Pluo for Channels (Python)

Current version: 1.17

About

This takes Pluto Live TV Channels and generates an M3U playlist and EPG XMLTV file.

Changes

• Version 1.17:
  • Fixed EPG data to verify Live programming.
• Version 1.16:
  • Added Fix for CNN Headlines.
• Version 1.15:
  • Adding ALL option that displays a single playlist/EPG for all selected countries in the container.
• Version 1.14:
  • Remove control characters from station API summary string leaving other Unicode characters for tvc-guide-description in playlist
• Version 1.13:
  • Merged optimizations offered up by stewartcampbell (Appreciate the support)
    • Remove EPG data when no longer required
    • Move EPG data retrieval logging line so that the correct start time is shown
    • Remove a redundant XML file read
    • Use Alpine Python image
    • Use pip instead of pip3 (alias exists in image)
    • Add --no-cache-dir flag to pip install
    • Add --disable-pip-version-check flag to pip install
    • Add --no-compile flag to pip install
    • Remove redundant $PATH code
    • Reorder commands for optimal layer caching
  • Added support for France
• Version 1.12:
  • Changed HLS Stitcher to version 1 until “Playlist had no segments” issues can be resolved in version 2
• Version 1.11:
  • Modified options for playlist to include a compatibility URL parameter.
  • Illegal character XML handling has been added.
• Version 1.10:
  • Added tvc-guide-description to playlist
• Version 1.09:
  • Added group-title to playlist

Running

The recommended way of running is to pull the image from GitHub.

docker run -d --restart unless-stopped --network=host -e PLUTO_PORT=[your_port_number_here] --name pluto-for-channels ghcr.io/jgomez177/pluto-for-channels

or

docker run -d --restart unless-stopped -p [your_port_number_here]:7777 --name  pluto-for-channels ghcr.io/jgomez177/pluto-for-channels

You can retrieve the playlist and EPG via the status page.

http://127.0.0.1:[your_port_number_here]

Environement Variables

Environment Variable	Description	Default
PLUTO_PORT	Port the API will be served on. You can set this if it conflicts with another service in your environment.	7777
PLUTO_CODE	What country streams will be hosted. Multiple can be hosted using comma separation ALLOWED_COUNTRY_CODES: us_east - United States East Coast, us_west - United States West Coast, local - Local IP address Geolocation, ca - Canada, uk - United Kingdom, fr - France,	local,us_west,us_east,ca,uk

Additional URL Parameters

Parameter	Description
channel_id_format	default channel-id is set as "pluto-{slug}". "id" will change channel-id to "pluto-{id}". "slug_only" will change channel-id to "{slug}".

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