Experimental: Stream Links from the Guide via Custom Channels

Channels DVR Server
#438

In the latest version of Playlist Manager for Channels (a Streaming Library Manager extension), there is now support for "Stream Link Stations" under Streaming Stations. Check out the details here:

This, combined with the new function to automatically create the Custom Channel in Channels DVR with a single button click can help make managing these and other stations and streaming playlists much easier. You'll still need to know and get the links like nbctve://live/usa yourself, but that is all you'll need to have and know in order to implement this feature.

Enjoy!

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Request: Guide Streamlinks via Source Streaming Services Selection
#439

Did anyone ever work out how to use the streamlines for UK apps? Specifically NOWTV, ITV FAST channels - they can be opened from TVOS using tvlauncher app so I am guessing there is a way of creating a link? Any super tech people out there that can point me in the right direction please?

#440

See:

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#441

Thank you!!!!!

#442

It seems that Now TV in the UK has just updated to merge with Peacock. I’m trying to find deeplinks for Android TV (Nvidia Shield) to launch live channels from within the Now TV app. The AndroidManifest.xml from the latest Now TV APK seems to confirm that Now TV is now Peacock under the hood.

Main Launch activity:

<activity android:name="com.peacock.peacocktv.GoogleMainActivity" android:launchMode="singleTask" android:exported="true">

Deeplink support:

<intent-filter android:autoVerify="true">
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/>
    <data android:host="tv.client.ott.sky.com" android:scheme="https"/>
</intent-filter>

tv.client.ott.sky.com is still the host, but the deeplink pattern being:

<data android:host="@string/deeplink_hostname" android:pathPattern="/deeplink" android:scheme="https"/>

suggests that the deeplinks will go like this:

https://tv.client.ott.sky.com/deeplink

This lead me to the Peacock stream link questions and resolution here:

I’m not quite sure where to go from here, but if I change:

https://www.peacocktv.com/deeplink?deeplinkData={"pvid":"04569a08-33e0-3835-9a21-76af2e31fa69","type":"PROGRAMME","action":"PLAY"}

To:

https://tv.client.ott.sky.com/deeplink?deeplinkData={"pvid":"04569a08-33e0-3835-9a21-76af2e31fa69","type":"PROGRAMME","action":"PLAY"}

I can get the Now TV app to open and a message pops up saying “Content is not available”. I assume that it’s because I’m trying to play a US-based show on Peacock from whatever that ‘pvid’ value is.

I’m wondering if there is anything that can be done to that link to tweak it to play a live channel stream in Now TV. Does the Peacock service in the US have live channels, and can they be streamed via deeplinks? If so, does anyone know of any variations in the link above, or any others that launch live TV streams via Peacock that I might be able to test to get a live channel stream on Now TV in the UK?

#443

See:

#444

Amazing! Thank you - that nailed it.

For Now TV users on Nvidia Shield in the UK, I can confirm this works to launch directly into a live channel:

https://tv.client.ott.sky.com/deeplink?deeplinkData={"serviceKey”:"xxxx","type":"LINEAR_CHANNEL","action":"PLAY"}

Thanks @tmm1 and @miles for this

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#445

Anyone know the Deep Link for the MGM+ app?

#446

Similar does anyone know the url to launch the MAX app. wbdstreaming:// does not work as indicated in Stream Link URLs

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#447

figured out that max does not need a url link to launch the app prior, the deep link itself is sufficient: https://play.max.com/channel/watch/......

#448

Is this still working?

#449

hey @tmm1 ....
probably niche request, but thought i'd at least ask.. I was able to grab some services (espn/appletv MLS in particular) guide data and corresponding deeplink urls. I then generate a m3u and xml that fills out a guide. the snafu is the url obviously changes everytime a new event is live. is there any remote possibility of a custom tag in the xml that when that particular event is called for, cdvr would call the streamlink url in the xml as opposed to the one in the m3u?

i currently make a new channel for every event but this would look a little prettier.

example: channel espn1 m3u defaults to sportscenter://mainpage , and the event live now is sportscenter://xyz123 and live later is sportscenter://xyz555..

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#450

should I substitute MSNow for MSNBC?

#451

The url thats being used is old now
This is the new url to get MSNOW

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#456

Has anybody figured out the streamlinks for the 4K channels on Sling TV? I'm trying to look in the android logs and I can't find any channel ids

#457

I know this is an older thread. But dropping this here in case it might help someone else.

I was able to get this sort of working by using the NBCSports app on my AppleTV. It doesn't launch the program. But it drops me in the channel guide at the correct place so all I need to do it click the remote control to start the program. If anyone can tweak this to make it launch the program, please advise. This is what I did:

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="nbcsn-philly” tvg-chno="6061" tvc-guide-stationid="96232",NBCSN PHILADELPHIA
nbcsportstve://live/rsn-philadelphia
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#458

You may have more luck with

nbctve://live/rsn-philadelphia
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#459

thanks, I tried that. But the nbc app seems really buggy and never gave me good results. Ideally, I could just launch the channel in my Hulu Live app. But I haven't been able to get that working either.

#460

I wonder if it's just that particular RSN, because I use deeplinks with the NBC app all the time and it always works. Android TV onn box sending to an HDMI encoder.

Well, until I have to reauthenticate every few months that is. But I have a daily news recording set to check that.

#461

Anyone know the Deep Link for the DAZN app? I'd like to add this to my guide for MSG and YES

dazn:// does not work