I've been manually reloading my m3u each day around 7pm because that's when new channels typically appear. It seems there's a way to schedule this. I've read a few posts, but I'm lost.
I'm running Channels DVR on my Asustor NAS, and can't find anyway to do this. Is it possible?
If you're talking about the playlist.m3u that contains the channel lineup, then...
Channels DVR refreshes them each morning during its daily guide update, between 9-11AM local.
AFAIK the only way to change the time it happens is to script the updates using curl commands.
The command will either be specific to your sources, or you can refresh all your sources using one curl command.
Of course, adjust this using your CDVR IP:PORT
There's already an automoation in MTM for this:
You can set the time and interval to whatever you want!
This will refresh an individual source playlist m3u
curl -XPOST http://{dvrIP:PORT}/providers/m3u/sources/{m3uSOURCE}/refresh
Use your browser Developer Tool Network Inspector and see the command it sends when you click on
Manage > Reload M3U on the source in the DVR web UI Settings > Sources
You're looking for a POST method with the url ending in /refresh
m3uSOURCE is the friendly name, stripped of spaces and special characters.
There's already an automoation in MTM for this:
Does this update all m3us? Or, will it skip the ones I set to "never refresh"?
It's currently written to run on all m3u's, but I could put in an option to skip "never refresh" ones.
Can SLM update xml EPGs too?
My service adds new channels around 6pm. They're picked up by my m3u editor and it creates a dummy guide to go with them. I know I could set Channels to update the EPG every hour, but that's overkill for an EPG that's changed only once per day.
It's certainly possible, but not currently on my radar to add a feature like this. I can add the request if you'd like, but probably won't get around to it anytime soon.
In my opinion, the resource drag is extremely minimal, hence why I don't see a ton of value in building up automation that circumvents this.
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