To convert simple iptv m3u8 files to livestreamspro xml files with f4mtester support

m3u8.py

import codecs
import re

channels = dict()
tags = dict()

name = re.compile('tvg-name="(.+?)"')
thumbnail = re.compile('tvg-logo="(http.+?)"')
url = re.compile('url=(.+)')

parsed_file = []


def readm3u(infile):
    cleaned_text = ''

    instream = codecs.open(infile+'.m3u8', "Ur", encoding='utf-8')

    for line in instream.readlines():
        if line.startswith("#EXTINF:"):
            line = line.replace('\n', ' url=')
        cleaned_text += line

    for line in cleaned_text.split('\n'):
        if line.startswith("#EXTINF:"):
            parsed_file.append({'title': name.search(line)[1], 'url': url.search(line)[1],
                                'thumbnail': thumbnail.search(line)[1] if thumbnail.search(line) else ''})


def xml_out(outfile):
    with open(outfile + '.xml', 'w') as f:
        f.write('<streamingInfos>\n')
        for i in parsed_file:
            f.write('<item>\n')
            f.write(f'<title>{i["title"]}</title>\n')
            f.write(f'<link>plugin://plugin.video.f4mTester/?streamtype=TSDOWNLOADER&amp;url={i["url"]}</link>\n')
            f.write(f'<thumbnail>{i["thumbnail"]}</thumbnail>\n')
            f.write('</item>\n')


def convert(filename):
    readm3u(filename)
    xml_out(filename)

convert('input')