Remove not used countries from the list

[Cookie77]

In my opinion the RasPi needs too much time to load the whole channel list (5-10 minutes). So i thought that i make a little crontab and only take the channels that i need.
This is a dirty fix and could be improved but it's a good start i think.
Here's how i did it :
Connect via SSH to your RasPi

ssh IP-OF-YOUR-RASPI -l USERNAME

Now create a file called tv.sh in your homedir

nano tv.sh

Now put this into the file (note this is for the german channels but should work with any other country)

rm TV.m3u
wget 'YOUR-LIST-URL' -O ~/Channels.m3u
grep 'LIVE: Austria' Channels.m3u -A1 > ~/austria.m3u
grep 'LIVE: Germany' Channels.m3u -A1 > ~/germany.m3u
grep 'LIVE: Switzerland' Channels.m3u -A1 > ~/switzerland.m3u
grep 'MOVIE: German' Channels.m3u -A1 > ~/movie.m3u
echo '#EXTM3U' > TV.m3u
cat austria.m3u germany.m3u switzerland.m3u movie.m3u >> TV.m3u
sed -i '/--/d' ~/TV.m3u
rm Channels.m3u austria.m3u germany.m3u movie.m3u switzerland.m3u xmltv.xml

Now create a crontab. You can do it like this

crontab -e

and put the following inside

0 12 * * * /home/osmc/tv.sh

The new list is named TV.m3u and you will find it in your homedir.
The last thing you need to do is : import it into your addon.

 

[Cookie77]

Found an error but can't edit the above.

0 12 * * * /home/osmc/tv.sh

should be

0 12 * * * ~/tv.sh

If you also use osmc, you can leave it like the above.

 

[Sense]

Found an error but can't edit the above.

0 12 * * * /home/osmc/tv.sh

should be

0 12 * * * ~/tv.sh

If you also use osmc, you can leave it like the above.

Nice work @Cookie77 and thanks for sharing with the community

This can however be done using your dashboard where you can simply " uncheck " the countries you dont want in the list.

Here you can find a guide on how to do that https://iptv.community/threads/a-way-for-you-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-iptv-experience.11610/