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[santonivich]

Hello. I have a 24/7 streaming channel. I am trying to figure out how to configure that in my Direct Publisher JSON feed.

What I currently have (which does not produce an error...but also doesn't seem to work) is the following:

  "liveFeed": [
      
      {
          
          
"id":"6038675309",
"title":"MY CHANNEL NAME LIVE",
"thumbnail":"https://MYDOMAIN.com/channelfeeds/thumbs/Streaming_Live.jpg",
"brandedThumbnail":"https://MYDOMAIN.com/channelfeeds/thumbs/Streaming_Live.jpg",
"shortDescription":"Channel LIVE Stream",
   "longDescription":"LIVE streaming channel featuring all content.",
   "tags":[  
      "linear",
      "news",
      "celebrity"
   ],
   
   "content":[{
   "dateAdded": "2022-01-23T12:00:37+00:00",
   "duration": 604800,
   "captions": [ ],
   "adBreaks": ["00:15:00", "00:30:00", "00:45:00"],
   "language": "en",
   "videos": [{
  "url": "http://MYDOMAIN.com:8088/hls/MYSTREAM.m3u8",
  "quality": "UHD",
  "videoType": "HLS"
       
   }]
   
       
   }]
   
   
         }
      
      ],

  Then I also have it in a playlist and category like here:

"playlists": [
{
"name": "live_feed",
"itemIds": [
"6038675309"
]
},

"categories": [
{
"name": "LIVE FEED",
"playlistName": "live_feed",
"order": "most_recent"
},

Nothing shows up....I have confirmed my HLS stream is working. Does anyone have an idea on what I did wrong?

[Baradanikto]

Have you tried using the "validity" period objects in your feed?  Partner Success has a post regarding their usage.

[santonivich]

Thank you. I'll give it a try. I never inluded them.

[bperry_11]

Did you have any luck @santonivich ? I'm dealing with the same issue. Have tried the validity dates but the feed still doesn't show up.

[Baradanikto]

There are many ways a feed file may fail to show the contents of the channel.  You should post your feed file for review if possible.

[santonivich]

Unfortunately, no. I've backed off from it the last few weeks but I'll be looking at it again soon.... I'll let you know if I made any progress. How about you?

[bperry_11]

@santonivich I was able to get mine working. Mine was not a 24/7 feed which was the tricky part. 

HOWEVER, looking at your feed, I happened to notice that you have "liveFeed:" it should be "liveFeeds:" (plural) for your liveFeeds object. At one point I had the same mistake. The reference material is horribly confusing because when you click to jump to the "liveFeeds object" it takes you to something titled "liveFeed"