7 new channels on Pluto TV in September 2022

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#1

Pluto TV is Adding 7 New Free Channels This Month – Cord Cutters News

  1. 00s Replay
  2. The Ed Sullivan Show
  3. CSI: Miami
  4. CSI: NY
  5. 60 Minutes
  6. Hallmark Movies & More
  7. The Rachael Ray Show
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#2

But will they open their API to them? And when will they get the Jeopardy channel in the API so we can use it in Channels?

Actually, I already got #1 and 2.

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#3

What do you mean by "open their API to them"?
You want to send software commands? I'm confused.

#4

The channels aren't available through their API, so Channels DVR can't see them yet.
Happened previously with Sky News

And it's not being skipped like Sky News was, so it's not available through their API yet.
I have a task running each hour that appends the last hour of the Pluto for Channels docker log to a file.
It searches for skipped channels and so far only lists the 'fake' Announcement channel.

docker logs -t --since=1h pluto-for-channels 2>&1 | grep "Woke at:\|Grabbing EPG\|Last ran:\|Sleeping:\|Next run:\|Skipping\|can't rename" >>/volume1/arkives/plutocontainer.log

2022-09-11T01:00:02.077595229Z Woke at: Sat Sep 10 18:00:02 PDT 2022
2022-09-11T01:00:03.252126157Z [INFO] Grabbing EPG...
2022-09-11T01:00:07.717512074Z [DEBUG] Skipping 'fake' channel Announcement.
2022-09-11T01:00:22.177962099Z Last ran: Sat Sep 10 18:00:22 PDT 2022
2022-09-11T01:00:22.179790118Z Next run: Sat Sep 10 19:00:02 PDT 2022
2022-09-11T01:00:22.181517944Z Sleeping: 3580

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Non-Docker source for PlutoTV and Stirr m3u playlists and EPG
PlutoTV in Channels is missing some "stations"
Pluto TV - no Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy channels
#5

I'm not going to hold my breath on them adding Jeopardy or Wheel to the API. Sony is very protective of their IP. It sucks :frowning:

Pluto channels
#6

CSI: Miami just showed up on Channels DVR

#7

CSI: NY also

#8

They label their episodes weird is there any way to fix this? for EX CSINY season 2 episode 206

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#9

Wouldn't help much, like lipstick on a pig. I found a lot of their episode numbers are wrong anyway when I was recording Pilots and Series 1 of shows.

I remember for one series the pilot episode (S01E01) was actually showing as S01E08 on Pluto.
After watching what it said was S01E01 I realized it was actually S01E03.
I then recorded what Pluto said was S01 E01-E10 before I figured it out.

Here's one example from Pluto
JAG (1995)

Episode name  S##E##  What Pluto says it is
A New Life    S01E01  Pilot, Part 1 & 2
Shadow        S01E02  Pilot, Part 1 & 2
Desert Son    S01E03  Shadow
Deja Vu       S01E04  Deja Vu
Pilot Error   S01E05  Desert Son
War Cries     S01E06  Brig Break
Brig Break    S01E07  Pilot Error
Scimitar      S01E08  War Cries
Boot          S01E09  Sightings
Sightings     S01E10  Scimitar
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#10

That's true. I have found that out too with Judge Judy recorded from Pluto. All their episode numbers are completely off and don't match TVDB. It's a pain to find a match and that can only be done manually.

I have a spreadsheet to keep track of episode numbers once matches have been found.
For example, Judge Judy S02E01 seems to match S01E205 shown on TVDB, Pluto's S02E02 = TVDB S02E42. It's pretty bad.

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#11

Previously (had to search for it).