Question Create EPG for custom channel

[vag13]

How can i create EPG for my custom channel ?
Does anyone have any idea?

 

[joelonlyne]

How can i create EPG for my custom channel ?
Does anyone have any idea?

Yes, is possible, you could do it with PHP or python or any programing language keep in mind is a XML structure that you will create base on your data.

 

[vag13]

Yes, is possible, you could do it with PHP or python or any programing language keep in mind is a XML structure that you will create base on your data.

Easiest way ? Any how-to ?
With bash if is possible.

 

[joelonlyne]

Easiest way ? Any how-to ?
With bash if is possible.

Ye, I think could be possible, I can't image the way doing that on bash script.

I think PHP or python offers the easiest way to do that.

One question, do you have the data to create Your EPG? and what's the format? excel, TXT...

 

[vag13]

Ye, I think could be possible, I can't image the way doing that on bash script.

I think PHP or python offers the easiest way to do that.

One question, do you have the data to create Your EPG? and what's the format? excel, TXT...

No. I only have the movies in folder path, and with a command i can found the duration of each movie.

 

[joelonlyne]

No. I only have the movies in folder path, and with a command i can found the duration of each movie.

So in your EPG you need the movies name that is coming?

 

[vag13]

So in your EPG you need the movies name that is coming?

Yes with something like that i could be ok.
e.g.

Now Movie_name_1
Next Movie_name_2
Next Movie_name_3
Next Movie_name_4

Or completed epg e.g.

15:00 - 16:46 Movie name 1
16:46 - 18:18 Movie name 2
18:18 - 20:03 Movie name 3
20:03 - 22:11 Movie name 4

 

[joelonlyne]

Yes with something like that i could be ok.
e.g.

Now Movie_name_1
Next Movie_name_2
Next Movie_name_3
Next Movie_name_4

Or completed epg e.g.

15:00 - 16:46 Movie name 1
16:46 - 18:18 Movie name 2
18:18 - 20:03 Movie name 3
20:03 - 22:11 Movie name 4

Ok, what's the command used to know the movie time ?

 

[vag13]

Ok, what's the command used to know the movie time ?

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[joelonlyne]

How many movies do you have in that folder ? I don't know how custom channels works due to there are some variables you need to take in account.

Don't know if some one created a script for this but looks interesting.

Update:
I recommend you ffprobe instead ffmpeg

 

[vag13]

How many movies do you have in that folder ? I don't know how custom channels works due to there are some variables you need to take in account.

Don't know if some one created a script for this but looks interesting.

Update:
I recommend you ffprobe instead ffmpeg

I have a couple of channels. Some of them are less than 10 movies, some over 100 movies.
I can use ffprobe with this

ffprobe -v error -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=duration -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 movie_name.mp4

with output in seconds e.g.
If i success with one of these channels, i think all others will be done in the same way.
Also, i use XtreamUi

 

[code64]

For using your own EPG with movies you have to do

- Python ( use your own code)
- Use Tmdb or IMDB api to get movie title from movie filename ( use regular expressions for that )
- Get description from Tmdb or imdb
- Get duration with ffprobe
- Fetch all these data ( Title + Description + Duration )
- Create Xml Epg with your same python script and send it to for example ( /var/www/html/epg)

in the majore case you can"t get title with ffprobe then you have to use TMDB or IMDB or other system .