Awesome......but not quite there

[meitis]

Strmlnk is cool but much to difficult to use and maintian; so much so it becomes unusable for series..

1. Need a way to search in the channels setup interface and create strmlnk(s) "on the fly" for single episodes as well as entire seasons or series.
2. Need a way to auto magically mark episodes as watched after they are watched.
3. Need a way to merge together items that are in the catalog as both a video file and a strmlink.

Without these features I see users moving away from using strmlnks for series. Movie strmlnks work fine.

[babsonnexus]

I'm totally with you, just condensing similar threads and thoughts into here:

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.strmlnk generator

Check out https://github.com/fancybits/strmlnk-generator

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Strmlnk - watched

Love the strmlnk concept!!! I've read the explanation to not automark TV as watched and that makes sense. However, it seems that you could perhaps build in a workaround. When the user launches a strmlnk a different app (e.g. HULU) opens up. At this point it seems that you could ask channels DVR to remember that the app (HULU) was opened up. When exiting the app you would be taken back to Channels DVR. At this point Channels DVR recalls that the you left the Channels DVR via XYX TV strmlnk a…

Hulu and Deep Linking

I'm using Stream Links to launch Hulu programs and they work fine and dandy. However, once I open one and Hulu is running in the background, Hulu will not go directly to a program on the next Stream Link I open. It will instead just sit on whatever screen I was on last. If I force crash Hulu (through Force Stop, "Kill Foreground App" in Button Mapper doesn't do it), it will work just fine again. Sometimes it will close itself in the background, but I can't get a way to make it consistently happe…

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Merge Movies of same name but different resolutions

It would be great if Channels could display movies in such a way that you only see one poster for one movie that has two different resolutions. Then, when you are ready to watch the movie there is a drop down selector of some kind to choose which version you want to watch, ie. 1080 or 4K. This is how it works in Emby and Plex. I am not sure how difficult that is to achieve on the programming side but it would clean up the UI quite a bit.

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@meitis

Without these features I see users moving away from using strmlnks for series.

This I'll disagree with. There is not a better option out there if you want to manage all content in one place. TiVO DVR's metadata is complete garbage as is their lack of service integration, which makes it even more useless. TS4K+ has slightly better metadata and integration, but lack of low level controls (delete an episode or mark as watched!) makes it almost pointless. Google TV is pretty similar and the horrible nonsense that is a single row of shows/movies in order of reverse last added... ::shudder:: ATV still can't make an agreement with Netflix. Roku only will show things when they are new. Plex doesn't have anything for outside content.

That all said, being the best of this bunch is nothing to hang your hat on. Improvements are certainly needed, as you've summarized.

What I would really love would be if the Stream Link redirected and opened up the video inside the Channels Player. Then it would truly be seamless, would not require additional apps (use the browser versions), mean there is no need to worry if a service supports deep links or not, and remote control functions would always be the same. I am well aware of the terms of service of these companies about redirects, but I don't believe they are legally enforceable (and PlayOn certainly doesn't think so, either).