No reverse proxy streams operations after m3u-filter to Tuliprox migration

[nomandera]

Hopefully you can help. After resurrecting my m3u-filter install and porting to the new Tuliprox project I cannot for the life of me make reverse proxy streams working again and I am out of ideas.

As far as I can tell everything works perfectly except that none of the reverse proxy channel streams from the m3u feed work.

If I load them in my browser I get 400 error code and in VLC just a generic error. The only sporadic error I see in an otherwise clean debug log is:

2025-05-26T08:56:16.495621945Z [2025-05-26T08:56:16Z DEBUG tuliprox::model::api_proxy] Could not find any target for user local
2025-05-26T08:56:16.495632805Z [2025-05-26T08:56:16Z DEBUG tuliprox::api::endpoints::m3u_api] Could not find any user local

My configuration is a collection of excerpts from the old and new documentation, a myriad of user posts and your stock example post.

I apolgise in advance as the most likely outcome of all this is PEBCAK.

My compose.yml

services:
    tuliprox:
        image: ghcr.io/euzu/tuliprox:latest
        working_dir: /app
        container_name: tuliprox
        user: ${PUID}:${PGID} # Requires root for initial run
        networks:
            - traefik
        ports:
            - 8901:8901
            - 8902:8902
        environment:
            - TZ=${TZ}
            - TULIPROX_HOST_IP=${TULIPROX_HOST_IP}
            - DOMAIN=${DOMAIN}
        volumes:
            - ${CONFIG}/tuliprox/tuliprox:/app/config # Place api-proxy.yml, config.yml, mapping.yml, source.yml here
            - /tmp:/app/config/data/tmp
        restart: unless-stopped
        labels:
            - "traefik.enable=true"
            - "traefik.docker.network=traefik"
            # tuliprox webui & m3u
            - "traefik.http.services.tuliprox.loadbalancer.server.port=8901"
            - "traefik.http.routers.tuliprox.service=tuliprox"
            - "traefik.http.routers.tuliprox.entrypoints=websecure"
            - "traefik.http.routers.tuliprox.rule=Host(`tuliprox.${DOMAIN}`)"
            - "traefik.http.routers.tuliprox.middlewares=authelia@file, securityHeaders@file"
            # tuliprox hdhomerun
            - "traefik.http.services.tuliprox-hdhr.loadbalancer.server.port=8902"
            - "traefik.http.routers.tuliprox-hdhr.service=tuliprox-hdhr"
            - "traefik.http.routers.tuliprox-hdhr.entrypoints=websecure"
            - "traefik.http.routers.tuliprox-hdhr.rule=Host(`tuliprox-hdhr.${DOMAIN}`)"
            - "traefik.http.routers.tuliprox-hdhr.middlewares=authelia@file, securityHeaders@file"
            - "homepage.group=Downloaders"
            - "homepage.name=tuliprox"
            - "homepage.icon=tuliprox.svg"
            - "homepage.href=https://tuliprox.${DOMAIN}"
            - "homepage.description=Tuliprox IPTV proxy"

My .env

TULIPROX_HOST_IP=REDACTED_DOCKER_HOST_IP

My api-proxy.yml

server:

- name: default
  protocol: http
  host: ${env:TULIPROX_HOST_IP}
  port: '8901'
  timezone: Europe/London
  message: Welcome to Tuliprox

- name: external
  protocol: https
  host: tuliprox.${env:DOMAIN}
  port: '443'
  timezone: Europe/London
  message: Welcome to Tuliprox

user:

- target: iptv-org
  credentials:
  - username: local
    password: localsecret
    token: '77417'
    proxy: reverse
    server: default
    exp_date: 0
    max_connections: 0
    status: Active
    ui_enabled: true

  - username: external
    password: externalsecret
    token: '77418'
    proxy: reverse
    server: external
    exp_date: 0
    max_connections: 0
    status: Active
    ui_enabled: true

use_user_db: false


# To access the api (replace {} with credentials):

#     xtream      http://x.x.x.x/player_api.php?username={}&password={}
#     m3u         http://x.x.x.x/get.php?username={}&password={}
#     m3u         http://x.x.x.x/get.php?token={}
#     xtream      http://x.x.x.x/player_api.php?token={}
#     xtream      http://x.x.x.x:8901/player_api.php?username=user&password=secret&action=get_live_streams
#     hdhomerun   http://x.x.x.x:8902/lineup.json

My config.yml

threads: 0
api:
  host: 0.0.0.0
  port: 8901
  web_root: /app/web

working_dir: /app/config/data # Is this right? It seems to work but cannot find info on the logic of where to choose
backup_dir: /app/config/backup

custom_stream_response:
  channel_unavailable: /app/config/resources/channel_unavailable.ts
  user_connections_exhausted: /app/config/resources/user_connections_exhausted.ts
  provider_connections_exhausted: /app/config/resources/provider_connections_exhausted.ts

connect_timeout_secs: 10
user_access_control: false

video:
  web_search: 'https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title={}'
  extensions:
  - mkv
  - avi
  - mp4
  - mpeg
  - divx
  - mov
  download:
    headers:
      Accept: video/*
      User-Agent: |
        Mozilla/5.0 (AppleTV; U; CPU OS 14_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/14.0.1 Safari/605.1.15
      Accept: video/*
    directory: /app/config/downloads
    organize_into_directories: false
    episode_pattern: .*(?P<episode>[Ss]\d{1,2}(.*?)[Ee]\d{1,2}).*

schedules:
- schedule: 0 0  4/23  *  *  *
  targets: []

messaging:
  notify_on: []

log:
  sanitize_sensitive_info: false
  log_active_user: true
  log_level: debug

update_on_boot: false  # best not to hammer upstream during testing

web_ui:
  enabled: true
  user_ui_enabled: true
  path:
  auth:
    enabled: true
    issuer: tuliprox
    secret: ef9ab256a8c0abe5de92c2e05ca92baa810472ab702ff1674e9248308ceeec92
    userfile: user.txt

reverse_proxy:
  stream:
    retry: true
    buffer:
      enabled: true
      size: 1024
    forced_retry_interval_secs: 10

  cache:
    enabled: true
    size: 1GB
    dir: /app/config/cache
  resource_rewrite_disabled: false

hdhomerun:
  enabled: true
  devices:
  - name: hdhr1

My mapping.yml

mappings:
  templates:
    - name: bbc
      value: 'Title ~ "^BBC.*"'
    - name: documentary
      value: '(Group ~ ".*Documentary.*" OR Group ~ ".*Outdoor.*")'
    - name: entertainment
      value: 'Group ~ ".*Entertainment.*"'
    - name: pluto_tv
      value: '(Title ~ ".*Pluto TV.*") AND NOT(Title ~ ".*Sports.*")'
    - name: business
      value: 'Group ~ ".*Business.*"'

  tags:
    - name: quality
      captures:
        - quality
      concat: '|'
      prefix: ' [ '
      suffix: ' ]'
    - name: year
      captures:
        - year
      concat: '|'
      prefix: ' [ '
      suffix: ' ]'

  mapping:
    - id: iptv-org
      match_as_ascii: true
      mapper:
        - pattern: "!bbc!"
          attributes:
            group: 'BBC'
        - pattern: "!documentary!"
          attributes:
            group: 'Documentary'
        - pattern: "!entertainment!"
          attributes:
            group: 'Entertainment'
        - pattern: "!pluto_tv!"
          attributes:
            group: 'Pluto TV'
        - pattern: "!business!"
          attributes:
            group: 'News'

My source.yml

templates:
- name: not_red_button
  value: 'NOT (Title ~ "(?i).*red button.*")'
- name: not_low_resolution
  value: 'NOT (Title ~ "(?i).*\(360p|240p\).*")'
- name: all_channels
  value: 'Title ~ ".*"'
- name: final_channel_lineup
  value: '!all_channels! AND !not_red_button! AND !not_low_resolution!'
sources:
- inputs:
  - name: iptv-org
    type: m3u
    url: https://iptv-org.github.io/iptv/countries/uk.m3u
    suffix:
      field: title
      value: '(iptv-org)'
  targets:
  - name: iptv-org
    output:
      - type: xtream
      - type: m3u
        filename: iptv.m3u
      - type: hdhomerun
        username: local
        device: hdhr1
    filter: "!final_channel_lineup!"
    options: {ignore_logo: false, share_live_streams: true}
    sort:
      groups:
        order: asc
      channels:
        - { field: name,  group_pattern: '^DE.*',  order: asc }
    mapping:
      - iptv-org

[euzu]

@nomandera

i see some problems in your config

• forced_retry_interval_secs: 10 !!! DO NOT USE !!! it forces a connection terminaton every 10 seconds, this is onyl for testing reconnect feature !!!

• working_dir: /app/config/data --> working_dir: /app/data

• backup_dir: /app/config/backup --> backup_dir: /app/backup

• directory: /app/config/downloads --> directory: /app/downloads

• dir: /app/config/cache --> dir: /app/cache

I hope you changed the secret

• ef9ab256a8c0abe5de92c2e05ca92baa810472ab702ff1674e9248308ceeec92

• you have twice Accept: video/* in headers

• you have uk list but sort channels by de { field: name, group_pattern: "^DE.*", order: asc }

If you run in server mode you dont need

• filename: iptv.m3u , which is useless unless you use the file manually in other context.

I have used your config and adjusted it to the latest beta.

config.yaml

threads: 0
api:
  host: 0.0.0.0
  port: 8901
  web_root: ${env:TULIPROX_HOME}/web
working_dir: ${env:TULIPROX_HOME}/data
backup_dir: ${env:TULIPROX_HOME}/backup
custom_stream_response_path: ${env:TULIPROX_HOME}/resources
connect_timeout_secs: 10
user_access_control: false

video:
  web_search: "https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title={}"
  extensions:
    - mkv
    - avi
    - mp4
    - mpeg
    - divx
    - mov
  download:
    headers:
      Accept: video/*
      User-Agent: |
        Mozilla/5.0 (AppleTV; U; CPU OS 14_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/14.0.1 Safari/605.1.15
    directory: ${env:TULIPROX_HOME}/downloads
    organize_into_directories: false
    episode_pattern: .*(?P<episode>[Ss]\d{1,2}(.*?)[Ee]\d{1,2}).*

schedules:
  - schedule: 0 0  4/23  *  *  *
    targets: []

messaging:
  notify_on: []

log:
  sanitize_sensitive_info: false
  log_active_user: true
  log_level: debug

update_on_boot: false # best not to hammer upstream during testing

web_ui:
  enabled: true
  user_ui_enabled: true
  path:
  auth:
    enabled: true
    issuer: tuliprox
    secret: 9..........................................................................
    userfile: user.txt

reverse_proxy:
  stream:
    retry: true
    buffer:
      enabled: true
      size: 1024

  cache:
    enabled: true
    size: 1GB
    dir: ${env:TULIPROX_HOME}/cache
  resource_rewrite_disabled: false

hdhomerun:
  enabled: true
  devices:
    - name: hdhr1

mapping.yml

mappings:
  templates:
    - name: bbc
      value: 'Title ~ "^BBC"'
    - name: documentary
      value: '(Group ~ "(Documentary|Outdoor)")'
    - name: entertainment
      value: 'Group ~ "Entertainment"'
    - name: pluto_tv
      value: '(Caption ~ "Pluto TV") AND NOT(Caption ~ "Sports")'
    - name: business
      value: 'Group ~ "Business"'

  mapping:
    - id: iptv-org
      match_as_ascii: true
      mapper:
        - filter: "!bbc!"
          script: |
            @Group = "BBC"
        - filter: "!documentary!"
          script: |
            @Group = "Documentary"
        - filter: "!entertainment!"
          script: |
            @Group = "Entertainment"
        - filter: "!pluto_tv!"
          script: |
            @Group = "Pluto TV"
        - filter: "!business!"
          script: |
            @Group = "News"

source.yml

templates:
  - name: not_red_button
    value: 'NOT (Title ~ "(?i).*red button.*")'
  - name: not_low_resolution
    value: 'NOT (Title ~ "(?i).*\(360p|240p\).*")'
  - name: all_channels
    value: 'Title ~ ".*"'
  - name: final_channel_lineup
    value: "!all_channels! AND !not_red_button! AND !not_low_resolution!"
sources:
  - inputs:
      - name: iptv-org
        type: m3u
        url: https://iptv-org.github.io/iptv/countries/uk.m3u
        suffix:
          field: title
          value: "(iptv-org)"
    targets:
      - name: iptv-org
        output:
          - type: xtream
          - type: m3u
            filename: iptv.m3u
          - type: hdhomerun
            username: local
            device: hdhr1
        filter: "!final_channel_lineup!"
        options: { ignore_logo: false, share_live_streams: true }
        sort:
          groups:
            order: asc
          channels:
            - { field: name, group_pattern: "^DE.*", order: asc }
        mapping:
          - iptv-org

When is now update the playlist and make a curl call

curl "http://localhost:8901/player_api.php?username=local&password=localsecret&action=get_live_streams"

i get the live stream list

[nomandera]

Thanks for the major reply. Let me go away and really kick the tyres of each line and digest each delta rather than make a token snap response.

I very much appreciate you taking time for me, I do not take it for granted.

[nomandera]

After an embarrassing amount of effort with absolutely no success the 3.1.1 release sprung my setup back into life.

Streaming is still not fully functional as there seems to be an issue specifically with VLC and consequently Emby (as it appears to use libVLC) where streams start but will stall after a few seconds. Celluloid etc work fine.

Is the VLC/Emby (and I assume JellyFin) issue known?

[euzu]

@nomandera yes this is known, it occurs with HLS streams. I dont know why this happens. Need to dig more into this.
Other players seem to work fine.