[spyder]

Hi Luna,

I am trying to add some live streaming news channels. I recently discovered Sky News is streaming live over Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYlQJbsVs48

I have tried to get it to work using the new PseudoTV Live Manager using both the playlist and the search and failed. The weird thing that happens is that PTVL closes when ever attempting to play the stream. When I say close I mean as if a proper shutdown of PTVL, not a crash. I was going to post it in the PseudoTV Live Manager forum but I think it is more related to PTVL. I can provide a debug log if you are unable to reproduce. I hope you can help. I have been trying to get BBC News and Sky News in PTVL forever

Perhaps try logging into your YT account, creating a new playlist, and adding that video as the only item in the playlist. Then copy the PL********* code from the URL of the playlist and use it to create a youtube playlist channel. Not sure it will work but it's worth a try. If not then you will probably have to use the internettv chtype and set it up through the youtube plugin link.

I'd test it out but the stream is not available in my country.

Thanks for the reply. I have already tried logging into my Youtube account then creating the live news stream in the playlist by itself, no joy. I am currently trying your second suggestion of internettv chtype and set it up through the youtube plugin link. Right now I am trying to figure out how to get the link via the Youtube addon. I can't even get it to update to show the newly created playlist. This is getting a little frustrating, I think I will give it a break and try again later before I end up on the news myself...LOL

It doesn't look like live streams have a playlist id. You could try making a 24/7 stream using the RTMP with wireshark. I haven't tried this before(with a live youtube stream), but I think it should work, that is until/if the stream restarts with a different link.