Thanks. The standard guide looks great regardless.
No problem. I’m new to this also and someone showed me how to do this when I added Pluto. I’m just passing along the info. Enjoy.
Just pushed a fix to remove some tricks I was trying to do to improve images in the guide. Removing the tricks will make the images appear in full and not cut off.
Thanks to @tmm1 and @maddox for clarifying what this is and is capable of. I agree that due to crappy guide data you probably can't rely on it for recording but it should be fine for watching live.
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I've now made over a dozen recordings on Stirr for Channels. And I'm not complaining, but each one has that annoying "interrupted" flag after the recording is done. It reminds me of the early m3u playlist for Pluto (I'm not technical, but that had something to do with all users using the same playlist and creating some sort of conflict that made the "interrupted" flag happen). Once I loaded the new Pluto playlist, all was good on that source. Perhaps this is what's happening on the Stirr playlist. Thanks RobbieT, btw.
Please submit diagnostics and we can check what's up with the interruption.
Thanks Robbie, the channel logos look great.
I whipped up a tool so you can find your Station ID (or any other one you want to use). You can get to it here:
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I don't understand why STIRR would not be expected to work well with recordings, but fine for live. I get that the thumbnails are wonky and not very attractive, but the time slot in the Guide is designated for the program so what would cause a recording problem? I've recorded quite a few shows and they seemed to me like they were working OK. For example, I recorded a couple of seasons of World Poker Tour episodes and they seemed to have all recorded OK, though I've not watched them yet.
My experience is that a show will record but it tends to fail where you have several different episodes. The guide lacks sufficient episode info so Channels doesn't record because it thinks it recorded it already. This is specifically with season passes. It's hard to imagine how this can be solved in software because basic needed information is missing. So this seems to be a flaw that we will have to live with unless Pluto/Stirr start providing more complete info.
For exactly what @psperry just described.
That's great that some of your recordings worked well. I'm just setting expectations on this. A lot of people comment on these sources with problems recording or using a pass. I just want to make it clear that these are projects and they're doing their best to get content into Channels, but they are not official sources and your mileage will vary.
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I appreciate the work that Robbie put into this project. He's not getting paid to do this for us, and I'm for one not complaining about recording issues. It just nice not having to close out of an app into another app to watch the same live content thru their app. Its just they are not getting credit from us viewing the content thru Channels. The guide view is far way better than what's provided from Stirr or Pluto apps. Their guides are so slow and buggy that they are not usable. Any shows that I want to record with all the seasons, I just record them with PlayOn Cloud or Desktop. These 3rd party so called Live TV are not really willing to put real money into them to compete with real Live Steaming providers or Cable Systems.
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Well said! This is an awesome share any way you slice it (thanks again @robbiet480!) I've been enjoying it every day. And all things considered, it feels like even more of a gift that it integrates with Channels as well as it does.
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How far in advance is the guide updating Stirr (and Pluto)?
Mine only seems to be updating about a day?
I have it set to auto update every 6 hours but I am curious if when it loads, it only is going to load a little over a days worth of data?
That’s correct. That’s the most STIRR seems to provide.
Diagnostics submitted
So, my wife asked why I added Pluto and Stirr to Channels, instead of just using those apps. I told her there were 3 reasons:
- Because I can...thanks to you guys.
- You can record.
- You can look ahead in the guide.
She gave me the ole' nod of approval.
I just want to re-iterate that this is nice to have, but it is a hack and I appreciate when anyone here does something gratis, because I don't have the skills. I appreciate it and you won't hear me complain about 'it won't do this' or 'it won't do that'. I might politely ask for help or make suggestions.
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It's also worth mentioning that Pluto and Stirr can block us at any time. So, think of it as a bonus that may end abruptly.
Good thinking. In a sense, I think the same way about TV Everywhere and Locast content in Channels, too. This type of integration might be available forever. It might not. And yet one way or another, we'll adapt.
"Enjoy it while it lasts" has served me well as a motto in life...
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I cant figure out where you put the station id, i want to set mine Katu