IPTV - M3U - Guide Data not coming

[mrhat 8]

Hey guys! thanks again for the community support!

I acquired a new IPTV provider and works great in Emby except the program guide.

I'm wracking my brain trying to understand why. I can use other common 'iptv' specific apps and load the same M3U file in, they are able to pull the guide and even do the 'timeshift' VOD stuff where i can go backwards in time and re-watch an event.

I have tried in Emby to install XMLTV and just copy and paste the URL into there -> no change.

Here is a snippet of the M3U file.

#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="loc.CBS (KCTV) Kansas City, MO" tvg-name="US| CBS 5 KANSAS CITY MO (KCTV)" tvg-logo="http://url/picons/logos/USA/CBS-5-GREEN-BAY-WI-WFRV.png" group-title="US| CBS NETWORK",US| CBS 5 KANSAS CITY MO (KCTV)
http://url.com:80/b48747c4f4/6ab6dced93c7/173232

[Luke 42077]

Hi, did you check the contents of your xml data?

[Carlo 4560]

9 hours ago, mrhat said:

Here is a snippet of the M3U file.

#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="loc.CBS (KCTV) Kansas City, MO" tvg-name="US| CBS 5 KANSAS CITY MO (KCTV)" tvg-logo="http://url/picons/logos/USA/CBS-5-GREEN-BAY-WI-WFRV.png" group-title="US| CBS NETWORK",US| CBS 5 KANSAS CITY MO (KCTV)
http://url.com:80/b48747c4f4/6ab6dced93c7/173232

Hi,

Upload your current Emby Server log file so we can take a look at it for you.
From the Dashboard, click the Logs menu and it will be the log at the top.

Carlo

 

 

[mrhat 8]

Hey Luke, I don't actually have any xml files. All the provider gave me was a URL. When I put the URL into a browser it spits me out that M3U file.

 

In Emby i just put the URL into the M3U as a TV source (Screenshot)

 

Before i pulled logs i hit the 'refresh guide' button.

 

 

embyserver.txt

[Luke 42077]

On 2/7/2025 at 10:39 AM, mrhat said:

Hey Luke, I don't actually have any xml files. All the provider gave me was a URL. When I put the URL into a browser it spits me out that M3U file.

So that's your issue. You need to add a guide data source. Sometimes m3u's will contain links to xml guides, but it appears that yours does not.

Does your provider have a recommended guide data source? I know that epg.best is popular for iptv.

[mrhat 8]

Hey Luke! thanks to this community I found another post with the answer

 

 

I tweaked the URL i got and instead of the M3U file, it spit out the XML data for the guide. Super happy to have this working in Emby!