Using OliveTin to Host YouTube Live Channel URLs Based on the Kister Method

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#23

I do not have a subscription to dvr channels

#24

Then this project will not work for you.
Read the first post

And the m3u created by the project will only work for the IP address it was generated for.

#25

@bnhf
Found another bug.
For kister m3u's not using the @channelname
Since I always use the youtube @channelname, I never tested your code for that.
Long winded version in my PM to you.

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#26

No wonder it didnt work for me. 🫠

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#27

If you're not using the @channelname for the channel, just replace the https://kister.net/mpl/yt2m3u8?w= with https://kister.net/mpl/yt2m3u8?v= in the url of m3u file for now.
@bnhf said there should be a fix tomorrow.

His example is misleading and so the code he based it on is wrong, as a kister m3u file wouldn't contain https://kister.net/mpl/yt2m3u8?v=gCNeDWCI0vo, it would be https://kister.net/mpl/yt2m3u8?w=gCNeDWCI0vo

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#28

I already did that. For some reason, the m3u file updates from this

#EXTM3U

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="abc7-news" channel-number="6984",WABC News
https://kister.net/mpl/yt2m3u8?w=oFOTr81KHLg

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="wplg-news" channel-number="10.4",WPLG Local 10 Plus
https://kister.net/mpl/yt2m3u8?w=2w6LcfLBNiY

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="france-24" channel-number="6763",France 24
https://kister.net/mpl/yt2m3u8?w=l8PMl7tUDIE

to this

#EXTM3U

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="abc7-news" channel-number="6984",WABC News

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="wplg-news" channel-number="10.4",WPLG Local 10 Plus

#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="france-24" channel-number="6763",France 24

I'm not too sure why

#29

Did you kill the action by using frequency: 0
Then replace the m3u file
Then trigger the action again

For now, you have to use ?v= instead of ?w= for youtube channels not using @channelname until he fixes it.

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#30

ahh...ok looks like that sorted it out

#31

But looks like it only works on the 3rd channel.
This

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="abc7-news" channel-number="1",WABC News
https://kister.net/mpl/yt2m3u8?v=oFOTr81KHLg
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="wplg-news" channel-number="2",WPLG Local 10 Plus
https://kister.net/mpl/yt2m3u8?v=2w6LcfLBNiY
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="france-24" channel-number="3",France 24
https://kister.net/mpl/yt2m3u8?v=l8PMl7tUDIE

Becomes this

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="abc7-news" channel-number="1",WABC News
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="wplg-news" channel-number="2",WPLG Local 10 Plus
#EXTINF:-1 channel-id="france-24" channel-number="3",France 24
# yt-source=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8PMl7tUDIE
https://manifest.googlevideo.com/.../file/index.m3u8

Can't you use the @channelname/live for those youtube channels?
Like https://www.youtube.com/@abc7NY/live
Ahh, I see they have 3 live streams going https://www.youtube.com/@abc7NY/streams
I gave up using the watch?v= since those change, but the @channelname/live should always redirect to the latest live stream.

#32

That explains it.
Those first two are no longer live streams.
The v=ID has changed
Check these links out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFOTr81KHLg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w6LcfLBNiY
Here is what you would see in the DVR log

[ERR] Failed to start stream for ch6984: missing URI for M3U entry: abc7-news
[ERR] Failed to start stream for ch10.4: missing URI for M3U entry: wplg-news
#33

Addressed in bnhf/olivetin:latest (aka bnhf/olivetin:2025.01.01).

#34

27 posts were split to a new topic: OliveTin for Channels - cannot access static file server

#46

Doesn't look like your updated script made it to the new image.
Still failing and the updater.sh is same as old version.

#48

Classic "updated it, but didn't click save scenario" -- please try it now...

#50

Sorry for the whiplash, but if you did this and updated to the latest OliveTin for Channels, you'll have to undo it. Put the ?w= back in.

#53

This is for @Jean0987654321 correct?

#54

For anyone that did that workaround until you fixed the code today.
If they changed their m3u file from ?w= to ?v= to workaround the bug, now they'll have to change it back. Since you fixed the bug, ?v= doesn't work anymore.

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#68

@bnhf I fixed your first post to remove incorrect references to ?v= in the m3u file.

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#69

UPDATE: Ignore the below. I didn't realize there was actually a stack within OliveTin called "static-file-server". For anyone else looking, you can find this in the stack, down under "Containers" where it lists olivetin and static-file-server (mine is actually static-file-server2, but I suspect that's something I did at some point).

Any idea on how to find the "static file server port" from the Olivetin stack? Under "Published Ports" I have 1337:1337, but this:

http://192.168.7.180:1337/192.168.7.180-8089/YouTubeLive.m3u

gives me an error ( invalid source url: Get "http://192.168.7.180:8088/192.168.7.180-8089/YouTubeLive.m3u": dial tcp 192.168.7.180:8088: connect: connection refused) when I try to create the custom source.

#70

Yes, it's a service within the OliveTin for Channels Portainer stack.
Each service is a container.