Non-Docker source for PlutoTV m3u playlists and EPG

Playground Custom Channels
#33

Yes, I can absolutely add that to the project, but I looked at his code, and as far as I can tell, the only thing his code does is query his own links from https://i.mjh.nz and spit them back out of Docker unchanged. So really, it's adding a middleman to the process -- you could just use these https://i.mjh.nz directly and skip Docker altogether.

And here's the code to demonstrate:

def _playlist(self): self._proxy(f'https://i.mjh.nz/SamsungTVPlus/{REGION}.m3u8')
def _epg(self): self._proxy(f'https://i.mjh.nz/SamsungTVPlus/{REGION}.xml')

If anyone knows the code and can explain otherwise, please do. But IMHO the SamsungTV Docker is overkill, just use the direct links.

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Pluto For Dummies
#34

Please be sure to report back if you have any problems/issues. I don't think these links should cause any problems.

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#35

Hi
Thank you for your work
I tried with stirr and it seems to be working ok,
but on TV guide images (thumbnails) for current program do not show up

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#36

@ HankLloydRight
Yes, that's right.

Simpler to use the urls directly.
It was basically a "test" for me doing my first Channels docker image.

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To Docker or not to Docker? (Pros and Cons)
Pluto for Channels
M3U4U.com playlist not pulling in
Testing during Free Trial- Cord Cutter
#37

Gotcha, thanks for the explanation!

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#38

If you switch back to Docker, what’s the result?

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#39

Just tested over last 24hrs and can confirm that for the moment the Pass recording option is still not working
Only Recording from EPG is working...

Does anyone have a solution/workaround?

Thx

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#40

Depends on what you want to do, but that question belongs in the Advanced Pass area.
Pluto doesn't have good info in the EPG to work like other sources OTA/Cable/TVE/Locast.
No Seasons or Episodes, lack of Tags like New, crazy Genres, etc.

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#41

That’s what I thought...
Weird that even using a match on a title does not create recurring recording events...
Maybe I am doing something wrong...
I will continue to experiment with the advanced pass settings ...

#42

That's because to Channels DVR every airing looks the same.
Same (supposed to be unique) program id, same description.
So after recording one airing, Channels DVR thinks all the rest are the same episode and it only records an episode once. Movies work better on Pluto.

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#43

Got it... Too bad as this is a key feature I'd like to use to record daily news for example...

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#44

LOL, I just saw this morning that this reply was from you Matt. Thanks for replying!
I'm been meaning to reach out to see if I was missing anything in your Docker/Python code.
I don't know Python, so I wanted to be sure I got it right.
-Hank

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#45

Its interesting note here that the SamsungTV Plus has more complete data (tags/images/etc) than PlutoTV has

#46

Please don't clutter up this Custom Channels topic with discussions related to the sources (Pluto/Stirr/Samsung/etc.) EPG data.

If you want to discuss this, feel free to create a topic in
Custom Channels - Channels Community or TV Talk - Channels Community or Advanced Passes - Channels Community

Users come to this topic to learn about and discuss the topic title. They don't want to have to scroll through unrelated/off-topic posts. See Forum FAQ - Keep It Tidy

Thanks

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#47

Any instructions available for those who don't know what to do with the files on git?

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#48

Unless you want to clone the functionality of the website, you don't need to do anything with github. Just follow the directions in the first post or here: https://nocords.xyz/

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#49

Wow, I was expecting it to be WAY more complicated. :joy:

Thank You!!

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#50

Hello Folks,

Turns out this project is more popular than I expected and I'm seeing connections from many countries.

But there are a few people who are downloading the Pluto EPG every hour on multiple devices. This is a very large file - about 6MB each time it's accessed. In just the few days this has been up, the Pluto EPG has consumed over 6GB of bandwidth.

Since the underlying Pluto epg.xml file is only refreshed every three hours, it makes no sense to pull this file every hour.

Please review and update your Channels admin settings and make sure you are pulling the Pluto EPG no more than every three hours. It's just a waste of bandwidth.

I will continue to offer this service totally for free as long as people don't abuse it.

Thanks.

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#51

You’re probably already aware but I think Channels can also handle a compressed (gz) version of the file. I know that’s a bit more work for you but I would think it would save a significant amount of bandwidth.

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#52

I was not aware of that, but pretty much all web servers and browsers these days automatically compress /decompress content on the fly, so we we're already getting those bandwidth savings.

Browsers that support compression send this header: accept-encoding: gzip, deflate, br and most web servers respond with a compressed file with this header (for my web server): content-encoding: br

'br' in this case is Brotli compression. See: Brotli - Wikipedia

Thanks for the suggestion though!

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