POTATO TV (IPTV Stalker addon)

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oh, I see. OK thanks.

Im having issues with the tv guide again. Today my settings for the simple pvr client changed back to viper somehow and the guide wouldnt work so I changed it back to acidjesuz and when i go to the tv guide in potato tv i keep getting the message that says
pvr settings has not been completely done yet

1.clear caches & genereate a new token
2.settings: pvr simple client
3.clear all of tv & epg data
4. quit &restart kodi

i have tried
clearing caches and getting a new token
went to Settings in kodi open PVR service (Kodi 17) on the general tab select clear data
restarted kodi

but i still get that message when i go to tv guide

the only thing i havent tried is 2.settings: pvr simple client and
3.clear all of tv & epg data
but that is because i dont see the "settings: pvr client" button inside the potato tv addon like i see in your pictures on this thread.
i do however see a pvr client button in potato tv and have tried clicking that instead but still get that message.

I have paid for a full year of iptv so I will try anything you suggest.
 
oh, I see. OK thanks.

Im having issues with the tv guide again. Today my settings for the simple pvr client changed back to viper somehow and the guide wouldnt work so I changed it back to acidjesuz and when i go to the tv guide in potato tv i keep getting the message that says
pvr settings has not been completely done yet

1.clear caches & genereate a new token
2.settings: pvr simple client
3.clear all of tv & epg data
4. quit &restart kodi

i have tried
clearing caches and getting a new token
went to Settings in kodi open PVR service (Kodi 17) on the general tab select clear data
restarted kodi

but i still get that message when i go to tv guide

the only thing i havent tried is 2.settings: pvr simple client and
3.clear all of tv & epg data
but that is because i dont see the "settings: pvr client" button inside the potato tv addon like i see in your pictures on this thread.
i do however see a pvr client button in potato tv and have tried clicking that instead but still get that message.

I have paid for a full year of iptv so I will try anything you suggest.

* anytime you clear and reset information in PotatoTV, then perform an auto PVR Settings, PotatoTV overwrites your previous settings made to PVR IPTV Simple client.

To change the guide back to a new Source URL address, follow these steps;

If your EPG Guide source is no longer updating.
Use;

hxxps://raw.githubusercontent.com/kens13/epg/master/guide_kens.xml
*(Change hxxps to https )
-or-
hxxps://raw.githubusercontent.com/acidjesuz/epg/master/guide.xml
*(Change hxxps to https )

* PotatoTV Users
To change the guide source URL address;
- Go to System Settings/ Add-ons/ My Add-ons/ PVR Clients/ PVR IPTV Simple Client
- Click "Disable", then click "Configure"
- Click "EPG Settings" button
- Click in the "XMLTV URL" edit window
- Change the URL to the new URL, then click "OK" to save the settings
- "DO NOT ENABLE YET"
- Go to System Settings/ PVR&LiveTV/
-Guide Tab - click "Clear Data" and confirm by clicking "Yes"
-General Tab - click "Clear Data" and confirm by clicking "Yes"
- Go back to System Settings/ Add-ons/ My Add-ons/ PVR Clients/ PVR IPTV Simple Client
- Click "Enable"

Channels and Guide will reload

/kens
 
* anytime you clear and reset information in PotatoTV, then perform an auto PVR Settings, PotatoTV overwrites your previous settings made to PVR IPTV Simple client.

To change the guide back to a new Source URL address, follow these steps;

If your EPG Guide source is no longer updating.
Use;

hxxps://raw.githubusercontent.com/kens13/epg/master/guide_kens.xml
*(Change hxxps to https )
-or-
hxxps://raw.githubusercontent.com/acidjesuz/epg/master/guide.xml
*(Change hxxps to https )

* PotatoTV Users
To change the guide source URL address;
- Go to System Settings/ Add-ons/ My Add-ons/ PVR Clients/ PVR IPTV Simple Client
- Click "Disable", then click "Configure"
- Click "EPG Settings" button
- Click in the "XMLTV URL" edit window
- Change the URL to the new URL, then click "OK" to save the settings
- "DO NOT ENABLE YET"
- Go to System Settings/ PVR&LiveTV/
-Guide Tab - click "Clear Data" and confirm by clicking "Yes"
-General Tab - click "Clear Data" and confirm by clicking "Yes"
- Go back to System Settings/ Add-ons/ My Add-ons/ PVR Clients/ PVR IPTV Simple Client
- Click "Enable"

Channels and Guide will reload

/kens




Thank you for that detailed guide. I tried what you suggested in order and to the "T" and tried both url's and even restarted kodi before enabling iptv simple client but I still get the message "pvr settings has not been completely done yet" when I click on TV guide in potato tv.

Channels will play when I click on the IPTV button and movies will play when I click on the VOD button so I know I have setup my account correctly. Its just the TV guide button I'm having problems with. TV guide and everything were working when I had my android box at my dad's but when I brought the android box to my house and did an iptv reset, I started having this problem with the TV guide displaying this message and not allowing me to view the guide.

I also noticed after I enable the pvr iptv simple client, it says loading channels from clients at the top of the screen but the loading bar never goes up. Then it says importing guide from clients and that part does load the bar all the way.

Do you know something else I can try? I don't give up. Should I try removing potato TV and reinstalling it?
 
You don't use the guide from within Potato TV. You use it via IPTV Simple client from within Kodi. In Kodi, click on TV or Live TV. If you have previously successfully configured IPTV Simple client by choosing that option from within Potato TV and then changed the guide URL address within IPTV Simple client to one of the working ones, you should now be able to access the channels and the guide from within Kodi.
 
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You don't use the guide from within Potato TV. You use it via IPTV Simple client from within Kodi. In Kodi, click on TV or Live TV. If you have previously successfully configured IPTV Simple client by choosing that option from within Potato TV and then changed the guide URL address within IPTV Simple client to one of the working ones, you should now be able to access the channels and the guide from within Kodi.


Oh! Thank you very much. That is exactly what I was doing wrong. I had to select "TV" from the main kodi menu, not the TV guide in Potato TV. Thank you for clearing that up for me. I greatly appreciate it. When I first set up iptv in Potato TV and simple client, I was able to view the guide by clicking the TV guide in Potato TV a few days ago. I wonder what changed. Maybe an update? Anyways, thanks again for walking me through this you guys.

Are there any more URLs I can use in simple client encase the two you gave me go down? A list of URLs would be great because I noticed when I use each of the guides provided by those URLs you gave me, some of the channels are blank but most of them do show up.
 
The ones listed above are the only two I know of at the moment. I think they will stick around for a while. I know Kens accepts donations. Check the last few messages in the EPG section for directions.

I'm glad both of you guys are back in business. :)
 
Hi Ilan, just a quick question.

The changes I was referring to above were on SPMC, and they worked just fine. EPG is synced perfectly with my timezone.

I just did the same changes to Kodi on the same device (with identical set-up of potato tv) and EPG did not correspond.

I'm 8 hours ahead of GMT...but my EPG is behind by 8 hrs.

I remember selecting the correct timezone in the potato tv settings but i remember you saying that the Simple PVR settings override this.....do I also have to indicate the timezone in the simple pvr settings? Simple PVR Client has a field under epg for time offset but it's currently at 0. I tried setting it to +8 and restarted Kodi after clearing all channel and guide data but didnt seem to work.

Thanks
 
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IPTV Simple client usually doesn't need to be adjusted, at least in the more recent iterations of Kodi. I'd try setting it back to zero, deleting guide data, shutting down Kodi and then restarting it. See if that makes a difference.
 
While most of the channels on IPTV will work, the channels I want to watch won't play, like chiller tv, el rey network, comedy central, spike tv, true tv, fxx, showtime east, showtime beyond, starz cinema east, starz in black east, starz kids and family, sky action and adventure, sky movies drama, true movies 2, mtv live. I know you said some of the channels are down so is there another IPTV service provider or other IPTV service providers someone can recommend?
 
While most of the channels on IPTV will work, the channels I want to watch won't play, like chiller tv, el rey network, comedy central, spike tv, true tv, fxx, showtime east, showtime beyond, starz cinema east, starz in black east, starz kids and family, sky action and adventure, sky movies drama, true movies 2, mtv live. I know you said some of the channels are down so is there another IPTV service provider or other IPTV service providers someone can recommend?

And welcome to the world of IPTV...

You can find all kinds of info that might help you on Reddit. Just google reddit iptv and do some reading.
 
The repo (zip file) has two files within it, addon.xml and a PNG graphic. You can try downloading it from the full address if you're not getting proper redirection.
Code:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sick-potato/potatoTV/master/repository.sick-potato/repository.sick-potato-1.0.0.zip
 
I spoke too soon. Today none of the channels will play in the kodi guide. Only VOD works. But when I try to play channel through Potato TV by clicking IPTV and then selecting a channel a video of a "please stand by broadcast" signal is displayed with elevator music. This happens for every channel. Has this been happening for anyone else?


Edit:
Never mind, I fixed it. I just had to change portals.
 
Hello and happy New year.

As I m New to IPTV I would like to ask sth.
I have an M3U list and I watch channels and vod through vlc.

I know how to use it with kodi but is it posible to have epg through POTATO?

I v read the first pages of the thread but I m not sure it can be done.

Thanx