happening to me as well. Any fix yet?
Greetings! New User, Lurker, etc. Thanks for such an awesome project.
I didn't find this during some quick reading of the two main threads here .. this one and the pluto tv docker help thread, but is there a "right" way to trigger the docker app to manually update the epg.xml that it creates? I did a quick restart and it updated, but was wondering if that's the right way. This is running Docker Desktop for Windows. Most things I've read are instructions on how frequent to tell channels to do the update from the epg.xml, but on what schedule/frequency/trigger does the app itself run on?
The back story is that I've got this all working, but I realized this issue today when my desktop went to sleep. As I went down the rabbit hole to solve it, I realized probably it was due to the sleeping that the docker app didn't update the episode guide as going to the / url showed the last update as the previous night.
thanks again!
I’d have to look at the code to know for sure, but the docker image updates on a regular interval that is not configurable, nor can you trigger it manually that I am aware of. If your machine went to sleep and the docker stopped obviously it won’t update during that time but once it’s resumed I would imagine it will resume its normal schedule. Not entirely sure how the interval works, if it’s based on a last run time stamp, or something else.
1 Like
There is an experimental fix for this in v2021.04.06.2356. I've tried it on TPIR and it works well now. It should also work on Vevo, WeatherNation and other problematic channels.
2 Likes
I tried this on Pluto Channel "Fail Army" and it went to commercial, played those commercials, and then came back. However, about 5 seconds after coming back, it froze and I had to back out.
I also tried this on TVE Channel "AS - Robot Chicken". It did not go to commercial pause, but did come back. However, it was then "out of sync" on time from that point forward.
On which client device? Can you submit diagnostics after this happens.
CCWGTV, didn't test on TS4K+, but thinking it might be the same. I've had the same issue on the web in the past, but haven't re-tested that, either.
"AS-Robot Chicken": 8b3f3a6c-837b-4de6-b0b1-261c10a758b2
"Fail Army": c95486c1-bc59-441d-9998-dbddca79b762
This is a known issue with the shared techzyon m3u. It means someone else using that m3u tuned into the same station and hijacked your session.
This is fixed in v2021.04.07.1734
Concur, this looks like it was working in a quick test.
Hmmmm... aside from going the Docker route, is there something else I can do? If I switched to the i.mjh.nz one, would it make a difference or would it have the same issue?
Can you share a bit on what this series of changes is doing?
It improves handling of EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY in our HLS client.
1 Like
I have installed docker and pluto tv. When I reboot my computer, I see that the container is running in docker, but I have to go into Channels DVR and reload the M3U to get the Pluto Channels to populate. I'm running on a Windows 10 PC. Is there something I missing that is preventing Channels from automatically starting Pluto?
I have the same issue. I use channels with emby so I always reload the stream in channels & then update live TV in emby.
I also noticed I’m not getting VEVO 2k channel. I’m getting 295 channels. Anyone else missing this channel?
I'm missing it now too. It was there just a few days ago. Also discussed in the "MTV Classic" thread here.
No longer seeing Vevo2k, but I do have a "007" channel now.
Any thoughts? Not using docker, just pc, all works except recently the stream selected (let’s say 007) plays for about 10 secs Jen gets connection lost error. I can deselected from guide and randomly it will hold on to it... this is specific to Pluto channels (using techzon streams )... when I first added it worked fine.. but guide would have to be manually updated (yes I used refresh every 3/6/24 hrs) well that issue solved on its own but now (say last few weeks) stream issue... I check Pluto tv app and it all works just fine.. any thoughts?
If you’re using a shared playlist found online, chances are someone else is trying to access the same stream, closing your connection when they open theirs. This has been mentioned numerous times in the thread.
1 Like
You could try the Stylebot chrome extension. It allows you to customize the CSS for any site. Works only locally though and would change only the Web UI. An ambitious user could theoretically change the whole look on the guide.
This will get you a gray background behind the logos, for instance:
.list-group-item.guide-channel-cell {
background: lightgray;
}
I updated to the latest beta version, and can now see Vevo 2k.