How to configure xTeVe on Ubuntu Server 22.04

xTeve is a M3U Proxy for Plex DVR and Emby Live TV, allowing to watch your IPTV channels on Media Server of choice.

This article will list step-by-step instructions on how to setup xTeVe on an Ubuntu Server 22.04.

The steps below follow a fresh installation of Ubuntu Server 22.04.

Once the server is ready, connect to the server via SSH, here I used PowerShell:

Once connected, run “sudo -i” to get ‘superuser‘ permissions to the server.

If you have a minimized version of the Ubuntu Server installed, then would recommend installing “nano” and “unzip”, both required further down.
You can do that by running the commands below:

apt-get install nano
apt-get install unzip

Next, create a directory for xTeVe, then navigate to the created directory and download xTeVe.

Run each of the commands below:

mkdir xteve
cd xteve
wget -O xteve_linux_amd64.zip "https://github.com/xteve-project/xTeVe-Downloads/blob/master/xteve_linux_amd64.zip?raw=true"

To unzip xTeVe run:

unzip xteve_linux_amd64.zip

You should now see the below in the “xteve” directory:

Delete the “.zip” if you want to by running “rm xteve_linux_amd64.zip”, no harm either way.

We could now start xTeVe and access it on a web browser, as below:

Note: I do not expose this server to the Internet, would not recommend you do unless you take extra precautions, such as creating a specific user for xTeVe to run as, and configure extra security on the server.

Let’s configure xTeVe to start as a service.

To do that, start by creating a new file name “xteve.service” in the path “/etc/systemd/system/”, I do that by running the command below.

nano /etc/systemd/system/xteve.service

Then paste the below into that file:

[Unit]
Description=xTeve
After=network.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/root/xteve/xteve
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Save your file by pressing “CTRL + O“, to close the editor press “CTRL + X“.
The above is the simplest of the configurations, I’m not setting a custom port or any of the other possible options, just as is.

Finally, run the below to enable this service to start at boot.

systemctl enable xteve.service

Before you reboot your machine, you can start and stop your xTeVe service using the commands below for testing;

systemctl start xteve.service
systemctl stop xteve.service

That is it, xTeVe is installed and ready to configure.

I get all my M3U’s from IPTV-ORG, they also provide a good variety of EPG’s.

Highly recommend that you install “ffmpeg” and use it as the streaming buffer in xTeVe.
To install “ffmpeg” run “apt-get install ffmpeg” on the server, then configure it as the “Stream Buffer” in xTeVe.