Buzzr Streaming Question

[snowpeck]

Yep, finally got it, at least the m3u part, so that NPVR will like it. How are you getting your XMLTV listings? (I do have a Schedules Direct subscription, is it possible to pull from that?)

Yep. I've used programs that scrape Zap2It for XMLTV listings, but Schedules Direct is easier and only $25 a year. Doesn't really matter what Schedules Direct lineup you use as long as it's one for your time zone that has Buzzr in it.

[clemon79]

Yep. I've used programs that scrape Zap2It for XMLTV listings, but Schedules Direct is easier and only $25 a year. Doesn't really matter what Schedules Direct lineup you use as long as it's one for your time zone that has Buzzr in it.

(Apologies for asking so many questions, but you're being so damn helpful. Can I use JSON listings or do I need to subscribe an XML one? KCOP out of LA has Buzzr on DT2 so it should be easy to find.

EDIT: Answered my own question. JSON ho! All set up.

[snowpeck]

Yep. I've used programs that scrape Zap2It for XMLTV listings, but Schedules Direct is easier and only $25 a year. Doesn't really matter what Schedules Direct lineup you use as long as it's one for your time zone that has Buzzr in it.

(Apologies for asking so many questions, but you're being so damn helpful. Can I use JSON listings or do I need to subscribe an XML one? KCOP out of LA has Buzzr on DT2 so it should be easy to find.

EDIT: Answered my own question. JSON ho! All set up.

Awesome, will be interested to know how your first scheduled recording goes.

[clemon79]

Awesome, will be interested to know how your first scheduled recording goes.

Well, I ran a couple of practice shots today - as long as I schedule within the NPVR client, it works a treat. Using Kodi as a front-end (with the NPVR add-in) throws an error that I am clearly not the only person to have seen and doesn't have an obvious solution online, so I may just need to go with NPVR for now.

The big question will be if one or both machines I am testing on will be able to come out of sleep to deal with a scheduled recording. We'll know the answer to that in about fifteen minutes.

[clemon79]

Answer: great success! They wake to record just fine, and it saves a .ts file that I can then copy off wherever I need it and convert and split as desired. (I could probably leverage MCEBuddy to convert that to an MP4 and trim ads BUZZR logo breaks automagically I wanted to, and then I would just need to split.)

[gamed121683]

So I've been trying the VLC method myself and I feel like it only works when it wants to. Last night, I tried to record BUZZR's Password Triple Shot last night & all I got was the first 15 minutes of Password Plus. Has this situation happened to anybody else, and if so, any tips on how to remedy this problem? At this point, I'm praying there'll be a "matrixwipe" type of YouTuber out there that will post the Labor Day Eve Whew! marathon and beyond there.

[MikeK]

Don't use the most recent release of VLC.  I had similar issues with newer versions of VLC.  I'm not at my PC at the moment, but I think the release I use is 3.08.

[jjman920]

Bumping to ask if anyone still uses VLC to record the Buzzr stream.

I had been using it fine up until five days ago when all of the sudden the stream link no longer works on my PC. It's still works fine in browser (with a plugin) and on VLC on my iPad, but I can't get it to stream through VLC on the PC anymore which is the primary way I stream and record. Other stream links, like those for The Barker Era, also still work, just Buzzr stopped all of a sudden. Wanted to know if it was me. Maybe I'll try shifting to ffmpeg, but I did enjoy how simple VLC was for me.

[Bryce L.]

Bumping to ask if anyone still uses VLC to record the Buzzr stream.

I'm using it as I type this... though it, for some reason, wasn't working for a brief period last night. Rebooting my laptop got it working again, so maybe check to see if you need to either reboot your PC, or run updates on it?