Free streaming channel providers

[neild7744]

Hello!

As autumn is approaching in the UK im looking to bulk up my Channels DVR sources, and looking to see what free online streaming channel providers I can add, in addition to UK terrestrial and Satellite TV. Currently I have Pluto added, and works well.

I must also add, im not looking for anything which isn't legit. Just curious as to whether there are other services similar to Pluto TV available in the UK without subscription that I can add to my Channels DVR server.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

[mjitkop]

Yes, there is also Samsung TV Plus in different languages. There is one in the UK.

Same thing with Plex Live TV too.

You should be able to find this in the forums here.

[babsonnexus]

Also see:

Channels — Community

And then:

[RELEASE] Playlist Manager for Channels [Streaming Library Manager Extension]

There are a lot of fantastic methods for integrating custom stations into Channels DVR, especially from FAST and similar providers like Pluto, Plex, Tubi, Samsung TV+, ESPN+, NFL+, and plenty more! The problem is, they require a fair bit of maintenance. For instance, there are whole threads and tools dedicated just to keeping track of which stations have been added and removed. And that doesn't even get into the redundancy of when each of these services have the same stations, but you have to de…

[neild7744]

Thank you for the info.

I'm not to familiar with "Docker". Ive just installed "Container Manager" on my Synology NAS (as this runs Channels DVR server) and managed to setup Samsung TV Plus (for which I used a YML create file?). Everything is working well in Channels DVR for Samsung TV Plus. Can anyone help me with how to use Synology / Container Manager to "pull the image from GitHub"? for other services? Thanks.

[babsonnexus]

@neild7744

I'm not to familiar with "Docker".

There are many resources all over this board and elsewhere. For example:

Server Configuration for Onn Streamer

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Requesting native Windows installations for projects and add-ons

I already do, but that doesn't stop the same complaints from other OS users. Still, to answer this more in depth: Explanation for why compiling for a specific OS is difficult (read first three) And this is assuming the code was written in a universal language like Python and has a web front end, both of which might not be true. If you want a desktop application or use a different coding language, then none of this may apply and you might be writing for every OS individually. This is an in…

Instead of trying to do a workaround way that is far more complicated, you can install a simple off-the-shelf tool that will do everything you need.