# BurningC4/Chinese-IPTV

Chinese CCTV List (IPV4)

Repository: https://github.com/BurningC4/Chinese-IPTV
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chinese-iptv
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-26T18:12:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2534, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1663, forks 160 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:18.757712+00:00)

## What it is
A curated M3U playlist of Chinese CCTV live-stream channels (IPv4, with IPv6 notes) plus an hourly-refreshed XMLTV EPG guide file. It is designed to be loaded into IPTV-capable players such as Kodi's PVR IPTV Simple Client.

## Use cases
- watch Chinese CCTV channels in an IPTV player
- load a Chinese TV m3u playlist into Kodi
- get an EPG guide for Chinese live TV channels
- find working CCTV live stream URLs
- set up IPTV for mainland China users via Cloudflare R2

## When to choose
- you need a maintained list of Chinese CCTV live-stream URLs
- you use an IPTV app that supports remote M3U and XMLTV EPG files
- you want a mainland-CDN-optimized playlist source

## When to avoid
- you need non-Chinese or non-CCTV channels
- you require a licensed or guaranteed-uptime TV service
- your player does not support M3U playlists or XMLTV EPG

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: active
- function: streaming, developer-tools
- domain: media, entertainment
- platform: cross-platform, self-hosted
- tags: iptv, m3u-playlist, epg, chinese-tv, cctv, live-tv, kodi

## Member repositories
- BurningC4/Chinese-IPTV (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.757712+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:44:30.414323+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/BurningC4/Chinese-IPTV (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.757712+00:00, sha b395ced3d21c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.