Stop scrolling through thousands of channels looking for your team. StreamSweeper's smart post-processing rules automatically find and organize channels by matching channel names, categories, or what's actually airing in the EPG—whether it's your favorite team, a specific sport, or special live events.
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Many people subscribe to IPTV services specifically to follow one team, sport, or type of live event. But finding that content among thousands of channels is frustrating and time-consuming.
StreamSweeper's post-processing rules can match channels based on multiple criteria: channel names, category names, EPG program titles, or program descriptions. Combine these powerful matching options to automatically organize your channels exactly how you want them. Set up your rules once, and StreamSweeper does the rest.
Here are some practical ways people use post-processing rules to follow their favorite content.
Goal: Follow a specific college team across all channels
Rule Setup:
football, [team_name]Result: Any channel showing a program with both "football" and your team's name in the title automatically appears in your "My Team Games" category. No more searching—just open that category and your game is there.
Goal: Track boxing and MMA championship fights
Rule Setup:
boxing, championshipResult: Championship boxing matches automatically show up in your "Big Fights" category. You could create similar rules for MMA, wrestling, or any combat sport.
Goal: Organize all live sporting events
Rule Setup:
live, gamereplay, highlightsResult: Any channel currently showing or about to show live sports appears in "Live Sports Now", while replays and highlights are excluded. Perfect for finding live action across all sports.
Goal: Group all sports-related channels together, regardless of what's currently airing
Rule Setup:
sports, game, leagueResult: Any channel with "sports", "game", or "league" in its name gets moved to the "All Sports Channels" category. This rule applies instantly and doesn't require EPG data—perfect for organizing channels by their names.
You can create multiple rules that work together. For example:
This layered approach gives you precise control over channel organization!
Search in channel names, category names, EPG program titles, or program descriptions. Use exact match, contains, starts with, ends with, or powerful regex patterns.
Combine multiple search terms with AND/OR logic. Require all terms to match or allow any term to match. Add exclusion filters to remove unwanted matches.
Move matching channels to custom categories that you define. Perfect for creating "My Team", "Live Now", "Big Events", or any category that makes sense for your viewing habits.
Rename channels that match your criteria. Add prefixes like "[LIVE]" or "[HD]", or completely rename channels for better organization.
Choose how far ahead to analyze EPG data: 1 hour, 24 hours, 7 days, or anywhere in between. Focus on what's happening now or plan ahead for the whole week.
Rules automatically re-evaluate as EPG schedules update. Channels organize themselves based on current programming—no manual updates needed.
Stack multiple rules and control their execution order with priority settings. Apply broad filters first, then specific refinements.
Rules work across ALL your IPTV connections simultaneously. Your team might be on different channels across different providers—StreamSweeper finds them all.
While sports fans love this feature, post-processing rules work for any type of content you want to track and organize.
Track specific movie series, director retrospectives, or film festivals. Create rules to find channels showing specific actors, directors, or genres.
Never miss a season premiere or finale. Set up rules to catch specific show titles across all channels, even when they air on unexpected networks.
Track concerts, award ceremonies, comedy specials, or other live broadcasts. Get notified when your favorite performers appear across your channel lineup.
Follow coverage of specific topics, breaking news, or political events. Organize news channels by subject matter rather than network.
StreamSweeper maintains a local cache of Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data for all your channels. When you create a rule, StreamSweeper:
Rules are evaluated during M3U playlist generation, which happens when:
All EPG data is stored locally in the database for fast lookups. No external API calls are made during playlist generation, ensuring quick response times even with complex rules.
When multiple rules are defined, they execute in this order:
This allows you to create sophisticated filtering pipelines with broad rules followed by specific refinements.
Set up your first post-processing rule in minutes. Follow your favorite team, sport, or live events with zero effort.
No credit card required. 7 days to test everything.
Add your Xtream Codes credentials or M3U playlist URL.
In the M3U editor, add a post-processing rule for your team or favorite content.
Your custom category populates automatically. Never search again.
Join sports fans and event followers who never miss a moment with StreamSweeper.
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