Frndly TV for Channels

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#133

ok, you should now be able to get a basic EPG (just title of program) for the channels that don't get it from Gracenote.

You need to do

  1. Update to latest container
  2. Change your current playlist url to: http://..../playlist.m3u?gracenote=include
    (this playlist will now only contain channels that have gracenote ids)
  3. ADD a new playlist
  4. Set its url to http://..../playlist.m3u?gracenote=exclude
    (this playlist will contain only channels that dont have a gracenote id)
  5. Add EPG for this playlist: http://..../epg.xml?gracenote=exclude
    (this epg will only contain epg data for channels that don't have gracenote id)

And that should do it

Hopefully in the future Channels will allow using both Gracenote IDs and an EPG together.
When that happens - the above 2nd playlist wouldn't be needed anymore

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#134

Thank you sir. It works perfectly. Happy Turkey Day. :turkey:

#135

I just set this up today. I am getting an error that shows:
Could not parse playlist http://192.168.1.152:8183/play/history.m3u8: Can't detect playlist type

Would anyone be able to help me? Thanks

#136

I it appears that Frndly has made some changes. Several Channels have the same error. It appears that the links are not m3u8 url's

#137

Yes, for me A&E, History, Lifetime, and FYI are not working.

#138

argh, looks like FrndlyTv is switching some channels over to MPD with DRM which Channels / ffmpeg don't support.

The latest container will now show an error for streams that are not supported.
You could use /playlist.m3u8?exclude=frndly-31,frndly-33 etc to remove them from playlist

i could make a Kodi FrndlyTv add-on that can support Widevine DRM, but that obviously doesn't help the Channels users much

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Hallmark not working in Frndly
#139

I wonder if there is any hope that Frndly won't do this to all the channels they carry. This ChannelsDVR "add-on" to get Frndly is pretty much the only reason why I got Frndly. Glad I didn't go for the annual subscription. Is there any hope of getting around this set back.

#140

In the USA, at least, it is illegal to circumvent DRM.
Since Channels is and wants to remain 100% legal, they will never even remotely consider trying to get around DRM. I support this.

Sadly, once DRM is used by providers, it simply won't work in Channels.

Let's enjoy whatever is left while we can. :laughing:

#141

To clarify I didn't mean to suggest circumventing the DRM. I agree everything should of course be legal. I meant is there a way to legally authenticate the DRM using our proper Frndly credentials like we do with the other channels Frndly offers. Or is this basically a "you use our app or nothing at all" type of thing even though we are paying for access to the stream?

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#142

Authenticating (signing in) is totally different than DRM.
You need a client that supports their DRM method.
It's like the PBS stations that added DRM to their stream. The web player and apps can handle the DRM, but Channels cannot.

#143

Got it. Sorry for the misunderstanding. :blush:

#144

Today I looked at Frndly. I get reconnecting... and Hallmark and all other Frndly channels are not working.

Anything else change or are they all gone now?

#145

All but 4 of them are still working. A&E, History, Lifetime and FYI are not working because those channels are now DRM'd, Channels can't stream DRM'd content.

#146

Sorry. I just updated Docker. Removed and reinstalled FRNDLY TV FOR CHANNELS, and it seems to be working again.

Thanks Matt.

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#147

I can't seem to get this to work this week. I've removed and reinstalled my docker image multiple times. log says that it's invalid PW but I've verified with the website and haven't changed it.
logs....

ErrorWarningSystemArrayLogin


Starting server on port 80
logging in....
xxxxxxxxxx - - [18/Dec/2021 00:31:25] "GET /playlist.m3u8 HTTP/1.1" 500 -
----------------------------------------
Exception happened during processing of request from ('xxxxxxxx', 62890)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/socketserver.py", line 683, in process_request_thread
self.finish_request(request, client_address)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/socketserver.py", line 360, in finish_request
self.RequestHandlerClass(request, client_address, self)
File "./app.py", line 22, in __init__
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/socketserver.py", line 747, in __init__
self.handle()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/http/server.py", line 427, in handle
self.handle_one_request()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/http/server.py", line 415, in handle_one_request
method()
File "./app.py", line 51, in do_GET
self._error(e)
File "./app.py", line 49, in do_GET
routes[func]()
File "./app.py", line 62, in _playlist
channels = frndly.channels()
File "/usr/src/app/frndly.py", line 133, in channels
rows = self._request('https://frndlytv-api.revlet.net/service/api/v1/tvguide/channels?skip_tabs=0')['data']
File "/usr/src/app/frndly.py", line 106, in _request
self.login()
File "/usr/src/app/frndly.py", line 176, in login
raise Exception('Failed to login: {}'.format(data['error']['message']))

Exception: Failed to login: Invalid password.
#148

Has it worked previously with this same password? If not I wonder if there’s a special character in the password that the code isn’t translating properly.

#149

yes, changed my password to remove special characters and that worked....thanks

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#150

pretty sure special characters should work fine as long as you have the password within quotes "[password]"

#151

Just gave this a go. Great work. Seem to have all channels except Local Now. Tried different IP but still no luck.

#152

I am trying to set this up using the python method. I'm very much a novice at this. I copied the python script into notepad as frndlytv.py and run it on my pc but get the following error:

C:\Users\debtv\PythonPrograms>python frndlytv.py
File "C:\Users\debtv\PythonPrograms\frndlytv.py", line 1
git clone https://github.com/matthuisman/frndlytv-for-channels
^^^^^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Have I missed something? Or am I really missing the boat here on how to get this up and running?
Thanks for any help!

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