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Plex Media Server plug-in designed for CcloudTv

CcloudTv.bundle

Plex Media Server plug-in designed for cCloud TV | A Community based Social IPTV Service for Live TV, Movies, TV Shows & Radio

System Requirements

  • Plex Media Server:
    • Tested Working:
      • Windows
      • Linux (Ubuntu) - cd to Plex Plugin's dir & use 'sudo chown -R plex:plex CcloudTv.bundle'
  • Plex Clients:
    • Tested Working:
      • Plex Home Theater
      • Plex/Web
      • Samsung Plex App
      • Android Kit-Kat (Samsung Galaxy S3)
      • iOS (Apple iPhone6)

How To Install

  • Download the latest version of the plugin.
  • Unzip and rename folder to "CcloudTv.bundle"
  • Delete any previous versions of this bundle
  • Copy CcloudTv.bundle into the PMS plugins directory under your user account:
    • Windows 7, Vista, or Server 2008: C:\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Plug-ins
    • Windows XP, Server 2003, or Home Server: C:\Documents and Settings\[Your Username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Plex Media Server\Plug-ins
    • Mac/Linux: ~/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins
  • Restart PMS

How To Use

  • No configuration required, however, one can set a private web url or local file under Preferences (examples included). Refer Plex forums support thread.
  • EPG data is available as xml files graciously provided by others located [here] (https://github.com/coder-alpha-prog-guide). Refer Plex forums support thread on how to set them under options.

Known Issues

  • Some channels will not play, if so check in web-browser before reporting with an issue.
  • To Fix 'Cannot load M3U8: crossdomain access denied' on PlexWeb - disabling direct play gets around this issue, but it may have issues playing other streams that previously worked fine.
  • Other useful information is listed on the Plex Forum Support Thread

Acknowledgements

  • Credits to [cCloud TV | Popcorntime for LIVE TV an open source project] (https://github.com/imbane/imbane.github.io)
  • Credits to [Cigaras, Valdas Vaitiekaitis] (https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/83083/rel-iptv-bundle-plugin-that-plays-iptv-streams-from-a-m3u-playlist/p1): IPTV (This plugins uses some parts)
  • Credits to [SharkOne] (http://forums.plex.tv/discussion/102253/rel-bittorrent-channel/p1): (Some parts of Channel updater)
  • Credits to [zombian] (http://forums.plex.tv/profile/zombian) for plugin icons
  • Credits to [walktheway] (http://forums.plex.tv/discussion/96270/vlc-channel) (VLC Transcoder based on VLC Plex Channel)
  • Credits to [b_caudill21] (http://forums.plex.tv/discussion/193042/rel-expat-tv) (Online guide code based on Expat plugin)
  • Credits to [coryo123] (https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/194503) (DumbTools-for-Plex)
  • Credits to [Filippo Valsorda] (https://github.com/FiloSottile) (Redirect Follower)
  • Credits to [IMDbPY] (http://imdbpy.sourceforge.net/index.html) (IMDb scrapper)
  • Credits to [Livestreamer] (http://docs.livestreamer.io/) & [Streamlink] (https://streamlink.github.io/) a fork of the former.
  • Thanks to [Twoure] (https://github.com/Twoure), [Shopgirl284] (https://github.com/shopgirl284), [coryo123] (https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/194503) and many others I have had discussions, read their posts and borrowed code.