BETA: Chrome Capture for Channels

[doug8796]

Yes but one should also put a script to reload the page after so long so that the video loads. I hear the video stops after so long.

[radioboy]

Holy cow! You did it! That code works... Peacock plays with audio using that code. Perhaps you can sometime share what you asked ChatGPT to get that. I tried a bunch of different ways but none of its solutions quite worked. This one is great!

[Jean0987654321]

I think this should all be made into a PR on github for the rest to use...

God knows I might as Peacock has some channels I want to pipe in

[jwl]

This is a little more specific to my use case, but I setup the NBC Sports California station and it works. However since this channel covers are large region the main broadcast doesn't show Sacramento Kings games. I have to navigate to it directly in the app and they use URLs such as:

https://www.nbc.com/watch/nba/toronto-raptors-vs-sacramento-kings/4504536

Is anyone able to figure out if there is a standard URL that will take you directly to the local Sacramento feed of NBC Sports California or directly to the live Kings games stream?

[laughsbrightly]

Would someone who has Sling setup share how they did it? I have this working fine with the default channels, but even after reading hundreds of posts here I just can't seem to get the Sling URLs figured out.
Thank you.

[bnhf]

@laughsbrightly

just can't seem to get the Sling URLs figured out.

I'm not using Sling anymore, but I'm the one who originally figured out the URL structure for use with ah4c (formerly androidhdmi-for-channels). Here's the post in that thread talking about it:

HDMI for Channels

@turtletank @boukmandutty After walking away from the keyboard for a few minutes, I think I have it. It's a bit of a mash-up, but the ID we were after is embedded in the link that shows up when you click on a given channel icon in the (browser) guide: So the link looks like this for "Showtime Showcase" when not playing anything: https://watch.sling.com/dashboard/grid_guide/grid_guide_favorites/1/channel/b24b20f009e94eb1ad2441a19f98b7ff/browse And for that channel the correct deep link would b…

Using the same example from that thread, an M3U entry in this project should look something like this:

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="SHOCSHD" tvc-guide-stationid="61001",Showtime Showcase HD
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/b24b20f009e94eb1ad2441a19f98b7ff/watch

And here's the sling.m3u I used in ah4c, which would give you the unique identifier and matching station ID for numerous channels:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="STZHD" tvc-guide-stationid="34941",Starz HD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/1a3c345b84b149918e0bad8f797df70a
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="STZHDP" tvc-guide-stationid="34949",Starz HD West
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/8a84458592844ff5849712ef7766fb4e
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="STZKHD" tvc-guide-stationid="57581",Starz Kids & Family HD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/148a1e391db94edf96bf25e25beb307d
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="STZCHD" tvc-guide-stationid="57569",Starz Comedy HD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/d96b102ac5c54967bf56b8b57e20c84e
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="STZEHD" tvc-guide-stationid="57573",Starz Edge HD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/1535e572f07348159d8924d58200690e
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="STRZIBH" tvc-guide-stationid="67235",Starz in Black HD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/23a6ea3c163a47f390f73900ccc76bc1
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="STRZCIH" tvc-guide-stationid="67236",Starz Cinema HD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/0eedb59656d243da914fef990a8db903
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="STZENHD" tvc-guide-stationid="36225",Starz Encore HD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/ed5d0f85928f45249f8a67c9746a80b7
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="STZENCP" tvc-guide-stationid="17125",Starz Encore West
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/a0515fde0c074dc389981e8881874aae
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="STZENCL" tvc-guide-stationid="14764",Starz Encore Classic
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/2230d31d16d541c08e654d4a11863d2c
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="STZEWSS" tvc-guide-stationid="102906",Starz Encore Westerns
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/73ab11e5664241a9811e7e22602bfda9
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="STZENSU" tvc-guide-stationid="14766",Starz Encore Suspense
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/04e4a4f1e0ec4dfba961414197e57d7f
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="STZENBK" tvc-guide-stationid="14870",Starz Encore Black
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/1ec67d324b564a528f6901ed8e09334e
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="SZEAHD" tvc-guide-stationid="72015",Starz Encore Action HD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/8aed8223a6104b53b24f03555fc933a9
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="STZENFS" tvc-guide-stationid="102903",Starz Encore Family
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/22076462a8124832967e30e0f9f92213
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="SHOWHD" tvc-guide-stationid="21868",Showtime HD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/7f5f5993457648d68db2fa5d5103cbcc
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="SHOWHDP" tvc-guide-stationid="22532",Showtime HD West
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/f8ee74606d2a47ec8ca14842b2762b9b
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="SHO2HD" tvc-guide-stationid="58533",Showtime 2 HD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/30b674a6204f4d9b8ec053e0f6381a28
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="SHOBETH" tvc-guide-stationid="68340",Showtime BET HD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/df9f6f06051d4681938a627be72a4cf9
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="SHOXHD" tvc-guide-stationid="60947",Showtime Extreme HD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/ea47544f20394a4b83a2c0678c078d66
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="SHOCSHD" tvc-guide-stationid="61001",Showtime Showcase HD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/b24b20f009e94eb1ad2441a19f98b7ff
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="NEXTHD" tvc-guide-stationid="68342",Showtime NextHD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/b5540f5fb9b542aeb0f253d9854c174f
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="FAMZHD" tvc-guide-stationid="103892",Showtime Familyzone HD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/7b21fc1766304e268ef4757d56b3ac44
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="WOMNHD" tvc-guide-stationid="68338",Showtime Women
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/1157b0988f29416485ce768e33f3c396
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="INDIEHD" tvc-guide-stationid="65795",IndiePlex HD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/7a17fd0c15754658885b368a0b273565
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="RETROHD" tvc-guide-stationid="65791",RetroPlex HD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/9ad3916eb22d4c169c7713afa5ee0f2b
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="MPLEXHD" tvc-guide-stationid="83075",MoviePlex HD
http://{{ .IPADDRESS }}/play/tuner/deba2421b6ff44478320b2c60051f1d7

[cyberskier]

Does anybody know if there is any pattern between the URL for Peacock's preview page for a sporting event in advance of the event, and the actual URL used to stream the event once live?

(If possible, for example, I'd like to put this evening’s NFL playoff game into Channels now via my Chrome Capture source, instead of waiting for the stream to start).

Sorry if this was answered before, but I didn't find it in the thread.

[Ahwman]

Has anyone had success authenticating NBC using the Docker. It used to work using the VNC method, now if fails with a Chrome unsupported version message…

[laughsbrightly]

Thanks so much for the Sling deep link info. Axs seems hit or miss, but in my limited testing everything else seems to work.
Now I just have to figure out why the app process crashes daily.

[laughsbrightly]

I've got this working on a dedicated Windows 11 Dell 5080 micro 32 GB I7 with Sling and when it works, it works great. Half of my recordings are the Sling channel page or the actual channel sitting there with the "play" button center screen. Also seeing the exe process crash occasionally.

Any suggestions on how to improve on this? Is this just a Sling thing?

[MBDVRHD]

Was there ever a fix for this? I am having the same issue. It records for a while via chrome capture, the video frame freezes, audio continues, and eventually it fixes itself.

[laughsbrightly]

I rebooted the channels/CC4C PC this morning and scheduled a handful of recordings on TCM and a couple other channels. None of them recorded anything but the Sling "home" page for that channel. I can watch live TV on those channels without issue, so I don't think the links are the issue.

[laughsbrightly]

The plot thickens: I scheduled recordings and watched Channels open Chrome. Both of the shows went to "/browse" instead of "/watch" (Stream Live TV Now | Get Started)
When I replaced browse with watch and clicked enter the program immediately began playing.
Any ideas?

[bnhf]

@laughsbrightly

When I replaced browse with watch and clicked enter the program immediately began playing.
Any ideas?

Maybe post your M3U here, so we can have a look at it?

[laughsbrightly]

#EXTM3U

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="Windy",Windy
chrome://localhost:5589/stream/windy

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="Weatherscan",Weatherscan
chrome://localhost:5589/stream/weatherscan

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="NBC News NOW",NBC News NOW
chrome://localhost:5589/stream/nbcnews

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="NBC Local",NBC Local (WNWO)
chrome://localhost:5589/stream/nbc

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="Bravo (East)",Bravo (East)
chrome://localhost:5589/stream/bravo

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="Bravo (West)",Bravo (West)
chrome://localhost:5589/stream/bravop

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="CNBC",CNBC
chrome://localhost:5589/stream/cnbc

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="E! (East)",E! (East)
chrome://localhost:5589/stream/e

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="E! (West)" tvc-guide-stationid="91579" ,E! (West)
chrome://localhost:5589/stream/ep

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="MSNBC",MSNBC
chrome://localhost:5589/stream/msnbc

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="SyFy (East)",SyFy (East)
chrome://localhost:5589/stream/syfy

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="SyFy (West)",SyFy (West)
chrome://localhost:5589/stream/syfyp

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="USA (East)",USA (East)
chrome://localhost:5589/stream/usa

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="USA (West)",USA (West)
chrome://localhost:5589/stream/usap

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="FOOD" tvc-guide-stationid="43",Food Network
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/4c8d7953714d4fa88a4d541d07fd031b/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="AMC" tvc-guide-stationid="14",AMC
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/21d18937ced74ecfbba333476d6f4270/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="BBCA" tvc-guide-stationid="17",BBC America
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/2a915617329d4e87b5a83b68c39b9229/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="NFL" tvc-guide-stationid="1399", NFL Network
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/2f5c3abe53004a3db6b236739c12a955/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="MGM+" tvc-guide-stationid="1401", MGM+ Drive-in
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/f0111af39c5d4ff1b3ca6c57a27efcb5/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="TNT" tvc-guide-stationid="98", TNT
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/d74f03db90624c769e0c6d4c9745660d/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="TBS" tvc-guide-stationid="93", TBS
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/f2763f605b2d4282a16d21f539512f76/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="TRUTV" tvc-guide-stationid="1402", truTV
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/68fb55b6e7e84cccaa24f4ef48006dde/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="CC" tvc-guide-stationid="26", Comedy Central
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/7a0ff80be0c14f4da6b6cc510b9be57b/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="BET" tvc-guide-stationid="18", BET
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/6197aeac25ae4d0f92b06b411fc021a6/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="HISTORY" tvc-guide-stationid="59", HISTORY
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/a0b2c49be7814fa4bf1e381b7f12ce55/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="VICE" tvc-guide-stationid="52", VICE
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/7c17236f677446ec967b12002e713939/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="IFC" tvc-guide-stationid="63", IFC
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/0d9871a58b0e452eab0faf29ef28bc99/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="SUNDANCETV" tvc-guide-stationid="90",SUNDANCETV
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/59becba981be4d59b30e99129854a9d6/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="AXSHD" tvc-guide-stationid="1406", AXSHD
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/fa61fd21b701452c92fd37a70770f460/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="FUSE" tvc-guide-stationid="1406", FUSE
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/fba55399460f4a7b8d3d436793dc0f90/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="HGTV" tvc-guide-stationid="58", HGTV
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/c763c4c3001f4a04970bca35000c0ded/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="TLC" tvc-guide-stationid="95", TLC
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/793b8cc7bdca43d9acb91432e1ccd24d/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="TRVL" tvc-guide-stationid="100", TRAV
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/48fed0bf95ed4756ad5515e5c59bb64b/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="DSCHD" tvc-guide-stationid="1407", Discovery
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/73653704f85b4bde9855ef29a6d3196e/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="ID" tvc-guide-stationid="62", ID
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/23d8c4d8b9cc4ed19771ab26f45e9867/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="CARTOON" tvc-guide-stationid="99", CARTOON
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/ab508c097c5b41cbb0626dcc3fc9470a/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="NICKJR" tvc-guide-stationid="75", NICKJR
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/4b83fba5aba1401d9bb00f1bf9a357b4/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="CNN" tvc-guide-stationid="25", CNN
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/eb6c608319dc4328a9aa5bea1307cbaf/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="HLN" tvc-guide-stationid="60", HLN
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/06a8cbeef6ab42f387044dfc07981901/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="LOCNOW" tvc-guide-stationid="1410", LOCALNOW
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/37fd997d86ff4fdd869184648f7780c7/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="HRICNST" tvc-guide-stationid="1411", HEROES & ICONS
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/b4e7d03ea22449b093c2bbcc19eac602/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="TCM" tvc-guide-stationid="94", TCM
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/19b8b7733b4943e79ac9d3bc6a7e6427/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="GRIT" tvc-guide-stationid="1413", GRIT
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/66197bd122d34cfdba2dd378fc28878f/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="STRTD" tvc-guide-stationid="1414", STARTTV
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/cf7667c836554daa85f8f1dc7e5b3f3d/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="BOUNCE" tvc-guide-stationid="1415", BOUNCE
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/67ac19a1411547158814d23021c3ad4d/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="REELZ" tvc-guide-stationid="911", REELZ
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/4d9b4b3bc05b430e84803d9e6f149fb3/watch

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="HDNETMV" tvc-guide-stationid="33668", HDNET
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/95264f7fc1ce4982b3d95d501f83fb24/watch

[bnhf]

@laughsbrightly

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="HDNETMV" tvc-guide-stationid="33668", HDNET
chrome://localhost:5589/stream?url=https://watch.sling.com/1/channel/95264f7fc1ce4982b3d95d501f83fb24/watch

Probably won't make a difference, but there shouldn't be a space after the comma and before the channel name. You have some with and some without. Fix that, and reload the M3U to be sure.

EDIT: Also many, if not most, of your Gracenote Station IDs look wrong.

[Ahwman]

Has anyone figured out how to authenticate YTTV with Chrome Capture? It used to work but now I can’t get past the unsupported browser error.

[laughsbrightly]

Most of my channel IDs are just ones I made up before I learned how to look them up. I then mapped them in Channels.
Spacing didn't seem to be the issue.
What resolved the issue was setting the recordings to start at least 30 seconds early. Anything sooner fails. Might just be a Sling thing.

[Morris_Altman]

Has anyone figured out how to set up for use with MyFIOS web TV player?

[GTFan]

@MBDVRHD

Was there ever a fix for this? I am having the same issue. It records for a while via chrome capture, the video frame freezes, audio continues, and eventually it fixes itself.

Yep I've been seeing this too, a chrome video will play fine for a while and then freeze while audio still plays, you can skip forward and it'll eventually recover.