EPG Data - IPTV-EPG or Xtream-Editor?

by Stokkes

Hi all,

Topic is pretty self-explanatory. Anyone have experience with both of these services?

Xtream is a bit cheaper than IPTV-EPG, but I hear more about IPTV-EPG for EPG data.

Thanks

Tamar1nd

Have both, Xtream seems more precise for non-UK/USA.

grpsty

I'm curious, too.

How well do they work with channels that are added/removed (Vader's match center channels) or renamed (Fab's sports center channels) frequently?

rocketstreams

IPTV-epg has a section where you can upload your m3u playlist where it matches the TV-ID to the stream. It makes it easier but takes sometime to make it accurate. If that helps...

blondedre3000

IPTV-EPG has more channels, and more regions. That said Xtream is muuuuuuch faster/intuitive to use and has 99% of the same channels available on my lists. Less expensive and more capable as well - you can have up to 5 lists, can do xtream-codes lines to make a list, now has MAG portal support?

Also IPTV-EPG really annoys me in that they will strip out ALL the EPG data on your M3U list even if you have it set to not use their EPG. This essentially kills any existing EPG from your provider working if you want to say just organize your channels and keep the original EPG intact. Xtream on the other hand ONLY messes with the m3u data when you explicitly go in and edit the EPG source for a channel, and even then does so for JUST that channel. It's much less invasive.

Also IPTV-EPG attempts to automatically match your m3u against their EPG sources and is wrong about 90% of the time. This means you will have weird random incorrect things in your EPG unless you go through line by line and fix them all, and also your logos for those channels will be incorrect/gone until fixed.

And the most annoying thing? Last time I checked you could NOT set the EPG option field for a channel to blank or "none" if it has automatically matched it with something and the actual EPG source isn't something available. You're forced to enter something in the EPG source dropdown menu even if it's going to be wrong because there is no right EPG source available and no "Empty" or "None" option.