Pluto for Channels

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#497

Channel number 1005 is probably assigned to the CBS News channel. 1005 is the channel number in Pluto (in the Game Shows section), but you might need to adjust it. Just change the channel-number parameter on the second line to an unused channel number.

Download the playlist (just copy the URL you use in Channels and paste it in your browser; it will download an m3u file). Open the m3u file in a text editor and copy everything after the master.m3u8 of the first URL and paste it after the master.m3u8 of both the Jeopardy and Wheel stream URLs.

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#498

Ok thanks. I have several custom channel feeds and I was thinking that maybe 1005 was coming from one of those other feeds, but what confused me is that Pluto also has CBS News feeds, but no 1005 CBS News feed channel.

Regarding the playlist, thanks for clarifying. I wasn't sure WHICH URL to copy. You clarified that it's the first URL in the playlist.

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#499

I discovered that the CBS News 1005 was coming from my Samsung TV Plus source. Once I moved my Jeopardy custom channels priority over Samsung TV Plus (which I rarely use), 1005 started to work for the Jeopardy channel. Again, not a big deal but nice to understand how it works.

Is there anything in the settings that shows these type of channel "conflicts"?

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#500

When you set up a new source, let channels allocate the channel numbers.

#501

Yeah, I have discovered that in the last day or two and I changed all of my sources not to use the channel number from the playlist. I really don't care what the channel number is. Also, I thought that moving the priority of the source would give that source more preference over its native channel number, but it really didn't. The reason the Jeopardy channel started to work with channel number 1005 was because I had temporarily removed Samung TV Plus as a source. Once I added it back in, then the problem came back. That is when I decided to just let Channels DVR determine channels and set all my sources not to prefer the channel numbers from the playlist.

#502

Not sure if Pluto or the docker container is causing this issue.
All PBS Nature channel episodes are showing the tag Live.

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EDIT: Looks like it's coming from Pluto

"timelines": [{
   "title": "Nature",
   "episode": {
      "description": "The history of diamonds, from their beginnings in the earth's core to mining and acquisition.",
      "clip": {"originalReleaseDate": "2004-02-08T00:00:00.000Z"},
      "name": "Diamonds",
      "slug": "diamonds-live-epg-1-0-ptv3",
      "firstAired": "2004-02-08T00:00:00.000Z",
      "liveBroadcast": true,
      "series": {
         "name": "Nature",
         "slug": "nature-live-epg",
         "type": "live",
         "description": "Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendors of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.",
         "summary": "A documentary series transporting viewers to far-flung locations, focusing on the varied animals and ecosystems of the world.",
         "displayName": "Nature",
      }
   }
}
#503
#504

Betting these will be "on demand", I find the real Pluto app interface to be the worst imaginable. It is nice to muddle through it occasionally to stream episodes you may have missed with the on demand, if these movies end up on a "live tv" stream I'll be tickled pink.

#505

Many of them are airing “live”. I watched a bit of Titanic and Raiders of the Lost Ark today. They’re available on-demand as well.

#506

Yeah I see Titanic on the Drama channel now. That's what I figured... they did something similar for the Rocky movies and Sailor Moon earlier this year, but those had dedicated channels playing them 24/7. It was a short-lived window though, those channels are now gone...

I will say, Channels DVR along with pluto-for-channels, nocords.xyz and this guide data is a match made in commercial-skipping, time-shifting heaven. Makes it easy to record a bunch of whatever we like and maybe even set up our own 24/7 Virtual Channels with the collection. I'm planning to record a whole bunch of these, it's an impressive list of A-list content, previously unavailable via FAST:


> **June Films**

* Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
* Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
* Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
* Titanic
* Gladiator
* Pain & Gain
* Crawl
* Transformers: Dark of the Moon
* Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
* Four Brothers
* The Gambler (2014)
* Bridget Jones’s Diary
* Runaway Bride
* Star Trek Beyond
* Clear and Present Danger
* Selma
* The Fugitive
* Poltergeist
* Magnolia
* The Fifth Element
* Made of Honor
* Sleepless
* Runaway Jury
* I Love You Phillip Morris
* Machine Gun Preacher
* Oculus
* Almost Famous
* Basic Instinct
* Downsizing
* The Fighter
* Ghost in the Shell (2017)
* Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
* The Island
* Minority Report
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
* Terminator Genysis
* Tropic Thunder
* The Kings of Summer
* The Aviator
* The Crow
* Fresh
* The Yards
* Sicario
* 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
* Criminal (2016)

**July Films**

* Mission: Impossible
* Mission: Impossible II
* Mission: Impossible III
* Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
* Top Gun
* Forrest Gump
* Saving Private Ryan
* Terminator Genysis
* Old School
* Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
* The Fighting Temptations
* Good Burger
* Boomerang
* Harlem Nights
* Clue
* Demolition Man
* Tango & Cash
* Interview With the Vampire
* Risky Business
* Air Force One
* Hancock
* The Patriot
* XXX
* XXX: State of the Union
* Sleepless
* Final Destination 1-3
* City Slickers
* Two If By Sea
* I Love You Phillip Morris
* Machine Gun Preacher
* Oculus
* The Raven
* A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
* Arrival
* The Back-Up Plan
* Beavis & Butt-Head Do America
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

**August Films**

* Gladiator
* Shooter
* World War Z
* Transformers: Dark of the Moon
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
* G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
* G.I. Joe: Retaliation
* Coach Carter
* How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
* School of Rock
* Adventureland
* Grease 2
* The Truman Show
* Good Burger
* Boomerang
* Harlem Nights
* Risky Business
* Mars Attacks!
* Goodfellas
* The Lost Boys
* Misery
* And So It Goes
* Vehicle 19
* Action Point
* The Adventures of Tintin
* The Brady Bunch Movie
* A Very Brady Sequel
* Dinner for Schmucks
* Gambit (2012)
* The Honeymooners (2005)
* Inside Llewyn Davis
* The Mechanic (2011)
* Morning Glory
* Mother!
* Overlord
* Primal Fear
* Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
* Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
* The Terminal
* War of the Worlds (2005)
* Bad Santa 1 & 2
* Lila and Eve

P.S. Enjoy it while it lasts. I believe this "ease" is exactly what's ruffled the feathers over at the MPA.

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#507

I run Pluto in Docker and everything works well with Channels, but I notice many times that the guide data is generic and will just show the name of the channel for the whole day and not the individual shows. The only way to get the guide to update is to quit and restart Channels on my ATV.

I also run the PBS for VLC image in Docker and the guide for the PBS stations is always up to date.

I have tried reloading the M3U, changing the refresh interval, even restarting Docker, but so far the only fix is to keep quitting Channels and then restarting it.

Is this just the way it is or is there something I can change?

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#509

I don't use Docker.

But, using the direct URL to the .xml, works fine for me.

https://nocords.xyz/pluto/epg.xml

Perhaps your Docker is not updating/pulling the .xml file.

#510

Don't think its Docker because I can stop/start Docker or the container itself and the guide does not update, but as I said quitting Channels and restarting it does make the guide update.

#511

If the guide data is missing only on your ATV but NOT the web UI guide, that is a different issue.

If the guide data is missing on both your ATV and the web UI guide, the below applies.

Could be an issue with the Pluto for Channels docker getting the EPG from Pluto which will appear in the Pluto for Channels docker container log as
mv: can't rename '*playlist.m3u': No such file or directory
mv: can't rename '*epg.xml': No such file or directory

Could also be the timing of when the Pluto for Channels docker container grabs the EPG from Pluto and when Channels DVR refreshes it from the container. I modified my Pluto for Channels docker container to grab EPG from Pluto every hour (normal is about every three hours) and also use a task to update the playlist.m3u and epg.xml in Channels DVR every hour after the Pluto for Channels docker container grabs the Pluto EPG.

That way my 12 hours of Pluto EPG is never more than 1 hour old.

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#512

I switched from docker to the links from https://nocords.xyz and stopped having this issue. Works great with Pluto as well as Stirr. Thanks again to community member @HankLloydRight!

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#513

This. :point_up:

#514

Ok, using the nocords now. Will see how it works. Thanks all.

#515

I recently had the same issue and had to docker delete the instance and redeploy. It started working again afterwards.

#516

The nocords method is no better. Each time I go to the Channels App on the ATV the Pluto channels have no info, just the name of the channel across all hours of the day. If I quit the Channels app and then open it all the Pluto channels update.

The guide on the webpage is correct and has no issues.