Hello - I know there's Redbox, IMDbTV and Tubi M3U available for "Custom Channels" - but does anyone have a source for EPG info? Would love to know!
Is there a solution for guide data for Redbox? Thanks.
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I know I am replying to an Old post but I have been playing around with m3u4u.com. and have had some limited success loading epg. m3u4u.com allows you to add 2 playlists for free and they have a database of guides for many channels. you just have to assign to each channels. I have only tried Redbox and Tubi but I am sure you will have similar success with the others the channel guides I was able to get for Redbox was 36/141 and the channel guides for Tubi were 31/136. here is a detailed list of the channels that were successful
Redbox Channels with guide 36/141
Are we There yet (Geo)
Baywatch (Geo)
Buzzr (Geo)
MST3K
The Pet Collective
Failarmy
Unsolved Mysteries
Court TV
Reelz Channel
Law & Crime
Nosey
Accu Weather
YahooFinance (Geo)
Cheddar
Newsy
Kiro (Geo)
Bloomberg Television
CBC News
Hallmark Movies & More
MovieSphere (Geo)
CineLife
Alter
World Poker Tour
PAC 12
Glory Kickboxing
Fight Network
Outside TV+
Tastemade
So Yummy!
The Design Network
Comedy Dynamics (Geo)
Chive TV (Geo)
People are Awesome
Johnny Carson TV
The Best of Carol Burnett
Shout! Factory TV
Tubi Channels with guide 31/136
Bloomberg TV
Bloomberg Quicktake
CBC News Canada
WeatherNation
Cheddar News
NBC News NOW
ABC News Live
ABC Localish
Newsy
Estrella News
Euronews
Fox Weather
Fox Sports
NFL
MLB
Stadium
Real Madrid
People TV
Gameshow Central
Moviesphere
Vice
Dove Channel
The Johnny Carson Show
BUZZR
The Carol Burnett Show
MST3K
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Baywatch
Reelz
Circle
Nosey
So if you are looking for a guide for some of the "free providers you may have some luck in creating your own through m3u4u.com. I hope this helps someone.
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I wonder if you could provide more details on both creating playlists for Redbox and Tubi plus the address for their EPG, and how to map them. I played around with m3u4u but I'm not very savvy...
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^^^ I'm looking for free, legal ways to set up as much TV as possible. How can I get Tubi, Redbox, whatever?
I know of two different methods to incorporate Tubi into Channels DVR:
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Thanks @Fofer but can't I just download or reference an M3U and EPG? I'm not clear on why I would need to run scripts or whatever to generate them. I'm not trying to host anything, just watch shows.
The 2nd method I linked to above, includes such an "Script Access URL"
Use the following URL to access the hosted script. Replace the ADD_REGION and ADD_SERVICE placeholders with your desired values.
https://tinyurl.com/multiservice21?region=ADD_REGION&service=ADD_SERVICEAfter customizing the URL by replacing the ADD_REGION and ADD_SERVICE placeholders with your desired region and service (e.g., us for the US region and PlutoTV for the service), copy the complete URL and paste it into the "Add Playlist" or "M3U8 URL" section of your IPTV application. Once added, the app will load both the channels and the guide information
However, also note this important disclaimer:
Please note: It is recommended to add the Google Apps Script to your own Google account or deploy the script to one of the other services, rather than relying on this publicly shared URL long-term.
In simplest terms, with a Google Apps Script, or a docker deployment, you get your own session IDs and a more reliable way to stream these channels, long-term. And they're very easy, and free, to set up. When you rely on a publicly-shared URL like this instead, you're more likely to have timeouts, 403 errors, disconnects and other hiccups. Or they eventually get taken down, and stop working completely. At least that's been my experience...
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