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m0ngr31 / EPlusTV

Virtual linear channels for ESPN, ESPN+, MSG+, Paramount+, MLB.tv, and FOX Sports
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[Request] Add back the USE_LINEAR env variable #89

Open jefferson136 opened 5 months ago

jefferson136 commented 5 months ago

So I started having issues with missing channels and them being mixed up. When I finally had time to investigate and realized the USE_LINEAR environment variable was removed from the image, which I use and I believe is essential for my workflow. I was hoping that option can be added back to the master branch, so I can use new features too.

If I missing a way to modify my workflow without this option, please let know. I'm open to changing it, but so far it works for me. In the meantime, I am pulling an older tag, where that variable is working and my setup is back to working perfectly. Maybe an option is keeping and applying the variable only to ESPN (with cable login), since those are fixed channels vs ESPN+ (where it's event based).

My workflow: EPlusTV (m3u and xml) -> xTeve (where I have multiple feeds and xmls, all mapped into a single channel lineup and guide) -> Plex & Jellyfin (which just has one feed and one XML to manage).

Thanks for reading and the EPlusTV project, it really is great!

m0ngr31 commented 5 months ago

The USE_LINEAR stuff was a headache so it wasn't worth it for me to keep maintaining it ATM. I don't understand your workflow though so I can't say for sure what the workaround is for you

jefferson136 commented 5 months ago

Thanks for the reply. Basically, because I have multiple sources of content (not just from EPlusTV), I aggregate all the sources (.m3u) and their individual guide data (xml) using xTeve. This allows me to create a singular channel lineup with guide data (with content from all sources), enable some buffering and other options, and have only one feed into the server (mainly Plex). Inside of xTeve, you can map a channel from a playlist to a channel from an XML source. These are fixed and if they change (like in the new version of EPlusTV), then I have to manually remap the channels. xTeve does allow for a cron schedule to update each playlist and xml info, which I use, but that would only allow if I had say all the ESPN+ feeds in a set range since they share same channel name and metadata (i.e. ESPN+, logo, category). This wouldn't work for static channels (i.e. ESPN, ESPN2, SEC Network), which have dedicated names, logos, etc.

One thing I can potentially do is run two instances of EPlusTV, one running the latest tag to get all the ESPN+ feeds and other dynamic feeds and one running v2.0.22 for just the static linear channels (ESPN, ESPN2, SEC Network, etc). Put both feeds into xTeve and keep them in different channel number ranges.