[RELEASE] Stream Link/File Manager for Channels [Streaming Library Manager Extension]

Playground Stream Links
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#541

Go to Controls > Files, select SLM - Bookmarks and click View. When it loads, in the filter field for entry_id put ts517900. You should see something like this:

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If you do, that proves the item is bookmarked. Perhaps it has a different Title that was accidentally saved? Use that to find it because if its here, then it will be in that dropdown. Remember when changing your settings you have to click Save Default for them to take effect; you can't just toggle the options and get different selections in the dropdown.

I can't tell what you did from your description because you are saying you can't find it but are somehow changing it. Seems too much is getting mixed here for me to follow. Screen shots and logs with the story are the most helpful thing to me.

#542

Thank you,

The search showed me that it's bookmarked as "Company Retreat". It's a data consistency error from Just Watch and I'm aware it's hardly the first time. They have the show name as "Company Retreat" in some places and in others they use the full name "Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat". I was able to generate the stream links yet there is another data error they don't list all the episodes so I created those stream links manually.

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#543

Update on the YouTube channels issue: So, I suspected YouTube flagged my IP because I used Tivimate with multiple streams. However, a few months ago, my ISP had put my router in a commercial VLAN with a static IP, because someone in my household had issues with their work VPN. This morning I found their work VPN was "broken", and they had been using their hot spot for days and never told me. My ISP has just merged with another company, so I suspect something got "rebooted" or "reassigned to default". I put in a ticket, and ISP fixed the routing issue. Magically, YouTube streams work normally again without a VPN or signing into the YouTube account!! My external IP is exactly the same today as it always has been, so that was not part of the mix. Thought this might be helpful for others.

#544

These features and fixes should be working as of this version:

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#545

@babsonnexus
Log issue/change? Was the log config changed?
I just updated to the v2026.03.29.1338...
Here's the only thing in my podman/linux log:
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Meanwhile, the Controls/Logs show:

[youtube] Gd9d4q6WvUY: Downloading iframe API JS
[youtube] Gd9d4q6WvUY: Downloading player 8e54e4ea-main
[youtube] Gd9d4q6WvUY: Downloading web safari player API JSON
[youtube] [jsc:node] Solving JS challenges using node
[debug] [youtube] [jsc:node] Using challenge solver lib script v0.8.0 (source: python package, variant: minified)
[debug] [youtube] [jsc:node] Using challenge solver core script v0.8.0 (source: python package, variant: minified)
[debug] [youtube] [jsc:node] Running node: node --permission -
[WARNING] [youtube] Unable to fetch GVS PO Token for web_safari client: Missing required Visitor Data. You may need to pass Visitor Data with --extractor-args "youtube:visitor_data=XXX"
[youtube] Gd9d4q6WvUY: Downloading m3u8 information
2026-03-29 08:14:15.621756:  INFO: Extraction successful for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd9d4q6WvUY.
2026-03-29 08:14:15.621851:  INFO: Found 6 formats.
2026-03-29 08:14:15.621951:  INFO: Best format URL found using m3u8: https://manifest.googlevideo.com/api/manifest/hls_playlist/expire/1774829654/ei/9mvJacKsHLyRsfIPnPPT6A0/ip/72.253.16.202/id/Gd9d4q6WvUY.4/itag/301/source/yt_live_broadcast/requiressl/yes/ratebypass/yes/live/1/sgoap/gir%3Dyes%3Bitag%3D140/sgovp/gir%3Dyes%3Bitag%3D299/rqh/1/hls_chunk_host/rr2---sn-i5f5ppuxa-ioal.googlevideo.com/xpc/EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D/playlist_duration/30/manifest_duration/30/bui/AUUZDGK6RmKF449EXMgtFlYIy2xvaERZog6rw5ZblDWTq_kW1p3_7XrnFNOAu0kjkl05h7m4rZPCUMpq/spc/jlWavb3-8aVNGS_9kppPe7WJN1hAbiGdtib2vJ1YQcE5HNlFWzQ0Vfzf8tYPNj-Vt6h31Q/vprv/1/ns/CxdWqK1Etizya-Eh2PiWC80T/reg/0/playlist_type/DVR/initcwndbps/3708750/met/1774808055,/mh/jt/mm/44/mn/sn-i5f5ppuxa-ioal/ms/lva/mv/m/mvi/2/pl/19/rms/lva,lva/dover/11/pacing/0/keepalive/yes/fexp/51565116,51565681/n/rw3n0Fib5XD5Vw/mt/1774807722/sparams/expire,ei,ip,id,itag,source,requiressl,ratebypass,live,sgoap,sgovp,rqh,xpc,playlist_duration,manifest_duration,bui,spc,vprv,ns,reg,playlist_type/sig/AHEqNM4wRQIhAICf4xy4ooDjQOqVqw-t8X6W_ZhQcHQRrmBjHxe80DTSAiBFZxg7k0aQyUs39HsO_dFEDAUEkdT6IF2QR9jIofpUnQ%3D%3D/lsparams/hls_chunk_host,initcwndbps,met,mh,mm,mn,ms,mv,mvi,pl,rms/lsig/APaTxxMwRAIgGP1LSD9ZLo6x-sIaKbfMgd_JrChPwTdeY57OD9oHIQgCIHSFJKaAwz1QihSWj4gmwN9lbO4ZO9QlAoUnFgLnqJws/playlist/index.m3u8
[info | 2026-03-29 08:14:15,624] - 10.89.3.6 - - [29/Mar/2026 08:14:15] "GET /playlists/streams/stream?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd9d4q6WvUY HTTP/1.1" 200 -
#546

OK, update... so the last entry in the podman/linux log was 08:11...
Then at 08:24, a slew of entries showed up in the container log...

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#547

See above:

No support is or will be offered for any logging outside SLM's internal methodology.

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#548

Are we the only two that understand what we're saying and showing?
I gave up and just view the log from within SLM now.

#549

Thanks. Looking good!

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#550

@chDVRuser no worries, I'll do the same going forward... use only the slm logs...

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#551

Technically this is how I'm looking at it. I could be wrong.
Docker captures stdout and stderr streams from running containers and logs them.
It appears that the container stdout is being buffered somehow since that output is being delayed.

Just one example.
This log entry timestamped 13:00:13 local time (20:00:13 UTC) was logged by docker at 21:22:59 UTC.

UTC time container log      Local (UTC-7) time
2026-03-29T21:22:59.634787Z 2026-03-29 13:00:13.017508:  INFO: Best format URL found using m3u8: https://manifest.googlevideo.com/api/manifest/hls_playlist/...

So something kept that stdout buffered for over an hour.

Like I said, because of this the SLM container log will not be current, so I'm using the SLM log for this container.

#552

Thanks

#553

I installed this in Windows. How do I uninstall it?

#554
  1. In Task Manager, make sure slm.exe is not running. If it is, close it.
  2. In Task Scheduler, delete the Streaming Library Manager task.
  3. In Environment Variables, delete the SLM_PORT
  4. Delete the directory where you did the install.

NOTE: If you are migrating to another environment or installation type, you MUST save your program_files directory first to maintain everything you have done. Place the entire contents of that in the new location's installation and you'll be GTG!

[RELEASE] Playlist Manager for Channels [Streaming Library Manager Extension]
#555

Hello, is this what I’m looking for if I’m wanting Channels to show the newest Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, or Saturday Night Live shows as they air (daily/every Saturday)? Like when those new episodes air, will Saturday Night Live be under Next Up/Recently Updated the following day? (Yes I understand these will be links to the Peacock app)

Thank you.

#556

They are treated as any regular new episode, so if that is how it works for you with recordings, it will work the same for you with Stream Links.

In my experience, JustWatch (on which SLM is dependent for getting the links) is not able to keep up with the dailies likes Jeopardy. A weekly like SNL seems better.

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#557

For anyone who thinks this project is abandoned :roll_eyes:, here's a bunch of recent fixes and upgrades:

If you are every interested what I am up to around SLM/PLM/MTM, things are always up-to-date on the repo!

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Hacking YouTube into my Channels DVR
#558

Forgive me if this is not the right forum. Let me preface this by saying that I know just enough to be dangerous (not in a good way) and I have tried to find the solution but I haven't or maybe I can't comprehend the answers. Whatever I have tried or tried to try has not worked but I am willing to try again because there's no guarantee that I did it correctly. Using macOS, Docker, and Portainer. I updated SLM 1-2 days ago. Docker and Portainer are up-to-date. I have restarted Docker and even my computer.

While updating/assigning the unassigned channels this morning, they all reverted back to "Unassigned Stations"-even ones that had been previously assigned. I do see that there are Parent Stations still listed but all channels are unassigned. I'd really like to not reassign them manually if I don't need to because there's a lot of them. What did I do wrong/how can I fix this?

#559

Not enough info to know for sure, but maybe you or a cloud backup thing had certain program files locked during the upgrade or some other activity?

There are backups of the program files, both daily and when you did an upgrade (depending upon how long it has been). You'll want to check the PlaylistManager_ChildToParent.csv backed up file and if it looks like it has your assignments, then move that into the main program_files directory, replacing the existing file. If it's been too long (or you did multiple restarts of SLM) and you only have backups since the issue appeared, then I'm afraid you are out of luck and will have to do the reassignment.

There is a dedicated PLM thread, but this is generic enough for any similar situation anyway.

#560

Thank you very much! Sounds easy enough, so we’ll see. :slight_smile: