ADBTuner: Create Channels, Custom Config and CDVR Custom Channels for DirecTV

We need the actual log text from a complete failed tuning cycle. Based on what little I can see in this screenshot, it appears you have no virtual tuners available. If you only have a single tuner encoder, you'll see that fairly often, especially if you're trying to channel surf.

Not sure if related but none of the apps on the box come up when selecting for picking an app
And that is why in the logs it says 'no tuner avaible' when trying to play com.att.tv or com.att.tv.openvideo

  File "/app/app/routers/admin.py", line 199, in installed_packages

    tuner_packages = tuner.data.get("installed_apps", [])

                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'

2026-01-25 18:17:56.364 - stream - [Tune Z2QZjtfgiekZs2zMSpt3Pd] 192.168.1.206:5592 | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/145.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

2026-01-25 18:17:56.364 - stream - [Tune (Z2QZjtfgiekZs2zMSpt3Pd)] No active tuners found for CBS-WCBS. Reserving a new tuner.

2026-01-25 18:17:56.365 - tuner_management - [Tune Z2QZjtfgiekZs2zMSpt3Pd] Attempting to reserve tuner for: ['com.att.tv', 'com.att.tv.openvideo'].

2026-01-25 18:17:57.366 - tuner_management - [Tune Z2QZjtfgiekZs2zMSpt3Pd] Attempting to reserve tuner for: ['com.att.tv', 'com.att.tv.openvideo'].

2026-01-25 18:17:58.367 - tuner_management - [Tune Z2QZjtfgiekZs2zMSpt3Pd] Attempting to reserve tuner for: ['com.att.tv', 'com.att.tv.openvideo'].

2026-01-25 18:17:59.369 - tuner_management - [Tune Z2QZjtfgiekZs2zMSpt3Pd] Attempting to reserve tuner for: ['com.att.tv', 'com.att.tv.openvideo'].

2026-01-25 18:18:00.370 - tuner_management - [Tune Z2QZjtfgiekZs2zMSpt3Pd] Attempting to reserve tuner for: ['com.att.tv', 'com.att.tv.openvideo'].

2026-01-25 18:18:01.371 - tuner_management - [Tune Z2QZjtfgiekZs2zMSpt3Pd] Attempting to reserve tuner for: ['com.att.tv', 'com.att.tv.openvideo'].

2026-01-25 18:18:02.373 - tuner_management - [Tune Z2QZjtfgiekZs2zMSpt3Pd] Attempting to reserve tuner for: ['com.att.tv', 'com.att.tv.openvideo'].

2026-01-25 18:18:03.375 - tuner_management - [Tune Z2QZjtfgiekZs2zMSpt3Pd] Attempting to reserve tuner for: ['com.att.tv', 'com.att.tv.openvideo'].

2026-01-25 18:18:04.376 - tuner_management - [Tune Z2QZjtfgiekZs2zMSpt3Pd] Attempting to reserve tuner for: ['com.att.tv', 'com.att.tv.openvideo'].

2026-01-25 18:18:05.378 - tuner_management - [Tune Z2QZjtfgiekZs2zMSpt3Pd] Attempting to reserve tuner for: ['com.att.tv', 'com.att.tv.openvideo'].

2026-01-25 18:18:06.289 - uvicorn.access - 192.168.1.246:0 - "GET /stream/tuner/1?web-preview HTTP/1.1" 307

2026/01/25 18:18:06 [PROXY] 192.168.1.246 -> GET "/proxy/1" -> "http://192.168.1.250:8090/stream0"

2026-01-25 18:18:06.379 - stream - [Tune (Z2QZjtfgiekZs2zMSpt3Pd)] No tuners available for: ['com.att.tv', 'com.att.tv.openvideo'].

2026-01-25 18:18:09.439 - lib.adb - ADB: 192.168.1.19 - input keyevent KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER

2026-01-25 18:18:11.371 - uvicorn.access - 192.168.1.246:0 - "POST /admin/tuner/1/send-command HTTP/1.1" 200

2026-01-25 18:18:13.101 - lib.adb - ADB: 192.168.1.19 - input keyevent KEYCODE_HOME

2026-01-25 18:18:14.244 - uvicorn.access - 192.168.1.246:0 - "POST /admin/tuner/1/send-command HTTP/1.1" 200

Is your ADBTuner container up-to-date? You need to be running the most recent version with the development tag.

Half way there now

Some channels are working correctly but for example MeTV is not tuning correctly.
ESPN, CBS, NBC tune correctly.

Not sure where that disconnect would be


Current Device Settings

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shows as MeTV but it is still on the previous channel

As I said, we need complete logs not screenshots. Post the entire tuning cycle for a failed tune, which you can get from Portainer-Logs. There's nothing sensitive in the logs that I'm aware of -- things like the TuneID are internal identifiers to help with debugging, and interpreting the logs.

Here's an example from a tune I just did:

2026-01-25 19:09:28.922 - stream - [Tune (gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB)] No active tuners found for 9 News. Reserving a new tuner.

2026-01-25 19:09:28.923 - tuner_management - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Attempting to reserve tuner for: ['com.amazon.firetv.youtube.tv', 'com.amazon.firetv.youtube.tv'].

2026-01-25 19:09:28.933 - tuner_management - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Available Tuners:

2026-01-25 19:09:28.933 - tuner_management - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Name: firestick-rack3 Priority: 

2026-01-25 19:09:28.933 - tuner_management - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Name: firestick-rack4 Priority: 

2026-01-25 19:09:28.933 - tuner_management - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Selecting random tuner

2026-01-25 19:09:28.934 - tuner_management - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Reserved Tuner: Name: firestick-rack4 Priority: 

2026-01-25 19:09:28.934 - stream - [Tune (gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB)] Tuning to 9 News on firestick-rack4

2026-01-25 19:09:28.938 - stream - [Tune (gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB)] Using channel configuration: Deep Links (default, recommended) (8ec77d65-30d6-46a3-8045-282571cff8d8)

2026-01-25 19:09:29.333 - lib.adb - [Tune (gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB)] ADB: firestick-rack4 - input keyevent KEYCODE_WAKEUP

2026-01-25 19:09:30.402 - lib.adb - [Tune (gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB)] ADB: firestick-rack4 - pidof com.amazon.firetv.youtube.tv

2026-01-25 19:09:30.523 - stream - [Tune (gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB)] Using https://tv.youtube.com/watch/GDZqceJ6Z-Y to load channel.

2026-01-25 19:09:30.523 - lib.adb - [Tune (gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB)] ADB: firestick-rack4 - input keyevent KEYCODE_MEDIA_STOP

2026-01-25 19:09:31.806 - lib.adb - [Tune (gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB)] ADB: firestick-rack4 - am start -W -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d 'https://tv.youtube.com/watch/GDZqceJ6Z-Y' 'com.amazon.firetv.youtube.tv'

2026-01-25 19:09:32.215 - stream - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Starting tune match text monitoring. Match commands: [{'match_text': ["who's watching", 'choose an account', 'edit profiles'], 'commands': ['input keyevent KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER'], 'start_checking_after_seconds': 5}]

2026-01-25 19:09:32.217 - stream - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Waiting 3 seconds to allow sleeping device to setup.

2026-01-25 19:09:36.134 - stream - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Waiting for playback start. Status: unknown

2026-01-25 19:09:38.731 - lib.adb - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] On screen text: '> youtubetv'

2026-01-25 19:09:38.732 - stream - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Text match result: Text to match: ["who's watching", 'choose an account', 'edit profiles']. Matches found: None.

2026-01-25 19:09:40.618 - stream - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Text match result: Text to match: ["who's watching", 'choose an account', 'edit profiles']. Matches found: None.

2026-01-25 19:09:42.383 - lib.adb - Media session playback has started.

2026-01-25 19:09:42.383 - lib.adb - [Tune (gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB)] ADB: Closing connection - firestick-rack4

2026-01-25 19:09:42.384 - stream - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Tuning completed after 13.47 seconds. [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Display was off, application (com.amazon.firetv.youtube.tv) was running.

2026-01-25 19:09:42.384 - stream - Initializing keep active command schedule for tuner firestick-rack4 (2).

2026-01-25 19:09:42.460 - uvicorn.access - 100.xxx.xxx.xxx:0 - "GET /stream/2 HTTP/1.1" 307

2026/01/25 19:09:42 [PROXY] 100.xxx.xxx.xxx -> GET "/proxy/2?requestKey=gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB" -> "http://encoder_48007/12.ts"

2026-01-25 19:09:42.742 - stream - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Text match result: Text to match: ["who's watching", 'choose an account', 'edit profiles']. Matches found: None.

2026-01-25 19:09:43.856 - lib.adb - Media session playback has started.

2026-01-25 19:09:43.857 - stream - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Media playback detected. Stopping tuning text match process.

2026-01-25 19:09:57.107 - tuner_management - Releasing tuner 2 as it has been inactive for 3 seconds.

2026-01-25 19:09:57.108 - tuner_management - Releasing tuner: {'lock_obtained': 1769368168, 'tuner_name': 'firestick-rack4', 'name': '9 News', 'number': None, 'provider_name': 'YTTV', 'tuner_id': 2, 'channel_id': 2, 'tuning_status': 'tuned', 'request_key': 'gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB', 'target_package': 'com.amazon.firetv.youtube.tv'}

2026-01-25 19:09:57.350 - tuner_management - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Using configuration: Deep Links (default, recommended) (8ec77d65-30d6-46a3-8045-282571cff8d8) for channel cleanup.

2026-01-25 19:09:57.350 - lib.adb - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] ADB: firestick-rack4 - input keyevent KEYCODE_MEDIA_STOP

2026-01-25 19:09:58.460 - lib.adb - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] ADB: firestick-rack4 - input keyevent KEYCODE_MEDIA_PAUSE

2026-01-25 19:09:58.830 - server - 

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Tuner "firestick-rack4" is currently in use and locked.

Tune ID: gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB

Channel: 9 News

Lock Obtained: 2026-01-25 19:09:28 (0.51 minutes ago)

Last Seen: 2026-01-25 19:09:54 (4.83 seconds ago)

Bytes Transferred: 8905372 (8.49MB)

Remote User Agent:

Go-http-client/1.1

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2026-01-25 19:09:59.413 - tuner_management - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Released tuner (2).

2026-01-25 19:09:59.413 - tuner_management - [Tune gBsGDWmiXNJNKoJ3pQvGRB] Cleanup complete. firestick-rack4 (9 News)

You don't need to redact your deep links by the way. They're not sensitive. Everyone has the same deep links. There's actually zero sensitive information in this logging or an ADB tuner at all whatsoever. So that's just completely unnecessary.

DirecTV bug where I logged into the website and it pulled the guide data for a different DirecTV account I have and not the one logged into on the the Osprey.

Last issue is that none of the streams from the tuner work in the chrome browser but do work on clients

Something very odd, I set this up with project one click for directv stream. I am using onn pro boxes and an linkpi 5 tuner hdmi encoder. It works fine for all of my channels except for the mgm+ channels. on those it wont tune. any advice is welcome. thanks.

edit: disregard. I switched adbtuner to development and it started working.

Not much we can do about that. However, I would try logging out and logging back to DTV -- and/or you could try dumping "Cached images and files" (all time) in your browser history.

I would guess you're running into this issue:

If so, you'll find the streams work fine in Firefox -- or really any other browser.

Firefox is indeed the work around. Thanks!

All set for now!