automatic m3u playlist creation

Alexander M

Since I was tired of making an .m3u playlist for SmartIP TV I automated it. A basic PHP script pulling information from the TVHeadEnd API do the trick.

I have a question.

A playable stream would be:

#EXTINF:0,1 : channel 1
http://1.2.3.4:9981/stream/service/6a62c0103a229ae258116e4001ef21c2 #EXTINF:0,2 : channel 2
http://1.2.3.4:9981/stream/service/d706ad740d30e563729401be34422c96 #EXTINF:0,4 : channel 4

http://1.2.3.4:9981/stream/channel/a8353bae72daf70611b34418ae586c9b

This is information what the API provides, so automatically create a playlist is doable. But when I play a stream within de TVHeadEnd GUI I get the URL shown below:

#EXTINF:0,3 : channel 3

http://1.2.3.4:9981/stream/channel/a8353bae72daf70611b34418ae586c9b?ticket=fc7a70e87e5e84c105a54d3f518ea23fb9197fee

This url (mention: ?ticket) provides EPG information as well! I can't find the ?ticket= information within the API so I can use it for my automation. Does anyone has any suggestions how to use the JSON output from the API to get the information I'm looking for?

Joe User

The ticket is a short term token (5min???) which allows you to connect without a username/password.

It is not a real secure solution, but with your script, you can insert a username and password into the http request.


http://USER:PASS@1.2.3.4:9981/stream/service/6a62c0103a229ae258116e4001ef21c2