apollo.py is a Linux script that helps to select/play Apollo Group TV IPTV m3u8 content for/by the VLC media player. Your apollo subscription details and your live TV channels of interest go into local.py.
venus.sh is a shell script that helps to locate TV Series. See Apollo Group article: What are the M3U & EPG urls.
$ apollo -h
usage: apollo [-h] [-m MOVIE_TITLE] [-t TVSHOW_NAME] [-p COUNT] [-x] [-y YEAR] [--wget] [word ...]
positional arguments:
word Movie title, case ignored
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-m MOVIE_TITLE Partial name, case ignored
-t TVSHOW_NAME name/#, 1=latest and default
-p COUNT Nearest server search fping COUNT
-x Play found playlist
-y YEAR Movie or TV Show (YEAR)
--wget Preserve wget.m3u8
By default the selected m3u8 lists are written to:
$ ls ~/Desktop/VLC/
livetv.m3u8 movies.m3u8 tvshows.m3u8
$ apollo gone with the wind
Best server: tv4.live delay (ms): 2.8
1: Gone with the Wind (1939)
Search "gone with the wind": #1
$ venus humans -y 2015
NOT FOUND: "humans/1" -y 2015
NOT FOUND: "humans/2" -y 2015
NOT FOUND: "humans/3" -y 2015
NOT FOUND: "humans/4" -y 2015
1: HUMANS (2015) S01 E01
2: HUMANS (2015) S01 E02
3: HUMANS (2015) S01 E03
4: HUMANS (2015) S01 E04
5: HUMANS (2015) S01 E05
6: HUMANS (2015) S01 E06
7: HUMANS (2015) S01 E07
8: HUMANS (2015) S01 E08
9: HUMANS (2015) S02 E01
10: HUMANS (2015) S02 E02
11: HUMANS (2015) S02 E03
12: HUMANS (2015) S02 E04
13: HUMANS (2015) S02 E05
14: HUMANS (2015) S02 E06
15: HUMANS (2015) S02 E07
16: HUMANS (2015) S02 E08
17: HUMANS (2015) S03 E01
18: HUMANS (2015) S03 E02
19: HUMANS (2015) S03 E03
20: HUMANS (2015) S03 E04
21: HUMANS (2015) S03 E05
22: HUMANS (2015) S03 E06
23: HUMANS (2015) S03 E07
24: HUMANS (2015) S03 E08
Middle click to repeat last search with 10s fping