m3u user and session in url

[bigbossman]

there is a website that plays live tv from a foreign country. what I am trying to do is play these channels on the television instead of pc browser. I am thinking maybe tivimate. so I got the m3u url using an extension in firefox called faststream. the m3u url structure looks like this:

subdomain.domain.com/whatever.m3u8?user=abababab&session=xyxyxyxyxyxyxy

if I strip out the question mark and everything after it, meaning the url ends with .m3u8, it won't play.

I am not a programmer and have no idea what session means but I believe it functions to disallow people from having permanent access, because after some time (still not sure of the amount of time but seems to be about a day or two) the stream stops playing and won't work anymore.

is there a way to make the stream permanent? I can provide the url if needed.

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

If the m3u8 with its query parameters lasts for two days, why not just grab a fresh one daily when you start your TV. It's not like you're gonna watch what's played on your TV for 2 full days non stop.

[bigbossman]

If the m3u8 with its query parameters lasts for two days, why not just grab a fresh one daily when you start your TV. It's not like you're gonna watch what's played on your TV for 2 full days non stop.

this is not for me, it's for someone else and I can't go to their house every 2 days.

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

I don't think that what you want is possible. At least without coding.

[StreamBabyStream]

Nope, you're always going to need some sort of server that forwards a static url to the dynamic url that's valid at that moment. Preferably hosted at the same IP that's going to use the stream. Or you could update the url in the playlist once a day, but that involves some programming as well.

[bigbossman]

Nope, you're always going to need some sort of server that forwards a static url to the dynamic url that's valid at that moment. Preferably hosted at the same IP that's going to use the stream. Or you could update the url in the playlist once a day, but that involves some programming as well.

wow, you are a genius. I understand what you are saying but I don't know how to do it. I wish I knew programming, this sounds like a fun little project.

edit: I just had a thought. when the user clicks on a channel's button, apparently a session is created for them that works for a day or two. why can't you simulate this click in tivimate? meaning when in tivimate you change to a channel using your remote, it's equal to clicking on the channel's button, thereby creating a new session? how does the website know someone clicked?

[StreamBabyStream]

I see what you mean, but a webbrowser is a lot more complicated than TiviMate is ever going to be. Certainly when it comes to interactivity (e.g. when you click a button). TiviMate is more like VLC for example which means it does many things behind the scenes to make a stream visible, but not with any user interaction involved.

So in the end, you separate both things and make something that involves interaction look like it doesn't for TiviMate.