Backend

A simple NodeJS web server that is able to proxy and restream your any iptv stream/playlist and manage multiple playlists.

🚀 Run

It is strongly advised to use the frontend together with the backend.

If you still want to use it standalone, consider these options:

With Docker (Preferred)

In this directory:

docker build -t iptv_restream_backend

docker run -d \
  -v {streams_directory}:/streams \
  -e STORAGE_PATH=/streams \
  iptv_restream_backend

make sure that you have created a directory for the streams storage: e.g. create /streams and replace {streams_directory} with it.

Bare metal

Setup a .env file or equivalent environment variables:

STORAGE_PATH=/mnt/streams/recordings

The storage directory has to exist. There will be alot of I/O, so it makes sense to mount the storage into ram memory.

Before running, make sure you have ffmpeg installed on your system.

node index.js

Be aware, that this application is designed for Linux systems!

To use together with the frontend, run with docker.

🛠️ Endpoints

API

ChannelController

GET: /api/channels/:channelId and /api/channels to get information about the registered channels.
GET: /api/channels/current to get the currently playing channel.
PUT: api/channels/:channelId to update a channel.
DELETE: api/channels/:channelId to delete a channel.
POST: api/channels to create a new channel.

ProxyController

/proxy/channel to get the M3U File of the current channel
/proxy/segment and /proxy/key will be used by the iptv player directly

Restream

/streams/{currentChannelId}/{currentChannelId}.m3u to access the current restream.

WebSocket

channel-added and channel-selected events will be send to all connected clients
chat messages: send-chat-message and chat-message
users: user-connected and user-disconnected

ℹ️ Usage without the frontend (with other iptv player)

You can use all the channels with any other IPTV player. The backend exposes a M3U Playlist on http://your-domain/api/channels/playlist. You can also find it by clicking on the TV-button on the top right in the frontend! If this playlist does not work, please check if the base-url of the channels in the playlist is correct and set the BACKEND_URL in the docker-compose.yml if not.

This playlist contains all your channels and one CURRENT_CHANNEL, which forwards the content of the currently played channel.

To modify the channel list, you can use the frontend or the api.

Note

These options are only tested with VLC media player as other iptv player. Use them at your own risk. Only for the usage together with the frontend will be support provided.

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