ESPN+ & FOX Sports with Custom Channels via EPlusTV

Playground Custom Channels
#78

I'm having some trouble getting ePlusTV to work with my MacMini Intel running MacOS 10.15.7. I'm using Docker version 4.5.

I've used some of the suggestions listed above, and I think I'm getting close. when I go to the server- localhost:8000, I get the error "404 not found".

This is the string I've used with the lastest attempt at installing ePlusTv:

docker run -p 8000:8000 -v :/app/config -v :/app/tmp -e ACCESS_URI='http://192.168.0.10:8000' -e ESPN_USER=“My_User_Name” -e ESPN_PASS=“My_Password” m0ngr31/eplustv

Please let me know if anyone has any suggestions. Thanks!

#79

This is a smart quote and won't work correctly.

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#80

So change it to this?:

docker run -p 8000:8000 -v :/app/config -v :/app/tmp -e ACCESS_URI='http://192.168.0.10:8000' -e ESPN_USER='My_User_Name' -e ESPN_PASS='My_Password' m0ngr31/eplustv

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#81

Why do I keep seeing some of you using anonymous volumes for /app/config? The whole point of mapping a host directory to /app/config via -v is to make sure the data in /app/config isn’t lost. Using an anonymous volume that way as long as you start and stop the same container instance it will persist but if you ever remove it and recreate a new container the data in the anonymous volume is not going to transfer. Not sure why you aren’t just passing in a known fixed directory on the docker host.

Also for the 10th time a persistent volume for /app/tmp is not necessary.

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#82

anyone get this working? it wont auto populate for me. thanks.

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#83

The channels won’t show there. They’re pulled in while you’re using the app based on what’s currently airing.

You can learn more here:

#84

Also, the esplus channels probably don’t have the Live tag added. You’ll want to take that off.

#85

i understand that they wont show there...... but its not pulling live espn+ content into the collection on the clients like you state. i was just showing how i have it setup.

took the live tag off and its still not pulling live events. what can i do to make the live events show in the colection?

thanks

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#86

They won’t have the new tag either.

#87

I have an intel Mac. Docker image running fine.

#88

Huh? Ok, I’ll try to reframe my question.

How do I pull in live events only into the collection like you state in your op?

I want this :point_up_2:but it’s not working.

If there is no live tag, no new tag, how did you get the above to work. Please show us how you setup the collection.

Thanks.

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#89

Yeah you won’t be able to. You’d need to just use Sports.

#90

Ok thanks. You should then delete number 1 in the op.

#91

Thanks for all the great advice in this thread. Docker newbie here, but I have it running on the same Windows machine as the Channels server, and working well. Does anyone know how often eplustv updates the channel/guide database? Didn't see any reference to it? Daily?

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#92

The option is perfectly valid. You just can’t use tags that esplus doesn’t include. I never mentioned those tags.

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#93

I am following this thread with much interest. I hope when a final solution is found, the admin will post the final syntax

I am brand new to Docker. In Synology DMS. I installed the Synology docker package, and the fancy beats Channels Containers. Can someone please instruct me how to proceed from here?

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#94

There is no final syntax - how you choose to run a docker container and the variables you set are entirely dependent on your own setup. The admins were nice enough to let people know how to use the collections feature to improve the experience of using eplus - a rudimentary project some nice person did for themselves and decided to share with the world. That was the subject of this thread.

This is a great community and we all try to help one another out but this thread should not be the place to learn what docker is, what containers are, troubleshoot host incompatibilities, etc. and there definitely should not be any expectations that the channels developers themselves help people troubleshoot someone else’s application. They have enough on their plate turning around fixes for us in hours when it comes to supporting their own code.

Big thank you to channels team for everything you do and for taking the time to use eplus as an example use case of how to take advantage of collections.

I’m sure we will all keep trying to help people out but let’s leave the channels devs out of the docker and eplus support business.

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#95

Is there a way we can get Stream Link support for guide entries? It would be much simpler to open these directly in the ESPN app rather than run yet another ffmpeg in a docker container.

The links on Schedule | Watch ESPN can be converted to Stream Links by taking the uuid in them and appending it to sportscenter://x-callback-url/showWatchStream?playID=

Example:
http://www.espn.com/espnplus/player/_/id/45f1f620-c191-4f7b-8dc1-b24c5b10edf9 becomes sportscenter://x-callback-url/showWatchStream?playID=45f1f620-c191-4f7b-8dc1-b24c5b10edf9

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#96

Can “volleyball” and be added to the list of genres within Automatic Channels. (My fiancé loves volleyball).

#97

Volleyball has been promoted to Popular sports so it's an option now.

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