ESPN+ & FOX Sports with Custom Channels via EPlusTV

Playground Custom Channels
#2840

Finding that I need to restart the EplusTV container often.....I'm really only pulling in Gotham linear channels ( ESPN as well used for testing)I attached a snip of the log files Before i restart the container which fixes it

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Adding event: Talkin' Yanks
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Adding event: DraftKings Casino Report
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Adding event: MLB Baseball
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Adding event: UFC Live: Ulberg vs. Reyes
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=== Done getting events ===
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=== Building the schedule ===
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=== Done building the schedule ===
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Refreshing Gotham auth token
2025-09-27 09:59:10
=== Getting events ===
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Looking for Gotham events...
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Looking for ESPN events
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Adding event: Paid Programming
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Adding event: Paid Programming
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Adding event: Paid Programming
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Adding event: Paid Programming
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Adding event: DraftKings Casino Report
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Adding event: DraftKings Casino Report
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Adding event: Bronx Buds
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=== Done getting events ===
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=== Building the schedule ===
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=== Done building the schedule ===
2025-09-27 10:29:12
Refreshing Gotham auth token
2025-09-27 10:50:16
Could not get a playlist for channel #364. Please make sure there is an event scheduled and you have access to it.
2025-09-27 10:50:16
Could not get a playlist for channel #364. Please make sure there is an event scheduled and you have access to it.
2025-09-27 10:50:17
Could not get a playlist for channel #364. Please make sure there is an event scheduled and you have access to it.
2025-09-27 10:50:17
Could not get a playlist for channel #364. Please make sure there is an event scheduled and you have access to it.
2025-09-27 10:50:18
Could not get a playlist for channel #364. Please make sure there is an event scheduled and you have access to it.

#2841

I hate to jinx it but I've been watching the Fox 4K USC vs Illinois game and it's been rock solid. No longer dropping at commercials. Commercials are 1080 while the game broadcast is 4K.

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#2842

@GTFan Are you able to test?

#2843

Can confirm. Native Resolution flips between 1920x1080 to 3480x2160 with just a short black screen for me.

#2844

No I'm watching a different game and using multiview, I'll have to try it some other day.

Lol I just enabled 4K and tried to watch in multiview, bad idea! ATV 4K 2nd gen can't handle that with even one other channel going, the stream was unwatchable and almost immediately crashed the channels app when I added it to a three channel setup.

I did try it briefly after the app crashed and I restarted, streams fine but it did before. Can't really watch it on its own for long though because I'm watching my other game, which just happens to be GT cuz I'm GTFan!

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#2845

I'm getting a lot of interruptions in my log (discontinuity_detected=1 transport_errors=0) but watching it looks fine so maybe that's expected with the changes in resolution from 1920x1080 to 3480x2160

#2846

Not sure why but my tokens seem to not be doing a baton handoff quickly. after about 3 minutes my espn3 streams always fail and work if I reload I havent figured out any way around this. I think espn works but just not espn3/+

It seems the token expires quickly maybe a token handoff needs to change frequency? ESPN linear doesnt do this only espn3 and +

I get 403 forbidden

I am on the latest build

Is anyone else having this issue

#2847

I did jinx it. It disconnected a few times but was much more robust than last week. Not sure what's going on...

#2848

Bummer. I know it worked last year but I only did recordings of the games then because I didn't have multiview, I don't think I ever saw a problem with the recordings though.

Now I'm using multiview every weekend because it's much more fun.

#2849

Did y'all have issues with ESPN 3? Non linear ESPN

Also there is ESPN abc and ESPN 3 that play same game. Can you have both options

Lastly, could ESPN Deportes also be added linear and perhaps certain Eplus+games be reserved for certain channels numbers? Thanks for the responses

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#2850

getting the following error on yes on gotham sports:

Could not get a playlist for channel #364. Please make sure there is an event scheduled and you have access to it.

channels dvr reports the following:

2025/09/27 21:42:31.666822 [ERR] Could not start stream for M3U-epluslinear ch771 Yes Network: M3U: Could not fetch playlist from localhost:8000: GET: http://localhost:8000/channels/364.m3u8: 404
Not Found

edit:

restarting eplustv fixes it.

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#2851

I posted the same issue a few posts back and yes a container restart fixes it

#2852

How do you get the channels to not freeze after 1 minute? Its doing it on all my channels, no one else having this issue?

Maybe it needs to refresh auth key more often? Do I need to just totally redo my tokens

#2853

No issues here. Just tested with Gotham channels as well and they are working correctly.

I do restart my container daily as a maintenance task that is tied back to when things were not updated for a bit.

I would probably give this a try and hope that it solves your issue.

#2854

It seems all the channels are working, just ESPN3 is having issues, I noticed ESPN shows ESPN-ABC and ESPN3 (is it the same m3u8 on espn.com) they have two different links. Waiting for another ESPN3 to test. I also had docker crash had to restart, is there something we can program to keep the docker up and running ?

#2855

Tony:
My E+ channels are working, however the guide only shows the network name, and no info about hte games/shows. I've rebuilt the EPG in E+TV and in CDVR I've reloaded the M3U and refreshed the XMLTV but same issue.
Any idea?

thanks!

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#2856

Make sure the linear channels are mapped in Sources-Manage Lineup

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#2857

yep, that was it, thanks!

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#2858

A few days ago, Fox Soccer Plus and Fox Deportes started working again, but now Fox Soccer is gone again. It shows as checked on the Eplus local page, but does not show up in the linear channel source in CHDVR. I've reset active playing channels on the local page and reloaded and disabled/reenabled on the source in Channels. Anyone else having this issue?

#2859

Deportes working here