M3U files: missing tags and enhancements

[lars18th]

Hi,

This is a continuation of an ancient issue (#268):

Now the support for M3U playlist sources (for SAT>IP) is working. However, some missing tags and enchancements could be added. Here a list of the things to improve:

• All the tags used in the channel name are removed when editing the list. Example:

Input list:

#EXTM3U url-tvg="http://satip-server.local/epg/myepg.xml"
#
#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="3sat" tvg-logo="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jnk22/kodinerds-iptv/master/logos/tv/3sat.png",3sat HD
#EXTALBUMARTURL:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jnk22/kodinerds-iptv/master/logos/tv/3sat.png
http://satip-server.local/?src=1&freq=11347&pol=v&msys=dvbs2&mtype=8psk&sr=22000&pids=0,16,17,18,20,21,6500,6510,6520,6521,6522,6523,6530,6531,6570
#
#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="kika" tvg-logo="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jnk22/kodinerds-iptv/master/logos/tv/kika.png",KiKA HD
#EXTALBUMARTURL:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jnk22/kodinerds-iptv/master/logos/tv/kika.png
http://satip-server.local/?src=1&freq=11347&pol=v&msys=dvbs2&mtype=8psk&sr=22000&pids=0,16,17,18,20,21,6600,6610,6620,6621,6622,6630,6631,6670

Output list:

#EXTM3U url-tvg="http://satip-server.local/epg/myepg.xml"
#
3sat HD
#EXTALBUMARTURL:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jnk22/kodinerds-iptv/master/logos/tv/3sat.png
http://satip-server.local/?src=1&freq=11347&pol=v&msys=dvbs2&mtype=8psk&sr=22000&pids=0,16,17,18,20,21,6500,6510,6520,6521,6522,6523,6530,6531,6570
#
KiKA HD
#EXTALBUMARTURL:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jnk22/kodinerds-iptv/master/logos/tv/kika.png
http://satip-server.local/?src=1&freq=11347&pol=v&msys=dvbs2&mtype=8psk&sr=22000&pids=0,16,17,18,20,21,6600,6610,6620,6621,6622,6630,6631,6670

• As you can see the name of the channel is using one line, and all tags (from #EXTINF: until the separator ,) are removed. I suggest to fix this and preserve all the data. I feel it could be easy, because all the data before the comma is discarded. So perhaps it could be stored in some string and writed before the name of the channel (adding the comma separator). You agree?
• Another enhancement is to add support for "Save as...". With the current implementation you can open the M3U list of your SAT>IP server using the URL (yes, you can open the file putting the full URL as the filename). However, then you can't store the file because the "Save" fails (as the file is readonly in the temporal directory). And the current implementation doesn't permit the "Save as..." changing the filename. I hope you'll want to support this, as in fact is a restriction added artificially.
• My last request is to enable the option to show and print the channel tags. If you assume that all the metatada previous to the channel name is a simple string. Then you can print these values in some column. And you can enable to edit the values. I don't suggest to do any complex parsing and/or checking. Just a method to show and edit the content. The user will be responsible to maintain the syntax. And this will provide then a simple and powerful way to edit this metadata. You agree?

Thank you for this useful tool. Regards.

[PredatH0r]

It was a bug that the #EXTINF tags got removed. This and your other 2 points are now fixed in https://github.com/PredatH0r/ChanSort/releases/tag/v2023-01-04

[lars18th]

Hi @PredatH0r ,

It was a bug that the #EXTINF tags got removed. This and your other 2 points are now fixed in https://github.com/PredatH0r/ChanSort/releases/tag/v2023-01-04

Thank you! All is working now like a charm. So I close the issue.