Frndly TV for Channels

[chDVRuser]

@warrentc3

i don’t have gracenote dev access to peruse

Neither do I

To find possible stationId's by name or call sign

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]

Then setup the potential stationId's in a custom M3U source, adding as many lines as there are stationId's to check

Frndly TV for Channels

Create a custom M3U source something like this #EXTM3U #EXTINF:-1 channel-id="Cowboy Way-127279" channel-number="9061" tvg-chno="9061" tvc-guide-stationid="127279" tvg-id="COWBOYW" tvg-name="Cowboy Way-127279",Cowboy Way-127279 http://192.168.1.3:8089/devices/ANY/channels/9050/stream.mpg?format=ts I assigned it channel 9061 and when played/recorded it uses the one from frndlyTV (ch 9050 on mine) Using this example with stream.mpg?format=ts it needs to be Stream Format MPEG-TS

At that point I run a curl/jq script to list what's on each channel from the custom M3U source and compare them.

Frndly TV for Channels

@matthuisman StartTV stationid should be changed to 122695. Using the method I described here Picking the correct tvc-guide-stationid for a channel and looking at 16 days of airings (386 airings), stationid's 74916, 109454 and 122772 are identical. stationid 122695 has 11 of 386 airings different. I recorded 3 of the differences and found stationid 122695 has the correct listings. Here's 2 of them from last Sunday.and stationid 122695 on the right side was correct. [Capture] If anyone wa…

[matthuisman]

done yesterday. heartland no longer uses gracenote

[chDVRuser]

Thanks Matt, noticed this morning when the M3U's refreshed,

[warrentc3]

BabyFirst TV should be 50338. That guide data aligns with the guide data present on the frndly site. Callsign of BABY1
119335 does not.

[matthuisman]

have updated babyfirst to 50338. itll be on the next generated json

[PSPS]

For about a week, I'm not able to tune any Frndly sources that I try.

I get the following:
Could not fetch playlist: 127.0.0.1:8183 (Timeout) messages, timeout awaiting response headers.

I've removed the docker completely and started fresh with the latest. Channels sees them when I add the source, but I'm not able to watch them.

Any ideas?

[brookz]

127.0.0.1:8183 playlists are there, and I see all available channels and listings within Channels DVR, but no video starts on any channel. I even get a black screen like it's just about to connect, but nothing.

[tmm1]

You would need to check the logs on the docker container

[tluxon]

Starting yesterday, I'm no longer able to tune to DECADES on Frndly TV. I can tune to every other Frndly TV channel I've tried. Anyone else having this issue or is there something I can do to get it working again?

[tmm1]

This is what I see on Watch Family-Friendly TV Live and On Demand | FRNDLY TV

The OTA TV Network Decades Relaunches Today as Sitcom-Centric Catchy Comedy...

[chDVRuser]

It's now one of the channels that has no EPG. It was renamed.

Decades Network Transforming Into 'Catchy Comedy' Channel on March 27, with...

[rpaulmerrell]

Hi there,
The channel is working. However, the main source in channels is trying to fetch am m3u8 that doesn't exist.
You have to enable both the main and secondary sources in channels.
Hopefully, things will get straightened out.

[chDVRuser]

It's probably one of these stationId's
122694 (callSign CATCHCD)
91415 (callSign CATCHYC)

If someone can check the program listings and let @matthuisman know what the correct stationId is, he can fix the guide.

[tluxon]

Do you mean compare the listings of Catchy Comedy on Frndly TV with that of Decades in the Channels guide? From what I can tell the schedule looks the same in both, but I'm not sure how to identify the stationID on Frndly TV.

I noticed that my HDHR Quatro already shows "Catchy" where it used to show "Decades", so is that where I could find the StationID? (I'm away from home and can't check it right now)

[chDVRuser]

@tluxon

Do you mean compare the listings of Catchy Comedy on Frndly TV with that of Decades in the Channels guide? From what I can tell the schedule looks the same in both

If that's the case, then the network name just changed from Decades to Catchy Comedy and the stationId is still the same as it was for Decades (122694).

In that case @matthuisman just needs to map frndly-51 Catchy Comedy to stationId 122694
"51": {
"gracenote": 122694,
"slug": "catchy_comedy"
}

[tluxon]

That's probably correct, because the HDHR Quatro is mapping Catchy to Decades and appears to match what's showing on Frndly TV.
Is there a best way to request this kind of update from Matt?

[chDVRuser]

@tluxon

Is there a best way to request this kind of update from Matt?

He will see that I mentioned him in a couple posts and update his app.json file for FrndlyTV

[matthuisman]

done. should be live within next hour

[mjitkop]

Thanks for your prompt action, @matthuisman

[bobshults]

I'm using the python method not docker for frndly and Catchy Comedy is still not working. Is there anything I need to do to get frndly-for-channels updated?