Frndly TV Channels Won't Show What's Playing in On Now

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#1

I've had FrndlyTV installed on Channels (Android TV) for quite a while now. Until recently with the Matt Huisman docker image, but a month or so ago, I switched to FastChannels. Once I did that, in the On Now area for Frndly TV channels only (all other sources work), instead of showing what show is playing, I only get the channel logo.

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I assumed this was a FastChannels problem, so after trying different things did not resolve it, I reverted back to the Matt Huisman docker implementation. However, I still have the same problem even with that version. No matter what I do, the show that's playing on the channel will not show up in place of the logo in the On Now sections. I have a dedicated Channel Collection for Frndly TV and also I have some of them added into my favorites tab, they show in neither.

Interestingly, the guide information exists for the shows when I tune them in.

Has something changed on the Frndly TV side that's causing this? Or is there some sort of bug in Android Channels?

FastChannels - FAST Channels aggregator/manager
#2

What version of the CDVR Android Client are you seeing this problem on? Stable(v4.9.4)? Beta?

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#3

I'm seeing it on both.

#4

Interesting... So, maybe not an issue with the client software. Perhaps it coincides with a recent server update?

#5

Go to one of the airings playing now in the DVR web UI guide.
Right click the image and Open image in new tab

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See what the url for the image is
http://192.168.1.4:8489/tmsimg/assets/p183897_b_h9_ak.jpg?w=360&h=270

It should be your DVR's IP_address:port that the client can access

#6

Interesting, for the Frndly TV channels, there is no image there. For non-Frndly channels, there is an image.

I'm poking around the html source to see what I can see, but easier said than done so far.

#7

The div class for the image itself is not showing for FrndlyTV, so must be something in the configuration.

Non-Frndly TV Channel:

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Frndly TV Channel:

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#8

I've solved it (at least partially). Since this originated with my adding of FastChannels, it figured that had to be the cause of the issue so I removed all FastChannels source except the FastChannels Frndly source.

Then I did deleted/recreated DB and redownloaded entire guide. The Huisman Frndly channels then started working and showing . The FastChannels Frndly still not working.

I'll explore more, but seems FastChannels introduced an issue here.

#9

Worked with KineticMan and got this resolved in FastChannels.

Not sure what ultimately was the problem, but I changed my FrndlyTV password and it enforced a capital and special character requirement in the password. After that it worked, but I also did multiple other things.