ADBTuner: A "channel tuning" application for networked Google TV / Android TV devices

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#2757

I was bored lol!

#2758

Anyone else have their local channel deep link stop working for Paramount+, or is it just me? It now takes me to their 24/7 news feed instead. Showtime channels are still working, at least for now. Hoping this is a temporary issue in their software updates and not a new “feature”, now that they are under new ownership.

#2759

Also, finding the grace note ids from the grace note website still works. Used to found by the defunct zap2it website, but still can be found here:

https://tvlistings.gracenote.com/grid-affiliates.html?aid=orbebb

Right click the image of the channel you are interested in, and open it in a new tab. Gracenote ID can be found in the web address that was opened in between the two slashes after now showing.

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#2760

@nateg My Paramount+ channels not working either. It says an app update is needed. I'll give that a try in a bit.

#2761

@nateg I did the app update for Paramount+ and all my channels are now working. Thanks for posting since I got the update in before I had anything recording on Paramount+

#2762

YTTV and Disney settled and all the channels are back in service.

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#2763

The irony is I set up Channels because of this. I've been meaning to switch to Channels for years and this was my impetus to do it.

#2764

May I ask which device you saw this on? I tried an app reinstall before posting and still no bueno. Hopefully I see whatever app update you saw soon. I’m on all Google TV Streamers these days.

#2766

I updated on my ONN 4K Pro's which are used in ADBTuner.

Edit; they are all running android 14

Edit2; Before I updated I opened the app and it put up a message that the app needed to be updated. There was a download button I selected and did the update. All worked again after the update.

#2767

Got it. I too am on 14. Mine still not working, hopefully I see the update you saw soon. Thanks for letting me know of its existence. Not the first time Paramount broke things with software updates.

#2768

Here is a completed Philo json with the Movies & More package (that has REELZ). I have the legacy plan so AMC+ and Sundance Now are guesses. I also have not tuned every single channel (this has all of the FAST channels as well), so it's possible a URL could be wrong! The one shared before really only had non TVE channels.
Edit: a few FAST channels don't have guide data I can find.

Edit: These are now alphabetized.
Edit 1: Put back Sundance Now, and AMC+ that I accidentally took out when I alphabetized.

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#2769

@turtletank
So I ran into some buffering again, but I believe I found a possible bug.
I had Tailscale enabled inside of Channels. I took a look at the logs and I noticed it was using the Tailscale IP for my channels instance rather than the direct LAN IP for the proxy. I'm not sure if that was making it worse. I'm still testing to see if I'm running into buffering. Also playing with bitrate as well to try to dial that in.

edit: part of my issue may have been setting ts once pack too high during troubleshooting.

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#2770

Do you happen to have a LinkPi encoder. I just realized a GOP of 5 on a LinkPi (seconds) I believe is equivalent to 300 on the Uray encoder (frames). I finally, upped my GOP to 300 and I think that resolved my issues because it reduced the stress on the encoder. It seemed to make the timing a little bit more stable, which stopped the buffering on my Nvidia Shield. I'm going to need like another day or two to confirm for sure, but so far I've had a stable stream.

#2771

I have multiple encoders -- two URayCoders and two LinkPis. In my case, with one of my URayCoders, I needed to reduce the load on a AppleTV 4K (1st Gen), when using the new Multiview feature. Reducing the URayCoder's GOP to 5 did the trick. It sounds like your issues are different.

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#2772

Yeah, it's super weird. It was stuttering and buffering until I really raised the GOP to max and set my bitrate really high to 14mbps per second CBR. It really defies conventional wisdom. I have a feeling my encoder for some reason was putting out weird and inconsistent timing and throwing the shield off. I was reading that with TS streams, the frame timing is very important. The last couple of days I've been experimenting with dropping the compression, but then last night I had the light bulb to reduce the compression and spit out a higher bitrate and higher GOP.

#2773

The very first encoder I ever bought was the non-4K version from URayCoder. I have to say, I never liked that unit, and had numerous issues with it (including audio sync problems). I got the latest firmware for it from URayCoder, and that fixed a few things -- but not everything. The 4K URayCoders, and especially the LinkPi have been much better for me.

#2774

I might just buy a couple of the LinkPi encoders. Do you have a model that you recommend that's not super expensive? I have a feeling that my encoders are just garbage.

#2775

This one will give one port standard, and a second port when an HDMI capture card is attached to one of the USB ports:

https://www.amazon.com/WayPonDEV-ENC1-V3-NDI-HDMI-Encoder/dp/B0CDLHX36Z

This one will give you five ports standard, and a sixth port with a capture card like above:

https://www.amazon.com/WayPonDEV-ENC5-V2-NDI-HDMI-Encoder/dp/B0CGM1Y56H

Capture card:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2MDTY8P

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#2776

Thanks, I just ordered the first one and the HDMI capture card since I only have two tuners!
Hopefully that solves everything for me. I probably just bought junk encoders!

#2777

Out of curiosity, what are you using to playback the video over the Tailscale VPN? The Channels app? When running over Tailscale, does Channels work as it would on a local network? I don’t know how Channels handles this, but I’d be concerned that you were trying to use a transport stream over the Internet.