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#245

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

#246

Good catch! This bug is fixed in today's update (2025.04.06).

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#247

Awesome! Thank you. I’ll update and test tomorrows game.

#248

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?

#249

New York timezone needs an underscore in place of the space, like "America/New_York" -- I'll fix that in the sample docker files.

#250

What about the free game? What's the variable I need for that?

#251

If you only want to add the free games to Channels, you can use the "includeTeams=free" URL parameter in your M3U/XML links. Something like

http://your.ip.address.here:9999/channels.m3u?mediaType=Video&resolution=best&includeTeams=free
http://your.ip.address.here:9999/guide.xml?mediaType=Video&includeTeams=free
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#253

I couldn’t get it to work either so I use the nuclear option

#254

Thanks @tonywagner for this plugin! I was using matty’s mlb for years and then I switched to your other mlb container. I’ve finally made the switch over to the main mlbserver and it’s wonderful. I like that it just removes all blacked out games (the others just only let you remove channels) and all the options are much appreciated.

I have a recommendation. A lot of people have asked about how do I get X or make it so Y. Something I would like to see is a URL builder. Just an option that lets you click and add all these various arguments and then outputs the various options for the m3u8 and the epg.

Just wanted to throw this out there. Thanks!

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#255

That's a good idea -- the web interface could use an overhaul anyway. I will keep this in mind!

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#256

I have played around with the MILB feeds and currently have all 4 of the Cubs affiliates in my M3U/guide. This works great for the home broadcasts. The problem is that a lot of the MILB games don't have local broadcasts and may be on the opposing team's stream.

I could add every affiliate to my M3U, but that's too many channels to scroll through in the guide for my liking. Is there any way to map a channel that dynamically combines home and away streams into a single stream? I have no idea if that is possible. Is there any option I could use to accomplish what I am trying to do, which is basically to only show games for Cubs affiliates in my guide but also include the away games?

#257

What is your mlbserver XML URL?

If CHC is included among your favorite teams in the mlbserver, then the main XML endpoint should include not only all of your entitled MLB games, but also all Cubs affiliate games, home or away:
http://YOUR.MLBSERVER.IP.ADDRESS/guide.xml?mediaType=Video

The includeTeams parameter will limit the games to just those specified teams and their affiliates, again home or away:
http://YOUR.MLBSERVER.IP.ADDRESS/guide.xml?mediaType=Video&includeTeams=CHC,CWS

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#258

That limits the data in the guide, but won't I still need every MILB affiliate in my M3U and see all the channels in my channel listing, but just without guide data? I may not be understanding how that works.

#259

Same parameter should work in the M3U. And the resulting affiliate stream link inside the M3U, like
http://YOUR.MLBSERVER.IP.ADDRESS/stream.m3u8?team=KNX&mediaType=Video&level=AA&resolution=best
should point to every Knoxville game, home or away. (In fact right now it points to their away game from earlier today, since they don't currently have a live game.)

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#260

Ok, I see. I think I got it now, using:

http://YOUR.MLBSERVER.IP.ADDRESS/guide.xml?mediaType=Video&includeTeamsInTitles=channels&offAir=channels&includeOrgs=CHC&includeBlackouts=true

I was misunderstanding how it worked. I didn't realize the single organizational stream included both home and away. I thought I had to explicitly include the away team's channel as well for away broadcasts. I'm glad that isn't the case!

As always, thank you for your help. I haven't watched this much baseball in years.

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#261

One last question...

Any chance we could get the program titles to indicate that a game is blacked out when using the includeBlackouts=true parameter?

I like to see all the games listed in my guide, even if they are blacked out, but it would be helpful to be able to quickly identify which of those games are being blacked out.

#262

using docker cli, I am just not seeing PHI (phillies). When I add the fav teams env var to the cmd line, I get the AAA teams and minor leagues for phillies added, but not the MLB team... what am I doing wrong? I just used the "All: channels.m3u and guide.xml" from the mlbserver webgui in my custom channels config, just expected literally all the games but it's not doing that for me.

#263

Are you in the Philadelphia market? If so, you probably aren't seeing the Phillies because of blackout restrictions.

#264

I am, is that tied to my account or my dns?(if you know)

I also have normal cable tv(include comcast sportsnet) imported via my hdhomerun tuner but I honestly don't understand sports blackouts very well. I thought paying for an MLB sub would cover that too.

#265

It’s usually tied to your IP address. You can add includeBlackouts=true but it will likely error when you try to play any Phillies games.