DaddyLive, PlutoTV, XUMO, M3U/XMLTV, SamsungTV, Plex, TVGuide interfaces (appliance)

Be Nice

Is there a documentation available about how to add your own epg? I created a fully working epg (locally hosted) using mostly the github-iptv sources including picons for all daddylive programs and would like to use that one instead oh the TVGuide one

G Kazaroth

Sorry, no documentation, but it can still happen. The EPG plugins are very new. It currently only interfaces with DaddyLive and does not exist by itself. The first EPG plugin was a proof of concept to see how well it would work for plugin integration. The next release of Cabernet will incorporate Plugin Management and start having conversation about adding plugins from anywhere. So, if you are interested and its current interfaces work for you, I would recommend writing a issue and we can go over currently how to write one there.

Be Nice

Sounds great, will do. Thx!

R W

Is it just me or did DaddyHD stopped working? All of a sudden I can't access the DaddyHD channels through VLC or Plex. I have no problem with PlutoTV, just with DaddyHD. Last time I used it a few days ago it was workng fine, not sure what changed. I am using cabernet Version: 0.9.10.06 and I can see all the channels on the channel editor with no problem.

G Kazaroth

It is working for me. DaddyLive is having growing issues with others being shutdown. They are getting a load of new users. A couple of days ago, they had to rebuild their US server. Many times, if Cabernet is having issues, it looks like DaddyLive is having a DDOS attack from Cabernet's perspective. It is more than likely just more traffic than they can handle. In general, they have a good service dept and the chat tool on their main page is pretty responsive to complaints, but that being said, it does look like they do have issues quite often right now. I do suspect things will get better. Also, note that the local channels like ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX seem to change locations based on what is available, so the tvguide may not be correct. Hopefully, it is close. I am also aware that they have a ton of channels not listed on their pages. People are just randomly trying different UID or asking the chat for a certain channel number. My understanding is the channels not listed are not maintained and may not exist at all times.

Be Nice

Is there a way for me to add more channels to the daddylive channellist and to sort the output m3u to my likes?

G Kazaroth

There is currently no way to add channels to Daddylive. Of course, you can create an M3U file and a M3U plugin instance for the additional channels, if you like. As stated above, "I am also aware that they have a ton of channels not listed on their pages." Future enhancements may include adding channels.

Not sure your m3u question. If this is associated with the M3U plugin, then the way to sort the m3u is to define the channel numbers in the m3u. Most media servers will sort by channel number. The channel number can be added to either the tvg-num or tvg-chno tags in the m3u file. If this is in regard to the m3u file Cabernet generates, it too sets the channel number for both tags, so the media server should sort by channel number. If the media server is having issues, turning on channel number in the client channel settings will tend to fix that.

Be Nice

I was thinking about adding a m3u file with the additional Daddylive channels, but I only know the IDs and not the streamlinks. As far as I can tell, your daddylive plugin converts the IDs in „real“ streams which I can’t do with a m3u I add or can I somehow?

By sorting the output m3u I meant in.a different way than alphabetically. Unfortunately tivimate ignores the tvg-num or tvg-chno tags so the playlist always starts with #Vamos.
But that is not really a big deal, it’s just cosmetics.

G Kazaroth

Cabernet has the ability to do more manipulation than standard m3u apps. I forgot that daddylive has 2 things that make m3u not possible. One is the stream auth value changes causing the stream url to not be stable. Second, the server expects specific header data that a generic m3u app will not provide AND the header changes for each channel. So, you are right, the m3u interface will not work with daddylive...

I would still recommend try turning on the channel number in the client epg settings for your channel ordering. Channel numbers can be changed to whatever you need for the order.

R W

G Kazaroth wrote:

> It is working for me. DaddyLive is having growing issues with others being shutdown. They are getting a load of new users. A couple of days ago, they had to rebuild their US server. Many times, if Cabernet is having issues, it looks like DaddyLive is having a DDOS attack from Cabernet's perspective. It is more than likely just more traffic than they can handle. In general, they have a good service dept and the chat tool on their main page is pretty responsive to complaints, but that being said, it does look like they do have issues quite often right now. I do suspect things will get better. Also, note that the local channels like ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX seem to change locations based on what is available, so the tvguide may not be correct. Hopefully, it is close. I am also aware that they have a ton of channels not listed on their pages. People are just randomly trying different UID or asking the chat for a certain channel number. My understanding is the channels not listed are not maintained and may not exist at all times.

I still cannot get cabernet to show the DaddyLive channels on the m3u file. Everything is enabled for DaddyLive, channels show up in the Channel Editor but whenever I open the m3u file this is all the file has:

#EXTM3U #EXTINF:-1 channelID='612fea0e970e6f00083be56b' tvg-num='0' tvg-chno='0' tvg-name='TV Land Drama' tvg-id='612fea0e970e6f00083be56b' tvg-logo='https://images.pluto.tv/channels/612fea0e970e6f00083be56b/colorLogoPNG.png' group-title='PlutoTV|Entertainment',TV Land Drama http://172.18.0.2:5004/PlutoTV/watch/612fea0e970e6f00083be56b

On Stream Providers I have enabled DaddyLive, DaddyLive Instance, M3u, Pluto TV and Pluto TV Instance.

On Channel Editor > DaddyLive I have:
Total Unique Channels = 306

Total Enabled Unique Channels = 306

On Channel Editor > PLuto TV I have (Only TV Land enabled):
Total Unique Channels = 373

Total Enabled Unique Channels = 1

I changed DaddyLive Starting Channel Number to 300 to see if what you wrote on the previous post would help but still cant get DaddyLive to show up on the m3u.

What changed in the last week or 2 that made DaddyLive not show up like it did just 2 weeks ago?

G Kazaroth

write an issue to get help

G Kazaroth

New tvguide plugin 0.1.7 required update if you are using it on cabernet 0.9.10.06.

G Kazaroth

still not working, working on plugin...

Issue is, I have too many changes going on right now. If you could just replace the file at
cabernet/plugins_ext/provider_epg_tvguide/lib/translations.py
with the one in GitHub, it will work. Version 0.1.5 is compatible with 0.9.10.06, but 0.1.6 is not. Using 0.1.5 and replacing the translation.py file will make it work again.

Vic K

Cant get EPG to work. have latest version of epg. running in ubuntu

2023-03-17 11:19:12,742-WARNING:main #########################################
2023-03-17 11:19:12,743-WARNING:main MIT License, Copyright (C) 2021 ROCKY4546
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/vortex91/Downloads/cabernet-0.9.10.06/lib/plugins/plugin_handler.py", line 64, in collect_plugins
importlib.resources.read_text(_plugins_pkg, folder)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/resources.py", line 103, in read_text
with open_text(package, resource, encoding, errors) as fp:
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/resources.py", line 82, in open_text
open_binary(package, resource), encoding=encoding, errors=errors
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/resources.py", line 46, in open_binary
return reader.open_resource(resource)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/abc.py", line 433, in open_resource
return self.files().joinpath(resource).open('rb')
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/pathlib.py", line 1119, in open
return self._accessor.open(self, mode, buffering, encoding, errors,

IsADirectoryError: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/home/vortex91/Downloads/cabernet-0.9.10.06/plugins_ext/provider_epg_tvguide'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/vortex91/Downloads/cabernet-0.9.10.06/tvh_main.py", line 23, in <module>
main.main(script_dir)
File "/home/vortex91/Downloads/cabernet-0.9.10.06/lib/main.py", line 135, in main
plugins = init_plugins(config_obj)
File "/home/vortex91/Downloads/cabernet-0.9.10.06/lib/main.py", line 189, in init_plugins
plugins = plugin_handler.PluginHandler(_config_obj)
File "/home/vortex91/Downloads/cabernet-0.9.10.06/lib/plugins/plugin_handler.py", line 44, ininit__
self.collect_plugins(self.config_obj.data['paths']['external_plugins_pkg'])
File "/home/vortex91/Downloads/cabernet-0.9.10.06/lib/plugins/plugin_handler.py", line 67, in collect_plugins
plugin = Plugin(self.config_obj, self.plugin_defn, '.'.join([_plugins_pkg, folder]))
File "/home/vortex91/Downloads/cabernet-0.9.10.06/lib/plugins/plugin.py", line 63, ininit__
self.load_plugin_manifest(_plugin_defn)
File "/home/vortex91/Downloads/cabernet-0.9.10.06/lib/plugins/plugin.py", line 149, in load_plugin_manifest
self.import_manifest()
File "/home/vortex91/Downloads/cabernet-0.9.10.06/lib/plugins/plugin.py", line 159, in import_manifest
self.namespace = settings['name']
KeyError: 'name'

G Kazaroth

I believe you are using 0.1.7 which the release clearly states "NOT COMPATIBLE WITH Cabernet 0.9.10.06 and earlier." and since you are using 0.9.10.06, that would be why you are having issues. As stated above, you need to use 0.1.5 and then copy the latest version of translations.py.

Vic K

sorry i re-read and setup as stated and all working now.

Is there documenation on how to setup my own m3u via proxy or streamlink?

G Kazaroth

No problem. Thanks for understanding what I am trying to do. Working on major changes and then the EPG provider changes the API that basically breaks all the apps out there. Nice that Cabernet can easily handle the change. Try not to abuse the EPG provider... (Like doing a delete instance on the EPG plugin, or increasing the refresh rate of the guide.)

As for setup using the M3U plugin, it is very simple. You can go to https://i.mjh.nz/ and try the plutotv US files
# Add the M3U instance to the config.ini and restart app
# Goto Settings and enter the M3U URL (compressed or not) and the xml URL for the EPG.

# Enable the instance and restart the app

Other things:
* I recommend setting the Group Name. It will cause TVH to group the channels under that tag.

The rest can be defaults.

As for the Stream_type
m3u8redirect: sends the URL to the client and it is the clients job to connect to the provider directly.
Streamlink and ffmpeg proxy: are similar, but use different apps to connect to the provider.
Internal proxy: directly manages the stream from the provider that can lead to more capabilities.

john tocher

Interesting. More clear now. I did not see anywhere that the latest epg plugin does not work with the latest cabernet. A little confusing but will try what you recommend as I am not getting any epg for daddylive.

john tocher

I see it now but it says works and doesn't work:

provider_epg_tvguide 0.1.7 Latest

updated provider interface. works with Cabernet 0.9.10.06

NOT COMPATIBLE WITH Cabernet 0.9.10.06 and earlier.

G Kazaroth

It just counts which glasses you are wearing...

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