Kayo for Channels

matthuisman · November 15, 2021, 11:40pm

NOTE:
In early 2023 - Kayo enforced DRM on their channels so this no longer works with Channels

Requires Kayo subscription
Requires Australia IP Address

Source & Instructions
GitHub - matthuisman/kayo-for-channels: Kayo for Channels
(There are prebuilt docker containers for amd64, arm & arm64)

Support
https://www.matthuisman.nz/support-me

tmm1 · November 15, 2021, 11:49pm

kor · November 16, 2021, 9:42am

Matt you're a legend. This was my first request when I discovered channels I haven't even tried it but what a great Chrissie present. Thankyou v much and I will show you my appreciation with a donation

kor · November 16, 2021, 10:43am

This maybe a noobie in docker experience but the command sends me into >dquote in terminal. I think it is the syntax to pass the login details. The container loads without the credentials but of course fails. I am using this:
(This is on M1 macmini)
docker run -d --restart unless-stopped --env "[email protected]" --env "PASSWORD=abcd1234!" --name kayo-for-channels -p 8184:80 matthuisman/kayo-for-channels

Solution: Was the ! in the password. I added a \ before the !
did the trick!

Jay1987 · November 16, 2021, 1:18pm

Donated coffee money to your paypal. Im not in australia so this doesn't help me (unless i wana spoof location). But i want to encourage you to keep putting out docker channels. So keep up great work.

kor · November 17, 2021, 10:39am

Matt, do you expect the epg to display icons for shows. I see the channel icons but placeholders for shows. I have tried to exclude a dns issue but I thought I might check before further investigation

E: It seems by looking at the EPG, shows do not carry image links

matthuisman · November 18, 2021, 12:22am

the foxtel EPG API request does not provide icons for the programs.
You may be able to re-map the channels to use Gracenote?

cameron · November 19, 2021, 5:31am

Amazing work @matthuisman! Any chance a Binge for Channels docker would be possible? Or is DRM on those streams an issue?

matthuisman · November 19, 2021, 5:45am

Binge uses widevine DRM so not possible unfortunately

cameron · November 20, 2021, 12:54am

That's a shame. This solution could be such a great Foxtel replacement.

kor · November 20, 2021, 2:53am

Foxtel Go would be the best replacement but they are also DRMed

rodgo · November 20, 2021, 3:46am

If you ever run out of ideas. I wouldn't mind seeing https://app.prende.tv/canales

matgeee · February 19, 2022, 11:29pm

@matthuisman I've fired up the container and loaded in the custom channels. The 2 ESPN channels work fine, however all fox sports channels are failing to play. A check of the logs gives me the following error - "Exception: The user does not have a valid subscription to access this asset"

I have a valid Kayo sub, australian IP and as I mentioned, ESPN works fine.

Any ideas on what is going wrong?

kor · February 20, 2022, 12:09am

Mine are all working fine and have from the outset. Are you able to play them from kayo on the same device

matgeee · February 20, 2022, 2:50am

all sorted! was a special character in the password (apols I missed the earlier post about that). @matthuisman this is awesome! I will donate.

matgeee · April 5, 2022, 12:25am

question out of curiosity more than anything... with this sort of implementation, is the Docker container the thing that is connecting to Kayo and essentially playing the stream (passing through locally to channels) or is it just exposing the right path for channels to then initiate the stream?

matthuisman · April 5, 2022, 12:45am

just generates the HLS url with a valid token and returns a 302 redirect to Channels

github.com

matthuisman/kayo-for-channels/blob/master/app.py#L54

      
        
                if func not in routes:
                    self.send_response(404)
                    self.end_headers()
                    return
            
            
    try:
                    routes[func]()
                except Exception as e:
                    self._error(e)
            
            
def _play(self):
                asset_id = self.path.split('/')[-1]
                url = kayo.play(asset_id)
            
            
    self.send_response(302)
                self.send_header('location', url)
                self.end_headers()
            
            
def _epg(self):
                resp = requests.get(EPG_SOURCE)
                self.send_response(resp.status_code)

matgeee · May 23, 2022, 12:31am

@matthuisman I fear it may be the same answer as Binge, but worth asking - have you looked at Flash News and whether it would work in a similar way to Kayo?

matthuisman · May 25, 2022, 5:05am

95% sure Flash News uses Widevine so no-go.
Im suprised Kayo isn't Widevine yet to be honest as Binge and Flash news are the same Streammotion products

matgeee · May 25, 2022, 5:08am

i hope they dont change things anytime soon - Kayo channels are the single best thing about my setup.