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How do you use Hypnotix? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 month ago by Flagstaff@programming.dev to c/linuxmint@programming.dev

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So I just discovered the built-in TV/movie watcher, but when I went to the USA's Free-TV section to just try to pull up ABC News, etc., it gave me an endlessly spinning wheel.

When I tried to browse for Pluto movies, it just kept looping this loading screen with the same, few-seconds-long music with the Pluto planet and ring-shaped text rotating around it. It also showed this even when I tried to watch BBC Home in the TV section...

The articles I found online like https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/how-to-watch-live-tv-on-the-linux-desktop-with-hypnotix/ and https://itsfoss.com/hypnotix-iptv-app/ just don't seem to address the issues I'm having, as if they don't exist at all. Does this app just no longer work or something?

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[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, so the links aren't updated. Gotcha. I wonder where I can get more updated links...

[–] rimu@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The installed version I have (from the mint repos) is 4.6 which is 2 years old.

I think these instructions might work - https://github.com/linuxmint/hypnotix/issues/403

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Those look like the same thing. My installed version, 5.6, is already up to date. I'm not sure that this is any different than what I've got... I tried to run the channels and they're exactly the same, it seems... but thanks for poking around for a possible solution. It just seems abandoned, I think.