LocalBTV support would be nice now that Locast is gone

Chief · February 1, 2022, 2:20am

Just bumping this topic, Local BTV has added more channels, so I find myself in that app more and more often these days. Not sure if it's possible to bring them into the channelsDVR fold, but I'd appreciate the dev's looking into it. While they don't bring the local network channels, LocalBTV does bring in most of the other "old tv" stations you could get over the air, along with a 24hr add-free music video station.

Chief

crackers8199 · February 1, 2022, 6:21am

i had been working on a solution similar to the docker container for pluto and my docker container for MLB.tv, but i haven't had time to work on it in quite a while. they haven't added any channels in so cal that i know of...if they started adding some of the other locals that they're missing, it'd be more of a priority for me.

i'll see if i can set aside some time to take a look this weekend, but no promises...

Channels2021 · February 1, 2022, 8:46pm

What city are you pulling from?

Jay1987 · February 1, 2022, 10:32pm

+1.

But only reason I want LocalBTV is because I collect sources. I don't actually watch tv. I just horde more and more channels. It's a disease.

Chief · February 2, 2022, 6:36pm

I'm pulling from the Phoenix area

Jay1987 · February 5, 2022, 12:05am

Edit: link no longer works.

Fofer · February 5, 2022, 2:04am

Working for me, thanks for sharing that!

nickingrao · February 5, 2022, 2:43am

Working great here! Donate link?

Channels2021 · February 8, 2022, 5:47am

Not working for me? Still working for others?

Fofer · February 8, 2022, 5:49am

It's working for me.

Channels2021 · February 8, 2022, 5:50am

Thanks. You simply added the source?

Fofer · February 8, 2022, 5:54am

Yes and then manually mapped the channels to matching guide data for the few channels that interested me.

Channels2021 · February 8, 2022, 6:07am

Hmm. I added it and got zero channels. Thanks again.

mjitkop · February 8, 2022, 6:36am

It was working fine for me for the past 2 days but right now I'm getting 0 channels as well.

The URL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iptv-org/iptv/master/channels/ doesn't load. Error 400: Invalid request

Fofer · February 8, 2022, 8:21am

Uh oh: https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv

CleanShot 2022-02-08 at 00.20.33

Looks like it wasn't due to us_localbtv.m3u channels specifically, but rather Nagravision/Discovery channels that were listed in amer.m3u:

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NAGRA Notice ID: [private]  
Notice Date: January 31, 2022  
URL: https://iptv-org.github.io/iptv/regions/amer.m3u  
Source: https://iptv-org.github.io/iptv/regions/amer.m3u  
Domain: iptv-org.github.io  

Dear Sir, Madam,

Nagravision SA (hereinafter "NAGRA") is a provider of secure solutions to protect content of the media and entertainment industry (please visit https://dtv.nagra.com). NAGRA has been engaged and authorized by Discovery Communications, LLC and its affiliates (collectively, "Discovery") to act on their behalf to protect and enforce Discovery’s copyrights and trademarks, whether registered or unregistered, associated with their television channels, including but not limited to Discovery,ID Investigation,Discovery Family,Discovery Life,Discovery en Espanol,Familia Discovery,Discovery Science,Discovery Home and Health,Discovery Asia,Discovery Shed,Discovery Turbo Xtra,Discovery Theater,Discovery History,Discovery World,World Discovery,Discovery Civiliztion,Discovery Travel and Living,Discovery Historia,HGTV,Food Network,TLC,OWN,Oprah,Animal Planet,Trvl Channel,Motortrend,DIY Network,Cooking Channel,TVN,TVN Style,Tvn 7,TVN Turbo,TVN Fabula,TVN 24,Tvn 24 Bis,TVN Extra,TVN Warszawa,TVN Meteo,TTV,Fine Living,Living Channel,Quest,Quest Red,Focus,Frisbee,Giallo,K2,Nove,Real Time,DKiss,Asian Food Network,TV Norge,DMax,FEM,Vox,Mango,eve,foodtv,food tv,Eurosport,Fatafeat,GolfTV,Golf TV,HGTV (collectively, the "Channels"), from unauthorized distribution and streams online. This authorization includes:

a.) Monitoring of the Web, pirate forums, major App stores and social media platforms (and other online distribution platforms) to find applications used to illegally distribute its Channels.

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Jay1987 · February 8, 2022, 1:05pm

Yup link I'd dead.

When I posted local btv link. IPTV-Org hosted lots of illegal m3us as well as legal. Its why I linked directly to file rather then entire repository.

Oh well. Sorry it's down. If I see anyone elsevmake m3u for localbtv I'll post it

babsonnexus · February 8, 2022, 1:22pm

The channels actually still work if you have a copy of the m3u. I changed my setting to never refresh the m3u and in testing a few random channels everything is still up.

There is a mirror of the IPTV-Org repository at gitea.it/miracle091/iptv (not going to direct link). I'm going to recommend downloading the m3u and using a local copy instead.

mjitkop · February 8, 2022, 5:31pm

Thank you!

freeside · February 8, 2022, 6:00pm

This topic has veered into a pretty grey area I’m not sure is in the best interest of our fine developers.

babsonnexus · February 18, 2022, 3:29pm

FYI, the original Github is back up. Looks like they won their appeal. A look back at history shows this happens to them from time-to-time.