Pluto.tv

sure, will update soon, just be patient (it's holiday period here)

Dunno how good it is as it is one day only, but later will post it and search if they have other sources

uploaded here (E version) https://github.com/SilentButeo2/webgrabplus-siteinipack/tree/master/site...

Has an update been released of this scrapper? Rev.2 is not working anymore.

Hi, I signed up/made a donation yesterday and got the software installed without issue.

My main reason was to be able to use it for Pluto but whenever I try to run the cron process I get:

error downloading page: Error: NameResolutionFailure

Since the ini is encrypted I'm not sure which part is not working. Is there any chance of an update for this ini?

Thank you :)

i will check plutotv site.ini there are changes

Thank you for getting back so fast!

My nslookup seems ok as well:

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: pluto.tv
Address: 99.84.194.71
Name: pluto.tv
Address: 99.84.194.116
Name: pluto.tv
Address: 99.84.194.128
Name: pluto.tv
Address: 99.84.194.55

I am running this from the linuxserver docker if that makes a difference.

EDIT:
Changed my connection a bit and I don't get the DNS error anymore. Now I get this:

Unable to update channel Food TV
Generic syntax exception:
message:
no index page data received from Food TV
unable to update channel, try again later
No guide data to restore

Update siteini.pack, but be informed that is one day only !!

It works!! Thank you so much for taking the time to update that for us!

One day is fine for now because I'm not recording anything anyway.

Is it quite a bit more complex to add more days?

the site only provide one day, unless you can see a schedule with more days logging in.

Got it :)

Thank you for clarifying and also for the update yesterday. It's working great now!

Just in case anyone is following along, it appears that they provide ~8hrs of guide data at a time and not a complete 24hr schedule.

It works but requires running the script more often to keep the guide up to date.

@enaz I updated my ini with the updated one on git.

Hi, did Pluto TV change something up again? I'm getting 2 hours worth of guide only.

I can still get 6 hours at a time but I ended up using my own solution. I run it as a cron job every 6 hours and it's been solid.

I'm familiar with PHP so using that I can pull in the JSON from them and generate the proper XML/M3U files. I prefer this because I want to be able to manage this myself and the ini is encrypted...

It's really not that complicated once you look at the JSON file. You just need to figure out how to download it, go through the array of returned data, and then generate the files you need.

wgp123456 wrote:

I can still get 6 hours at a time but I ended up using my own solution. I run it as a cron job every 6 hours and it's been solid.
I'm familiar with PHP so using that I can pull in the JSON from them and generate the proper XML/M3U files. I prefer this because I want to be able to manage this myself and the ini is encrypted...
It's really not that complicated once you look at the JSON file. You just need to figure out how to download it, go through the array of returned data, and then generate the files you need.

I would love to know how to get xml data from Pluto, but hot too familiar with PHP. I looked up, but have not figured it out. Is there a good guide somewhere?

Thanks

the same as you set wg to run every 6 hours and sincerly to me is useless, you still have to wait to get data so at end of the day what you have is past shows.

Like Mat said, you can just set wg to run every 6 hours or however often you need it to. That would be the simplest solution!

I don't think it's appropriate to go into detail about my solution on the forum. If you want more detail I would be willing to share more privately.

I still think wg is an awesome piece of software. I rolled out my own solution because I like to have fine tune control over what's happening and I didn't want to rely on someone else every time the encrypted ini needs updating. I used PHP because it's something I am familiar with. A simple google search will give you tons of info on manipulating data with PHP.

you are right,are pluto tv chans really that important?
I know one like to have epg for as much as they can but at the end of the day is it something a regular user can use is the big question.
I know php can load a json file into a array no prob.
simply select the sub array with the channel u want,little more work and and write to xml as php can do this also.

Blackbear199 wrote:

you are right,are pluto tv chans really that important?
I know one like to have epg for as much as they can but at the end of the day is it something a regular user can use is the big question.
I know php can load a json file into a array no prob.
simply select the sub array with the channel u want,little more work and and write to xml as php can do this also.

I understand.  I really don't want to run cron jobs multiple times a day, but i can't find 2 channels.
Anyone know where to find PeopleTV and Law & Crime TV?

the problem with channels like these is they are web channels and no providers carry them,hence no epg with existing ini.

Blackbear199 wrote:

the problem with channels like these is they are web channels and no providers carry them,hence no epg with existing ini.

Correct, but they are available on PlutoTV, which is why i was considering this route. I can't figure out how to only grab 6 hours anyway. When I run it, it runs as 1 day and grabs other channel's guide after the 6 hours to fill in 24 hours. I've read the manual looking for away to set only 6 hours and can't seem to find it.

u don't need to figure out how to grab 6 hrs.
it has 6 hrs epg when webgrab reads site data.
so u need to grab same data every 6 hrs(run crond 00:00(midnight),06:00,12:00,18:00.
then merge this with current data.

Blackbear199 wrote:

u don't need to figure out how to grab 6 hrs.
it has 6 hrs epg when webgrab reads site data.
so u need to grab same data every 6 hrs(run crond 00:00(midnight),06:00,12:00,18:00.
then merge this with current data.

That's not happening to me. Take a look at my xml created for "PeopleTV" using Pluto.

After about 8 hours it's adding 3 shows from the History Channel.  Some show called "Battleplan".

quick look at ur xml and it needs some fixes,unidecode for 1.
least of ur worries.
why its adding show from another channel is another issue.

Blackbear199 wrote:

quick look at ur xml and it needs some fixes,unidecode for 1.
least of ur worries.
why its adding show from another channel is another issue.

What's wrong with my xml? That's how its generated using Webgrab++.  This is still pretty new to me, so not sure what you meant about unicode.  Is there something I'm supposed to adjust in the config file?
 
As far as why there are shows from a different channel added, i wish i knew what was happening.  That's why i had asked earlier if i could do hours instead of days.
 

Hello - there had been a few channels and all the music "audio" channels not showing data previously and today not seeing data for several more channels including "Stories by AMC"

Is anyone else seeing this as well?

I did a pull request on Github for Pluto TV DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).
Edit:
official github https://github.com/SilentButeo2/webgrabplus-siteinipack

mosli wrote:

I did a pull request on Github for Pluto TV DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).
Edit:
official github https://github.com/SilentButeo2/webgrabplus-siteinipack

That channel list is 4 years old and those channels are not working. Please do not confuse users.