ESPN+ & FOX Sports with Custom Channels via EPlusTV

Is there a video guide, this seems complicated and I might break something. Does it consistently present espn3/sec+/acc+ in the channels guide?

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why are the colors so dull? I see yours is 1080p as well. My friend uses youtube tv and only 1080p. Do they upscale on directv/stream? anywhere else to 4k? it said 4k on my friends youtube tv on shield

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The screenshot didn't have HDR, it looked better on my TV.

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can it not pickup hdr on channels?

HDR works, but FOX can occasionally be flaky on their HDR implementation, depending on which client.

I know ESPN is lower quality than fox. most of what I have seen is 1080p output from ESPN. has it even been confirmed they offer a 4k upscaled feed? I have never seen evidence its actually 4k (upscale)

Hello, would someone mind helping me figure out what I am doing wrong. I loaded the Docker on my Windows 10 machine and had no problem running it. I cannot add ESPN+ as a custom channel. I continue to get the following error. Thank you

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ESPN does not offer a 4K feed to anyone but linear providers (i.e. not on their own app or online), and a limited set, at that.

ESPN's 4K content has been native 4K resolution, but no HDR. This changed this year, see below

FOX's 4K content has been upscaled 1080p with HDR.

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Why is his verizon ESPN 4k 1080p. Also my buddies ESPN 4k was 1080p

I assume that the IP of the machine where the container is running is 192.168.1.156 and that you set the port to 8000.
You may have some firewall setting or antivirus that is actively blocking that port.

Sorry, I didn't keep up with recent developments here.

ESPN, as of the Bama/Texas game last weekend, is now going 1080p upscaled too. They're upping their content to 2/week, though, which is a good sign.

No word on better distribution of that feed though.

College Football Kickoff 2023: ESPN Ups Two Games a Week to 1080p HDR; Launches Game Creek Varsity for ABC Saturday Night Football (sportsvideo.org)

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As far as I know only 1 ESPN4K, 2 Fox 4K, and 2 Peacock exclusive 4K for college. All are 1080p afaik upscales (but still decent). Also, ESPN isnt upscaled on YoutubeTV for pc or Verizon Fios cable card as seen above as screenshot only 1080p.

It is upscaled for Verizon FiOS. Just because the screenshot wasn't in 4k doesn't mean it isn't upscaled.


*I crossed out the ip because its a tailscale address.

Thank you for your reply and suggestion. The machine where the container is running is 192.168.1.156 and port is set to 8000. Since there is not an antivirus on the machine, I turned off Windows Defender and after rebooting the machine, I still get the same error message.

Any other suggestions?

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Sounds like it's not setup right or your firewall is blocking that port. Can you post the screenshot of your eplus setup on your docker and in Channels?

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sorry for doubting , I just wasn't sure. My friends youtubetv stream was only 1080p. Could you upload a clip or something so I could look at the quality difference? If not that's fine but thanks for confirming it was 4k at least in some sources.

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That's pretty sweet would love to have that on dtv stream. Is that a dedicated ESPN 4k channel you get with fios?

Thank you again for offering assistance. I went back through all the previous posts and found one where the host port was changed from 8000 to 8001. I figured I would give that a try and that did indeed work for me.

Yeah it's channel 1496 on fios

Hey guys. I have m3u and xml guide working great, however I don't have espn+. how do I tell the docker to only pull sec+/acc+/espn3 and not the others (they are already on channels)? Can I disable espn+ channels from pulling?