Samsung TV Plus for Channels

This simple Docker image will generate an M3U playlist and EPG optimized for use in Channels and expose them over HTTP.

Channels supports custom channels by utilizing streaming sources via M3U playlists.

Channels allows for additional extended metadata tags in M3U playlists that allow you to give it extra information and art to make the experience better. This project adds those extra tags to make things look great in Channels.

Set Up

Running the container is easy. Fire up the container as usual. You can set which port it runs on.

docker run -d --restart unless-stopped --name samsung-tvplus-for-channels -p 8182:80 matthuisman/samsung-tvplus-for-channels

By default, the service will retrieve data for us region.
If you want to use a specific region, you can manually set REGION environment variable to something like gb.

docker run -d --restart unless-stopped --name samsung-tvplus-for-channels -p 8182:80 --env REGION=gb matthuisman/samsung-tvplus-for-channels

Valid regions can be found here.

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

http://127.0.0.1:8182

Add Source to Channels

Once you have your the container running, you can use it with custom channels in the Channels app.

Add a new source in Channels DVR Server and choose M3U Playlist.
Fill out the form using your new playlist and EPG URLs from above.

License

MIT