Plex Live TV Channels M3U?

Hagary · February 7, 2025, 8:51pm

I'm testing a theory right now. The only part I overlooked about my flow is that it goes into Iptvboss, as this has been pretty transparent in passing everything through unaltered. BUT, I noticed in source settings it has an option to indicate if your source uses tokens. I've never had to touch that, but in looking at the P4C logs and seeing messages about token generation, I've enabled it on that source. Waiting to see if that helps resolve this. I definitely don't think it's SLM at all, rather IPTVB or P4C, and likely the former if no one else is seeing this.

I'll follow the steps above if this doesn't resolve it, and I'll report back either way.

Fofer · February 7, 2025, 8:54pm

Me neither

joagomez · February 7, 2025, 9:07pm

Watching the thread
To note I am in the process of reworking the Plex container based on I've done with the tubi instance. Plus looking at consolidating the Tubi, plex and pluto into a single docker image.

But priority right now is Tubi with the big game (and the job that pays me )

Hagary · February 7, 2025, 10:44pm

I know it's not much, but I sent you something for beer/coffee. Really appreciate what you've done and your continued contributions.

Hagary · February 9, 2025, 9:23pm

Following up as promised. Enabling the "provider uses tokens" option in IPTVboss fixed the issue with the channel numbers changing, which means it wasn't a Plex for Channels, SLM, or Channels DVR issue.

chDVRuser · February 11, 2025, 2:03am

Did the Container stop fetching guide data?

2025-02-10T22:12:33.376328974Z [INFO] Running EPG Scheduler for local
2025-02-10T22:12:33.414231292Z 4:07:27.250011: Updating data for local
2025-02-10T22:12:34.749336580Z [INFO] New token for local generated at 2025-02-10 22:12.34 +0000
2025-02-10T22:12:34.752368540Z [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data for 2025-02-10 through 2025-02-10
2025-02-10T22:13:22.430315220Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 47.68 seconds. 150 Channels parsed
2025-02-10T22:13:39.649183848Z [ERROR] (None, 'HTTP failure 404: {"Error":{"error":"Not Found","message":"channel not found!","statusCode":404}}') for local
2025-02-10T22:13:39.650020690Z [INFO] EPG Scheduler Complete for local

2025-02-11T00:13:39.913341134Z [INFO] Running EPG Scheduler for local
2025-02-11T00:13:39.916238717Z [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data for 2025-02-14 through 2025-02-14
2025-02-11T00:14:27.509165034Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 47.59 seconds. 150 Channels parsed
2025-02-11T00:14:44.396255226Z [ERROR] (None, 'HTTP failure 404: {"Error":{"error":"Not Found","message":"channel not found!","statusCode":404}}') for local
2025-02-11T00:14:44.397204728Z [INFO] EPG Scheduler Complete for local

chDVRuser · February 11, 2025, 4:24am

Looks good now

2025-02-11T04:16:38.572444777Z [INFO] Running EPG Scheduler for local
2025-02-11T04:16:38.573422507Z 4:02:58.658999: Updating data for local
2025-02-11T04:16:39.368836729Z [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data for 2025-02-11 through 2025-02-11
2025-02-11T04:17:28.833324081Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 49.46 seconds. 150 Channels parsed
2025-02-11T04:18:23.674325806Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 104.31 seconds. 300 Channels parsed. Please wait
2025-02-11T04:19:09.797289891Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 150.43 seconds. 450 Channels parsed
2025-02-11T04:20:04.304340345Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 204.94 seconds. 600 Channels parsed. Please wait
2025-02-11T04:20:07.814768332Z [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data complete. Elapsed time: 208.45 seconds. 617 Channels parsed.
2025-02-11T04:21:47.405156916Z [INFO] EPG Scheduler Complete for local

BryanChannelsDVR · February 13, 2025, 5:55pm

Noticed yesterday that my Plex channels had no guide data. Checked the logs on the docker container and found that it was throwing a 404 error for 'us_west' similar to what chDVRuser showed. Didn't capture the logs but will if I see it again.

Restarted the container to same results a couple of times.
Changed PLEX_CODE to 'local' and seems to fix it.
Updated Channels' settings and things look good for now.

Just thought I would throw it out there in case anyone else had seen anything similar.

chDVRuser · February 13, 2025, 6:14pm

Thanks for posting that. Guess I'm not alone. I'm using PLEX_CODE local.

The last seven guide fetches it did (since yesterday morning) show a 404 error.

2025-02-12T15:16:16.549398632Z [INFO] Running EPG Scheduler for local
2025-02-12T15:16:16.550675741Z 4:07:38.904063: Updating data for local
2025-02-12T15:16:17.923571214Z [INFO] New token for local generated at 2025-02-12 15:16.17 +0000
2025-02-12T15:16:17.925955144Z [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data for 2025-02-12 through 2025-02-12
2025-02-12T15:17:05.243472674Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 47.32 seconds. 150 Channels parsed
2025-02-12T15:17:59.878282770Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 101.95 seconds. 300 Channels parsed. Please wait
2025-02-12T15:18:46.080112033Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 148.15 seconds. 450 Channels parsed
2025-02-12T15:19:40.843297622Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 202.92 seconds. 600 Channels parsed. Please wait
2025-02-12T15:19:44.065135604Z [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data complete. Elapsed time: 206.14 seconds. 617 Channels parsed.
2025-02-12T15:21:23.391667595Z [INFO] EPG Scheduler Complete for local

2025-02-12T19:23:03.910360070Z [INFO] Running EPG Scheduler for local
2025-02-12T19:23:03.911783071Z 4:06:47.360979: Updating data for local
2025-02-12T19:23:05.087695265Z [INFO] New token for local generated at 2025-02-12 19:23.05 +0000
2025-02-12T19:23:05.090621550Z [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data for 2025-02-12 through 2025-02-12
2025-02-12T19:23:52.703302108Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 47.61 seconds. 150 Channels parsed
2025-02-12T19:25:15.441267268Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 130.35 seconds. 300 Channels parsed. Please wait
2025-02-12T19:26:51.343267775Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 226.25 seconds. 450 Channels parsed
2025-02-12T19:26:55.106452535Z [ERROR] (None, 'HTTP failure 404: {"Error":{"error":"Not Found","message":"channel not found!","statusCode":404}}') for local
2025-02-12T19:26:55.107136782Z [INFO] EPG Scheduler Complete for local

2025-02-12T23:28:29.037347998Z [INFO] Running EPG Scheduler for local
2025-02-12T23:28:29.038678113Z 4:05:25.126992: Updating data for local
2025-02-12T23:28:30.039193307Z [INFO] New token for local generated at 2025-02-12 23:28.30 +0000
2025-02-12T23:28:30.041189643Z [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data for 2025-02-12 through 2025-02-12
2025-02-12T23:29:16.720341658Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 46.68 seconds. 150 Channels parsed
2025-02-12T23:30:12.602304862Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 102.56 seconds. 300 Channels parsed. Please wait
2025-02-12T23:30:59.589265131Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 149.55 seconds. 450 Channels parsed
2025-02-12T23:31:01.076900046Z [ERROR] (None, 'HTTP failure 404: {"Error":{"error":"Not Found","message":"channel not found!","statusCode":404}}') for local
2025-02-12T23:31:01.077568172Z [INFO] EPG Scheduler Complete for local

2025-02-13T01:31:01.310220312Z [INFO] Running EPG Scheduler for local
2025-02-13T01:31:01.311591009Z [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data for 2025-02-16 through 2025-02-16
2025-02-13T01:31:48.889318904Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 47.58 seconds. 150 Channels parsed
2025-02-13T01:32:43.772334370Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 102.46 seconds. 300 Channels parsed. Please wait
2025-02-13T01:33:29.834345814Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 148.52 seconds. 450 Channels parsed
2025-02-13T01:33:31.426258525Z [ERROR] (None, 'HTTP failure 404: {"Error":{"error":"Not Found","message":"channel not found!","statusCode":404}}') for local
2025-02-13T01:33:31.427001246Z [INFO] EPG Scheduler Complete for local

2025-02-13T05:35:33.931262170Z [INFO] Running EPG Scheduler for local
2025-02-13T05:35:33.954350951Z 4:04:32.621969: Updating data for local
2025-02-13T05:35:35.865151019Z [INFO] New token for local generated at 2025-02-13 05:35.35 +0000
2025-02-13T05:35:35.867420979Z [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data for 2025-02-13 through 2025-02-13
2025-02-13T05:36:22.251298606Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 46.38 seconds. 150 Channels parsed
2025-02-13T05:37:17.487265332Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 101.62 seconds. 300 Channels parsed. Please wait
2025-02-13T05:38:04.631792370Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 148.76 seconds. 450 Channels parsed
2025-02-13T05:38:06.104195555Z [ERROR] (None, 'HTTP failure 404: {"Error":{"error":"Not Found","message":"channel not found!","statusCode":404}}') for local
2025-02-13T05:38:06.104513749Z [INFO] EPG Scheduler Complete for local

2025-02-13T09:39:28.930260379Z [INFO] Running EPG Scheduler for local
2025-02-13T09:39:28.931104884Z 4:03:54.998969: Updating data for local
2025-02-13T09:39:29.935647663Z [INFO] New token for local generated at 2025-02-13 09:39.29 +0000
2025-02-13T09:39:29.937522241Z [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data for 2025-02-13 through 2025-02-13
2025-02-13T09:40:14.245198840Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 44.31 seconds. 150 Channels parsed
2025-02-13T09:41:05.953485989Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 96.02 seconds. 300 Channels parsed. Please wait
2025-02-13T09:41:50.133175579Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 140.20 seconds. 450 Channels parsed
2025-02-13T09:41:51.395233846Z [ERROR] (None, 'HTTP failure 404: {"Error":{"error":"Not Found","message":"channel not found!","statusCode":404}}') for local
2025-02-13T09:41:51.395933686Z [INFO] EPG Scheduler Complete for local

2025-02-13T13:43:14.973349449Z [INFO] Running EPG Scheduler for local
2025-02-13T13:43:14.974505749Z 4:03:46.043015: Updating data for local
2025-02-13T13:43:16.081260819Z [INFO] New token for local generated at 2025-02-13 13:43.16 +0000
2025-02-13T13:43:16.083543074Z [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data for 2025-02-13 through 2025-02-13
2025-02-13T13:44:02.534263216Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 46.45 seconds. 150 Channels parsed
2025-02-13T13:44:54.931246606Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 98.85 seconds. 300 Channels parsed. Please wait
2025-02-13T13:45:39.822242132Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 143.74 seconds. 450 Channels parsed
2025-02-13T13:45:41.062148757Z [ERROR] (None, 'HTTP failure 404: {"Error":{"error":"Not Found","message":"channel not found!","statusCode":404}}') for local
2025-02-13T13:45:41.062887505Z [INFO] EPG Scheduler Complete for local

2025-02-13T17:47:04.403341674Z [INFO] Running EPG Scheduler for local
2025-02-13T17:47:04.404877691Z 4:03:49.430002: Updating data for local
2025-02-13T17:47:05.503366335Z [INFO] New token for local generated at 2025-02-13 17:47.05 +0000
2025-02-13T17:47:05.505496268Z [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data for 2025-02-13 through 2025-02-13
2025-02-13T17:47:51.674290447Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 46.17 seconds. 150 Channels parsed
2025-02-13T17:48:00.012649823Z [INFO] Returning Cached Channel List for local
2025-02-13T17:48:00.146094984Z [INFO] Returning Cached Channel List for local
2025-02-13T17:48:45.667324427Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 100.16 seconds. 300 Channels parsed. Please wait
2025-02-13T17:49:32.446282965Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 146.94 seconds. 450 Channels parsed
2025-02-13T17:49:34.065550527Z [ERROR] (None, 'HTTP failure 404: {"Error":{"error":"Not Found","message":"channel not found!","statusCode":404}}') for local
2025-02-13T17:49:34.065851670Z [INFO] EPG Scheduler Complete for local

babsonnexus · February 13, 2025, 6:25pm

My 404 error were apparently going back for days (guess I didn't notice)! However, for me, restarting the container seems to have fixed it:

2025-02-13 12:03:05 [INFO] Running EPG Scheduler for local
2025-02-13 12:03:05 4:00:58.806350: Updating data for local
2025-02-13 12:03:09 [INFO] New token for local generated at 2025-02-13 17:03.09 +0000
2025-02-13 12:03:09 [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data for 2025-02-13 through 2025-02-13
2025-02-13 12:03:38 [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 29.46 seconds. 150 Channels parsed
2025-02-13 12:03:48 [ERROR] (None, 'HTTP failure 404: {"Error":{"error":"Not Found","message":"channel not found!","statusCode":404}}') for local
2025-02-13 12:03:48 [INFO] EPG Scheduler Complete for local
2025-02-13 13:20:05 [INFO] Device ID: [REDACTED]
2025-02-13 13:20:05 ⇨ http server started on [::]:7777
2025-02-13 13:20:05 [INFO] Starting thread for code local
2025-02-13 13:20:05 [INFO] Running EPG Scheduler for local
2025-02-13 13:20:05 [INFO] New token for local generated at 2025-02-13 18:20.05 +0000
2025-02-13 13:20:05 [INFO] Updating Channel List for local
2025-02-13 13:20:16 [INFO] Channel Listing for local Complete
2025-02-13 13:20:16 [INFO] Day One Initialization of EPG data
2025-02-13 13:20:16 [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data for 2025-02-13 through 2025-02-13
2025-02-13 13:20:49 [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 32.99 seconds. 150 Channels parsed
2025-02-13 13:21:29 [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 72.75 seconds. 300 Channels parsed. Please wait
2025-02-13 13:22:01 [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 104.87 seconds. 450 Channels parsed
2025-02-13 13:22:42 [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 145.84 seconds. 600 Channels parsed. Please wait
2025-02-13 13:22:44 [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data complete. Elapsed time: 147.85 seconds. 618 Channels parsed.
2025-02-13 13:22:48 [INFO] EPG Scheduler Complete for local

BryanChannelsDVR · February 13, 2025, 6:35pm

Cool, yeah, I posted my situation because I am sure there are others out there having this happen. Hopefully we can get it figured out.

Also, for me at least, restarting the container didn't help me. It was using 'local' so it's interesting that your's is dying with the same variable earlier.

chDVRuser · February 13, 2025, 6:47pm

If it helps, all of my Plex EPG channels have guide data for 3.5 days, except these 55 channels that have none.

Revry
RevryNews
Robot Wars by Mech+
Runtime
Runtime Español
Samuel Goldwyn Channel
Samuel Goldwyn Classics
Samuel Goldwyn International
Sheriffs: El Dorado County
SKWAD
SLOPES
Sonic TV
Spark TV Luz y Amor
Surf Now TV
Tennis+
The Black Effect
The Doctor Blake Mysteries
The Doctors
The Ellen Channel
The Emeril Lagasse Channel
The Jim Rome Show
The Kids in the Hall
The Librarians
The Martha Stewart Channel
The Outpost
The Preview Channel
The Ring
The Sherlock Holmes Channel
The World Poker Tour
Toony Planet
Trailers From Hell
Travel Escapes
Triton Poker
TruBlu
TuDiscovery
TuWarner
UFC
Unidentified
Unspeakable
Untold Stories of the ER
Very Central Coast by KSBW
Very Sacramento by KCRA
Vidas Extremas
Watch it Kid
Watch it SCREAM
Weeds
Welcome Home
Willow Sports
WipeoutXtra
WITZ-Comedy TV
World's Wildest Police Videos
Wu Tang Collection
XFC TV
YG TV
Zee BollyWorld

chDVRuser · February 13, 2025, 7:00pm

Unfortunately, a container restart didn't help mine.

2025-02-13T18:55:07.309291586Z ? http server started on [::]:7777
2025-02-13T18:55:07.360744891Z [INFO] Starting thread for code local
2025-02-13T18:55:07.361148173Z [INFO] Running EPG Scheduler for local
2025-02-13T18:55:08.005988429Z [INFO] New token for local generated at 2025-02-13 18:55.08 +0000
2025-02-13T18:55:08.008078878Z [INFO] Updating Channel List for local
2025-02-13T18:55:21.580615554Z [INFO] Channel Listing for local Complete
2025-02-13T18:55:21.583957394Z [INFO] Day One Initialization of EPG data
2025-02-13T18:55:21.584403236Z [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data for 2025-02-13 through 2025-02-13
2025-02-13T18:56:08.415267985Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 46.83 seconds. 150 Channels parsed
2025-02-13T18:56:23.436049537Z [ERROR] (None, 'Exception type Error: SSLError') for local
2025-02-13T18:56:23.436786420Z [INFO] EPG Scheduler Complete for local

Restarted again and success.

2025-02-13T19:03:11.560824161Z ⇨ http server started on [::]:7777
2025-02-13T19:03:11.598093675Z [INFO] Starting thread for code local
2025-02-13T19:03:11.598375081Z [INFO] Running EPG Scheduler for local
2025-02-13T19:03:12.461749076Z [INFO] New token for local generated at 2025-02-13 19:03.12 +0000
2025-02-13T19:03:12.463801743Z [INFO] Updating Channel List for local
2025-02-13T19:03:27.459582921Z [INFO] Channel Listing for local Complete
2025-02-13T19:03:27.462418357Z [INFO] Day One Initialization of EPG data
2025-02-13T19:03:27.462792859Z [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data for 2025-02-13 through 2025-02-13
2025-02-13T19:05:08.602212800Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 101.14 seconds. 150 Channels parsed
2025-02-13T19:06:42.371226514Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 194.91 seconds. 300 Channels parsed. Please wait
2025-02-13T19:08:06.953205562Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 279.49 seconds. 450 Channels parsed
2025-02-13T19:09:10.119209054Z [INFO] Continuing to retrive local EPG data....Elapsed time: 342.66 seconds. 600 Channels parsed. Please wait
2025-02-13T19:09:13.583562231Z [INFO] Retrieving local EPG data complete. Elapsed time: 346.12 seconds. 617 Channels parsed.
2025-02-13T19:09:41.971848942Z [INFO] EPG Scheduler Complete for local

joagomez · February 14, 2025, 12:21am

Doing a complete rework of the code - please be patient

joagomez · February 15, 2025, 2:56am

Let the fun begin....
Complete revamp of the code
Check plex-for-channels/README.md at main · jgomez177/plex-for-channels · GitHub

Big things to note is

New web interface
PLEX_PORT is changed to PORT (for future integration of other projects)
PLEX_CODE is gone - URL "regions" parameter now used for different geo locations
Regions can now be integrated into a single playlist - so regions=local,ca would provide a single playlist that integrates the two geo locations
One single EPG for all geolocations in use
Updated error handling and other internal modifications

chDVRuser · February 15, 2025, 3:33am

plex-for-channels/README.md at main · jgomez177/plex-for-channels · GitHub is showing PLEX_PORT for the docker-cli

Running

The recommended way of running is to pull the image from GitHub.

docker run -d --restart unless-stopped --network=host -e PLEX_PORT=[your_port_number_here] --name  plex-for-channels ghcr.io/jgomez177/plex-for-channels

chDVRuser · February 15, 2025, 4:17am

How long should it take until it has todays EPG?
Looks like it fetched tomorrows twice, but not todays.
Ahh, maybe Collect data for 2025-02-15 means UTC time.

2025-02-15T03:46:28.989577124Z [INFO - PLEX] PLEX Generating Device ID
2025-02-15T03:46:29.016449993Z [INFO - MAIN] ? http server started on [::]:7777
2025-02-15T03:46:29.250641635Z [INFO - PLEX] Starting Scheduler thread for plex
2025-02-15T03:46:29.251126600Z [INFO - PLEX] Running EPG Scheduler for plex
2025-02-15T03:46:29.251551607Z [INFO - PLEX] EPG: Updating Channel Data
2025-02-15T03:46:30.041109011Z [INFO - PLEX] Access Token located for local
2025-02-15T03:46:31.115618179Z [INFO - PLEX] Stories by AMC has DRM set. Skipping.
2025-02-15T03:46:43.437701064Z [INFO - PLEX] Updating TMSID for 407 items
2025-02-15T03:46:43.443098659Z [INFO - PLEX] Stations Identified for local: 616/616
2025-02-15T03:46:43.447053767Z [WARNING - PLEX] File 2025-02-14_media.xml does not exist
2025-02-15T03:46:43.447349688Z [WARNING - PLEX] File 2025-02-14_epg.xml does not exist
2025-02-15T03:46:43.447551878Z [NOTIFICATION - PLEX] Collect data for 2025-02-15
2025-02-15T03:46:43.447745963Z [NOTIFICATION - PLEX] Generating 2025-02-15_epg.xml
2025-02-15T03:47:30.664266965Z [NOTIFICATION - PLEX] Number of stations completed 100: Elapsed time: 47.22 seconds.
2025-02-15T03:49:05.076876415Z [NOTIFICATION - PLEX] Number of stations completed 200: Elapsed time: 141.63 seconds.
2025-02-15T03:49:45.363403023Z [INFO - PLEX] Reading channel id list cache for all geo locations
2025-02-15T03:49:45.371999458Z [INFO - PLEX] Full Playlist: 616
2025-02-15T03:49:45.372765558Z [INFO - PLEX] No Gracenote Playlist: 217
2025-02-15T03:49:47.946519429Z [INFO - PLEX] Reading channel id list cache for all geo locations
2025-02-15T03:49:47.955710972Z [INFO - PLEX] Full Playlist: 616
2025-02-15T03:49:47.956687916Z [INFO - PLEX] No Gracenote Playlist: 217
2025-02-15T03:50:15.028707816Z [INFO - PLEX] Reading channel id list cache for all geo locations
2025-02-15T03:50:15.037266913Z [INFO - PLEX] Full Playlist: 616
2025-02-15T03:50:15.038028472Z [INFO - PLEX] Gracenote Playlist: 399
2025-02-15T03:50:16.533025142Z [INFO - PLEX] Reading channel id list cache for all geo locations
2025-02-15T03:50:16.540880826Z [INFO - PLEX] Full Playlist: 616
2025-02-15T03:50:16.541755712Z [INFO - PLEX] Gracenote Playlist: 399
2025-02-15T03:51:56.898070891Z [NOTIFICATION - PLEX] Number of stations completed 300: Elapsed time: 313.45 seconds.
2025-02-15T03:56:04.982574008Z [NOTIFICATION - PLEX] Number of stations completed 400: Elapsed time: 561.53 seconds.
2025-02-15T04:00:49.431661388Z [NOTIFICATION - PLEX] Number of stations completed 500: Elapsed time: 845.98 seconds.
2025-02-15T04:01:29.586431524Z [INFO - PLEX] Checking scheduler thread
2025-02-15T04:06:06.291038762Z [NOTIFICATION - PLEX] Number of stations completed 600: Elapsed time: 1162.84 seconds.
2025-02-15T04:06:51.888671150Z [NOTIFICATION - PLEX] Station List completed 616: Elapsed time: 1208.44 seconds.
2025-02-15T04:07:22.703573884Z [INFO - PLEX] XML data successfully written to 'data/plex/2025-02-15_epg.xml'
2025-02-15T04:08:19.741588048Z [INFO - PLEX] XML data successfully written to 'data/plex/2025-02-15_media.xml'
2025-02-15T04:08:54.517175763Z [INFO - PLEX] XML data successfully written to 'data/plex/epg.xml'
2025-02-15T04:08:55.648616433Z [INFO - PLEX] GZIP XML data successfully written to 'data/plex/epg.xml'
2025-02-15T04:08:55.667180443Z [NOTIFICATION - PLEX] EPG Data Collection Complete
2025-02-15T04:08:55.828029198Z [INFO - PLEX] EPG Scheduler Complete

Looks like 22.5 minutes

jsfullam · February 15, 2025, 4:19am

I'm looking forward to giving this a try. Thanks for your hard work!

@bnhf, will the Olivetin Project One-Click action be updated to run this new Plex for Channels version 4.0?

chDVRuser · February 15, 2025, 4:22am

May be an issue for one click install if Channels can't access the lineup and EPG as soon as the docker container is created.

2025/02/14 19:50:08.828224 [ERR] Failed to download XMLTV-PlexNoEpg: xmltv fetch: GET: http://192.168.1.3:7781/plex/epg.xml: 404 NOT FOUND: "XML Being Generated Please Standby"

joagomez · February 15, 2025, 4:52am

Correct times are UTC - your pull times seem high as mine do not take quite as long, usually under 60 seconds per 100 stations - but their API is very inefficient and seems to throttle as more calls are done. I wish I could find a group API instead of by channel but haven't located it yet.
This is only one that has to be done one-by-one unlike Tubi and Pluto which programming can be pulled in batches