Frndly TV for Channels

[David_Darling]

I am Docker stupid. About 2 years ago I was able to get the Pluto Docker working on my Synology NAS. I think that was pure luck. After installing this image, I made the port changes to the container. When I enter my IP address with the :8183 extension I can see"Channels Source 1" and "Channels Source 2". When I click on one of those addresses, it asks for my username and password.

Where do I enter the command in Docker in Synology NAS? In the Container I have entered in terminal and it doesn't seem to do anything, and in the Image I have entered in the Environment section and I get a command error.

Sorry for the stupid questions. Appreciate the help!

[jxxaxxy]

Stop your container and click on edit Click on Advance Settings at the bottom.

Click add and add both. Ignore everything above as this isn't the docker container. I am just using this as an example. Both probably need to be in caps.
USERNAME and PASSWORD

Hope this helps you out.

[David_Darling]

Thanks very much!

[driver7]

Nice piece of software, got it working on TrueNAS w/o docker. Thanks!

[tluxon]

I began recording Covert Affairs on Start TV via Frndly.TV and am getting no episode specific data. All the other programs on Start TV seem to have episode specific data.

I logged into the Fndly.TV site and it showed that the episode broadcast at 11:00 AM (my time) was Season 5, Episode 5.

Is there a way to correct the guide for a single show?

Will Channels record the remaining episodes if they have no differentiating guide data?

[chDVRuser]

I get Start TV from Frndly TV and as a local subchannel through cable.
The episodes for that show don't have a Season, Episode or Episode Title on my Cable listing.
i.e. Gracenote isn't providing it.
Wonder where Frndly TV website gets their guide data from.

[tluxon]

Xfinity cable on our TiVo has the proper information. Could it be Rovi?

[chDVRuser]

Or Xperi or whatever they're called now.
I can see it on my TiVo also. Matches what TV Guide dot com shows.

All you can really do is complain to zap2it.com if you see it listed there (since you get it through Xfinity cable, like I do). There is no way for us mere mortals to complain to Gracenote, so have to go through zap2it or Silicon Dust (if missing on their app).

[tluxon]

I just checked my HDHomeRun App, which I pay the $35 a year for though I don't really use it. I see that it doesn't have the episode data for that show either, but since there are only 10 episodes left and all the other shows on Start TV seem to have proper episode data, I may just make edits manually so they can focus on more important things.

[chDVRuser]

@tluxon

Will Channels record the remaining episodes if they have no differentiating guide data?

No. You have to select record for each individual airing.

[mjitkop]

Currently missing guide data for the new channel "Cowboy Way". I see that I can add it manually when editing the lineup but I'd rather wait until it gets added in the playlist.

Is it something that @matthuisman needs to add manually?

[chDVRuser]

Mine is showing like it's one of the no epg channels, like Curiosity and Dove.

If you can find a Gracenote station ID for it, you'll get better guide data.

[chDVRuser]

You can try overriding the guide mapping to use stationId 127279
If that's accurate, let @matthuisman know to map it to that one.

{
  "type": "Streaming",
  "name": "Cowboy Way",
  "callSign": "COWBOYW",
  "stationId": "127279",
  "bcastLangs": [
    "en"
  ],
  "preferredImage": {
    "uri": "https://tmsimg.fancybits.co/assets/s127279_ll_h15_aa.png?w=360&h=270",
    "height": "270",
    "width": "360",
    "primary": "true",
    "category": "Logo",
    "text": "",
    "tier": ""
  },
  "videoQuality": {
    "signalType": "Digital",
    "videoType": "HDTV",
    "truResolution": "HD 720p"
  }
}

To search for other possible stationId's for that channel

M3U files - Supported Metadata & EPG Tags

Here's what I do. Bookmark this link http://127.0.0.1:8089/tms/stations/STATIONNAME in your browser after changing 127.0.0.1:8089 to the IP address and port of your Channels DVR Server. When you want to find a stationId, just change STATIONNAME in the url to what you want to search for, like this http://127.0.0.1:8089/tms/stations/news 12 [Capture] If you know the call sign of the station, search for that instead, like this 127.0.0.1:8089/tms/stations/N12NJHD [Capture]

[rpaulmerrell]

hi there,
The channels isn't really new
it is available on samsung tv.
I have a bunch of cockers running here so i pick the best option.
Just like there are 2 versions of circle.
The one sent to all the free tvs etc and the one for broadcast sent to Friendly tv.
good stuff.

[chDVRuser]

I checked a few listings using stationId 127279
Appears to be correct, but 5 hrs ahead of what is shown on the frndlyTV website schedule.
I didn't verify what was actually playing there though.

Or it's 3 hrs behind. Hard to tell as things seem to repeat.

[mjitkop]

Thanks. The weekend got busy for me so I didn't get a chance to check this.
I'll take a look during the week.

[chDVRuser]

I compared the listings using stationId 127279 vs guide data we're getting using curl and jq,
stationId 127279 is correct, but is 5 hrs ahead of both the guide data we are getting and the frndlyTV website schedule. I did verify what was actually playing.

So don't think it will help unless Channels DVR can apply an offset to it, or we can convince Gracenote to create a new stationId. Reminds me of Fox Weather.

[mjitkop]

Indeed, I see the 5 hours offset in the guide.

I tried to change the mapping manually with 2 other EPG sources but they didn't match at all, not even if you applied an offset.

The closest one is stationId 127279 as you found out, @chDVRuser.

[chDVRuser]

Only way to use it is pad every recording to start and end 5 hours early.

[mjitkop]

@rpaulmerrell

it is available on samsung tv.

Thanks for the info, @rpaulmerrell.
I do have Samsung TV+ in Channels.