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tgorgdotcom / locast2plex

A very simple script to connect locast to Plex's live tv/dvr feature.
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Missing Channels #115

Open javontathomas opened 4 years ago

javontathomas commented 4 years ago

Hi!

Just set locast up with my Plex instance. It took quite a bit of work to get the channels labeled correctly, but it's working great now.

However, when I browse the locast page, I noticed that locast2plex is missing about 10 channels, some of them big too (like FOX).

is there any recommendations on how to fix this? Happy to send logs too.

Thanks!

lordbeavis commented 4 years ago

did you use the zip code of the city that the channels are broadcast in? i had no issue with plex identifying the channels and matching the guide

tgorgdotcom commented 4 years ago

Additionally, feel free to send across the logs. That will help us quite a bit.

deathbybandaid commented 4 years ago

All of the channel information is retrieved via their API. Are the missing channels available in their app or website?

javontathomas commented 4 years ago

did you use the zip code of the city that the channels are broadcast in? i had no issue with plex identifying the channels and matching the guide

So after I watched a bit of TV, I noticed that the channels were actually Washington channels, not Chicago (my locale). On the locast website, this is fine but I can't find where to change the zip in the locast2plex config. Any clues here? My ISP puts my IP address in NJ and I've reached out to the locast team to see if there's anything they can do about this on their end but it would be easier if I could just change this in the config.

Also, happy to send logs as needed, but considering there's nothing actually wrong with locast I didn't think it would be helpful.

tgorgdotcom commented 4 years ago

Hello @javontathomas. See here: https://github.com/tgorgdotcom/locast2plex/issues/22#issuecomment-686237578

eqpaisley commented 4 years ago

Are you, by any chance, running your server on a VPS? Remember that if your VPS isn't located where YOU are located, you're going to get the channels that are local to the VPS's actual physical location. In my case, I'm in NY but my VPS is hosted in Chicago - so I need to tell my scheduling/EPG functionality that I have a Chicago zip code to make it line up correctly.