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duncanleo / plex-dvr-hls

HLS server designed to work with Plex DVR

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Plex Connection Issues #32

Open Schuchie opened 5 months ago

Schuchie commented 5 months ago

I've setup my channels with the following channel config: channels.json

[
  {
    "name": "La1",
    "url": "https://XX.m3u8"
  },
  {
    "name":"La2",
    "url": "https://XX.m3u8"
  }
]

Config file is default.
My docker container is running on an raspberry pi 5 with 8gb ram.
Plex can find the tuner and I can connect to it via IP +Port
Somehow I need to map a country and an postal code, which works for the above used streams. So I choose the correct country + postalcode
But after that it loads in an endless screen the EPG List and shows above the error "A problem has occurred when assigning the channels"

Is there something missing from my site?

PS: Template folder and all other stuff is copied correctly and the available endpoints of your app are published correctly as I saw.

mobileqaguy commented 5 months ago

I had a similar issue and it seems like the channel name has to match what the actual channel is called. For example, I was mapping a Fox station in Chicago so i named it "Fox Chicago" and it didnt work. I changed the name to "WFLDHD" and it worked.

UPDATE: I think you can get rid of the error by naming your device (config.json) an actual device name. In my case, i used "HDHomeRun FLEX 4K" and that seemed to get rid of the error. Another tip for the guide info is to look up a service available in your area and try to find the "call sign" for that channel. For example, I was mapping a bunch of channels and wanted to use a cable providers channels and i named my channel "ESPN News" and not "ESPNEWS" like the cable company would have it.

Schuchie commented 5 months ago

Hey, thx for the tip! Will test it today! Currently switched to Threadfin, which worked, but a more lightweight variant is preferred :)

duncanleo commented 5 months ago

Unfortunately I don't think I am of much help here, but I'll keep an eye out for this issue (I'm about to re-setup an instance of plex-dvr-hls with Plex)

Schuchie commented 5 months ago

@mobileqaguy that worked :) Changed it to the "API"-Name of the channels and renamed the tuner into an existing one, solved both problems!