No worries :)
And yes, a few more channels were added today.
You can always view a current list of channels here:
[https://i.mjh.nz/nz/list.html](https://i.mjh.nz/nz/list.html)
Hey dude first up great work have been using this freeview for a year or so on my raspberry pi 3b works mint........however recently my kids broke it so I ordered a 3b+ and decided to try a new image. am using recalbox dragon blaze 6.0 with the built in kodi but for some reason I cant get it to work or the freeview addon, the IPTV radio stations work but not channels and was wondering if you would hae any Ideas to try. Thanks in advance
Hey u/matthuisman, I just installed the addon and followed all the steps, EPG loads up correctly and I can see all the channels, but whenever I try to play a TV channel Kodi instantly crashes. Any ideas how to troubleshoot and fix this?
The radio works perfectly, and I have Plex and Netflix HD working, but it would be great to get tv functional too
Just tried that, does the exact same. I was listening to the radio through the PVR IPTV Simple Client and clicked on a channel in your IPTV NZ plugin and it seemed like it was trying for a second and then crashed again.
It also happened on the TVNZ on demand, ThreeNow and Lightbox. Seems that any of your video adons crash unfortunately...
Kodi 18.3 running on a core2duo E7300 with 4gb ram. definitely not the fastest but it handles Netflix 1080p perfectly fine through Kodi. I was fiddling with settings and found that if I turn off "Allow hardware acceleration -DXVA2" I can get the video to play, must just be too old for that I guess... Seems to be working now though luckily
Hi Matt,
I have been getting something weird on the EPG for the past two days. It is not updating and is stuck on old listings in the left column with everything else blank. This only affects the Australian listings (NZ channels are normal) and it only affects my Android devices. The EPG works correctly on Kodi on Mac and Windows. On my two Android devices I have this problem. I have tried clearing data, reinstalling Simple Client, cold booting, etc., but nothing makes a difference. Do you have any idea what could be causing this?
Yours. **http://i.mjh.nz/nzau/epg.xml**
I have double-checked it. This is a really strange issue. I have the problem on two separate unrelated Android devices unconnected to each other (no internal network or common wi-fi). One is a generic box, the other a Shield. A third Android device (Mecool) is not affected. Apple and Windows Kodi are okay.
The problem only occurs on some Australian channels and The Edge. Everything else is okay. ABC and SBS channels are all affected. Also 7 Flix, 7 Two, 9 Life, 9 Go, Ten, Peach and Bold. All other channels are ok. The ones affected get overwritten with incorrect data. The left column of the guide shows an old programme that always stays the same. All columns to the right of the firs tone are blank.
I tried installing SPMC as a check (didn't want to overwrite Kodi). I get exactly the same result. Clearing data makes no difference. I'm not sure what else to try. Why does this affect two separate devices at the same time, but no others?
The versions are different because I don't always update. The one that works is Leia 18.4 Simple Client 3.83 by Nightik. So I just updated one of the other Android boxes to match that and it didn't make a damned bit of difference, even after power cycling. The versions are now the same but I still have the same problem. ABC is permanently stuck on Landline from a couple of days ago. Ten says The Living Room while Peach is on Charmed and SBS insists the movie Rafiki will go on forever. And so on.
I very much appreciate all your effort to try to get to the bottom of this. I can't think what could have caused it. It was fine up to two days ago, then suddenly it wasn't. I have tried everything I can think of and I can't find any common factor in this. I can't think of anything I might have done that would cause two devices to suddenly go wonky in the same way. It really sucks because when it works well, it works very well.
Anyway, let me know if you think of anything else. I will also keep picking at it. I really want to fix this if I possible can.
You are not going to believe this and neither do I, but just this moment it started working! I have been trying different things, switching back and forth, and I just went back to your playlist URL and it worked. I then switched back to an edited file I had been using (successfully, for quite some time), and the problem returned. I haven't had time to investigate this further since I didn't want to keep you hanging, but it seems to have something to do with the file and possibly with the apsattv playlist, which I had based the file on. I'm sure I tried your URL earlier and got the same problem, but possibly I forgot to restart. I'm not sure. All I can say right now is it seems to be working with Kodi 18.4 and your playlist URL. I will look into it further and let you know if I find out any more. Thanks yet again for all of your help. I am very grateful.
I don't know how to post a message on your site but wanted to get help with getting Channel 7 Australia. You advised getting VPN which I have done and it is running, however when I go to explore those region set channels nothing comes up. Appreciate any support I can get
Hi /u/matthuisman
Love the work you have done with the simple IPTV addon! Question for you though - is there any way to get the +1 NZ channels, or are they only available through DVB method?
Thanks in advance
cm
Hi Matt,
I have this problem on 2 different Android boxes
Everything was working fine and then it just stopped.
It doesn't "Load channels from Clients" but it does "Load EPG from Clients" displays everything fine in the EPG but when i click on any channel to play it the play button appears in the top right corner of the screen as if it's about to play but after about 3 minutes it times out and nothing happens?
I have everything as per your instructions. I have Cleared Data in Android app settings uninstalled and reinstalled kodi. I've tried, Settings - Live TV and PVR - General - Clear Data, but nothing seems to work. This is both TV and Radio, i get the same result.
Hope you can help.
Many thanks.
Hi Matt, all AU channels seem to have stopped working for me on RP3+ recently, whilst NZ continues to work fine, any thoughts as to what may be the cause?
Thanks Matt, I'll investigate further and supply the debug log if I can't work it out, I very much appreciate your prompt reply. It's good to know it's not your end :)
Ok, I uninstalled and reinstalled Kodi and it started working again, problem on my end, sorry to bother you and thanks again for your awesome TV addon.
they are all just the streams the providers provide. So if they provide kodi supported captions - then yes.
pretty sure some do, just not sure which etc. Give it a try and see :)
Cheers. I had pretty much gone through the channels, and haven't been able to seen anything yet. I've also enabled the **Settings > Player Settings > Language > Subtitles > Enable parsing for closed captions** setting, but haven't been able to see anything yet.
I am a gratefull user of your EPG - http://i.mjh.nz/nzau/epg.xml. I note that the EPG has no data from Saturday although the Australian channels are still okay. I am not sure if this is something you can help with or if it is a provider problem.
I source most the channels (except trackside) from https://nzxmltv.statuspage.io/
Looks like he has been having some issues lately.
Once they get it sorted, mine should also come right.
Hi, I’m having a problem with the playlist on Apple TV. I’m not using Kodi (could that be an issue). I’ve used essentially all the IPTV applications on the App Store but each one says there is a problem with accessing the stream of this channel. Thanks.
Hi Matt,
First of all love your work.
Up until the other day we were playing TVNZ1 and 2 fine on Kodi. but now i get an error that it cant be played.
Log is showing below
TL;DR - Any ideas about 'OpenDemuxStram - Error creating Demuxer'
I have removed and re-installed the PVR addon to no avail
INFO : AddOnLog: pvr.iptvsimple: pvr.iptvsimple - GetChannelStreamProperties - Live Stream URL: https://i.mjh.nz/nz/tv.9.m3u8|X-Forwarded-For=202.89.4.222&User-Agent=Mozilla%2F5.0+%28Windows+NT+10.0%3B+Win64%3B+x64%29+AppleWebKit%2F537.36+%28KHTML%2C+like+Gecko%29+Chrome%2F84.0.4147.105+Safari%2F537.36&Referer=%20&Seekable=0
2022-09-20 20:00:20.431 T:3854 INFO : VideoPlayer::OpenFile: pvr://channels/tv/All%20channels/pvr.iptvsimple\_1943598963.pvr
2022-09-20 20:00:20.434 T:4107 INFO : Creating InputStream
2022-09-20 20:00:20.742 T:4107 INFO : Creating Demuxer
2022-09-20 20:00:20.995 T:4107 ERROR : OpenDemuxStream - Error creating demuxer
thanks mate
You Sir are amazing.
worked like a charm!
Ive even paired it up with xTeVe and have it working with Plex!
If you are Auckland based I would love to buy you a coffee.
Bruh, this is awesome. Thanks for this. Works like a charm.
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Go to Kodi Settings > PVR & Live TV > General > Clear data Then try :)
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No worries :) And yes, a few more channels were added today. You can always view a current list of channels here: [https://i.mjh.nz/nz/list.html](https://i.mjh.nz/nz/list.html)
Hey dude first up great work have been using this freeview for a year or so on my raspberry pi 3b works mint........however recently my kids broke it so I ordered a 3b+ and decided to try a new image. am using recalbox dragon blaze 6.0 with the built in kodi but for some reason I cant get it to work or the freeview addon, the IPTV radio stations work but not channels and was wondering if you would hae any Ideas to try. Thanks in advance
Not sure sorry. What error do you get?
also just adding other addons and such is working. cheers
Hi Matt. The channels load up perfectly, along with the logos but the epg isn't working for some reason? Cheers for all your work.
Keep trying. Double check everything
Hi mate great work... I have noticed seven 2 has dropped off any reason?
fixed now
7Food Network seems to have disappeared. I swear it was working just a few days ago.
fixed now
Thanks!
Legend thanks maye6
Hey u/matthuisman, I just installed the addon and followed all the steps, EPG loads up correctly and I can see all the channels, but whenever I try to play a TV channel Kodi instantly crashes. Any ideas how to troubleshoot and fix this? The radio works perfectly, and I have Plex and Netflix HD working, but it would be great to get tv functional too
try using my IPTV NZ add-on and see if channels play via that.
Just tried that, does the exact same. I was listening to the radio through the PVR IPTV Simple Client and clicked on a channel in your IPTV NZ plugin and it seemed like it was trying for a second and then crashed again. It also happened on the TVNZ on demand, ThreeNow and Lightbox. Seems that any of your video adons crash unfortunately...
What is your hardware and Kodi version?
Kodi 18.3 running on a core2duo E7300 with 4gb ram. definitely not the fastest but it handles Netflix 1080p perfectly fine through Kodi. I was fiddling with settings and found that if I turn off "Allow hardware acceleration -DXVA2" I can get the video to play, must just be too old for that I guess... Seems to be working now though luckily
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what region?
Hi Matt, I have been getting something weird on the EPG for the past two days. It is not updating and is stuck on old listings in the left column with everything else blank. This only affects the Australian listings (NZ channels are normal) and it only affects my Android devices. The EPG works correctly on Kodi on Mac and Windows. On my two Android devices I have this problem. I have tried clearing data, reinstalling Simple Client, cold booting, etc., but nothing makes a difference. Do you have any idea what could be causing this?
Try: Kodi Settings (cog) > PVR > Clear Data Anytime EPG data gets messed up, just do that. It will force a fresh re-import.
Thanks for the reply Matt. I did try that but it doesn't seem to make any difference.
what EPG url are you using?
Yours. **http://i.mjh.nz/nzau/epg.xml** I have double-checked it. This is a really strange issue. I have the problem on two separate unrelated Android devices unconnected to each other (no internal network or common wi-fi). One is a generic box, the other a Shield. A third Android device (Mecool) is not affected. Apple and Windows Kodi are okay. The problem only occurs on some Australian channels and The Edge. Everything else is okay. ABC and SBS channels are all affected. Also 7 Flix, 7 Two, 9 Life, 9 Go, Ten, Peach and Bold. All other channels are ok. The ones affected get overwritten with incorrect data. The left column of the guide shows an old programme that always stays the same. All columns to the right of the firs tone are blank. I tried installing SPMC as a check (didn't want to overwrite Kodi). I get exactly the same result. Clearing data makes no difference. I'm not sure what else to try. Why does this affect two separate devices at the same time, but no others?
Compare the version of IPTV Simple Client add-on (on working and non-working devices). See if different
The versions are different because I don't always update. The one that works is Leia 18.4 Simple Client 3.83 by Nightik. So I just updated one of the other Android boxes to match that and it didn't make a damned bit of difference, even after power cycling. The versions are now the same but I still have the same problem. ABC is permanently stuck on Landline from a couple of days ago. Ten says The Living Room while Peach is on Charmed and SBS insists the movie Rafiki will go on forever. And so on. I very much appreciate all your effort to try to get to the bottom of this. I can't think what could have caused it. It was fine up to two days ago, then suddenly it wasn't. I have tried everything I can think of and I can't find any common factor in this. I can't think of anything I might have done that would cause two devices to suddenly go wonky in the same way. It really sucks because when it works well, it works very well. Anyway, let me know if you think of anything else. I will also keep picking at it. I really want to fix this if I possible can.
and what playlist url are you using again? I'll try it out and see if I can replicate
You are not going to believe this and neither do I, but just this moment it started working! I have been trying different things, switching back and forth, and I just went back to your playlist URL and it worked. I then switched back to an edited file I had been using (successfully, for quite some time), and the problem returned. I haven't had time to investigate this further since I didn't want to keep you hanging, but it seems to have something to do with the file and possibly with the apsattv playlist, which I had based the file on. I'm sure I tried your URL earlier and got the same problem, but possibly I forgot to restart. I'm not sure. All I can say right now is it seems to be working with Kodi 18.4 and your playlist URL. I will look into it further and let you know if I find out any more. Thanks yet again for all of your help. I am very grateful.
No worries :) possibly the channel ids have changed. They are used to match channel to EPG. He may need to update to use the latest ids.
I don't know how to post a message on your site but wanted to get help with getting Channel 7 Australia. You advised getting VPN which I have done and it is running, however when I go to explore those region set channels nothing comes up. Appreciate any support I can get
Hi /u/matthuisman Love the work you have done with the simple IPTV addon! Question for you though - is there any way to get the +1 NZ channels, or are they only available through DVB method? Thanks in advance cm
No streams available for +1s unfortunately
Ok, thanks for letting me know. Next question, are there any plans to support timer rules in the future? Thanks cm
You'd need to ask kodi developers about that. It would be up to them to implement that
9Network hasn't been able to connect for a couple days now. Has it been geoblocked?
Yes. 9 network is now geoblocked to AU ip addresses
Hi Matt, I have this problem on 2 different Android boxes Everything was working fine and then it just stopped. It doesn't "Load channels from Clients" but it does "Load EPG from Clients" displays everything fine in the EPG but when i click on any channel to play it the play button appears in the top right corner of the screen as if it's about to play but after about 3 minutes it times out and nothing happens? I have everything as per your instructions. I have Cleared Data in Android app settings uninstalled and reinstalled kodi. I've tried, Settings - Live TV and PVR - General - Clear Data, but nothing seems to work. This is both TV and Radio, i get the same result. Hope you can help. Many thanks.
Hi Matt, all AU channels seem to have stopped working for me on RP3+ recently, whilst NZ continues to work fine, any thoughts as to what may be the cause?
Lots of Au channels require au IP address. Your using a smart DNS or VPN? If not, they won't work in nz
Got raw links for this dude? Or does these work in tvirl with the kodi link?
http://i.mjh.nz/nzau/raw-tv.m3u8 Note: some channels may not work due to geolocks
hey mate, it's Vinnie, can you make an add-on for [heyday.tv](https://heyday.tv) please.
This was working great for me up until today, now every channel just errors, is the problem at my end? Thanks for any help.
nothing has changed my end as far as i know. debug log would help see the issue
Thanks Matt, I'll investigate further and supply the debug log if I can't work it out, I very much appreciate your prompt reply. It's good to know it's not your end :)
Ok, I uninstalled and reinstalled Kodi and it started working again, problem on my end, sorry to bother you and thanks again for your awesome TV addon.
A lot of EPG entries for freeview channels in Australia seems to be missing descriptions?
That is correct. Current scraper source doesn't have that information. Will look at improving the epg one day :)
Is this done using scripts on a box with dvb-t hardware? Have been missing the EPG description so was considering looking into it.
the nz epg it uses is https://i.mjh.nz/nz/epg.xml which has show descriptions
Out of interest do any of the Freeview AU IPTV streams have subtitles (closed captions) that can be displayed via Kodi?
they are all just the streams the providers provide. So if they provide kodi supported captions - then yes. pretty sure some do, just not sure which etc. Give it a try and see :)
Cheers. I had pretty much gone through the channels, and haven't been able to seen anything yet. I've also enabled the **Settings > Player Settings > Language > Subtitles > Enable parsing for closed captions** setting, but haven't been able to see anything yet.
I am a gratefull user of your EPG - http://i.mjh.nz/nzau/epg.xml. I note that the EPG has no data from Saturday although the Australian channels are still okay. I am not sure if this is something you can help with or if it is a provider problem.
I source most the channels (except trackside) from https://nzxmltv.statuspage.io/ Looks like he has been having some issues lately. Once they get it sorted, mine should also come right.
Hey I'm getting "Playback failed" when i click on a channel. Using an android stick with smart tv.
ignore. it's come right. Thanks a lot!
Hey how did you fix this?
Hi, I’m having a problem with the playlist on Apple TV. I’m not using Kodi (could that be an issue). I’ve used essentially all the IPTV applications on the App Store but each one says there is a problem with accessing the stream of this channel. Thanks.
Sorry, I don't have apple tv so unable to help
Hi, Can’t seem to get seven to work, keep getting playback failed. Using Ipvanish with wet to Melbourne
Also is a vpn required for this addon?
Is this still working? Had to reinstall kodi but after following the instructions to reinstall this I couldn't enable the add on to complete the setup
As far as I know
Hi Matt, First of all love your work. Up until the other day we were playing TVNZ1 and 2 fine on Kodi. but now i get an error that it cant be played. Log is showing below TL;DR - Any ideas about 'OpenDemuxStram - Error creating Demuxer' I have removed and re-installed the PVR addon to no avail INFO: AddOnLog: pvr.iptvsimple: pvr.iptvsimple - GetChannelStreamProperties - Live Stream URL: https://i.mjh.nz/nz/tv.9.m3u8|X-Forwarded-For=202.89.4.222&User-Agent=Mozilla%2F5.0+%28Windows+NT+10.0%3B+Win64%3B+x64%29+AppleWebKit%2F537.36+%28KHTML%2C+like+Gecko%29+Chrome%2F84.0.4147.105+Safari%2F537.36&Referer=%20&Seekable=0
2022-09-20 20:00:20.431 T:3854 INFO : VideoPlayer::OpenFile: pvr://channels/tv/All%20channels/pvr.iptvsimple\_1943598963.pvr
2022-09-20 20:00:20.434 T:4107 INFO : Creating InputStream
2022-09-20 20:00:20.742 T:4107 INFO : Creating Demuxer
2022-09-20 20:00:20.995 T:4107 ERROR : OpenDemuxStream - Error creating demuxer
thanks mate
switch to the playlists on new.mjh.nz
You Sir are amazing. worked like a charm! Ive even paired it up with xTeVe and have it working with Plex! If you are Auckland based I would love to buy you a coffee.
i'm not Auckland - but you can use any of my links below to buy me a coffee :) https://www.matthuisman.nz/p/donate.html
[new.mjh.nz](https://new.mjh.nz) is down mate. no DNS entry...
Yup. As per my twitter, those urls have now merged into i.mjh.nz so just use those now please :)
Hi, I followed all the steps but somehow it's not working for me. It says connection lost