Need a 2nd iptv client

[Rvhalewyn]

I use Simple Client for the IPTV Manager supported channels.
I also have an EPG subscription for channels that aren't supported by IPTV Manager. For those I used Simple Archive. That one seems not to be supported anymore in kodi 19. Any alternative?
It would be great if Simple Client allowed multiple sources.

[phunkyfish]

Please contact the iptvmanager team. They need to support supplying an M3U and XMLTV file via their addon. Nothing can be done on the iptvsimple side.

[Rvhalewyn]

I wrote them.
Meanwhile, would there be any means to use 2 Simple Clients at a time, e.g. by just changing the name to IPTV Client2 or so? I'm not a programmer, but for you it's perhaps a piece of cake?

[palinek]

by just changing the name to IPTV Client2

Get the pvr.iptvsimple addon .zip. Extract it, in file pvr.iptvsimple/addon.xml change the <addon id="pvr.iptvsimple"... to something <addon id="pvr.iptvsimple2"..., re-pack and install this modified .zip

[ksooo]

Bloody hack! Although this could work it may have undesired side effects! And this is in no way officially supported!

[Rvhalewyn]

Why not make it an official release?
Guess I'm not the only IPTV Manager user watching other channels too?

[Rvhalewyn]

Oh, and thank you awfully, Palinek!

[phunkyfish]

Why not make it an official release?
Guess I'm not the only IPTV Manager user watching other channels too?

Because it’s a hack. IPTV Manager may already have a solution for this. I know they had planned to do it.

[phunkyfish]

IPTV Manager even have a PR open: add-ons/service.iptv.manager#67

I’m sure if you can test it they would be happy to move it along.

[Rvhalewyn]

Hopeful for the future then. IPTV Manager knows about my issue, so they'll contact me for sure.
But as I had to upgrade to Kodi 19 because of the Widevine issue, I lost my non-Manager channels overnight. I can't wait...

[ksooo]

so they'll contact me for sure. [...] I can't wait...

Sorry, you know how this project works? We are all volunteers, nobody gets paid for this, we're doing everything in our free time, in addition to our (paid) day job and families.

[Rvhalewyn]

Sorry if I gave the impression of being impatient. I'm very thankful to all these anonymous workers!

[Rvhalewyn]

The 'hack' doesn't work anyhow.
Desperately seeking another kodi 19 client doing the same job...

[matthuisman]

IPTV Merge supports multiple external & local sources.

It also supports any add-ons that support IPTV Manager as well as any of my add-ons.

You could use that in the meantime if you want.

https://www.matthuisman.nz/2019/02/iptv-merge-kodi-add-on.html