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A self-hosted docker container which allows you to retrieve M3U playlists and EPG guide data from numerous online IPTV services.

♾️ TVApp2 ♾️


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About

TVApp2 is a docker image which allows you to download M3U playlist and EPG guide data which can be plugged into your IPTV applications such as Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby. It is a revision of the original app by dtankdempse which is no longer available. This app fetches data for:

  • TheTvApp
  • TVPass
  • MoveOnJoy
  • More coming soon

This project contains several repositories which all share the same code; use them as backups:


How It Works


  • TVApp2 makes fetch request to tvapp2-externals making updates to external formats agnostic to pushing a new container image.
  • TVApp2 makes fetch request to XMLTV-EPG making updates to EPG data based on customized channel ids. Channel ids are specific to each EPG record which makes obfuscating channel ids difficult.

graph TD
A[tvapp2] <--> |Fetch Formats| B(tvapp2-externals)
A[tvapp2] <--> |Fetch XMLTV/EPG| C(XMLTV-EPG)
B(tvapp2-externals) --> D{Pull Dynamic Formats}
C(XMLTV-EPG) ---> E{Pull Dynamic EPG}
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Building tvapp Image

These instructions outline how the TVApp2 docker image is set up, and how to build your own TVApp2 docker image.


How It Works

The TVApp2 application requires one dependency docker image, which is utilized as the base image and contains Alpine linux. You may use the pre-compiled docker image provided by us on Github, or you may choose to build your own. The base alpine image is available at:


This base Alpine image contains s6-overlay and comes with several features such as plugins, service management, migration tools, etc.


The process of building both images are outlined below. But please remember that you do not need to build the base Alpine image; we already provide it at: https://github.com/Aetherinox/docker-base-alpine/pkgs/container/alpine-base


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subgraph GRAPH_TVAPP ["Build tvapp2:latest"]
    direction TB
    obj_step10["`&gt; git clone git.binaryninja.net/BinaryNinja/tvapp2.git`"]
    obj_step11["`**Dockerfile
     Dockerfile.aarch64**`"]
    obj_step12["`&gt; docker build &bsol;
    --build-arg VERSION=1.0.0 &bsol;
    --build-arg BUILDDATE=20250225 &bsol;
    -t tvapp:latest &bsol;
    -t tvapp:1.0.0-amd64 &bsol;
    -f Dockerfile . &bsol;`"]
    obj_step13["`Download **alpine-base** from branch **docker/alpine-base**`"]
    obj_step14["`New Image: **tvapp2:latest**`"]

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    style obj_step11 text-align:left,stroke-width:1px,stroke:#555
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    style obj_step13 text-align:left,stroke-width:1px,stroke:#555
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style GRAPH_TVAPP text-align:center,stroke-width:1px,stroke:transparent,fill:transparent

subgraph GRAPH_ALPINE["Build alpine-base:latest Image"]
direction TB
    obj_step20["`&gt; git clone -b docker/alpine-base github.com/Aetherinox/docker-base-alpine.git`"]
    obj_step21["`**Dockerfile
     Dockerfile.aarch64**`"]
    obj_step22["`&gt; docker build &bsol;
    --build-arg VERSION=3.20 &bsol;
    --build-arg BUILDDATE=20250225 &bsol;
    -t docker-alpine-base:latest &bsol;
    -t docker-alpine-base:3.20-amd64 &bsol;
    -f Dockerfile . &bsol;`"]
    obj_step23["`Download files from branch **docker/core**`"]
    obj_step24["`New Image: **alpine-base:latest**`"]

    style obj_step20 text-align:center,stroke-width:1px,stroke:#555
    style obj_step21 text-align:left,stroke-width:1px,stroke:#555
    style obj_step22 text-align:left,stroke-width:1px,stroke:#555
    style obj_step23 text-align:left,stroke-width:1px,stroke:#555
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style GRAPH_ALPINE text-align:center,stroke-width:1px,stroke:transparent,fill:transparent

GRAPH_TVAPP --> obj_step10 --> obj_step11 --> obj_step12 --> obj_step13 --> obj_step14
GRAPH_ALPINE --> obj_step20 --> obj_step21 --> obj_step22 --> obj_step23 --> obj_step24
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When building your TVApp2 images with the commands provided below, ensure you create two sets of tags:

Architecture Dockerfile Tags
amd64 Dockerfile tvapp2:latest
tvapp2:1.0.0
tvapp2:1.0.0-amd64
arm64 Dockerfile.aarch64 tvapp2:1.0.0-arm64

The amd64 arch gets a few extra tags because it should be the default image people clone.


Before Building

Prior to building the docker image, you must ensure the sections below are completed.


If the listed tasks above are not performed, your docker container will throw the following errors when started:

  • Failed to open apk database: Permission denied
  • s6-rc: warning: unable to start service init-adduser: command exited 127
  • unable to exec /etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-envfile/run: Permission denied
  • /etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-adduser/run: line 34: aetherxown: command not found
  • /etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-adduser/run: /usr/bin/aetherxown: cannot execute: required file not found

LF over CRLF

You cannot utilize Windows' Carriage Return Line Feed. All files must be converted to Unix' Line Feed. This can be done with Visual Studio Code. OR; you can run the Linux terminal command dos2unix to convert these files.

If you cloned the files from the official repository iflip721/tvapp2 and have not edited them, then you should not need to do this step.


Caution

Be careful using the command to change ALL files. You should NOT change the files in your .git folder, otherwise you will corrupt your git indexes.

If you accidentally run dos2unix on your .git folder, do NOT push anything to git. Pull a new copy from the repo.


# Change ALL files
find ./ -type f | grep -Ev '.git|*.jpg|*.jpeg|*.png' | xargs dos2unix --

# Change run / binaries
find ./ -type f -name 'run' | xargs dos2unix --

Set +x / 0755 Permissions

The files contained within this repo MUST have chmod 755 / +x executable permissions.

find ./ -name 'run' -exec sudo chmod +x {} \;

[Optional]: If you want to set the permissions manually, run the following below. If you executed the find command above, you don't need to run the list of commands below:

sudo chmod +x /root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-adduser/run
sudo chmod +x /root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontab-config/run
sudo chmod +x /root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-custom-files/run
sudo chmod +x /root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-envfile/run
sudo chmod +x /root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-folders/run
sudo chmod +x /root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-keygen/run
sudo chmod +x /root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-migrations/run
sudo chmod +x /root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-nginx/run
sudo chmod +x /root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-permissions/run
sudo chmod +x /root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-php/run
sudo chmod +x /root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-samples/run
sudo chmod +x /root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-version-checks/run
sudo chmod +x /root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-cron/run
sudo chmod +x /root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-nginx/run
sudo chmod +x /root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-php-fpm/run

Build tvapp Image

After completing the items above, you can now build the iflip721/tvapp2 image. You can now build the TvApp2 docker image. Pick your platform below and run the associated command. Most people will want to use amd64.


Instructions have been provided below on two different ways you can build the TvApp2 docker image. You can use either one, it depends on what tools you have available on the system you're.


Option 1: Using docker build

This method will show you how to build the TVApp2 docker image using docker build; this is typically what most people should use.


amd64
# Build tvapp2 amd64
docker build --network=host --build-arg VERSION=1.0.0 --build-arg BUILDDATE=20250224 -t tvapp2:latest -t tvapp2:1.0.0 -t tvapp2:1.0.0-amd64 -f Dockerfile .

arm64 / aarch64
# Build tvapp2 arm64
docker build --network=host --build-arg VERSION=1.0.0 --build-arg BUILDDATE=20250224 -t tvapp2:1.0.0-arm64 -f Dockerfile.aarch64 .


Option 2: Using docker buildx

This section explains how to build the TVApp2 docker image using docker buildx instead of docker build. It is useful when generating your app's image for multiple platforms.


All of the needed Docker files already exist in the repository. To get started, clone the repo to a folder

mkdir tvapp2 && cd tvapp2

# to clone from our gitea website
git clone https://git.binaryninja.net/BinaryNinja/tvapp2.git ./

# to clone from our github website
git clone https://github.com/TheBinaryNinja/tvapp2.git ./

Once the files are downloaded, create a new container for buildx

docker buildx create --driver docker-container --name container --bootstrap --use

Optional If you have previously created this image and have not restarted your system, clean up the original container before you build again:

docker buildx rm container

docker buildx create --driver docker-container --name container --bootstrap --use

You are now ready to build the TVApp2 docker image. Two different options are provided below:


Build & Save Local Image

The command below will build your TVApp2 docker image, and save a local copy of your docker app, which can be immediately used, or seen using docker ps.


amd64
# Build tvapp2 amd64
docker buildx build --no-cache --pull --build-arg VERSION=1.0.0 --build-arg BUILDDATE=20250224 -t tvapp2:latest -t tvapp2:1.0.0 --platform=linux/amd64 --output type=docker --output type=docker .

arm64 / aarch64
# Build tvapp2 arm64
docker buildx build --no-cache --pull --build-arg VERSION=1.0.0 --build-arg BUILDDATE=20250224 -t tvapp2:latest -t tvapp2:1.0.0 --platform=linux/arm64 --output type=docker --output type=docker .

If we list our docker images, we should see our new one:

$ docker images

tvapp2        1.0.0           122e9b2c6046   1 minute ago     107MB
tvapp2        1.0.0-amd64     122e9b2c6046   1 minute ago     107MB
tvapp2        latest          122e9b2c6046   1 minute ago     107MB


Build & Upload to Registry

This option builds your TVApp2 docker image, and then pushes the new image to a registry such as hub.docker.com or Github's registry ghcr.

Before you can push the image, ensure you are signed into Docker CLI. Open your Linux terminal and see if you are already signed in:

docker info | grep Username

If nothing is printed; then you are not signed in. Initiate the web login:

docker login

Some text will appear on-screen, copy the code, open your browser, and go to https://login.docker.com/activate

USING WEB BASED LOGIN
To sign in with credentials on the command line, use 'docker login -u <username>'

Your one-time device confirmation code is: XXXX-XXXX
Press ENTER to open your browser or submit your device code here: https://login.docker.com/activate

Waiting for authentication in the browser…

Once you are finished in your browser, you can return to your Linux terminal, and it should bring you back to where you can type a command. You can now verify again if you are signed in:

docker info | grep Username

You should see your name:

 Username: Aetherinox

You are ready to build the TVApp2 docker image, run the command for your platform:

amd64
docker buildx build --no-cache --pull --build-arg VERSION=1.0.0 --build-arg BUILDDATE=20250224 -t tvapp2:latest -t tvapp2:1.0.0 --platform=linux/amd64 --provenance=true --sbom=true --builder=container --push .
arm64 / aarch64
docker buildx build --no-cache --pull --build-arg VERSION=1.0.0 --build-arg BUILDDATE=20250224 -t tvapp2:latest -t tvapp2:1.0.0 --platform=linux/arm64 --provenance=true --sbom=true --builder=container --push .


Option 3: Using package.json

This node project includes build commands. In order to use them you must install node on your machine.

sudo apt-get install node

To build the project, cd into the project folder and run the build command:

cd /home/docker/tvapp2/

npm run docker:build:amd64 --VERSION=1.0.1 --BUILDDATE=20250220

Platform Commands

The following is a list of the available commands you can pick from depending on how you would like to build TvAPP2:

Command Description
docker:build:amd64 Build image using docker build for amd64
docker:build:arm64 Build image using docker build for arm64 / aarch64
docker:buildx:amd64 Build image using docker buildx for amd64
docker:buildx:arm64 Build image using docker buildx for arm64 / aarch64

Available Variables

The run command above has several variables you must specify:

Variable Description
--VERSION=1.X.X The version to assign to the docker image
--BUILDDATE=20250220 The date to assign to the docker image.
Date format: YEAR / MONTH / DAY


Using tvapp Image

To use the new TVApp2 image, you can either call it with the docker run command, or create a new docker-compose.yml and specify the image:


docker run

If you want to use the tvapp docker image in the docker run command, execute the following:

docker run -d --restart=unless-stopped -p 4124:4124 --name tvapp2 -v ${PWD}/tvapp:/config ghcr.io/iflip721/tvapp2:latest

docker-compose.yml

If you'd much rather use a docker-compose.yml file and call the tvapp image that way, create a new folder somewhere:

mkdir -p /home/docker/tvapp2

Then create a new docker-compose.yml file and add the following:

sudo nano /home/docker/tvapp2/docker-compose.yml

Add the following to your docker-compose.yml:

services:
    tvapp:
        container_name: tvapp2
        image: ghcr.io/iflip721/tvapp2:latest       # Github image
      # image: iflip721/tvapp:latest                # Dockerhub image
        restart: unless-stopped
        volumes:
            - ./tvapp:/config
        environment:
            - PUID=1000
            - PGID=1000
            - TZ=Etc/UTC

Once the docker-compose.yml is set up, you can now start your TVApp2 container:

cd /home/docker/tvapp2/
docker compose up -d

TVApp2 should now be running as a container. You can access it by opening your browser and going to:

http://container-ip:4124


Extra Notes

The following are other things to take into consideration when creating the TVApp2 image:


Custom Docker Image Scripts

These instructions are for Advanced Users Only

The 🔀 iflip721/tvapp2 image supports the ability of adding custom scripts that will be ran when the container is started. To create / add a new custom script to the container, you need to create a new folder in the container source files /root folder

mkdir -p /root/custom-cont-init.d/

Within this new folder, add your custom script:

nano /root/custom-cont-init.d/my_customs_script

Your new custom script should be populated with the bash code you want to perform actions with such as the example below:

#!/bin/bash

echo "**** INSTALLING BASH ****"
apk add --no-cache bash

When you create the docker image, this new script will automatically be loaded. You can also do this via the 📄 docker-compose.yml file by mounting a new volume:

services:
    tvapp2:
        volumes:
            - ./tvapp2:/config
            - ./custom-scripts:/custom-cont-init.d:ro

Note

if using compose, we recommend mounting them read-only (:ro) so that container processes cannot write to the location.

Warning

The folder 📂 /root/custom-cont-init.d MUST be owned by root. If this is not the case, this folder will be renamed and a new empty folder will be created. This is to prevent remote code execution by putting scripts in the aforesaid folder.


The 🔀 iflip721/tvapp2 image already contains a custom script called 📄 /root/custom-cont-init.d/plugins. Do NOT edit this script. It is what automatically downloads the official TVApp2 plugins and adds them to the container.



🏆 Dedication

This repository and this project serves in memory of the developer dtankdempse. His work lives on in this project, and while a lot of it has changed, it all started because of him.




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Automatic M3U playlist and XML guide updater for TheTvApp, TVPass, and MoveOnJoy utilized within your IPTV client.

git.binaryninja.net/BinaryNinja/tvapp2tvapp2

Topics

docker plex m3u8-playlist m3u8 plex-media-server iptv m3u m3u-playlist m3u8-downloader iptv-channels iptv-m3u jellyfin jellyfin-plugin jellyfin-docker

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