Today's mlbserver update (2025.04.04) has similar XML title formats, if you include the parameters "&includeTeamsInTitles=channels&offAir=channels" in your XML URL.
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I'm not following how to include these. Where do I add them in? I have it running on a Synology NAS via Docker. It works. Just dont get where to add this in.
If you're running mlbserver already, just go to where you entered its guide data URL in Channels DVR. Might be something like
http://192.168.1.101:9999/guide.xml?mediaType=Video
If you prefer the XML data using the old container's format, you would just add those parameters I mentioned to the end of the URL:
http://192.168.1.101:9999/guide.xml?mediaType=Video&includeTeamsInTitles=channels&offAir=channels
Then reload the EPG in Channels DVR and you should see the "new" (old) format.
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You nailed it. The guide looks great in Channels. Thanks!
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@tonywagner the latest update via watchtower is causing the container to go in a reboot loop with this in the logs:
SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list
at Object.compileFunction (node:vm:360:18)
at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1126:15)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1162:27)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1252:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1076:32)
at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:911:12)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1100:19)
at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:119:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (/mlbserver/index.js:20:22)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1198:14)
/mlbserver/session.js:4550
let day = new Date(gameDate + ' 00:00:00').toLocaleString('en-US', { weekday: 'long' }
any ideas? thanks.
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There was a fix pushed about an hour ago for that. Could be tricky getting it with Watchtower though, if it's in a boot loop with the current mlbserver container.
ahh, I missed that there was an update after that. thanks, ill pull it.
Very nice! I've made this the default behavior for Project One-Click spin-ups of mlbserver, as of today's OliveTin-for-Channels push. Especially good when on the free game plan -- to know the next time a given team will be the free game of the day:
@tonywagner The guide looks great. Thanks for incorporating this style of guide into the native container. Thank you for keeping my upcoming blocks format, it is important when looking at the guide on mobile devices channels app. A quick glance at the guide and you know exactly when your team is playing l.
I have now deprecated my container project as it is now incorporated natively.
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Thank you for the suggestion and the sample data!
@tonywagner On your next update can I suggest that you remove the live, new, and other tags from the upcoming blocks. When creating an advanced pass for live gamesl it would make one less excluded setting to make. Personally I’d also like to see those new and live tags removed from the pre and post game blocks while leaving the other baseball, sports, and sports event tags in place. This would simplify the pass making process to channel number and a live tag for just the game and if you want the pass to cover the game and pre and post the pass could include a channel and a sports tag to cover recording those three programs. Less settings in a pass means less chance of something breaking down the road.
Edit: I guess a channel number and a title contains live will catch just the game. I’d still like those tags removed though.
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Just a heads up for people and depending how they may have their pass set up concerning this new guide data. A pass with a simple channel and live tag will attempt to record the all blocks for that channel. Since the stream fails when no game is playing, it causes a viscous retry loop as channels attempts to make a recording.
Check your pass if you moved to the new guide data format!!
Thank you for the guide update! It looks great.
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Those tags have been removed from the off air events in today's update (2025.04.05).
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Hello.
Latest update seems to have given me an issue with watching the LAD channel in CDVR. I thought it might be yesterday's game, but happened again for today's game.
Log shows:
[ERR] Could not start stream for M3U-mlbserver ch9012 MLBTV.LAD: M3U: Could not fetch playlist from 10.0.1.99:9999: EOF
I can load SNLA+. I can load other games that are on air. If I go to ETVplus I can load the LAD game. Inside MLBserver page I can get a preview in browser.
Curious if there is something I am missing.
Thank you
Good catch! This bug is fixed in today's update (2025.04.06).
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Awesome! Thank you. I’ll update and test tomorrows game.
I'm struggling with the times showing up in the guide.
Can someone explain to me how to set a time zone?
I've set an ENV variable called TZ and set it to 01913. I tried New York, but that didn't seem to work either.
Also, how do I add the MLB free game? Today it's the Yankees vs. Pirates. How do I do that?
New York timezone needs an underscore in place of the space, like "America/New_York" -- I'll fix that in the sample docker files.
What about the free game? What's the variable I need for that?