How to add YouTube TV as a source?

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#1

I had YouTube TV set up as a source, but the number of channels coming from it was just a handful of mostly useless stations.

I removed it as a source and now I’m trying to add it back in, but I can’t pass the authentication step. I get a “Cable provider authentication failed” error. The Google dialog is un-clickable and wants me to complete sign-in using my pass key. I have turned off 2FA on my Google account and that didn’t help. Any ideas?

Or, is it simply not worth the effort? It appears MOST of the channels I would like to record are not in TVE, which is what started this mess to begin with.

I haven’t had much luck getting answers by searching this forum — most discussions on it are several years old… :frowning_face:

#2

I think it’s worth it for sure. While I don’t use YouTube tv myself I know the best way to get it working is to create a new email (I don’t think it needs to be Gmail account) and link that email to your family making sure not to enable any two-factor. Then use that email to authenticate within channels.

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