e6e1733.7wzuvg.channel-assembly.mediatailor.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/v1/channel/XFC_TV/index-xfctv.m3u8

#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="LocalNow_PBSNature" tvg-logo="https://f9q4g5j6.ssl.hwcdn.net/63c83e11e4c5d7c1350ffde7" group-title="LocalNow: Explore",PBS Nature

https://amg01597-wnetnewyorkpubl-pbsnature-localnow-4gv0j.amagi.tv/playlist.m3u8

#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="LocalNow_WFXT(FOX)News25BostonMA" tvg-logo="https://f9q4g5j6.ssl.hwcdn.net/640247fc9cf570b63e0ddad2" group-title="LocalNow: Local",WFXT (FOX) News 25 Boston MA

https://amg00327-coxmediagroup-wfxtbreaking-ono-n5e03.amagi.tv/playlist.m3u8

 

[Luke 42079]

Hi, the main reason is that our guide data provider is built for cable/mainstream tv. To find data for one-off channels it may take a bit of work hunting around for a lineup that has each channel.