[UK - UKTVPLAY] Live - uktvplay live playback fails

[nictjir]

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Describe the bug

uktvplay lve channels fail to play There is no longer a channelStreamId parameter in (URL_LIVE % channel_uktvplay_id)

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behaviour:

1. Select Live TV
2. Select United Kingdom
3. Select one of the uktvplay channels (dave, yesterday, drama, watch)

Expected behaviour

Channel should start playing

Actual behaviour

Error, index out of range

Your environment

• [X] Android

• [ ] iOS

• [ ] Linux

• [X] OSX

• [ ] Raspberry-Pi

• [ ] Windows

• [ ] Other

• Operating system version/name:

• Kodi version: 20.2.0

• Catch-up TV & More version: 0.2.39

• Installation method: Install from zip downloaded from github

Possible Solution

I cannot find a way to programmatically get the channelStreamId so I have done a static match. Hoping somebody can point me in the correct direction

[nictjir]

uktvplay.txt

I can only find the channel IDs after selecting the channel on the web interface

[sebmourlhou]

Hi, You can find the channel IDs with a GET request to https://vschedules.uktv.co.uk/vod/now_and_next/ This URL returns a JSON in which "channel_stream_id" can be easily retrieved by channel

[nictjir]

Indeed thankyou @SebMourlhou I will work with that

[snoopymail]

Is the Blaze TV Catchup section working for you?

[nictjir]

Submitted pull request for a fix for uktvplay live. Here is the updated file uktvplay.txt

blaze catchup dose not work - the info returned by the url https://watch.blaze.tv/stream/replay/widevine/219028 is missing things like a token etc now - I see a seperate bug for blaze

[snoopymail]

Many thanks for that... quick question, do you know if there's any way to get the UK Channel 4 channels working in Kodi 18.9?

[nictjir]

This version of channel4.py may still work on older kodi channel4.txt

[snoopymail]

You are an absolute LEGEND nictjir! Works perfectly on Kodi 18.9 (Windows 10), for both Live TV playback and catchup. Thank you so much!!!

[marson53]

Thanks for the uktvplay.txt fix, do I replace this file in the kodi catchuptv folder , lib , channels, UK , uktvplay.py , also do I change your file uktvplay.txt to uktvplay.py for it to work,Thanks

[joaopa00]

We try to keep some compatibility with Kodi 18.9. If a problem occurs with this version, please open a new ticket. Sure other people will have this problem then.