Generate M3U Playlist for SiliconDust HDHomerun Tuners

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SYNOPSIS

Creates an M3U playlist for an HDHomerun tuner

DESCRIPTION

Downloads the lineup from an HDHR tuner, specified by IP address and transforms it into an M3U plalist

When you don't specify an output file, the m3u content will be printed out for preview.

The output file will be generated as UTF-8 without BOM, which isn't the case when you just pipe the output into a file!

PARAMETER $ipaddress

The IP address of the tuner

PARAMETER $outfile

An optional filename to which to save the M3U

.EXAMPLE

C:\PS> 
.\hdhr_get_m3u.ps1 192.168.1.1 out.m3u

.EXAMPLE

C:\PS> 
.\hdhr_get_m3u.ps1 192.168.1.1

.NOTES

Author: softworkz (https://github.com/softworkz)
Date:   May 14, 2021

hdhr_get_m3u.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS

    Creates an M3U playlist for an HDHomerun tuner

.DESCRIPTION

    Downloads the lineup from an HDHR tuner, specified by IP address and transforms it into an M3U plalist
    
    When you don't specify an output file, the m3u content will be printed out for preview.

    The output file will be generated as UTF-8 without BOM, which isn't the case when you just pipe the output into a file!

    Author: softworkz (https://gist.github.com/softworkz/a7658c16e621fad8868a959636b9169a)
    Date:   May 14, 2021

.PARAMETER $ipaddress

    The IP address of the tuner

.PARAMETER $outfile

    An optional filename to which to save the M3U

.EXAMPLE

    C:\PS> 
    .\hdhr_get_m3u.ps1 192.168.1.1 out.m3u

.EXAMPLE

    C:\PS> 
    .\hdhr_get_m3u.ps1 192.168.1.1

.NOTES

    Author: softworkz (https://gist.github.com/softworkz/a7658c16e621fad8868a959636b9169a)
    Date:   May 14, 2021
#>

param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string]$ipaddress,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
[string]$outfile
)

$xslt = @'
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="text" encoding="utf-8" />
  <xsl:template match="/" xml:space="default">
    <xsl:text>#EXTM3U</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="'&#13;'" />
    <xsl:apply-templates select="Lineup/Program"/>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="Program">
    <xsl:text>#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="concat(GuideNumber, '&quot; tvg-chno=&quot;', GuideNumber, '&quot; tvg-name=&quot;', GuideName, '&quot; group-title=&quot;')" />
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="Favorite = 1">
        <xsl:text>Favorites</xsl:text>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>
        <xsl:text>Other</xsl:text>
      </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
    <xsl:value-of select="concat('&quot; tvg-type=&quot;live&quot;,', GuideName, '&#13;')" />
    <xsl:value-of select="concat(URL, '&#13;')" />
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
'@

$stringreader = new-object System.IO.StringReader($xslt)
$xsltreader = [System.Xml.XmlReader]::create($stringreader)

$xslt = New-Object System.Xml.Xsl.XslCompiledTransform
$xslt.Load($xsltreader)

$url = "http://" + $ipaddress + "/lineup.xml"
$output = New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream
$arglist = new-object System.Xml.Xsl.XsltArgumentList

$xslt.Transform($url, $arglist, $output)

$output.position = 0
$reader = new-object System.IO.StreamReader($output)
$transformed = [string]$reader.ReadToEnd()
$reader.Close()

if ($outfile) {

  $dir = Split-Path -LiteralPath $outfile
  if ($dir) { $dir = Convert-Path -ErrorAction Stop -LiteralPath $dir } else { $dir = $pwd.ProviderPath}
  $outfile = [IO.Path]::Combine($dir, [IO.Path]::GetFileName($outfile))
  $sw = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter $outfile
  $sw.Write($transformed)
  $sw.Close()
  exit
}

Write-Output $transformed

Thank you! This is exactly what I needed!

Thank you! This worked perfectly for me 😄

Thanks, I'm glad to hear - I had almost forgotten about this 😆

Hi, how do you do this? It's confusing lol. Do you have other instructions I can follow lol? Trying to convert my HDHomerun to m3u

Thank you! This worked perfectly for me 😄

Hi sorry to bother trying to do this but a little confusing do I need to put this script in notepad++?

@Gbreezy83
Save it somewhere as hdhr_get_m3u.ps1. You can copy-paste it into Notepad++ and save it, that's fine
Open either Windows Terminal (if you've installed it via the Microsoft Store - it's free and very nice), or a PowerShell console
Change to the directory the script is in, for example:

cd C:\Users\Daniel\Downloads

Run it:

./hdhr_get_m3u.ps1 10.1.2.10

(with the correct IP)

If you've never ran a PowerShell script before, you may need to modify the settings to allow script execution: https://superuser.com/questions/106360/how-to-enable-execution-of-powershell-scripts

PowerShell scripts are the modern replacement for batch files.

@Daniel15 Thanks for the quick reply oh okay not too good with this kind of stuff lol.🙏🏾

Why not just use

http://hdhomerun.local/lineup.m3u
http://HDHomeRun-device-name-here/lineup.m3u
http://HDHomeRun-IP-here/lineup.m3u

The list gets exported from the units it self directly ?

I think it didn't in May 2021 when I had posted this.

I think it didn't in May 2021 when I had posted this.

Ahh yes you are right.

HDHomeRun Firmware (20220831beta1)
Add /lineup.m3u for use with VLC and other apps that import m3u channel lists.

btw, Is there anywhere I can contact you directly?

I think it didn't in May 2021 when I had posted this.

Ahh yes you are right.

HDHomeRun Firmware (20220831beta1) Add /lineup.m3u for use with VLC and other apps that import m3u channel lists.

btw, Is there anywhere I can contact you directly?

Oh nice! I haven't upgraded my HDHomeRun in a long time so I didn't have this feature. Just upgraded it now.

Why not just use

http://hdhomerun.local/lineup.m3u http://HDHomeRun-device-name-here/lineup.m3u http://HDHomeRun-IP-here/lineup.m3u

The list gets exported from the units it self directly ?

Hi sorry to bother so do you have to put the dash before the ip address?