i think this was a caching bug-- will address in next version. tnx for the detailed report.
I have a related problem: Amazon bridged with Prismcast works ok; Roku bridged always fails. Troubleshooting advice?
I think I got it fixed (Roku bridge). It was a caching bug. Will push out with next version.
good point. that channel is very unique. it's kind of like an "overflow" type channel for this scraper so it could be missing during a scrape.
To answer your question, yes - pin it. I will add a way to auto-pin that channel in next version though.
Just set up FastChannels. Love it! Something i can't figure out is the channel logo's are blank in the guide with pluto tv on the channels app. What's the fix for that? Thanks
Above:
And vote for Channels Devs to make this not an issue anymore:
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It’s not a problem anymore. I was just testing the functionality but I’m not using it. Too low quality.
yea thats the one downfall to using the DRM bridge-- sometimes, the upstream provider "downgrades" the quality of the stream if it's not a hardware-based encryption key.
Interestingly, the artwork next to the synopsis of each channel in the guide is present and accurate. Anyway, thank you again for the reply. I'm sure it is obvious that I'm no expert here, no doubt my fault somehow...
Ok thanks I'll give it a try (it also wasn't marking the dead stations).
I assume I might want to note any channels that I have put into collections in case they get renumbered when there might be a different set of channels upon re-adding them back into Channels DVR?
sorry, I don't understand your question?
I think AI might've wrote that post 
EDIT: you know what, never mind. It's not really anything you need to deal with. I just meant it as an aside and should've just not mentioned it.
Cheers.
It maybe wasn't clear but it wasn't that bad. 
Is C-SPAN 3 DRM?
It gets a 503 error in Channels DVR
2026/08/03 16:52:51.751459 [ERR] Failed to start stream for ch5008: M3U: Could not fetch playlist from nas-1019:5523: GET: http://nas-1019:5523/play/cspan/cspan3/proxy.m3u8: 503 SERVICE UNAVAILABLE
and VLC
http debug: sending request: GET /play/cspan/cspan3/proxy.m3u8 HTTP/1.0 Host: nas-1019:5523 User-Agent: VLC/3.0.23 LibVLC/3.0.23 Icy-MetaData: 1
http debug: HTTP answer code 503
http error: error: HTTP/1.0 503 SERVICE UNAVAILABLE
and this Shaka error 1001 in FastChannels
Working on TVE on Directv Stream
Works on TVE using YTTV, but no guide data using tvc-guide-stationid="68332"
Was trying to get the one from FastChannels working.
that cspan scraper is funny... it's not a true "cspan3" channel. it goes to Cspan.com and grabs the live channels at that time. so think of it like "overflow" type channels.
basically, its unreliable... sorry wish it was cleaner - just out of my control.
I can see the same schedule on C-SPAN that's in FastChannels
https://www.c-span.org/schedule/?channel=3&timezone-toggle=PT
It just wont play
agreed-- but notice, there is no HLS link on that page at this time. Throughout the day, they publish an actual link that is playable. to get the true CSPAN3 (linear style), i'd have to get their TVE style link and link to your provider (and I think they have DRM). I haven't gone down that path with CSPAN3 but version 5.0.0 will have some cooler stuff than that -- certainly you dont REALLY want to watch cspan3 anyway? 