No channels working

[steveshorten-art]

Pluto may have caught on to something; suddenly getting a message that the service is no longer available on this device on all channels. Installed the Pluto app on the same device and it works... any ideas?

[maddox]

no one knows yet

[mikhoul]

You were faster than me... 😉👍👍👍

Here is a summary of the reverse-engineering we've done so far regarding the broken Pluto TV streams (which currently return a "PlutoTV is no longer available on this device" error).

1. Network Analysis (PCAP & DevTools)
   We used PCAPdroid and Kiwi Browser DevTools on Android to capture the new traffic flow.
   We identified the new primary API endpoint handling the streams: cfd-v4-service-channel-stitcher-use1-1.prd.pluto.tv.

The actual video chunks are still delivered via CDNs like siloh-ns1.plutotv.net.

2. How the JWT is transmitted
   We successfully isolated the request for the channel playlist. The JWT is not just in the headers; it is explicitly required as a URL parameter to fetch the .m3u8 file.

The new URL structure looks like this:
https://cfd-v4-service-channel-stitcher-use1-1.prd.pluto.tv/v2/stitch/hls/channel/[CHANNEL_ID]/3321280/playlist.m3u8?sid=[UUID]&deviceId=[UUID]&jwt=[LONG_JWT_STRING]

3. Inside the JWT
   We decoded the JWT payload (it's standard base64 encoding).
   It contains standard session data, client IDs, geolocation data (DMA, lat/lon, city, country), device fingerprinting (web/chrome), and an expiration timestamp (exp).

Crucial discovery: The issuer (iss) of the JWT is listed as boot.pluto.tv.

Feel free to build on this 🙂✌️

[maddox]

fixed in #41

[Timbo303]

I was testing this out on my docker. Although no logs are shown the channels lag out resulting in a timeout error once in a while.

[steveshorten-art]

I was testing this out on my docker. Although no logs are shown the channels lag out resulting in a timeout error once in a while.

Working perfectly here... and major props to everyone for getting it fixed so quickly!

[maddox]

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