PhiPTV — Compatibility checklist for service operators
https://phiptv.com/providers

Tick every line and your service will look and behave at its best inside
PhiPTV. Everything here is derived from how the app actually reads a source.
PhiPTV does not supply, list or endorse any service; this is technical
guidance only.

XTREAM CODES API
[ ] player_api.php answers get_live_categories, get_live_streams,
    get_vod_categories, get_vod_streams, get_series_categories, get_series,
    get_vod_info and get_series_info within 30 seconds.
[ ] user_info returns auth (0 as a NUMBER for a wrong login) and
    max_connections. max_connections drives the app's "Auto" stream limit.
    status and exp_date are read but not shown to the customer.
[ ] Every live stream has stream_icon, category_id and epg_channel_id, and
    its stream_id never changes (favourites and history are stored on it).
    Channel numbers are positions inside each category; num is not shown.
[ ] Archived channels carry tv_archive = 1 and tv_archive_duration in whole
    days; /timeshift/USER/PASS/MIN/YYYY-MM-DD:HH-MM/ID.m3u8 (or .ts, or
    /streaming/timeshift.php) answers 2xx with media; server_info carries
    time_now and timestamp_now so replay start times are right.
[ ] Usernames and passwords contain no / ? # % or spaces (they are written
    into stream paths as typed).
[ ] epg_channel_id equals the channel="…" id in your XMLTV exactly.
[ ] Every live stream_id is served as raw .ts AND as .m3u8 (the app tunes
    .ts first and falls back to .m3u8).
[ ] is_adult is set to 1 on every adult live stream, movie and series. It is
    the ONLY signal the parental filter uses.
[ ] Radio streams carry stream_type "radio_streams".
[ ] Categories are returned in the order you want them shown; streams and
    titles in the order you want them listed (the app never re-sorts;
    customers can hide or move categories themselves, stored by name, so
    keep names stable).
[ ] Category names are spelled identically everywhere ("EN | Sports" and
    "EN| Sports" are two categories).
[ ] get_vod_streams carries stream_icon, rating (0-10), year, genre,
    container_extension.
[ ] get_vod_info fills plot, cast, director, genre, releasedate,
    duration_secs, backdrop_path, movie_image or cover_big, tmdb_id,
    youtube_trailer.
[ ] get_series carries cover, rating (0-10), year, genre, last_modified.
[ ] get_series_info puts every season inside the episodes OBJECT (the
    top-level seasons array is ignored) and fills per-episode added,
    info.plot, info.duration_secs, info.movie_image.
[ ] xmltv.php serves the guide (gzip welcome, no size cap).
[ ] Connection-limit rejections return HTTP 429 or 509 (retried quietly),
    not 403/404 (treated as a dead channel).
[ ] No User-Agent filtering: the MAG250 string (plus X-MAC / mac cookie)
    for the API and playlist, "VLC/3.0.20 LibVLC/3.0.20" for streams and
    replays; xmltv.php and images arrive with the platform default.

M3U PLAYLISTS
[ ] First line starts with #EXTM3U.
[ ] Every entry is exactly #EXTINF line + URL line. No #EXTVLCOPT,
    #KODIPROP or #EXTGRP lines in between (those entries are dropped).
[ ] Channel name is after the last comma. tvg-id, tvg-logo, group-title
    are filled; radio entries have radio="true".
[ ] The file is ordered the way you want channels listed and numbered
    inside each group; new channels go at the end (entries are identified
    by position).
[ ] No " or ' inside attribute values; no |User-Agent= suffixes on URLs.
[ ] The XMLTV URL is published where customers can copy it (the #EXTM3U
    header's url-tvg is not read).

XMLTV GUIDE
[ ] Every <programme> has start, stop and channel.
[ ] Every timestamp carries a space and a ±HHMM offset (none = UTC).
[ ] The title/desc language you want shown comes first in each programme.
[ ] Only &amp; &lt; &gt; &quot; &apos; are used as entities; other
    characters are written directly in UTF-8.

IMAGES
[ ] Logos and posters load without a User-Agent or Referer check.
[ ] Logos are square-ish PNG/JPG, around 256 px; posters are portrait.
[ ] http and https both work; https preferred.

NOT SUPPORTED BY PHIPTV — do not promise these to PhiPTV users
- Catch-up for M3U playlists (catchup-* attributes); Xtream catch-up IS
  supported (tv_archive)
- DRM-protected streams
- Stalker / MAG portals
- External subtitle files (.srt / .vtt); only embedded tracks
- RTSP, RTMP, Smooth Streaming
- Movies & Series inside an M3U file
- allowed_output_formats and server_info.timezone
- tvg-chno, url-tvg / x-tvg-url
- XMLTV <channel> elements (display-name, icon)