Samsung TV Plus for Channels

Playground Custom Channels
#70

I am not seeing guide data this morning.

#71

same

tried redownload guide nothing

#72

Need to ping @matthuisman when this happens. :wink:

#73

server ran out of space. have added some more :slight_smile:
should be back now

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#74

Thanks for making this available, Matt. I only use Pluto and Samsung now. Are there any other free sources or docker images available now? Like Sling free channels? I used to have ESPN+ subscription, but that was a racket - very limited access to live games.

#75

Start here:

Continue here:

Finish here:

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#76

Babsonnexus' links above are great resources. In addition to the FAST channels integrated from Pluto and Samsung, I'm enjoying more from Plex, Tubi, DistroTV and Roku.

And his excellent Streaming Library Manager tool helps manage and organize them neatly!

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#77

Anyone know a solution for fixing Samsung guide issues? Mine is not updating on Samsung. Using the "epg.xml.gz?regions=us" regional ending on my link.

#78

make sure to have it refresh every hour
samsung provides only about 6 hours of epg.

#79

@jb7764
Yeah...and try to map as many channels as you can to gracenote too because samsung's api can be moody

#80

You will find, even for the same channel, that sometimes Samsung guide data is better and sometimes Gracenote guide data is better, depending on the show.

For a specific channel, I have setup two sources. One using Gracenote, the other Samsung. So separate channel numbers. My show passes will record whichever has the best guide data, using the appropriate channel number.

That's just for one channel. I couldn't imagine doing it for all of them (not that I watch or record all of the Samsung channels anyway).

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#81

This is very interesting. How does a pass pick the best guide data? What condition is used in the pass to accomplish this? :thinking:

#82
#83

So far doesn't seem to have impacted the API. I'm getting all the usual stations, have the 6 hours of guide data, it's playing no problem, and even got the new stations that were just added.

#84

Cordcutters news being useless as ever again in their timely reporting. It wasn't "unexpected" at all, actual users of their service had a notice about the shutdown of the website since November 6th.

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#85

it shouldn't affect the addons / docker stuff as they dont use the website at all

Hopefully they now put more effort into the android app rollout to more countries!
That would mean we get more regions :star_struck:

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#86

I have tried Samsung as a Custom Channel (using the "github scrip"t topic mentioned elsewhere)and it plays but the Guide is only placeholders, none of the mentioned providers work, only placeholders!
2024/12/11 11:33:45.373123 [M3U] Refreshed lineup for samsung with 450 channels
2024/12/11 11:34:49.812437 [DVR] Indexed 460 channels (153594 airings + 0 replaced) with placeholders [1m2s index]

#87

It doesn't. This user does.

Human intervention.
One pass per show using the channel I decided has the best guide data for it.

#88

Ah OK. The way I read it at first, it sounded like the pass picked the channel in real time based on the EPG.

For a minute, I thought you were doing black magic. :laughing:

#89

Is anyone else seeing the same channels being added, then removed from your lineup?
Every day or so (for the last month) this has been repeating for me with the same channels being added, removed, added, removed...

****************************************************
2024-11-09 11:05:21
Channels DVR server URL: http://192.168.1.4:8089
Channels DVR version: 2024.11.09.0501
------------------------------
SamsungTVPlus: 378 channels (-5)
(http://192.168.1.3:8182/playlist.m3u8)
<--- Channel changes --->
- ABC7 Bay Area (10012)
- CBS News Bay Area (10013)
- FOX 2 San Francisco (10014)
- NBC Bay Area News (10011)
- Telemundo California (10271)
- WN San Francisco (10016)
+ WeatherNation (13398)
****************************************************
2024-11-10 23:05:50
Channels DVR server URL: http://192.168.1.4:8089
Channels DVR version: 2024.11.11.0140
------------------------------
SamsungTVPlus: 383 channels (+5)
(http://192.168.1.3:8182/playlist.m3u8)
<--- Channel changes --->
+ ABC7 Bay Area (10012)
+ CBS News Bay Area (10013)
+ FOX 2 San Francisco (10014)
+ NBC Bay Area News (10011)
+ Telemundo California (10271)
+ WN San Francisco (10016)
- WeatherNation (13398)
****************************************************
...
****************************************************
2024-12-14 11:06:08
Channels DVR server URL: http://192.168.1.4:8089
Channels DVR version: 2024.12.14.0053
------------------------------
SamsungTVPlus: 398 channels (-5)
(http://192.168.1.3:8182/playlist.m3u8)
<--- Channel changes --->
- ABC7 Bay Area (10012)
- CBS News Bay Area (10013)
- FOX 2 San Francisco (10014)
- NBC Bay Area News (10011)
- Telemundo California (10271)
- WN San Francisco (10016)
+ WeatherNation (13398)
****************************************************
2024-12-14 23:06:08
Channels DVR server URL: http://192.168.1.4:8089
Channels DVR version: 2024.12.14.2130
------------------------------
SamsungTVPlus: 403 channels (+5)
(http://192.168.1.3:8182/playlist.m3u8)
<--- Channel changes --->
+ ABC7 Bay Area (10012)
+ CBS News Bay Area (10013)
+ FOX 2 San Francisco (10014)
+ NBC Bay Area News (10011)
+ Telemundo California (10271)
+ WN San Francisco (10016)
- WeatherNation (13398)
****************************************************