Pluto for Channels

[chDVRuser]

Got it. So ALL just combines the countries you selected for that container.

[joagomez]

exactly!

[Fofer]

Unfortunately the “CNN Headlines” channel is no longer working via these dockers.

CNN Headlines on Pluto error 401 Unauthorized

I have channels on Synology 920+. I have been unable to tune the Pluto CNN Headlines channel for some time now. I'm using @maddox's pluto-for-channels docker container. Most or all of my other Pluto channels work. And I am able to tune this channel directly on the Pluto website. Error from log below. Any ideas? Could not start stream for M3U-PlutoTV ch9563 CNN HEADLINES: M3U: Could not fetch playlist from cfd-v4-service-channel-stitcher-use1-1.prd.pluto.tv: GET: https://cfd-v4-service-channel-…

[kalehrl]

I'm trying to get American, Canadian and UK channels by running this command but I get an error:

docker run -d --restart unless-stopped --network=host -e PLUTO_CODE=us_east,us_west,ca,uk PLUTO_PORT=8184 --name pluto-for-channels ghcr.io/jgomez177/pluto-for-channels

The error I get is this:

docker: invalid reference format: repository name must be lowercase.
See 'docker run --help'.

When I remove PLUTO_CODE=us_east,us_west,ca,uk the error disappears and I get the lists.

[chDVRuser]

@kalehrl

docker run -d --restart unless-stopped --network=host -e PLUTO_CODE=us_east,us_west,ca,uk PLUTO_PORT=8184 --name pluto-for-channels ghcr.io/jgomez177/pluto-for-channels

All environment variables need to be preceeded by -e and you're missing it for PLUTO_PORT
Try this

docker run -d --restart unless-stopped --network=host -e PLUTO_CODE=us_east,us_west,ca,uk -e PLUTO_PORT=8184 --name pluto-for-channels ghcr.io/jgomez177/pluto-for-channels

[kalehrl]

Thank you. That fixed it. The only remaining thing is how to get ALL list? I tried adding 'all' at the end of PLUTO_CODE=us_east,us_west,ca,uk but then I get invalid country code in the list page.

[chDVRuser]

ALL is just an option for the playlist and epg urls found here

Pluto for Channels

Correct, the ALL will just be an option in the main listing (pay no attention to the version and date will update that later) [Screenshot 2024-09-11 205535] I was saying that if you wanted to go down to only say two playlists then you could have a docker that had for example US_WEST, LOCAL, US_EAST, CA, and a second docker that had UK and FR then by using the ALL option for each docker you would effectively have two playlists under the 750 limit instead of all 6 with duplicates in the US

Pluto for Channels

Got it. So ALL just combines the countries you selected for that container.

Pluto for Channels

exactly!

You just use one of the ALL urls

[kalehrl]

I don't have ALL url.
Mine is still running the previous version v1.14
Even after stopping and removing the previous container.

[chDVRuser]

See his post from two days ago

@joagomez

Regardless gonna let this bake a bit more to make sure the EPG is working properly before releasing

Looks like he released v1.15 yesterday
https://github.com/jgomez177/pluto-for-channels/pkgs/container/pluto-for-channels
Pulled that and it works for me

[kalehrl]

Got it to appear finally by removing the docker image with sudo docker rmi... and starting it again.

[joagomez]

Will look into this

[chDVRuser]

Same source?

CNN Headlines | CNN

[Fofer]

What’s playing there is different from what’s playing right now on the “CNN Headlines” channel directly in the Pluto TV app.

[chDVRuser]

Guess if you really wanted it in Channels DVR you could use this
https://github.com/jgomez177/plex-for-channels/pkgs/container/plex-for-channels
I realize not all providers have the same EPG for the same FAST channel and the airings may be delayed or totally made up vs. the actual network FAST stream.

[joagomez]

Code has been updated to work for CNN Headlines.
And sorry for the delay on this one. I didn't see the other thread so didn't know it was an issue (since I obviously never watch that channel)

[kalehrl]

Sorry for the noob question but how to update this docker in the easiest way possible? Stop it, remove it and then start it again or is there an easier way?

[bnhf]

@kalehrl

or is there an easier way?

Installing the Portainer WebUI, and deploying Watchtower, is the easiest way to manage your Docker deployments. It makes it much more straightforward to visualize, and update your containers:

docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9000:9000 -p 9443:9443 --name portainer \
    --restart=always \
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
    -v portainer_data:/data \
    cr.portainer.io/portainer/portainer-ce:latest

[speedingcheetah]

So, I been using the maddox Pluto container for a bit now. And the nocords urls on secondary server.

The joagomez container, seen some recent posts of updates to it.
There is a post a bit back that sates some channels are missing or duplicated between the 2,

Wondering what container is superior on the backend if that is a thing.
maddox container it self not been updated in years, but joagomez changelog mentions optimizations etc.

I do not need to specify what region or use multiple regions. USA is default on both right?

Looking for opinions/input.

Considering moving/re-installing my secondary server to different hardware, and thus looking at if i should just stick with maddox container, or try the joagomez one, or just use the nocords url (which is powered by maddox container??)

[jator]

I've had the Maddox docker running for over a year and no issues on my side. I can't say if I am missing out on other features with another Docker solution, but for me, so long as "it just works", I'm good.

[speedingcheetah]

well, both the nocords and maddox docker fluctuate. Each adding or removing channels. they supposed to be running off the same code?

At present, nocords lists 429 channels, and maddox docker 426. Each has fluctuated by a few here and there every few days or so.

I plan to setup the joagomez container on my test setup, to compare.