Can I use BBC Four HD iPlayer stream in Channels?

[slampman]

Gotcha. I wouldn't know as I use Linux and portainer for docker.

[Brian_McSweeney]

HI, I'm running the BBC Vlc bridge but also want to run the ITV one at same time in docker, but I get an error message that says...

"/vlc-bridge-uk" is already in use by container "xxxxxxxxxx". You have to remove (or rename) that container to be able to reuse that name."

It's probably an easy solution in docker (OSX) but I'm a docker novice and really struggle with it. Any help would be appreciated.

[slampman]

Toy can use the same container for both itv and bbc. No need to duplicate.

[Brian_McSweeney]

Thanks for you responses but now I'm getting the error message....

"failed: port is already allocated'

How do I change port on itv bridge to something other than 7777

[slampman]

You probably already have vlc bridge running. Check to see if that is the case. It is unlikely that ylu have another container using that same port

[babsonnexus]

@Brian_McSweeney

How do I change port on itv bridge to something other than 7777

Follow these directions for PBS, it is basically the same thing:

PBS Feeds

@miibeez, after consulting with @tmm1 to verify its safety, I went ahead and installed your solution. Have to say, it appears to be working fine after a bit of tweaking, so thanks for that! For transparency and safety reasons, I'd still ask that you make the code public on the Git. For everyone else looking to get their PBS back, here's the command I recommend: docker run -d --restart unless-stopped --name VLC_Bridge_PBS -p [PORT YOU LIKE]:7777 registry.gitlab.com/miibeez/vlc-bridge-pbs:late…

Just put the port you want before :7777.

[Fofer]

@Fofer

Not directly into the channel guide, but BBC iPlayer is supported by PlayOn Cloud, which has integration with Channels DVR:

Channels Support - PlayOn Cloud

I just noticed BBC has been removed from PlayOn Cloud. Did a search and found others discussing the same: Reddit - Dive into anything

One commenter wrote:

"Received a response to my support ticket about the loss of BBC Iplayer
They realize the channel has been lost with the updates to get Peacock to work
They are working to restore BBC Iplayer back into Playon Cloud."

[JonT]

Hi everyone I've got this working, I'm only after the HD versions of the channel 4 and UKTV channels and they are both okay apart from I can't load the guide data for W and E4. When I try and add them I just get a spinning wheel. I am searching all lineups.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[JonT]

I've sorted the problem out. I had to add "channel" in front of W and E4.

[JSVarga]

Long shot. Any instructions or guidance for installing vlc-bridge-uk from @miibeez on Docker running on Synology NAS? I am sort technical, and can follow instructions, but haven't done Docker command line stuff. Can't seem to get the image loaded through the UI on Synology DSM.
This seems an awesome solution, would love to get it working.

[zerodayz]

Sure, I just set this up on Synology. This was using their new Container Manager (replacement for Docker)

Create a new Project, and use the following Docker-Compose file (I prefer docker-compose)

version: "3.8"
services:
  vlc-bridge-uk:
    image: registry.gitlab.com/miibeez/vlc-bridge-uk
    ports:
      - "7777:7777"
    environment:
      - "[email protected]"
      - "ITV_PASS=password"
    container_name: vlc-bridge-uk
    restart: unless-stopped

Add your ITVx username and password in. Save, build and run.

That should be it. You can use the docker compose file in the older Docker Synology app but, don't recall exact steps for doing that. It should be quite straightforward.

This container will start each time you reboot the NAS.

[JSVarga]

Well who knew my NAS didn't tell me there is a whole new DSM version I didn't know about. I am still on 7.1.1-42962 so I need to plan the upgrade to 7.2.1.
Thanks for the help.

[Anvil_DVR]

This apparently no longer works for itv

2023-12-20 10:44:37 2023/12/20 16:44:37 INFO SRV: Redirect url=https://vs-hls-push-uk-live.akamaized.net/x=4/i=urn:bbc:pips:service:bbc_one_hd/iptv_hd_abr_v1.m3u8
2023-12-20 10:45:07 2023/12/20 16:45:07 ERRO SRV: Server error err="response error for https://auth.prd.user.itv.com/auth: unexpected status: 403"

I can watch in the browser no problem.

[Robinlmp]

Did you find an m3u url for film 4?

[Robinlmp]

Thanks everyone for sharing info here. I've got various m3u channels added this way.

Having done this, they are all appearing as 'HD' channels, even ones that are 240p resolution. Is there a tag I need to add to the lower resolution streams to force them to not populate into the HD Channels list?

[miibeez]

make docker fix itv

[slampman]

thanks @miibeez ITV works great now however BBC seems to be broken. I get the error "Detected MPEG-TS instead of HLS playlist" when I try to play any BBC channel. I changed it to MPEG-TS in the stream format in the custom channel. It opened but it pauses every second for about 3 seconds. It used to work really well with the source set to HLS before the update

[miibeez]

new docker bbc hls

itv problem fix copy Update user-agent to firefox 118 · dimkroon/itvx-for-kodi@1403c58 · GitHub

again future use -e ITV_USER_AGENT= -e ITV_USER_TELEMETRY=

[zerodayz]

Are all these BBC and ITV streams 720p resolution? Is there a way that anyone knows to get 1080i/p for FTA channels in the UK? Last time I used the vlc-bridge-uk container they were all 720p, so I stuck with my HDHR. But would rather use IP if possibe. Hope Freely solves some of these issues!

[Anvil_DVR]

@miibeez

make docker fix itv

Nice.
Thank You!