Custom Channels Question

Channels DVR Server
#1

Happy Friday Everyone! I have been playing around with Custom channels. I was able to get Pluto to work and it is amazing to have all of my channels in the channels DVR guide. I love it. I do have a few questions, if someone might be able to help. I would appreciate it.

  1. Frndly - Last weekend I was able to create the Docker Container to get my Frndly stations in Channels along with the guide. Well I guess I forgot that the docker needed to be running and lost Frndly. I restarted Docker and the stations are back but I can't figure out how to get the guide data to appear. What is the trick to that?
  2. TVS - I learned that there are some awesome free streaming channels via a site called watchyour.tv. Is there a known m3u file to use to pull those in and if so, how would we get the guide data?
  3. Classic Reruns TV - Does anyone get this channel and if so is there a known m3u file and guide data?

Thanks to everyone who has helped me recently. I watched lots of youtube videos and read lots of threads on here regarding custom channels. I feel like I have cable again. What I really found interesting is that there is no TVE for GAC Family and GAC Living, but I am able to get those and record them via the FRNDLY docker. So that is pretty awesome. I am doing the same thing with INSP and FETV.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Scott

#2

Just today I posted on the main Frndly topic how to set up the EPG. Hope it helps. Frndly TV for Channels - #408 by Absenm.

#3

You know what is interesting. I went back and looked your documentation and then looked at my setup and I had the EPG blank but said to update once a day. I changed that to every hour and boom I got my information back. Thanks a bunch. I hope someone has some feedback on the TVS channels and Classic Reruns TV.

#4

Yeah just restarting the docker would not get you updated guide data, You also needed to tell Channels to at the very least fetch a guide update, or better yet re-download guide data. In your case by changing something in the source settings it triggered a guide data refresh. Generally speaking a daily guide refresh is all that is necessary for Frndly.

#5

If you don't mind, I have another question. I used the M3u filehttps://iptv-org.github.io/iptv/countries/us.m3u and put it through the m3u4u to parse it down to specific channels that i wanted. Some of them were Classic Reruns TV and the TVS channels that I had never heard of but love their content. It seems that I get guide data on all of my channels except for these...Classic Reruns TV and the TVS stations...Am I doing something wrong? I have tried everything I know.

#6

Are you able to provide a copy of the docker so others who cannot create one can use the one you created ?

#7

This docker?