BETA: Custom Channels via M3U Playlists

Playground Custom Channels
#406

as promised: here's my writeup on remapping channel numbers...disclaimer: this process is pretty long and not necessarily easy to do. it's easy for me, but i'm a programmer by day and used to dealing with this kind of stuff.

please let me know if you run into any issues and i'll do my best to help figure them out. the code is up on github, feel free to fork it and make changes / put up pull requests with any improvements.

i created a thread in the playground to keep track of any issues with this too, seemed like a better idea that intertwining it with this discussion...

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#407

I tried to download EPG guide for Stirr. I picked X-M3U option because link to the EPG is inlcuded in M3U file. However it looks like other EPG for Directv taking precedence and I cannot map the channels because they are not listed in EPG while I know they are.

#408

Great, I was thinking about the same, it's good someone other is skilled with PHP and have enough time.

#409

Hmmm. My Pluto EPG from the docker had been working perfectly for a few days, but today I can't get it to load at all. I can see it when I type in 192.168.1.XXX:8080/epg.xml, and the docker log shows that the EPG was created, but nothing showing up on Channels. I have also re-entered it on my Pluto Source and refreshed. Any ideas? Thanks!

#410

Weird. I just re-entered it again and working.

#411

Yes, it should work.

See Sat>IP support

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#412

Ah great. Thank you. I found the Astra 28.2 list here which has the main English channels:
https://www.satip.info/Playlists/ASTRA_28_2E.m3u

However it's a couple years out of date. Will there be an option to manually map channels? Satellite systems are constantly changing their line-ups with channels added and removed frequently.

Thank you again for all your great work.

#413

I can an error: Process exited with Code 126.

#414

The amount of pure awesomeness found in this thread is worth 100x the price of admission. I just want to send a bunch of thanks to everyone who has contributed their expertise thus far, including but not limited to @crackers8199, @tmm1, @Maddox, @beyo77, and others.

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#416

So it seems I can’t use extrem editor to pull in the EPG data??

Anyone know why? It pulls in the right channels however.

#417

Thank you. I followed the directions and now have Pluto TV channels and guide data working.

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#418

To the users trying this with SAT>IP, how long does it take to tune a channel for you?

For me it takes about 9-10 seconds to tune a channel using a Digitbit R1. However through telly it takes about 5-6 seconds.

#419

Are you using http or rtsp in your m3u?

#420

I’m using HTTP

#421

Best to email support with a copy of the m3u and after submitting diagnostics

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#422

Any reason why extreme editor doesn’t work?

#423

A question again.

I run DVR on a Windows 10 machine. I installed decker for windows to do the Pluto implementation. When I try to run the docker command, I get a can't find manifest error. Is there something I need to do? Does it work on WIn 10? Can anyone help?

Thanks

#424

Is there a way to use this method to duplicate or mirror a channel in the guide? Example, I have imported news channels from Pluto and other sources. It would be cool to duplicate or mirror some news sources all the way at the bottom of the guide to say the 200's.

#425

I think you need to switch docker into Linux Containers mode: https://stackoverflow.com/a/57548944/332798

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Pluto TV Docker Help
#426

Yes. See the examples by @crackers8199 and others.

You would create an M3U with custom numbers and use the stream url for the original channel

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