TiviMate Users - Channel Number Issue

[realmad001]

That makes sense. Thank you for the clear explanation.

[JMN]

Can anyone point me to a good resouce for TiviMate usage/setup? I've got it running but lots of questions on how to customize, get PIP working, etc. Is there a good website where one can pickup that type of info?

[realmad001]

https://www.reddit.com/r/TiviMate/

[JMN]

Thanks

[JMN]

Quick question - did you delete any channels from the m3u file? Reason for my question is that I want to strip down the channels (I have over 500, many redundant from Xfinity). I can see how to do that manipulating the m3u file but the epg data is dynamic so I can't edit it - I need to Channels served file. Do channels in guide need to match those in epg or can they be unsync'd?

[mike_here]

Yes, I remove quite a few channels. No need to worry about the guide data, it doesn't impact anything. Tivimate automatically synced the m3u to guide data for me.

[JMN]

Great. Thanks!

[realmad001]

m3u:
http://x.x.x.x:8089/devices/ANY/channels.m3u

EPG:
http://x.x.x.x:8089/devices/ANY/guide/xmltv

I have been using TiviMate with the above playlist formats for m3u & EPG from DVR user @mike_here with great success. The only drawback I am having is in TiviMate the guide data is only for the 6 hours. I am getting 2 weeks worth of guide data in the Channels client and am wondering why that's the case.

I would appreciate if anyone knows if there's a toggle or function in the Channels DVR server or a setting in TiviMate I need to turn on in order to get the same amount of guide data from Channels over to TiviMate.

[racameron]

@realmad001

The only drawback I am having is in TiviMate the guide data is only for the 6 hours

The /devices/DeviceID/guide/xmltv endpoint can take parameters:

• duration – Amount of time (in seconds) to include in the XMLTV; I believe default is 21600, which is 6 hours
• time – Time (in epoch seconds) to begin the guide data

For more, see here:

Crude XMLTV Export

I believe Channels' own clients request the guide data in 6 hour chunks. (Although, I could be mistaken and it might be 4, 8, or 12 hours. In any case, each grab is less than a day.) As Aman mentioned, use the duration parameter in conjunction with the time parameter. (The date command can be your friend for converting human-readable dates into epoch time. For example, to retrieve a 6 hour chunk of data beginning on Friday at 9:00 am: curl -sSL "http://${DVR}:8089/devices/ANY/guide/xmltv?time…

[realmad001]

Didn't realize it was posted somewhere else before. Thank you for pointing out. Just tried it and is working.

[dyeral6]

What device are you using for Tivimate? I am using a 4k fire stick and am getting errors anytime I try to view more than 4 streams at once. Would love to see more once football season rolls around

[Edwin_Perez]

You will probably need something more powerful like an Apple TV.

[dyeral6]

Is Tivimate available for Apple TV or is there a different app to use? I also have an Apple TV.

[Aspesi4]

I have (2) Nvidia Shields running Tivimate and the multiscreen setup. Works flawlessly.

[mike_here]

I've had as many 9 streams going at the same time without issue. Shield (2019) and Ethernet connected.