Fully Automate importing IP TV channels

[Qosmio]

Hi,

I have troubles to fully automate importing IP TV Channels list into Media server, i have windows tasks setup to download channel list with powershell script with wget and importing it into DVBViewer but i need to quit DVBViewer after import and restart media server to have the up to date list available. how can i do that automatically?

 

Cheers

[Griga]

For letting DVBViewer save the channel list you need to get the handle for the DVBViewer main window with the FindWindow API - something like

 

Handle = FindWindow('TfrmMain','DVB Viewer')

 

and then post a message to it

 

PostMessage(Handle, 0xB2C2, 0x1032, 0)

 

I hope your script language supports using these API calls.

 

Media Server versions since 3.0.0 automatically reload the channel list within 2 seconds if the file channels.dat has been changed. Please note that you may have to reload the web interface page in the browser (by using F5) for seeing new channels.

 

[Griga]

P.S.

 

3 hours ago, Qosmio said:

i have windows tasks setup to download channel list with powershell script with wget

 

You are not using this method? It is available since DVBViewer 7.2.0.0.

[Qosmio]

Yes i do but i need to download the channel list before i can import it to DVBViewer because the provider uses this as a link http://provider/get.php?username=1234567&password=123456&output=mpegts&type=m3u_plus and DVBViewer does not accept that so i download the file with a task and wget with a other task i import it to DVBViewer, that works fine but i need to exit DVBViewer and restart media server before its available for my clients. 

 

 

this command i use for importing it to DVBViewer with a windows task scheduler in windows server 2022 C:\Program Files (x86)\DVBViewer\DVBViewer.exe -l c:\iptv.m3u -r "IP TV" DVBViewer starts up import it but does not quit after importing and stays open, the channels are imported but not updated to my clients (also after a client restart, downloading channels when starting is enabled) after restart media server and quitting DVBViewer its available for the clients.

 

[Griga]

24 minutes ago, Qosmio said:

the provider uses this as a link http://provider/get.php?username=1234567&password=123456&output=mpegts&type=m3u_plus and DVBViewer does not accept that

 

As far as I can see, DVBViewer accepts URLs like this and processes them correctly, after receiving them as commandline parameter with -l. But no download is taking place? I would need the original URL for investigating what goes wrong.

 

37 minutes ago, Qosmio said:

DVBViewer starts up import it but does not quit after importing and stays open,

 

You can send a WM_CLOSE message to the DVBViewer main window (see my post above). Or use the attached program. Here is the Delphi source code:

 

program CloseDVBViewer;

uses
  Windows, Messages;

var
  Handle: HWND;

begin
  Handle := FindWindow('TfrmMain','DVB Viewer');
  if Handle <> 0 then
    PostMessage(Handle,WM_CLOSE,0,0);
end.

 

CloseDVBViewer.zip

 

Closing DVBViewer includes saving the channel list. As already said, the Media Server will reload it without having to be restarted. However, I don't know if the clients (which ones?) require a Media Server restart for updating themselves.

 

[Qosmio]

Thanks Griga, the closedvbviewer works like a charm, i have it all running with a ps script and one scheduler task (downloading, importing and closing DVBViewer) i guess i did not wait long enough for media server to reload channels so after a new try and waiting a bit the clients did pickup the new channel list. 

 

Thanks again and Happy Holidays and best wishes for the New Year  to you and the team.