Any way to 'favorite' or remove channels from the lineup?

[eqpaisley]

Love this script and have it working well (with Jellyfin). But (in New York at least) Locast sends LOADS of channels from religious stuff to home shopping to digital stations I have no interest in that clutter up my interface. Is there a way to remove channels or FAVORITE channels?

[tgorgdotcom]

Hmmmm. I would have thought Jellyfin had some kind of way to disable channels, like Plex, but I guess not? It's definitely something we can consider. Is anyone else interested in this feature?

[eqpaisley]

Hmmmm. I would have thought Jellyfin had some kind of way to disable channels, like Plex, but I guess not? It's definitely something we can consider. Is anyone else interested in this feature?

It might have this ability with a regular HDHR tuner (not sure) but I have to add the locast2plex tuner via the loopback IP. Ty for considering and (again) thanks for this great script.

[charlyc11]

That would be a great feature. Thanks

[eqpaisley]

When I navigate to:

http://127.0.0.1:6077/lineup.xml

I see the channel line up. Is this XML file editable? Could I do the work of removing the channels I don't want right here? Or will the locast2plex tuner repopulate/rewrite this file based on what's coming in from Locast?

[tgorgdotcom]

@eqpaisley Unfortunately no. Your assumption is correct -- every so often we regenerate the XML. Also the m3u file is auto generated. I would probably need to add a config setting to skip certain channels.

[eqpaisley]

@eqpaisley Unfortunately no. Your assumption is correct -- every so often we regenerate the XML. Also the m3u file is auto generated. I would probably need to add a config setting to skip certain channels.

A config would be an enhancement and a little convenience but the script works beautifully without. Kind of comes down to how much of a hassle it is to add and how much time you've got. Regardless, I'm appreciative of the work you've already done. Thanks!

[deathbybandaid]

I recently added a page to the fHDHR web interface for managing channels.

I added the ability to remap the channel numbers, change the names and callsigns as well as disable individual channels.

@tgorgdotcom I'd suggest you look at using a basic sqlite database to store per-channel settings in

[deathbybandaid]

@tgorgdotcom I'm also looking at some hdhomerun forums and they have an api endpoint that I think we are already partially using already:

[deathbybandaid]

Also copy-pasting from another internet location

There is another URL that can be used to set a channel as a favorite: method: POST http://deviceip:80/lineup.post?favorite=value where value = +4.1 (to set favorite) x4.1 (to disable) -4.1 (to unset favorite)

Once this is done, a channel lineup JSON can include a "Favorite" field: [ { "GuideNumber": "4.1", "GuideName": "WCMH-DT", "HD": 1, "Favorite": 1, "URL": "http://192.168.1.111:5004/auto/v4.1" }, { "GuideNumber": "4.2", "GuideName": "MeTV", "URL": "http://192.168.1.111:5004/auto/v4.2" }, ... ]

If it has been disabled, it will not appear in lineup.json. However, it will appear in /lineup.json?show=found with a new property "Enabled": 0

so I believe that

ip:port/lineup.post?favorite= +,-,x channel_number

would be the proper syntax for an api call

[aram535]

Just found your repo, this is fantastic. Came here to add this an enhancement request. If you accept PRs, I can help.

[deathbybandaid]

@aram535 this is a feature built into fHDHR since November. Until Locast2Plex starts using a database and a web interface, channel management will be incredibly difficult.

fHDHR recently went under some heavy changes to convert it into a plugin system, allowing more flexibility. fHDHR also is not dependant on ffmpeg (for all but 2 plugins). If you need advanced channel management, that would be the way to go.

https://github.com/fHDHR/fHDHR

[tgorgdotcom]

fHDHR is definitely an option, but I do gladly accept pull requests too :)

[kingstonwa]

I have locast2plex installed on my Qnap as a container, how to I check which version that is running/installed of locast2plex?