Channel 9 au

[Tinonee111]

Hi mate Could you have a look at channel 9 please Been down for a few days now Kind. Regards

[matthuisman]

channel 9 keep killing the user used. i suggest using the kodi 9now add-on if you want reliable streams

also, if your using tivimate, you should be using the Kodi playlist. as the streams are currently working but need specific user agent which the kodi style playlist adds

[Tinonee111]

Sorry I should have stated it’s the kodi add on that’s not working atm

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channel 9 keep killing the user used. i suggest using the kodi 9now add-on if you want reliable streams

also, if your using tivimate, you should be using the Kodi playlist. as the streams are currently working but need specific user agent which the kodi style playlist adds

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[matthuisman]

make sure your using the latest version. It will make you login now using a 9now login (which are free)

[matthuisman]

if you are on latest, then please provide a full kodi debug log showing the error

[Tinonee111]

Thanks, I was tricked by the new setup requiring a login All good now, thank you for the app and your assistance

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if you are on latest, then please provide a full kodi debug log showing the error

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[tresby]

I'm using the raw-tv m3u8 with Threadfin(Steve) with ffmpeg 7 as a buffer and the streams are working fine. Would it be better for me to switch to the Kodi m3u8?

[matthuisman]

If its working, just keep as is. I'm not sure if that program supports the Kodi style

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I'm using the raw-tv m3u8 with Threadfin(Steve) with ffmpeg 7 as a buffer and the streams are working fine. Would it be better for me to switch to the Kodi m3u8?

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If its working, just keep as is. I'm not sure if that program supports the Kodi style … On Wed, 31 Jul 2024, 21:07 tresby, @.> wrote: I'm using the raw-tv m3u8 with Threadfin(Steve) with ffmpeg 7 as a buffer and the streams are working fine. Would it be better for me to switch to the Kodi m3u8? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#825 (comment)>, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABPQAKOCMDCRBF2MRRSRQHTZPCSOXAVCNFSM6AAAAABLXSNJR6VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDENRQGAZDMMBRHE . You are receiving this because you modified the open/close state.Message ID: @.>

Just went to try it again and its gone bad again.

Was messing around with Kodi.proxy last night and I can get up to getting an m3u8 with the plugin:// links, but I can only individually play the channels from replay using the tvs.sh.

Would there be an easy way/script to have on a cron job to using the plugin:// links and tvs.sh to get the http link in a new m3u8? If that makes sense.

Don't run tvh so can't use the pipe:// method unfortunately.

[matthuisman]

Another user on twitter made a flask app to redirect to the new url.

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Just went to try it again and its gone bad again.

Was messing around with Kodi.proxy last night and I can get up to getting an m3u8 with the plugin:// links, but I can only individually play the channels from replay using the tvs.sh.

Would there be an easy way/script to have on a cron job to using the plugin:// links and tvs.sh to get the http link in a new m3u8? If that makes sense.

Don't run tvh so can't use the pipe:// method unfortunately.

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[tresby]

Another user on twitter made a flask app to redirect to the new url. … On Wed, 31 Jul 2024, 21:29 tresby, @.> wrote: If its working, just keep as is. I'm not sure if that program supports the Kodi style … <#m-8210583645172429004> On Wed, 31 Jul 2024, 21:07 tresby, @.> wrote: I'm using the raw-tv m3u8 with Threadfin(Steve) with ffmpeg 7 as a buffer and the streams are working fine. Would it be better for me to switch to the Kodi m3u8? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#825 (comment) <#825 (comment)>>, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABPQAKOCMDCRBF2MRRSRQHTZPCSOXAVCNFSM6AAAAABLXSNJR6VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDENRQGAZDMMBRHE https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABPQAKOCMDCRBF2MRRSRQHTZPCSOXAVCNFSM6AAAAABLXSNJR6VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDENRQGAZDMMBRHE . You are receiving this because you modified the open/close state.Message ID: @.> Just went to try it again and its gone bad again. Was messing around with Kodi.proxy last night and I can get up to getting an m3u8 with the plugin:// links, but I can only individually play the channels from replay using the tvs.sh. Would there be an easy way/script to have on a cron job to using the plugin:// links and tvs.sh to get the http link in a new m3u8? If that makes sense. Don't run tvh so can't use the pipe:// method unfortunately. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#825 (comment)>, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABPQAKJ5EPNYUH773WEAUDLZPCU6PAVCNFSM6AAAAABLXSNJR6VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDENRQGA3TMMZSGI . You are receiving this because you modified the open/close state.Message ID: @.>

Oh awesome, did you happen to have the link handy? Trying to have a look for it on twitter now but can't seem to find it atm.

[matthuisman]

He posted it in a DM. Its basically doing what the 9now addon does

import os
import json
import time
import requests
import logging
from flask import Flask, Response, redirect
from urllib.parse import urlencode, parse_qsl, urlparse, parse_qs
import threading

# Import constants from the 9Now addon
from constants import *

app = Flask(__name__)

# Set up file logging
log_file_path = '/var/www/9now/9now_api.log'
file_handler = logging.FileHandler(log_file_path)
file_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
file_handler.setFormatter(formatter)

app.logger.addHandler(file_handler)
app.logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)

REFRESH_TOKEN_PATH = '/var/www/kodi.proxy/userdata/addon_data/slyguy.9now/refresh_token.json'

class Settings:
    REGION = 'nsw'
    CHANNEL_REFERENCE = 'live-ch9-syd-ssai'  # Reference for Channel 9 Sydney

settings = Settings()

def get_refresh_token():
    with open(REFRESH_TOKEN_PATH, 'r') as f:
        data = json.load(f)
        return data.get('refresh_token')

class API:
    def __init__(self):
        self.session = requests.Session()
        self.session.headers.update(HEADERS)
        self.user_agent = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/91.0.4472.124 Safari/537.36'
        self.session.headers.update({'User-Agent': self.user_agent})
        self._access_token = None
        self._token_expires = 0
        self.cached_url = None
        self.url_expiry = 0
        self.url_cache_lock = threading.Lock()

    def _refresh_token(self):
        if self._token_expires > time.time():
            return

        refresh_token = get_refresh_token()
        params = {
            'refresh_token': refresh_token,
            'client_id': '9nowdevice',
            'response_types': 'id_token',
        }
        try:
            headers = self.session.headers.copy()
            headers.update({'User-Agent': self.user_agent})
            response = self.session.post(AUTH_URL.format('/refresh-token'), params=params, timeout=30, verify=True)
            response.raise_for_status()
            data = response.json()

            if 'error' in data:
                raise Exception(data['error'])

            self._access_token = data.get('accessToken') or data.get('access_token')
            expires_in = data.get('expiresIn') or data.get('expires_in')
            self._token_expires = int(time.time()) + int(expires_in) - 30
            self.session.headers.update({'Authorization': f'Bearer {self._access_token}'})
        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
            raise

    def channels(self, region='nsw'):
        self._refresh_token()
        params = {
            'device': 'web',
            'streamParams': 'web,chrome,windows',
            'region': region,
            'offset': 0,
        }
        try:
            headers = self.session.headers.copy()
            headers.update({'User-Agent': self.user_agent})
            response = self.session.get(LIVESTREAM_URL, params=params, timeout=30,verify=True)
            response.raise_for_status()
            data = response.json()
            return data['data']['getLivestream']
        except requests.RequestException as e:
            raise

    def _channels(self):
        region = settings.REGION
        data = self.channels(region)
        data['channels'].extend([row for row in data['events'] if row['type'] == 'live-event' and row['nextEvent']['name']])
        data['events'] = [row for row in data['events'] if row not in data['channels']]
        return data

    def get_expiry_from_url(self, url):
        parsed_url = urlparse(url)
        query_params = parse_qs(parsed_url.query)
        exp_param = query_params.get('exp', [None])[0]
        return int(exp_param) if exp_param else None

    def get_channel9_url(self):
        with self.url_cache_lock:
            current_time = time.time()
            if self.cached_url and current_time < self.url_expiry - 60:  # Refresh 60 seconds before expiry
                return self.cached_url

            try:
                data = self._channels()
                url = None
                for row in data['channels']:
                    if row['referenceId'] == settings.CHANNEL_REFERENCE:
                        url = row['stream']['url']
                        break

                if not url:
                    return None

                # fix encoded query
                if '?' in url:
                    url = url.split('?')[0] + '?' + urlencode(parse_qsl(url.split('?')[1]))

                self.cached_url = url
                self.url_expiry = self.get_expiry_from_url(url) or (current_time + 3600)  # Default to 1 hour if no expiry found
                app.logger.info(f"Updated cached URL (expires at {time.ctime(self.url_expiry)}): {url}")
                return url

            except Exception as e:
                app.logger.error(f"Error fetching Channel 9 URL: {str(e)}")
                return None

api = API()

def update_url_periodically():
    while True:
        api.get_channel9_url()  # This will update the cache if necessary
        time.sleep(60)  # Check every minute

@app
.route('/9')
def get_channel9_live():
    url = api.get_channel9_url()
    if url:
        app.logger.info(f"Serving URL (expires at {time.ctime(api.url_expiry)}): {url}")
        return redirect(url)
    else:
        return Response("Unable to fetch Channel 9 URL", status=500, mimetype='text/plain')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # Start the background thread to update the URL periodically
    threading.Thread(target=update_url_periodically, daemon=True).start()
    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=9001)

[paul19920801]

He posted it in a DM. Its basically doing what the 9now addon does

import os
import json
import time
import requests
import logging
from flask import Flask, Response, redirect
from urllib.parse import urlencode, parse_qsl, urlparse, parse_qs
import threading

# Import constants from the 9Now addon
from constants import *

app = Flask(__name__)

# Set up file logging
log_file_path = '/var/www/9now/9now_api.log'
file_handler = logging.FileHandler(log_file_path)
file_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
file_handler.setFormatter(formatter)

app.logger.addHandler(file_handler)
app.logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)

REFRESH_TOKEN_PATH = '/var/www/kodi.proxy/userdata/addon_data/slyguy.9now/refresh_token.json'

class Settings:
    REGION = 'nsw'
    CHANNEL_REFERENCE = 'live-ch9-syd-ssai'  # Reference for Channel 9 Sydney

settings = Settings()

def get_refresh_token():
    with open(REFRESH_TOKEN_PATH, 'r') as f:
        data = json.load(f)
        return data.get('refresh_token')

class API:
    def __init__(self):
        self.session = requests.Session()
        self.session.headers.update(HEADERS)
        self.user_agent = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/91.0.4472.124 Safari/537.36'
        self.session.headers.update({'User-Agent': self.user_agent})
        self._access_token = None
        self._token_expires = 0
        self.cached_url = None
        self.url_expiry = 0
        self.url_cache_lock = threading.Lock()

    def _refresh_token(self):
        if self._token_expires > time.time():
            return

        refresh_token = get_refresh_token()
        params = {
            'refresh_token': refresh_token,
            'client_id': '9nowdevice',
            'response_types': 'id_token',
        }
        try:
            headers = self.session.headers.copy()
            headers.update({'User-Agent': self.user_agent})
            response = self.session.post(AUTH_URL.format('/refresh-token'), params=params, timeout=30, verify=True)
            response.raise_for_status()
            data = response.json()

            if 'error' in data:
                raise Exception(data['error'])

            self._access_token = data.get('accessToken') or data.get('access_token')
            expires_in = data.get('expiresIn') or data.get('expires_in')
            self._token_expires = int(time.time()) + int(expires_in) - 30
            self.session.headers.update({'Authorization': f'Bearer {self._access_token}'})
        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
            raise

    def channels(self, region='nsw'):
        self._refresh_token()
        params = {
            'device': 'web',
            'streamParams': 'web,chrome,windows',
            'region': region,
            'offset': 0,
        }
        try:
            headers = self.session.headers.copy()
            headers.update({'User-Agent': self.user_agent})
            response = self.session.get(LIVESTREAM_URL, params=params, timeout=30,verify=True)
            response.raise_for_status()
            data = response.json()
            return data['data']['getLivestream']
        except requests.RequestException as e:
            raise

    def _channels(self):
        region = settings.REGION
        data = self.channels(region)
        data['channels'].extend([row for row in data['events'] if row['type'] == 'live-event' and row['nextEvent']['name']])
        data['events'] = [row for row in data['events'] if row not in data['channels']]
        return data

    def get_expiry_from_url(self, url):
        parsed_url = urlparse(url)
        query_params = parse_qs(parsed_url.query)
        exp_param = query_params.get('exp', [None])[0]
        return int(exp_param) if exp_param else None

    def get_channel9_url(self):
        with self.url_cache_lock:
            current_time = time.time()
            if self.cached_url and current_time < self.url_expiry - 60:  # Refresh 60 seconds before expiry
                return self.cached_url

            try:
                data = self._channels()
                url = None
                for row in data['channels']:
                    if row['referenceId'] == settings.CHANNEL_REFERENCE:
                        url = row['stream']['url']
                        break

                if not url:
                    return None

                # fix encoded query
                if '?' in url:
                    url = url.split('?')[0] + '?' + urlencode(parse_qsl(url.split('?')[1]))

                self.cached_url = url
                self.url_expiry = self.get_expiry_from_url(url) or (current_time + 3600)  # Default to 1 hour if no expiry found
                app.logger.info(f"Updated cached URL (expires at {time.ctime(self.url_expiry)}): {url}")
                return url

            except Exception as e:
                app.logger.error(f"Error fetching Channel 9 URL: {str(e)}")
                return None

api = API()

def update_url_periodically():
    while True:
        api.get_channel9_url()  # This will update the cache if necessary
        time.sleep(60)  # Check every minute

@app
.route('/9')
def get_channel9_live():
    url = api.get_channel9_url()
    if url:
        app.logger.info(f"Serving URL (expires at {time.ctime(api.url_expiry)}): {url}")
        return redirect(url)
    else:
        return Response("Unable to fetch Channel 9 URL", status=500, mimetype='text/plain')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # Start the background thread to update the URL periodically
    threading.Thread(target=update_url_periodically, daemon=True).start()
    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=9001)

was brainstorming on ChatGPT with this code, and here are some potential ways.. Obviously the token would need to be done on the hosts machine.

Instead of relying on a dynamically changing URL, you can use a proxy server or create an intermediate static endpoint that always points to the most current URL.

Steps:

Create a Static Proxy Server

You can set up a small proxy server (e.g., using Nginx or Apache) to serve a static URL that always redirects to the latest Channel 9 URL.

Set up NextPVR to use the static URL endpoint. For example:

URL for Channel 9: http://yourserver:9001/current_url?channel=channel9
URL for 9Gem: http://yourserver:9001/current_url?channel=9gem
URL for 9Go: http://yourserver:9001/current_url?channel=9go
URL for 9Life: http://yourserver:9001/current_url?channel=9life

Videohelp.com is also another excellent site to assist with issues like these. 

[nathcoad]

Thanks all for this code. I have tried running it and get as far as a m3u8 file, which works for about 2 seconds if I open it in VLC then freezes. It seems like the http://localhost:9001/9 url needs to somehow be loaded continually rather than just once? Am I missing something?