UPDATE
1.8.5
1) Reworked plugin's skin parser code for better compatibility with different Enigma2 images (OE2.0/2.2/2.5 etc) from various development teams
2) In the plugin settings added the ability to track “hung-up” streams and their forced restart
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This function works only with streams for serviceref from userbouquets that were created by this plugin
Enjoy!
UPDATE
1.8.6
1) A slight adjustment to the Greek locale
2) Added “Speedtest” menu item, using which you can get full information about your Internet connection
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This feature is only available on Python3-based images
UPDATE
1.8.7
1) Fixed crash when calling bouquets update by “green” button from main menu on DreamOS-based images
2) Сorrected Italian locale
3) Small changes in “Speedtest” logic, now the timeout time for “Speedtest” is taken from the plugin settings. This makes it possible to use this menu item in case of a horrible internet connection (like DSL in Greece 
)
UPDATE
1.8.8
1) Added advanced settings for connection timeouts when downloading playlist files, icons, EPG, etc. Default values are suitable for 98% of users. But if you have a “dumb” internet connection, these settings will help you a lot.
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A pretty good description of what timeouts are can be read here -
UPDATE
1.8.9
1) Fixed Italian locale
2) Fixed M3U parser to support the “#EXTVLCOPT:http-referrer=” directive. You can now use playlists with this tag, but only with exteplayer3. Only, this player works correctly with the “Referer” HTTP header.
Example of a playlist with this tag:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="CSFilm.cz",CS Film (720p)
#EXTVLCOPT:http-referrer=https://media.check.sk/
https://live.domain.sk/live/andromeda/cs_film-720.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="CSHistory.cz",CS History (720p)
#EXTVLCOPT:http-referrer=https://media.check.sk/
https://live.domain.sk/live/andromeda/cs_history-720.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="CSMystery.cz",CS Mystery (720p)
#EXTVLCOPT:http-referrer=https://media.check.sk/
https://live.domain.sk/live/andromeda/cs_mystery-720.m3u8 3) Small changes to the main menu code. Now you can get to the playlists by pressing the “menu” button on the remote control
UPDATE
1.9.0
1) Fixed bouquet customization mode using template. My mistake, please forgive me =) ... was “broken” while optimizing the m3u-parser code. It's all fixed, it's all checked out. Works as it should
UPDATE
1.9.1
1) Fixed occurrence of 'nwame' error in DEBUG logging mode when using template mode
2) Unified the list of available folders for users to select/save files. The following folders are not available for users to choose: “/bin”, “/boot”, “/dev”, “/lib”, “/proc”, “/run”, “/sbin”, “/sys”, “/var”, “/usr”, “/picon”, “/piconlcd”. So you can't store your playlists in any of these folders, they won't be available for selection in the plugin menu
3) Small adjustments to the skins and display of various items in the plugin menu
4) Completely replaced and rewritten the code responsible for auto-selection of EPG “by similarity”. Now a faster mathematical algorithm for finding “similarity” is used (Jaro–Winkler similarity is used now instead of Damerau–Levenshtein distance), and you can specify the degree of search accuracy (not lower than the specified one) in percent in the playlist settings menu
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Available range of similarity recognition accuracy from 75 to 100% (100% is an absolute match)
5) Minor changes in the code responsible for loading picons. The speed of processing and loading of picons is slightly increased.
6) Added translations of all locales due to the above changes
Enjoy!
p.s. A little math and theory for the “inquisitive”: Damerau–Levenshtein distance, Jaro–Winkler similarity
UPDATE
1.9.2
1) Complete refactoring of the code responsible for auto-selecting descriptions from EPG.
2) Now you will have access to two of the fastest algorithms for finding “similarity” ... they are fundamentally different in terms of math, but give excellent results in terms of finding and evaluating “similarity”
a) - Jaro-Winkler - excellent and fast for short strings (channel names)
b) - TF-IDF - this “math” is what you encounter almost every day when you ask Uncle Google to find something you type into the search bar ... i.e. it is a basic algorithm that allows you to find documents (texts) that “that set of words” that you typed into the search bar is the “document/text” that you are looking for ... Works well and fast on large strings/texts (channel names)
c) auto - the plugin itself analyzes the length of the compared channel names and applies one of the available algorithms for each of the channel names
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You can now combine “options” for auto-fit “similarity”, both in terms of speed and accuracy of results depending on your playlist and the EPG you are using
3) Small changes in EPG import algorithm
4) Updated all locales related to changes in the plugin menu
UPDATE
1.9.3
1) Added support for Python 3.13-based images
2) Minor edits to the Greek locale
UPDATE
1.9.4
1) A small fix to the regexp of the M3U parser.
2) In playlists settings added the ability to set the number of threads to process/download picons.
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Previously, their number was statically set and applied to all playlists similarly. Now you can “play” with this parameter for each playlist to achieve the best results in the processing speed. Be careful when selecting the value of this parameter. Increasing the number of processing threads does not always lead to qualitative improvements in processing/downloading performance
3) System settings concerning IPTV have been added to the plugin settings. They will be displayed in the plugin settings menu only if they are supported by the Enigma2 image you are using
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Even if in your Enigma2 image, these settings are in the testing and experimentation phase and may not always work correctly. These settings have been added for the future
4) Small code optimization was performed
Merry Christmas!
UPDATE
1.9.5
1) Fixed crash when selecting the interval bouquet update method in plugin settings on any DreamOS-based image (my mistake, I accidentally “snagged” it when rearranging the code)
2) Fixed EPG preferred language selection menu in playlist settings for GP4.2 image for DM ONE and TWO (possibly also for any other E2-images in which country flag icons are set in SVG format)
3) In the preset filters selection menu for channel names the logic of impossibility of simultaneous selection of several filters is implemented
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Simultaneously selecting two or more filters from a marked block defies any logic. Now it is impossible under any attempts of the user. Either one or none can be included.
4) Added check for python-multiprocessing module, if it is not present, it will be installed automatically. This module is used to implement multithreaded processing/loading of picons
UPDATE
1.9.6
1) In the playlists settings added an on/off option to add a marker with the channel group name at the beginning of the userbouquet list. This function works only if “Multibouquet” mode is enabled
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You can now add/exclude this marker as you see fit in userbouquets created by plugin
UPDATE
1.9.7
1) Optimized algorithm of threaded picon loading/checking. Now it works even faster and with less RAM consumption
2) In the individual mode of channel sorting added the ability to select sorting type by “tvg-chno” tag values. Sometimes there are playlists where this tag is set and in its values, the channel number is specified (as it is considered necessary or correct to set it by IPTV service provider).
For example, the well-known PlutoTV
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In the red block on the screenshot above, the sorting order is according to the numbers specified in the tag “tvg-chno”, in the green block - all other channels in the group are in the order as they are specified in the playlist (these channels do not have the tag “tvg-chno” or its value is not set)
3) Small changes to the log output code to make it more readable
ENJOY!
UPDATE
1.9.8
1) Fixed crash when trying to open channel group selection/rearrangement menu with missing playlist file
2) Small changes in the logic of EPG auto-selection by channel name. Added logic for filtering “garbage” inserts at the beginning of channel names (e.g., [DE], [NL] or |FR|, DE| and other “abbreviations”).
3) Fixed builtins.KeyError error occurred when new broadcasts appeared in the provider's playlist when template files were used to form bouquets.
4) Reduced caching pause of channel_id->serviceref matching file data during EPG import.
5) Expanded list of supported file systems when auto-detecting mounted devices. This is used to determine devices (HDD/USB/SDCard) with the largest free space for storing temporary files when there is insufficient free RAM during plugin operation.
6) Revamped the logic for converting m3u playlist data to serviceref in userbouqets. Now multithreaded processing is used, which avoids the “wheel” busyness of the system at almost any playlist size and everything works faster.
UPDATE
1.9.9
1) The playlist settings interface has been redesigned. Settings for EPG importing and downloading channel picons have been moved to separate menus
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2) In the EPG import settings you now have the option to enable/disable certain fields. For example, if your XMLTV contains <credits> nodes, then by enabling the search for information about the creative team the corresponding information will be added to the program description. Information about the content rating of the program is taken from the <rating> nodes of the XMLTV (EPG) you are using, and if they are not there, the search will be performed in the name of the program and its description (some providers place it there as (16+), [18+], etc.). If you are using a skin that displays content rating information, it will be displayed. If you have a very old and “slow” receiver with weak RAM or internal flash - you can disable import descriptions of programs. This significantly speeds up the import process and saves hardware resources
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3) Added multi-threaded processing of importing EPG events. Now you can set the number of processing threads in the settings. On DreamOS-based images, this significantly speeds up the process of importing data into the EPG SQL database. On all other images, you will get a 10-15% increase in EPG import speed compared to any of the previous versions of the plugin. Keep in mind that “more threads” doesn't always mean faster imports. Find the best result for each of the playlists you are using by experimentation
4) The creation of “serviceref” reworked is by the requirements of - ETSI EN 300 468
6.2.33 Service descriptor
Table 89: Service type codingIf you have picon downloading disabled, turn it on before generating bouquets. After generating bouquets you can disable it again
5) Cleaned plugin code, and removed some libraries and dependencies
ENJOY!
UPDATE
2.0.0
1) Added an option to enable/disable full cleaning of EPG before import in the plugin's Settings menu. May be useful in some cases. Please note that enabling this function clears all EPGs, not just those entries that were created by the plugin!
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2) Optimized EPG import code for all OE 2.0-2.5 “platforms”. Removed various “intermediate” classes in code.
3) Updated Greek locale
ENJOY!
UPDATE
2.0.1
1) The main playlist settings menu has been reorganized. The bouquet settings have been moved to a separate submenu. It is more logical and concise
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2) Added setting of the number of bouquets processing environments to the bouquet settings submenu. For playlists with huge numbers of records (50-100K+) it allows to speed up the process of “converting” m3u-playlist records to serviceref Enigma2 significantly
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3) Added option to EPG import settings menu to set additional event start offset
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Sometimes IPTV providers give their EPG with the start time set locally, i.e. not in UTC with time offset, but for the country in which they broadcast. So if this EPG is imported in another different time zone - the start time will not coincide with the “reality”. You can correct the offset to the desired “side” using this setting. This setting is applied globally to all events of the imported EPG
4) Small corrections of the EPG import algorithm
ENJOY!
UPDATE
2.0.2
1) Added support for EPG, m3u, etc. files packed in tar, tar.gz and tar.xz
2) Slight reorganization of the playlist settings menu
ENJOY!
UPDATE
2.0.3
1) Fixed change of plugin settings storage path after installing additional HDD/USB and rebooting the receiver
2) Small changes in playlist and plugin settings menu
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