LiveChannel

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Represents a LiveChannel object, modeling all the properties or fields associated with live (linear TV) channels.

Members

Field	Data Type	Description
Active	bool	Channel active true/false
CallLetter	String	Call letter of the channel
ChannelNumber	int	Numeric channel number
Description	String	Short description of the of the live channel, as appearing in EPG file
Dvr	bool	"DVR enabled" channel true/false
EpgLiveChannelReferenceId	String	Channel ID as appearing in EPG file.
Genres	Array of int	List of genres IDs associated to the channel.
Icons	Array of Image object	Icon images associated to the channel
isExternal	bool	NEW IN 3.0! Indicates if the channel is External or not.
ID	int	Internal (MiB) ID of the channel.
Name	String	Channel name.
Ppv	bool	PPV channel true/false
RequiresPin	bool	Channel requiring PIN true/false
ResizableImages	Array of Image object	It provides the list of original images (non resized) associated with this channel. The application should use the Thumbox Service to perform dynamic resizing of the images in order to adapt them to the User Interface.
TimeShift	bool	Channel with TimeShift (RestartTV) capabilities true/false
Title	String	Channel title (may be different to name).

Example

{

"ID": 235,

"Name": "La 1",

"Title": "TVE1",

"Description": "",

"Active": true,

"Ppv": false,

"Dvr": false,

"RequiresPin": false,

"CallLetter": "La1",

"ChannelNumber": 1,

"EpgLiveChannelReferenceId": "1",

"Genres": array of genres id,

"Icons": [

Array of Image objects

],

"ResizableImages": [

Array of Image objects

],

"TimeShift": true,

"isExternal": false

}

Known issues

None

Version history

API Version Number	Change description	Changes author
1.0	Initial data type implementation
3.0	Added: isExternal	Ricardo Calvo

See also

• Image object
• Network PVR Service methods
• TimeShift Service methods
• Thumbox Service for image resizing