rpi-simple-iptv

Extremely simple IPTV solution for your grandparents!

Concept

   .-----------------------------.
   |                             | 
+---------------+  +----------+  |   +--------------------+
| Potentiometer |  | RPi  USB [--    |                    |
| / remote      |  |     HDMI [------|         TV         |
+---------------+  |     WIFI [--.   |                    |
                   +----------+  |   +---------++---------+
                                 |          ___||___
+-------------------+            |
|    IPTV server    |------------
+-------------------+

• Raspberry pi zero with TVHAT running tv headend sends content by m3u over wifi to raspberry pi in tv
• channels are selected by using a potentiometer or remote

possably usefull information:

https://www.instructables.com/id/Rotary-Knob-Alternative-TV-Remote/ https://thepihut.com/blogs/raspberry-pi-tutorials/how-to-stream-digital-tv-with-the-raspberry-pi-tv-hat#Accessing%20Tvheadend https://www.raspberrypi.org/app/uploads/2018/10/Getting-started-with-the-Raspberry-Pi-TV-HAT.pdf https://github.com/ppet36/openhab_dimmer

Pre-requisites

Player dependencies:

• bash - 4.3.46
• coreutils - 8.25
• findutils - 4.6.0
• grep - 2.25
• sed - 4.2.2
• curl - 7.50.1
• wget - 1.18 (replacement for curl)
• python - 3.5.2
  • python-evdev - 0.6.1
• omxplayer - popcornmix/omxplayer

Server dependencies (optional):

• aceproxy - AndreyPavlenko/aceproxy

Note: Version numbers are just FYI.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/raspbian/applications/omxplayer.md

Setup

Options for making an IPTV playlist:

• Setup an aceproxy server, which can make an M3U with a ton of free channels;
• Make your own (annotated) M3U playlist.

This software expects the tvg-name annotation in playlist, which looks like this:

#EXTINF:-1 tvg-name="Foobar_TV",Foobar TV

Copy config.conf.example to config.conf, and configure everything to your liking.

When it's all done, start with bash launch.sh.