Chrome Capture for Channels

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#1882

I had a 7500 i5 desktop and it stuttered. The i7 and 1660 w as able to handle it

#1883

If you use the new code nbc should be ok (it taps a key periodically)

#1884

when I try to press play to watch a particular channel it says there is a loading error and to try to reload the page, its the same whether I use Hulu or Sling, can anyone help me I would appreciate it thanks in advance!

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#1885

when i try to play something on cc4c it says that my browser is an old version of chrome I am using ubuntu, does anyone know how i can update it or of any other fix/ Thank you!

#1886

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#1887

I downloaded it but it provided no working information? My problem is that when I try to load the channel it tells me to update chrome but I dont know how?

#1888

How did you install Chrome Capture for Channels?

#1889

through docker

#1890

Given the CPU/GPU processing power required for success with Chrome Capture for Channels, very few people have been successful using it in Docker. This lack of success using it, has lead to little interest in keeping the container up-to-date.

I've tried a few times, when people have been interested in using the Docker version, but all have moved-on to other approaches before we've been able to get to anything satisfactory.

You might find success using the Windows or Mac (non-Docker) versions of it, as some have...

#1891

i was able to install it off of docker but still wont play

#1892

it something to do with the browser

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#1893

I think you might be the only one trying to use Chrome Capture in docker ... AS @bnhf said it appears to be no longer updated in docker.

#1894

It's no problem to install the Docker version.The problem is, for most, it doesn't work well. Stuttering, audio/video sync issues are typical.

The version of Chrome in the container is out-of-date and there's no practical way for a user to update it. Even, if you could update it, I think you'd find it wouldn't work well.

If you want to go this route, rather than ADBTuner or ah4c, go with the one of the versions that install directly on MacOS or Windows.

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#1895

Yep, that's exactly what happens for me with CC4C with the freezing on NBC. That's why I'm looking at other options like ADBTuner.

As far as a HDMI encoder - do you have any recommendations of what to buy? I don't need anything crazy, as I'd only be using it for this purpose.

#1896

Are you saying that this new key tapping code fixes the video freezing?

#1897

Apologies if I'm missing something obvious, but is there a way to run this code on a Mac, too? Or is this only for Windows? Thanks!

Edit: I followed the node installation instructions for macOS, tested, and that worked fine. Then I downloaded @doug8796's scripts, put the ncc-7-0.js in the same directory, and replaced main.js in my LauchAgent with ncc-7-0.js and got this in the log

[2025/01/27 12:01:17.363] Chrome Capture server listening on port 5589

So far, so good!

Then I tried to watch something and, unfortunately, got this in the log:

[2025/01/27 12:02:22.757] TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'match')
    at /Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/ncc-7-0.js:248:33
    at newFn (/Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express-async-errors/index.js:16:20)
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
    at next (/Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:144:13)
    at Route.dispatch (/Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:114:3)
    at newFn (/Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express-async-errors/index.js:16:20)
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
    at /Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:284:15
    at param (/Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:365:14)
    at param (/Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:376:14)```

Not sure what that means and haven't been able to dig in and find out, but hopefully it's helpful to someone down the line. :)
#1898

I would recommend the TBS2603se if you can get it cheap on eBay, otherwise a Uraycoder. Both of these have been rock solid for me and I got them cheap there.

Others here use the LinkPi ENC1V3 but it had unresolvable black level issues for me. It has a great UI and is well worth a try, just make sure you can return it if you have the same issue.

Avoid the Exvist and iSeevys, both had A/V sync issues.

#1899

Just a note that there is a missing character in step 10. Doug's file is (now?) named ncc-7-0.js and not ncc7-0.js.

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#1900

Thank you for catching that and letting us know. I'll edit my post to fix it!

#1901

Yes it does