IPTV VLAN Control and Stream Launcher

This repository contains scripts to set up a VLAN interface for IPTV multicast traffic and a CEC-based IPTV channel launcher using ffplay.

Scripts

connectVLAN.sh

Sets up a VLAN interface with VLAN ID 3999 on the specified physical interface for IPTV multicast routing.

Usage:

sudo ./connectVLAN.sh <interface>

iptv.sh

Listens to CEC remote control numeric inputs to switch IPTV channels from a given playlist using ffplay.

Usage:

sudo ./iptv.sh <playlist.m3u> <user>

Requirements

• iproute2 (for ip commands)
• ffplay (from FFmpeg)
• cec-ctl (for CEC remote control)
• sudo privileges

Notes

• The VLAN ID is fixed at 3999 and the assigned IP is 10.10.10.5/24 by default in connectVLAN.sh.
• The multicast route covers 232.0.0.0/8 addresses used typically for IPTV multicast streams.
• programs.sh listens for CEC remote input and expects 3-digit channel numbers but supports shorter input with a timeout.

Auto-start with rc.local

To launch the IPTV VLAN interface and the CEC-based channel switcher at boot, add the following lines to /etc/rc.local before the exit 0 line:

#!/bin/bash

# Create IPTV VLAN interface
/path/to/connectVLAN.sh eth0

# Wait for the desktop session to load (adjust as needed)
sleep 10

# Start the IPTV stream switcher as background job
sudo -u youruser /path/to/programs.sh /path/to/playlist.m3u youruser &

Replace:

• "/path/to/" with the actual paths where your scripts and playlist are located.
• "eth0" with your real network interface name.
• "youruser" with your actual desktop user.
• Example m3u playlist