Pluto for Channels

[akskinz]

Thanks... I'll give it a try.

[bellbm]

Getting this on all of my channels. Using Maddox docker. What can I do to get channels back

[chDVRuser]

Are you running the latest maddox docker version?
You have read about the changes to Pluto limiting streams and requiring an account, right?

I lost all Pluto channels -

Here are the new options

[bellbm]

thank you, sorry, should have searched more, back up and running now

[jkister]

@speedingcheetah

Change to mpeg-ts. Pluto is very bad for streaming quality video. Their ads cause issues.

well i thought changing to mpeg-ts fixed it, but it's still happening -- it survives some commercials and not others. any other ideas ?

[Bobby_Vaughn]

That is an issue even on Pluto's own app. The way the inject ads causes this. One thing that may help is clearing the cache on the channels app.

[olderi]

Is there a chance Channels devs will add a working PlutoTV feature straight into DVR settings, without needing to tinker with additional docker images etc?

[maddox]

@olderi

Is there a chance Channels devs will add a working PlutoTV feature straight into DVR settings, without needing to tinker with additional docker images etc?

No. This is an appropriate use of Custom Channels and community contributions.

[olderi]

Thank you for a quick reply. My skills are not so good that I could configure the new PlutoTV configs, used to use PlutoTV when it didn't require auth + docker etc settings.

I guess I'll just have to learn to live without it for now...

[babsonnexus]

I believe in you that you or anyone else can learn Docker! It's not as daunting as it might seem from the outside, especially with the tools we have now to make it easy peasy. If you were able to get Channels up and running, then you already have 90% of the skills and knowledge necessary.

I'll link to the below because it has all the basics:

Requesting native Windows installations for projects and add-ons

I already do, but that doesn't stop the same complaints from other OS users. Still, to answer this more in depth: Explanation for why compiling for a specific OS is difficult (read first three) And this is assuming the code was written in a universal language like Python and has a web front end, both of which might not be true. If you want a desktop application or use a different coding language, then none of this may apply and you might be writing for every OS individually. This is an in…

[Bobby_Vaughn]

If you don't want to go the docker route, you can try the Windows installer.

Pluto-Windows_4C Released

I'm going to start a thread for the Windows Pluto App. I will stop maintaining my Docker version since @maddox and @KineticMan have fixes for the stream limit issue on theirs. Pluto Windows 4 Channels DVR A native Windows bridge for integrating Pluto TV channels into Channels DVR. This application replaces the need for Docker by providing a standalone .exe that runs in your system tray, manages M3U playlists, and automatically updates EPG data. Username and Password fields have been added to t…

[mgantt87]

@maddox any suggestions for this issue? I also have to reload the m3u every day or two.

[maddox]

Yeah, but it doesn't proxy, and so you're hitting the 24 hour timeout on the session since it's sending out full authenticated urls to Channels.

In short, you really should just move on to one of the other projects. maddox/pluto-for-channels is pretty much over.

[chDVRuser]

And if you're going to go the docker route, I highly recommend KineticMan's FastChannels - FAST Channels aggregator/manager which will allow much more than just Pluto from one docker container.

[chDVRuser]

Thank you for kick-starting this idea and laying the ground work.

[andrewsugg]

This setup doesn't work any longer, does it?

[HermanHome]

Any issues with the current implementation? Can't seem to get any Pluto channels to start streaming. Restarted the container and looked in logs and it keeps saying stream limit reached, but currently there is only one thing being played and it is not off of Pluto. I have 4 Tuners add as sources. @maddox is there anything you are aware of that would be preventing the stream from starting with the current implementation?

[bnhf]

@HermanHome

Any issues with the current implementation?

Just 4 posts up from yours...

Pluto for Channels

Yeah, but it doesn't proxy, and so you're hitting the 24 hour timeout on the session since it's sending out full authenticated urls to Channels. In short, you really should just move on to one of the other projects. maddox/pluto-for-channels is pretty much over.

[jxxaxxy]

With the current state and it seems Maddox doesn't want to re-invent the wheel to make it work, I think you should move onto Fast Channels as that is being actively maintained. It also gives you a ton more options. It has a lot more setup upfront as well, but mainly it is done inside the app.

FastChannels - FAST Channels aggregator/manager

Wanted to share something I've been building called FastChannels — a self-hosted FAST channel aggregator that scrapes free ad-supported streaming services and delivers unified M3U playlists and XMLTV EPG guides for Channels DVR (and any other IPTV client). Why FastChannels? The problem it solves: Pluto TV, Tubi, Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus, Xumo, Plex, DistroTV and others each have hundreds of free live channels —but they're siloed. Getting them all into Channels DVR meant maintaining separa…

[weavb013]

I just installed KineticMan's version on my Synology and it really does work well to stream on more than one device without need to setup multiple sources in Channels. Also, can use my own channel number sequence as before.