WOW! He totally guessed your password!
Use both sources, like this
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Thank you so much for the Docker and Channels support.
I am bewildered that when I record Great American Family movies on Frndly with Channels DVR, I have closed captioning, but when I record Hallmark movies, there is no closed captioning. Using the Frndly website or app, Hallmark does have CC, so I do not know what is happening. Any assistance or ideas to try?
This probably comes down to how the CC is encoded in the stream. Channels currently doesn’t support WebVTT subtitles. The best example of this is Pluto. Most Pluto channels have WebVTT and are unsupported, while just a handful are a different type that is handled correctly by Channels. This is likely the difference between the Frndly channels you are discussing. I stopped holding my breath that they will be supported anytime soon.
That definitely is the case.
If you play them in VLC you'll see they use the WebVTT subtitles and VLC can display them.
More of these errors in the FrndlyTV container log yesterday and today
Logs in, then immediately gets 401-Unauthorized access
2023/11/01 15:29:22.832510 [IDX] Pruned 50 expired airings from XMLTV-frndlyTVNoEpg in 32.754078ms.
2023-11-02T16:41:00.510063383Z stdout 401
2023-11-02T16:41:00.511150994Z stdout Unauthorized access
2023-11-02T16:41:00.511448960Z stdout logging in....
2023-11-02T16:41:03.582769121Z stdout Logged in!
2023-11-02T16:41:03.931718748Z stdout 401
2023-11-02T16:41:03.932034522Z stdout Unauthorized access
2023-11-02T16:41:03.932647250Z stderr 172.18.0.1 - - [02/Nov/2023 09:41:03] "GET /playlist.m3u?gracenote=include HTTP/1.1" 500 -
2023-11-02T16:41:03.933256877Z stderr ----------------------------------------
2023-11-02T16:41:03.933550414Z stderr Exception happened during processing of request from ('172.18.0.1', 56780)
2023/11/02 09:41:03.933935 [ERR] Unexpected m3u response for frndlyTV: 500 Internal Server Error
2023-11-02T16:41:03.934026996Z stderr Traceback (most recent call last):
2023-11-02T16:41:03.934378998Z stderr File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/socketserver.py", line 683, in process_request_thread
2023-11-02T16:41:03.934653837Z stderr self.finish_request(request, client_address)
2023-11-02T16:41:03.934834937Z stderr File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/socketserver.py", line 360, in finish_request
2023-11-02T16:41:03.934959754Z stderr self.RequestHandlerClass(request, client_address, self)
2023-11-02T16:41:03.935062029Z stderr File "./app.py", line 25, in __init__
2023-11-02T16:41:03.935166827Z stderr super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
2023-11-02T16:41:03.935265945Z stderr File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/socketserver.py", line 747, in __init__
2023-11-02T16:41:03.935409373Z stderr self.handle()
2023-11-02T16:41:03.935527367Z stderr File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/http/server.py", line 435, in handle
2023-11-02T16:41:03.935639247Z stderr self.handle_one_request()
2023-11-02T16:41:03.935733906Z stderr File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/http/server.py", line 423, in handle_one_request
2023-11-02T16:41:03.935839644Z stderr method()
2023-11-02T16:41:03.935932529Z stderr File "./app.py", line 55, in do_GET
2023-11-02T16:41:03.936049045Z stderr self._error(e)
2023-11-02T16:41:03.936146426Z stderr File "./app.py", line 53, in do_GET
2023-11-02T16:41:03.936245776Z stderr routes[func]()
2023-11-02T16:41:03.936376017Z stderr File "./app.py", line 71, in _playlist
2023-11-02T16:41:03.936498153Z stderr channels = frndly.channels()
2023-11-02T16:41:03.936597918Z stderr File "/usr/src/app/frndly.py", line 150, in channels
2023-11-02T16:41:03.936701535Z stderr rows = self._request('https://frndlytv-api.revlet.net/service/api/v1/tvguide/channels?skip_tabs=0')['data']
2023-11-02T16:41:03.936827209Z stderr File "/usr/src/app/frndly.py", line 133, in _request
2023-11-02T16:41:03.936931157Z stderr return self._request(url, params=params, login_on_failure=False)
2023-11-02T16:41:03.937038169Z stderr File "/usr/src/app/frndly.py", line 136, in _request
2023-11-02T16:41:03.937139418Z stderr raise Exception(data['error']['message'])
2023-11-02T16:41:03.937238657Z stderr Exception: Unauthorized access
2023-11-02T16:41:03.937356830Z stderr ----------------------------------------
2023-11-02T16:41:04.311275239Z stdout 401
2023-11-02T16:41:04.311596016Z stdout Unauthorized access
2023-11-02T16:41:04.311999077Z stdout logging in....
2023-11-02T16:41:07.504742064Z stdout Logged in!
2023/11/02 09:41:08.111346 [M3U] Refreshed lineup for frndlyTVNoEpg with 6 channels
Logs in, then immediately gets 401-Unauthorized access
2023/11/02 13:57:34.857180 [IDX] Pruned 30 expired airings from XMLTV-frndlyTVNoEpg in 32.637583ms.
2023-11-03T16:17:00.540825979Z stdout 401
2023-11-03T16:17:00.541946334Z stdout Unauthorized access
2023-11-03T16:17:00.542178195Z stdout logging in....
2023-11-03T16:17:03.627556001Z stdout Logged in!
2023-11-03T16:17:03.974564276Z stdout 401
2023-11-03T16:17:03.974806735Z stdout Unauthorized access
2023-11-03T16:17:03.975438320Z stderr 172.18.0.1 - - [03/Nov/2023 09:17:03] "GET /playlist.m3u?gracenote=include HTTP/1.1" 500 -
2023-11-03T16:17:03.975986002Z stderr ----------------------------------------
2023-11-03T16:17:03.976201841Z stderr Exception happened during processing of request from ('172.18.0.1', 57150)
2023/11/03 09:17:03.976765 [ERR] Unexpected m3u response for frndlyTV: 500 Internal Server Error
2023-11-03T16:17:03.976923642Z stderr Traceback (most recent call last):
2023-11-03T16:17:03.977631148Z stderr File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/socketserver.py", line 683, in process_request_thread
2023-11-03T16:17:03.978198005Z stderr self.finish_request(request, client_address)
2023-11-03T16:17:03.978437604Z stderr File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/socketserver.py", line 360, in finish_request
2023-11-03T16:17:03.978573334Z stderr self.RequestHandlerClass(request, client_address, self)
2023-11-03T16:17:03.978680045Z stderr File "./app.py", line 25, in __init__
2023-11-03T16:17:03.978782092Z stderr super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
2023-11-03T16:17:03.978881409Z stderr File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/socketserver.py", line 747, in __init__
2023-11-03T16:17:03.978984094Z stderr self.handle()
2023-11-03T16:17:03.979078622Z stderr File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/http/server.py", line 435, in handle
2023-11-03T16:17:03.979184796Z stderr self.handle_one_request()
2023-11-03T16:17:03.979276700Z stderr File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/http/server.py", line 423, in handle_one_request
2023-11-03T16:17:03.979499379Z stderr method()
2023-11-03T16:17:03.979629308Z stderr File "./app.py", line 55, in do_GET
2023-11-03T16:17:03.979747513Z stderr self._error(e)
2023-11-03T16:17:03.980035307Z stderr File "./app.py", line 53, in do_GET
2023-11-03T16:17:03.980164067Z stderr routes[func]()
2023-11-03T16:17:03.980259915Z stderr File "./app.py", line 71, in _playlist
2023-11-03T16:17:03.980406400Z stderr channels = frndly.channels()
2023-11-03T16:17:03.980516284Z stderr File "/usr/src/app/frndly.py", line 150, in channels
2023-11-03T16:17:03.980618259Z stderr rows = self._request('https://frndlytv-api.revlet.net/service/api/v1/tvguide/channels?skip_tabs=0')['data']
2023-11-03T16:17:03.980739012Z stderr File "/usr/src/app/frndly.py", line 133, in _request
2023-11-03T16:17:03.980838713Z stderr return self._request(url, params=params, login_on_failure=False)
2023-11-03T16:17:03.980950526Z stderr File "/usr/src/app/frndly.py", line 136, in _request
2023-11-03T16:17:03.981052587Z stderr raise Exception(data['error']['message'])
2023-11-03T16:17:03.981160769Z stderr Exception: Unauthorized access
2023-11-03T16:17:03.981257007Z stderr ----------------------------------------
2023-11-03T16:17:04.352312028Z stdout 401
2023-11-03T16:17:04.352609027Z stdout Unauthorized access
2023-11-03T16:17:04.352802213Z stdout logging in....
2023-11-03T16:17:07.507715661Z stdout Logged in!
2023/11/03 09:17:08.065504 [M3U] Refreshed lineup for frndlyTVNoEpg with 6 channels
Edit: To put this in context, these are the daily morning lineup and guide updates. I added the Channels DVR log entry immediately preceding the errors.
The errors are preventing Channels DVR from updating the playlist.m3u?gracenote=include
All of a sudden, my EPG guide descriptions went away. It is showing the correct program, but doesn't have any artwork or descriptions. I restarted the Docker container, refreshed, redownloaded the EPG.. nothing. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Mine is working.
Bring up the docker container website for FrndlyTV for Channels in a web browser
Mine is http://192.168.1.3:8183/
What does it display?
Show the settings for your Channels DVR custom m3u sources for it
Interesting, thanks for the info. I’m going to dig into it a little more and perhaps set it up again. Appreciate all of the info.
I want to thank you for your help. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but it seemed my files were corrupt somehow. I recreated everything and back to normal. Thanks again!
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Channels can handle that, I need to work on this to create proper m3u8. You simply don't understand that DRM does not matter because a user at the end watches decoded images.
Not sure what you're talking about or what you need to work on?
None of the Frndly TV channels are DRM encumbered.
you are correct, they are all m3u8 format
The conteinr seems to work perfectly so far.
I'm not seeing much that needs to be done.
You get what the company sends out.
Just saw a post on Chord Cutters news about FRNDLY TV being offline.
Looks like they are aware of the issue and should be back soon.
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A-OK in Santa Clarita and Big Bear, CA. 
Looks like Laff and CourtTV have been added to Frndly, just as Circle drops.
StationID for Laff is 112570.
CourtTV appears to be the same as what's there with TVE. StationID 111043
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How do we get those channels to pull in on the FrndlyTV custom channel?
@matthuisman can you add these gracenote station ID's for the new channels, Court TV and LAFF
They're showing up as
"90": {
"gracenote": null,
"slug": "laff"
},
"91": {
"gracenote": null,
"slug": "court_tv"
}
done. should be showing with their gracenotes within the next hour
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