Ok, I have tinkered with this feature off and on for over 2 months but have never been able to get it working. I always get some form of "failed to retrieve location" message. I used https://geolocation.onetrust.com/cookieconsentpub/v1/geo/location and it is returning my country and state correctly but nothing more specific. I can log into ABC, FOX, and NBC with my TVE credentials and view live streams of my local stations. I am not running a VPN or local ad block. I have changed every setting I know about on Safari and Chrome (I thought it may be using chrome to fetch geolocation but from reading this thread it appears to be the browser you are using to adjust settings). Any help would be appreciated.
It's hit or miss all the time. My local ABC and CBS and even FOX appear and disappear seemingly randomly at different times. One never knows if you can watch any of them at any given time, let alone record something. It's frustrating but assume it has something to do with geolocation and the provider reading and perhaps my internet provider as well. End of the day, no one is going to fix anything. It works fine for the local NBC and that's the one I generally watch so it works for me but it sucks to not have the other locals reliably available and able to record with them.
EDIT: My internet and TV provider is Mediacom in Wisconsin (SW) if it matters
So I am still not able to get my Local ABC channel with this feature. When I do a channel scan I get:
WVPI - which is Philadelphia ABC channel.
I'm supposed to get WSB-TV in atlanta, which I have gotten before and it went away.
If I go to ABC Live Stream - ABC.com I authenticate with my DirecTVStream credentials I get the right channel streamed live.
I am also having issues with my ABC. Channels tries and fails to stream WUTV which is out of Syracuse, NY. My abc.com login gives me my local, WTNH out of New Haven, CT as well as WABC out of NYC.
Sent logs and an email, heard nothing back.
I also noticed I can get Fox 5 out of NYC using my Youtube TV login, but channels doesn't even show it as a possibility.
This feature is experimental and doesn't always work.
You can try updating to prerelease and uncheck/recheck the experimental option. It may help with the ABC issues.
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Oh I get its experimental, totally understand why its not perfect.
The pre-release server did solve my ABC issue.
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Was on this release: 2022.11.09.1733
I tried multiple times. Found the fix for me. My mesh network Eero has Ad blocking on for the network. I changed it so the Channels DVR computer was exempt from the Ad Filter.
ABC is working now.
I'm running 2022.11.15.1908 server on Mac OS; have tried disabling Local Networks via TV Everywhere and re-enabling over https with location several times (while logged in/streaming from https://www.fox.com/live/channel/KTVU/) but FOX is still not present in Channels DVR. Is there anything I can do to fix it?
Have you tried while Fox is on the air broadcasting? Somewhere in this or another thread I've read that can help.
Others also having issues
I couldn't get mine to work for a couple of weeks and then it started working again.
I have had to fix my FOX station almost daily. I think we are just at the mercy of them making changes.
I'm in the Philadelphia TV market and have been using Channels DVR with an HDHR Flex to get my locals. The local broadcast changes caused by the FCC repack made CBS spotty and unreliable in bad weather and eliminated ABC reception. We didn't didn't really care about the loss of ABC until the NFL scheduled a Monday night Eagles game for Sept 19 on ABC. So in early September I signed up with Fubo, added the lineup to Channels and clicked the Experimental checkbox to enable Local Networks via TV Everywhere.
Local TVE under Fubo has worked perfectly for us since day 1. We record/watch the news on Fubo ABC daily; watch Fubo CBS more and more as the OTA reception gets worse and worse; and watch Fubo Comet because the quality of the signal is so much better than the bit-starved OTA sub-channel. I ended up keeping Fubo because in addition to the locals I got hooked on the sports availability. Aside from MNF, I got to watch all the MLB-NL playoffs -- Phillies went to the World Series.
So I can say that in the Philadelphia market, TVE Fubo and Local Network TVE Fubo has worked perfectly under Channels DVR. I've never had to reauthorize since I originally set it up.
On the local Fox TVE, I've noticed that most if not all of the local Fox programming is shown as "sign off" in the guide. Is this pretty standard to not even be able to watch the local Fox news via TVE?
Yes it is standard that the local Fox channel to only show primetime and Fifa World Cup. Most of us have antennas to get the local channels all the time along with TVE.
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They are only supposed to show prime time and some sports, but sometimes you can tune to "Sign Off" and see local programming.
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Only the few Fox owned and operated stations stream 7/24, everyone else gets the national feed.
If you Link Provider at the Fox website, the schedule it shows for your local station should match what you see in Channels DVR.
I also have an antenna but was trying to figure out a way to move away from it due to reliability issues, weather, topography, etc. I guess it seems strange that it's just FOX that does this - in contrast ABC, NBC, and CBS don't seem to hide their local programming from TVE. Well, of course there's PBS that is a lost cause, and about 50 other sub-channels missing in TVE. Bummer.
Originally when Fox was added, it was just the Fox Owned and Operated stations available.
See first post
Users asked if they could get their local Fox stations added, even though they only provide Primetime programming. The devs responded by updating Channels DVR to provide access to Fox for anyone that could authenticate at their website for a local station.
You may be able to find a source for your local news, if that's all that you're interested it. I added Plex Live TV as a source and found a station that plays my local Fox news broadcast on a loop.
Instructions for adding Custom Channels can be found here: Master-list Free Working M3U (Custom Channels) - Playground / Custom Channels - Channels Community (getchannels.com)
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