PlutoTV Question (newbie)

#1

I am new here. I just got Channels DVR and set up the system with yesterday using FireTV as a client. I am LOVING it so far. I used the TV Anywhere and M3U with the Pluto Docker app listed in other threads on this board.

I have everything working well. I have just one question, (so far :slight_smile:) If my computer needs to be rebooted for any reason. Channels starts up, (It's installed as a Windows Service) and the Docker Service starts up and PlutoTV stars. But in Channels I have to go to the "Pluto" source and manually reload M3U and XMLTV before I can use Pluto again. Is there something I am missing?

Thanks

Donald

#2

Update your DVR to the latest pre-release. It should be fixed there.

#3

How do get the latest pre-release?

#4

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#5

Thanks :slight_smile:

That started PlutoTV and all my channels from Pluto were automatically there and could be viewed. But I still have to manually reload the XMLTV to get epg guide data.

Are there any other Docker apps to add channels? Or is Pluto the only one (currently)?

#6

The XMLTV data should stick around across reboots. If that's not the case, submit diagnostics from the DVR.

The pluto-for-channels docker is an example we put out so others can develop their own integrations using that as a reference. So far no one has built anything else.

#7

Thank You. I tried it again it is fine. I just needed more patience.

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#8

I just loaded docker for pluto integration with Channels. Everything seems to be working well. I am only seeing a few hours of programming the channels "guide" for pluto channels. This maybe a limitation from Pluto . I like to use the guide to browse upcoming programs to watch. Is there something that can be done to get several days worth of guide data to show up in the channels guide?

#9

No. All you can do is have the guide data refreshed more frequently, to keep it as fresh as possible.

#10

Thank you. I have it updating "guide data" every three hours.
As an example, when I look at my guide for the "pluto" channels, I only can see program/guide data until 4:00am tomorrow. On my other sources (locast for example) I can see days in the future on the program/guide data/listing.
Is this an expected behavior for pluto as a source or do I have something configured incorrectly?

#11

This is how Pluto works. ~3 hours of guide data.

#12

Thank you Mike