# 📺 GridTV > A real-time IPTV TV guide, built for [Tunarr](https://github.com/chrisbenincasa/tunarr) and any XMLTV/M3U source. ![PHP](https://img.shields.io/badge/PHP-8.0+-777BB4?style=flat-square&logo=php&logoColor=white) ![Apache](https://img.shields.io/badge/Apache-ready-D22128?style=flat-square&logo=apache&logoColor=white) ![Nginx](https://img.shields.io/badge/Nginx-ready-009639?style=flat-square&logo=nginx&logoColor=white) ![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-AGPLv3-blue?style=flat-square) --- ![GridTV Preview](assets/preview.png) --- ## 🌐 Demo A public demo instance is available here: 👉 https://guide.demo.johnnybegood.fr/ This demo runs with a sample XMLTV feed and fake channels to showcase the interface. --- ## ✨ Features - 🎛️ **Timeline grid** — horizontal EPG-style view with a live "now" indicator - 📱 **Responsive** — optimized list view on mobile - ⏱️ **Live progress bar** on the currently airing program - 🕶️ **Past programs** automatically dimmed - 📋 **Hover tooltip** — title, synopsis, season/episode, schedule, duration - 🔗 **One-click copy** buttons for EPG & M3U URLs in the topbar - ▶️ **Built-in HLS player** — click any channel or live program to watch in a PiP overlay - 🔀 **HTTP→HTTPS proxy** — streams Tunarr over HTTP transparently from an HTTPS page - 🎨 **Theme system** — drop a CSS file in `themes/` and it appears in the menu automatically - 📡 **Multi-EPG sources** — configure multiple EPG/M3U sources, switch from the topbar - 👤 **Personal EPG** — optionally let visitors use your instance with their own EPG/M3U - ⚙️ **Guided setup** on first launch — no config files to edit manually - 🔄 **Auto-reload** EPG every 30 minutes - 0️⃣ **Zero JS dependencies** — vanilla PHP, hls.js loaded from CDN --- ## 🚀 Installation ### Requirements - A web server running **PHP 8.0+** with **php-curl** extension - **Apache** or **Nginx** - An **EPG source in XMLTV format** (e.g. Tunarr, Jellyfin, xTeVe...) - *(Optional)* An **M3U playlist** — required for the built-in player --- ### 1. Clone the repo ```bash git clone https://github.com/Johnnybegood90/GridTV.git /var/www/gridtv cd /var/www/gridtv ``` --- ### 2. Set permissions ```bash chmod 775 /var/www/gridtv chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/gridtv ``` --- ### 3a. Configure Nginx ```nginx server { listen 80; server_name guide.your-domain.com; root /var/www/gridtv; index index.php; location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php; } location ~ \.php$ { include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf; fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php8.2-fpm.sock; } } ``` > 💡 Adjust the PHP version (`php8.2-fpm`) to match the one installed on your server. ```bash nginx -t && systemctl reload nginx ``` --- ### 3b. Configure Apache ```apache ServerName guide.your-domain.com DocumentRoot /var/www/gridtv AllowOverride All Require all granted ``` ```bash a2enmod php8.4 rewrite systemctl reload apache2 ``` --- ### 4. Install php-curl The built-in player uses `proxy.php` to relay HTTP streams over HTTPS. This requires the **php-curl** extension: ```bash # Debian/Ubuntu — adjust version to match your PHP apt install php8.4-curl # Then reload the web server systemctl reload apache2 # or: systemctl reload nginx ``` --- ### 5. First launch — Setup Open your browser at `http://guide.your-domain.com`. GridTV detects the missing config and automatically redirects you to the setup page: | Field | Description | |---|---| | **Group name** | Displayed top-left in the topbar | | **EPG sources** | Add one or more XMLTV sources, each with an optional M3U URL | | **Personal EPG** | Toggle to allow visitors to use your instance with their own EPG/M3U | Once submitted, `config.json` is created on the server. **The setup page becomes inaccessible.** --- ### 6. Editing the config later ```bash nano /var/www/gridtv/config.json ``` ```json { "group_name": "MyGroup TV", "epg_sources": [ { "name": "Main", "epg_url": "http://192.168.0.3:8000/api/xmltv.xml", "m3u_url": "http://192.168.0.3:8000/api/channels.m3u" }, { "name": "Sports", "epg_url": "http://192.168.0.3:8001/api/xmltv.xml", "m3u_url": "" } ], "allow_personal_epg": true } ``` > Instances running the old single-source format (`epg_url` at root) are **migrated automatically** on first load — no manual action needed. --- ## 📁 Project structure ``` gridtv/ ├── index.php # The TV guide (redirects to setup if no config found) ├── setup.php # First-launch configuration page ├── proxy.php # HTTP→HTTPS stream proxy (required for the player) ├── config.example.json # Config template ├── .gitignore # config.json excluded from the repo ├── themes/ # CSS theme files │ ├── default.css # Dark studio (default) │ ├── magazine.css # Vintage newspaper │ ├── cyberpunk.css # Neon on black │ └── steampunk.css # Victorian copper └── README.md ``` > `config.json` is listed in `.gitignore` — your private URLs will never be pushed to GitHub. --- ## 🎨 Themes GridTV ships with 4 built-in themes. To add your own, create a CSS file in `themes/` with these metadata comments at the top: ```css /* * @name My Theme * @emoji 🌙 */ :root { --bg: #0a0b0d; --accent: #e8c842; /* ... */ } ``` Drop it in `themes/` — it appears in the theme selector automatically, no code changes needed. --- ## 📡 Multiple EPG Sources Configure as many EPG/M3U sources as you want in `config.json`. A dropdown appears in the topbar when more than one source is defined. If `allow_personal_epg` is `true`, a **"✏ Personal EPG"** option appears in the dropdown, letting any visitor enter their own XMLTV/M3U URLs. Their choice is saved in `localStorage` — zero server impact. --- ## ▶️ Built-in Player Click on any **channel name** or **currently airing program** to open a PiP (picture-in-picture) player in the bottom-right corner. The player requires: - An **M3U URL** configured in the active source (used to match channel names to stream URLs) - The **php-curl** extension installed on the server If your stream source (e.g. Tunarr) serves streams over HTTP while GridTV runs on HTTPS, `proxy.php` handles the relay transparently — no browser mixed-content errors. --- ## ⚙️ Advanced configuration The following constants can be tweaked directly in `index.php`: ```js const PX_PER_MIN = 5; // Horizontal zoom (pixels per minute) const GRID_HOURS = 72; // Total timeline duration (hours) const ROW_H = 80; // Channel row height (px) ``` --- ## 🧩 EPG Compatibility GridTV parses the standard **XMLTV format**. Tested with: - ✅ [Tunarr](https://github.com/chrisbenincasa/tunarr) - ✅ [xTeVe](https://github.com/xteve-project/xTeVe) - ✅ [Jellyfin](https://jellyfin.org/) (via LiveTV plugin) - ✅ Any XMLTV-compliant file --- ## 🤝 Contributing PRs are welcome! Got an idea, a fix, or a feature request — open an issue or send a PR directly. --- ## 📄 License GNU Affero (AGPLv3)