Experimental: Stream Links from the Guide via Custom Channels

Gee I wonder if it’s possible to utilize SiriusXM to stream audio channels and have them listed as a stream link ???
Just wondering ….

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I am getting almost everything to work in channels. I can see the channels loaded in the guide and NBC app is on the iPad and working also with TVE setup as YTTV. When I click on any NBCU program and “watch button” it does not show me “now it’s opening NBC app” and I get an immediate 503 error. I copied and pasted your channels above. The NBC app works fine on its own and I can play all with my youtubetv TVE credentials. Also, if I just open the link the NBC app opens fine and plays that channel.

I think I've figured it out. If you click on a network on the site, in the url you'll see something like /network/msnbc-[long-string-of-characters]. In the m3u, you can do hulu://watch/[long-string-of-characters] and it'll launch Hulu directly into the live stream of that channel. Here's my Hulu m3u. It seems to work fine on both iOS and tvOS. The id for your local NBC may be different than mine. I don't have a way to test that.

[edit] Fixed some ids.

#EXTM3U

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="nbc" tvg-chno="6000" tvc-guide-stationid="10991",NBC
hulu://watch/9dfe1d98-e382-4c1c-be95-d7da44439302

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="msnbc" tvg-chno="6050" tvc-guide-stationid="64241",MSNBC
hulu://watch/529a7abd-7113-4b74-bed0-3f4f0129d77c

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="nbc-news" tvc-guide-stationid="114174",NBC News Now
hulu://watch/c81b681d-73ef-43b7-8315-4fe724fd87cc

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="cnbc" tvg-chno="6051" tvc-guide-stationid="58780",CNBC
hulu://watch/cdf4c4c7-58ac-4fb4-9d48-cc645bdd089c

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="usa" tvg-chno="6052" tvc-guide-stationid="58452",USA
hulu://watch/b933575c-d50d-471b-bbab-7d1dea5cb1aa

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="syfy" tvg-chno="6054" tvc-guide-stationid="58623",SyFy
hulu://watch/166a75d6-f8a4-4f42-a6ca-a5f25fe6991c

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="e!" tvg-chno="6056" tvc-guide-stationid="61812",E!
hulu://watch/81513519-2d34-4413-ba8e-e77f3d97d87e

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="bravo" tvg-chno="6058" tvc-guide-stationid="58625",Bravo
hulu://watch/414af5d5-8037-48f2-9aec-7fcbb012859b

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="oxygen" tvg-chno="6060" tvc-guide-stationid="70522",Oxygen
hulu://watch/6e2a0960-aedf-4aaa-9e19-865ef1b6bd66

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="golf" tvg-chno="6159" tvc-guide-stationid="61854",Golf
hulu://watch/efa36fda-b813-49e6-8600-65e19d1f6be8

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="nfl" channel-number="6192" tvc-guide-stationid="45399",NFL
hulu://watch/60dadc6a-afac-4dd1-8924-804aa39a9907

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it is possible to utilize this YouTube link and strmlnk? even if it opens YouTube app?

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also what about Mjpg format? with strmLnk option? this would be weather stem app but I can see this on safari and it uses a token

https://livestream.weatherstem.com/0ddb0a71b570ba4679afd61e8e4b50af.mjpg?token=cfa39dcb7ce26957b80c1b0d66661f40

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Yeah I was able to get that far. My issue though is if you let some time pass. It would then open up the show where I added those long characters instead of the channel. So it always went back to the episode instead of just the channel. Worked fine while that show was still playing.

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Yes, this one is easy with The Kister Method, no external app launching required.

Here's the URL you'd use for a Custom Channel: https://kister.net/mpl/yt2m3u8?v=t0GrpAgdBFI

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Would any one have a stream link for Universo?

Guh! Yeah, that's what it's doing for me now too. :confused:

[edit] Sometimes it seems to work and sometimes not. A couple of the station ids seem to have changed since yesterday but most haven't. So :man_shrugging:t2: I'll keep messing with it for a bit.

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So got everything up and running but is this supposed to show you your local NBC station? The guide doesn't match the guide within the NBC app. My local is KIEM (Eureka, CA)

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Does anyone know where I can get stationid numbers?  I am looking for Ch 11 NBC in Atlanta.   This link below is for the free NBC:
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="nbc" tvg-chno="6000" tvc-guide-stationid="10991",NBC
nbctve://live/nbc
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If this is WXIA the station ID is: 11993

http://x.x.x.x:8089/tms/stations/wxia

Thanks Mike! I got it....

So the links will open an app on the client side, correct? I'm running channelsdvr on a windows machine, but I use mostly fireTV sticks around the house. In order for this to work, you would have to install the corresponding apps so that the link will open the apps to the live channels, correct? Will this work on the fireTV sticks?

That's the idea, yeah. But in my case I only tested on AppleTV's. Others here will be able to confirm what works and how on FireTV. This is all new and so folks are experimenting and sharing notes. Here's a list that may help get you started:

Same as inspect. I do not see the response part when I apply filter /channels

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Has anyone figured out how to launch the YoutubeTV app on Android TV/Google TV and switch to the channel selected? I tried the links which do open the YouTube TV app but do not switch to the selected channel. Tried both vnd.youtube.launch:// and youtubetv:// but both result in just a black screen. Wish I could see how Google TV launches channels from their Live TV tab.

Has anyone figured out a way to link both east and west coast feeds? I am able to view both in the NBC app.

How do you find the station ID?

In your browser or rest client, enter the URL with the name of the station you are looking for. For example, to find the Station ID for CNN, use:

http://x.x.x.x:8089/tms/stations/cnn

This will list all of the CNN stations, from there, find the one you need. If you use your browser, it's channeling to read the response Channels DVR returns. There are browser plugins that can help.

I'm specifically looking for my local NBC station KIEM in Eureka, CA

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