ESPN+ & FOX Sports with Custom Channels via EPlusTV

I was able to pull in my local FOX station sporting events ONLY using my YTTV credentials, but it will not give you a local FOX station linear channel (non sports programming).

The rest of the sports channels I sub to with YTTV also appeared.
ESPN channels, FS1, FS2, B1G Network and FOX Soccer Plus.

Some users think that because they can sub to Fox One, that it's a TVE provider. It's not. Just like Discovery Networks (multiple channels) is not a TVE provider.

Thanks. Makes sense. YTTV TVE pulls in my FS1, FS2 and B1G but not my local FOX in DFW. It shows the channel but the URL seems to be borked and it hides it. Interestingly E+TV did pull in the local FOX channel last night for the BIG 10 football game that was on using the regular Fox Sports integration. Guess I will see if it pulls in more of the local FOX sporting events this weekend. If not it may be time to buy the cheapest HD Homerun. That would give me NBC as well which is also not pulled in by my YTTV sub.

I have been unable to confirm FOX Soccer Plus since the recent updates. Do you see FOX Soccer Plus events in your EPlusTV XML data, and can you play it from the EPlusTV M3U file?

Flagship FOX sporting events are indeed supported by E+TV, via the Fox Sports provider.

Yeah from what I've seen you get all of your local channel Fox sports, nothing's been missing.

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Texas Tech vs Utah 4K available now (Saturday Noon Eastern)

Thanks @tonywagner

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Yep same here! Thanks! fyi..the 4k in the new Channels multiview was struggling for me. Looks great in full screen though.

I had it going for about two minutes, and then it flipped back to HD. I'm using an M2 Mac mini and 300 Mbps up and down internet.

EDIT: I see what happened. The commercials are HD, but the game is 4K

Right. Mine just stops working after a bit so not a good solution until it's fixed.

I misspoke. I was using my Fubo credentials, not YTTV.
I have since cancelled my Fubo trial, so cannot try it.
Using YTTV credentials, I see the FS-Soccer Plus linear channel programming, but it doesn't play.

FOX Soccer Plus is in the m3u

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:0 tvg-id="210.eplustv" channel-id="FS1" channel-number="210" tvg-chno="210" tvg-name="FS1HD" tvc-guide-stationid="82547" group-title="EPlusTV", FS1
http://192.168.1.4:8185/channels/210.m3u8

#EXTINF:0 tvg-id="211.eplustv" channel-id="FS2" channel-number="211" tvg-chno="211" tvg-name="FS2HD" tvc-guide-stationid="59305" group-title="EPlusTV", FS2
http://192.168.1.4:8185/channels/211.m3u8

#EXTINF:0 tvg-id="212.eplustv" channel-id="B1G Network" channel-number="212" tvg-chno="212" tvg-name="BIG10HD" tvc-guide-stationid="58321" group-title="EPlusTV", B1G Network
http://192.168.1.4:8185/channels/212.m3u8

#EXTINF:0 tvg-id="213.eplustv" channel-id="FOX Soccer Plus" channel-number="213" tvg-chno="213" tvg-name="FSCPLHD" tvc-guide-stationid="66880" group-title="EPlusTV", FOX Soccer Plus
http://192.168.1.4:8185/channels/213.m3u8

Trying to play it in Channels DVR errors out
Channels DVR log

2025/09/20 10:42:08.352690 [ERR] Failed to start stream for ch4: M3U: Could not fetch playlist from 192.168.1.4:8185: GET: http://192.168.1.4:8185/channels/213.m3u8: 404 Not Found
2025/09/20 10:42:08.359762 [HLS] Couldn't generate stream playlist for ch4-dANY-ip192.168.1.8: M3U: Could not fetch playlist from 192.168.1.4:8185: GET: http://192.168.1.4:8185/channels/213.m3u8: 404 Not Found

Eplus container log

2025-09-20T17:42:08.350790269Z Could not get a playlist for channel #213. Please make sure there is an event scheduled and you have access to it.

We've already discussed this, channels can't handle the switch between 4K and 720p when commercials come on. It's a Fox problem because this didn't happen last year.

So I noticed Paramount has a lot more channels than this container . Can they be added? Golazo is not showing with sound and Fox seems to have buffer issues. I might just use foxone m3u8 for them

I could pull m3u8 for paramount but the guide data would be a bit of a pain would be nice if this project could support it

Just pushed an update (v4.10.7) which adds Fox Deportes and hopefully fixes Fox Soccer Plus. After updating, I suspect you may need to disable and re-enable the Fox Sports provider in E+TV to get them working properly.

Thanks . Are any of y'all having issues with ESPN 2? I ripped my CBS m3u8 from CBS but the one in this app says I don't have local CBS any more anyone else having this

Testing here. Fox Deportes did not show up after updating and reauthenticating.

Edit: Fox Deportes does not show up as a linear channel. Fox Soccer Plus does, but still does not work.

Was testing abc/ESPN3 and it loops and fails - Auburn game am I the only one this affects

Latest update removed Fox Soccer Plus from the FOX linear channels m3u.
Now I only have FS1, FS2 and B1G.
I guess that channel is not supported for YTTV.

So I just logged into YouTube TV and see Fox Soccer Plus isn't in my package. I would need to add NFL RedZone with Sports Plus to get it. That's not going to happen.

Tony, can confirm spectrum sports/hawaii/mountainwest have their own m3u8 that should be able to be added to he eplus tv, it doesnt have unique token, they always broadcast for it. Tested 2 weeks

Just pushed 4.10.8 which should correctly add Deportes and fix Soccer Plus for E+TV users who upgrade (as opposed to fresh installations). If they don't play after that upgrade, then your account may not be authorized for them.

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Deportes now shows up and is working. Fox Soccer Plus is still not working. I definitely have the channel and it is showing up as one of the linear channels in EPlusTV. I don't really care if it works for me or not since I can get it by other means but figured you would want to know.