Thank you,
Your app as it is could be launched from Task Scheduler with just a few clicks. All that's needed is the ability to set the configuration and having it stick. I think you have most of that setup already from what I'm reading. I'll need to do some testing so see where it's at.
I started on the Powershell scripts to automate the process. Having the playlist on the IP:port should eliminate the need for most dashboard visits. As soon as I test the PS files, I'll put them on GitHub. Thanks for the suggestion. It "should" work fine as a service as is, but there are always little issues that are hard to envision without actually doing it.
Take a look at BBC News and Sky News channels, the show dates are all 12/31/69. Don't think this happened with the old Pluto feed. Also there are no New tags etc. Yes this is US East.
Ok. I'll look into the issue. Thanks.
Well, I'm lost. I just installed 1.0.9, but all I get when I try to watch a Pluto channel, is the "reconnect" error, and then it gives up. First time this has happened on the new version installs.
I think Channels is still looking for the server on Port 7777, and the new instance switched to 7781. I don't know how to get it back to 7777, OR get Channels to see it on 7781.
P.S. Duh, my brain must not be working this morning. All I had to do was change my Channels SOURCE URL to reflect the new port of 7781. SORRY!
I'm all set, and I'm leaving this post for others future reference, even if it makes me look a little dumb, lol.
Hopefully, this is just a issue with his docker solution....but, if not, could mean that DRM may be enabled on all Pluto channels at some point.
OK, I got it sorted. The issue was present in the original Docker version too. Pluto does not return a valid original air date for 24/7 live channels or non-episode content. It sends the Unix Epoch 0 timestamp 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z for those programs. I have a work around where when we see the 1970 placeholder, it now drops it and gives a clean display on the guide. I also improved the live content tag detection. I'll have the update built in a little while. It will be v1.1.0 and hopefully finished up. Thanks.
Thanks! You've been awesome with the quick hits on this.
I hope not. If so, we will just pivot to a different FAST provider. I feel like if they were going to go DRM, they wouldn't have been worried about adding limits to it, but who knows.
Pluto offers the most. Plex would be the next best. Samsung, not much. I don’t know about LG and I think there are a few others.
Some channels are offered the same on all of them at least in name but some air different programming or different episodes.
Thanks for all the great updates!
Hi.
Hope I'm posting this in the right forum. When I first discovered & raised the issue with Pluto is how first I discovered Windows 4C & initially set up the first version. It was simple and worked. I discovered I prefer it over the Docker version I'd been using for several years. Great work! (The only downside was it the one stream limit).
When I discovered you'd updated to allow for multiple streams (again, GREAT WORK!), I jumped on v1.0.7 then (now) to v1.1.0. Works great until the channel I'm watching goes to commercial break. Then things get weird:
The commercial breaks are out of sync (both audio and video), sometimes freeze, and creates time a time shift (I get the Channels pop-up telling so when I try to exit back to the guide). I'm noticing this on my (primary) Apple TV 4k and Android client.
Is there/are there any tweaks or settings I can make on my end to eliminate/minimize this?
That is an issue between Pluto and Channels DVR. The only thing this application does is send the link to Channels from Pluto. It does not have anything to do with the stream itself. I wish I could offer assistance, but the network and stream are out of my control.
I have also noticed odd issues on some commercial breaks too. The only way I found to get it going again was back out of the channel and select it again.
Understood. My thanks for the reply & all you've done so far!
Try rebooting your Channels server.
yes. i mentioned this in some other tread....it freezes up during certain ad breaks. Eventually recovers if you wait. If you watch via web interface, the ads are stuttering, seem to be corrupt stream or invalid data. no idea. Something the devs have to look at.
One thing I can suggest is make sure you have the stream in Channels set to MPEG instead of HLS. The issue is with discontinuities with the transition for show to commercial break. I already pass serverSideAds = "false" parameter to Pluto to avoid more commercials.
I have my stream for your Pluto solution set to HLS, am running it on a Beelink mini pc with Windows 11 Pro, along with Channels. I'm mostly using a second generation Apple TV 4k hard-wired, and I don't see this issue happening to me.
I will play with the serverSideAds = "false" parameter on my end and see if toggling it makes a difference. What that does is keep Pluto from sending localized ads to the stream. Having 3rd party ads injected changing resolutions back and forth can and probably will cause even worse issues. I will test it locally and see if it improves it any. If it does, I'll add a toggle to adjust the ss ads. The most important this is the HLS setting. Channels handles the stream better that way.
I am having the same issue. I had to go back to a previous version which only allows 1 stream at a time. With the 1 stream version no problems with commercials, freezing or out of sync so yes, something in the newer versions is causing the problem.