How to manually create custom EPG ?

by codisgod73

I have a paid IPTV subscription that is missing epg sources. These sources are also unavailable from online xml editors like m3u4u or iptv-editor etc. I found my own source for guide data but don't understand how to edit a custom epg xml to link to m3u xml.

Here is a channel from the raw m3u:

http://**[URL]

#EXTINF:-1 tvg-ID="NULL" tvg-name="VIP KOR: Animax" tvg-logo="" group-title="Korea & Japan",VIP KOR: Animax

and here is the epg data source I want to use:

<channel update="i" site="[ U RL]" site_id="86" xmltv_id="Animax">Animax</channel>

How to link these two? Does tvg-name from raw m3u = xmltv_id from raw epg?

SaltRaspberry8

Upload your m3u file into the m3u editor you are using. In the EPG ID field put what's in the xmltv_id in your EPG file (it would be Animax in this case). After that, assign that xmltv file to your playlist in the player of your choice and it should populate. Basically the tvg_id and xmltv_id need to be exactly the same for it to work.

lKinder_Bueno

First at all the :<channel update="i" site="[URL]" site_id="86" xmltv_id="Animax">Animax</channel>is a webgrab channel. You have first parse it on webgrab and it will generate the epg xml file.

After you have to put xmltv_id in tvg-ID space*#EXTINF:-1 tvg-ID="Animax" tvg-name="VIP KOR: Animax" tvg-logo="" group-title="Korea & Japan",VIP KOR: Animax*

If you want to merge your custom epg with another epg service you can give a shot to the tool I developed:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q8AK4kXDt8Oi1tT4R8o-gPZneO13eEPZ
(If you don't trust the file, I'm the iptveditor's dev)