locast2plex icon indicating copy to clipboard operation
locast2plex copied to clipboard

Missing Channels

Open javontathomas opened this issue 4 years ago • 6 comments

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!

javontathomas avatar Oct 23 '20 01:10 javontathomas

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

lordbeavis avatar Oct 24 '20 17:10 lordbeavis

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

tgorgdotcom avatar Oct 25 '20 01:10 tgorgdotcom

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

deathbybandaid avatar Oct 25 '20 11:10 deathbybandaid

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.

javontathomas avatar Nov 02 '20 00:11 javontathomas

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

tgorgdotcom avatar Nov 25 '20 04:11 tgorgdotcom

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.

eqpaisley avatar Nov 27 '20 16:11 eqpaisley