Were you still on your network when you accessed it? How does accessing it different change the result? Are you using channels in docker?
What is an ABD Tuner?
I just signed up for a YOUTUBETV trial and had no Problem setting up TVE of course I use windows ... I gave up on docker and UBUNTU because of problems with XFINITY TVE.
All I got was a Prompt on my phone "was it me signing in" and I answered YES.
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congratulations
You know what is really weird is on the Account I used I have 2fa enabled ... it prompted me once was that me trying to login ... I responded Yes and it scanned all channels without asking again.
Yes, I was still on my home network, Watching Channels and YouTubeTV on an Apple TV. The Channels Server is running on my Synology NAS. While watching the Channels app on the Apple TV, with a VPN set for the West Coast, the Channels App shows the Dallas local station, while the YouTube TV stations show the West Coast local stations. It is like Channels is ignoring the VPN on the Apple TV.
That is expected behavior, whether the client is connected to a vpn is irrelevant.
Doing a trial to look at switching from Hulu to YTTV. I am receiving the subject error with the exact screenshot as others posted above. I am running the latest pre-release.
Are there good steps or tips for addressing this?
I submitted logs for my hulu issues, but thought I would check here before submitting another round of logs for YTTV.
Time to start learning how to use stuff like ADBTuner.
TVE is pure junk not missing a thing.
Create a gmail account just for channels and add it to family share.
Possible solution to YouTubeTV
HARDWARE: Synology NAS, with Channels Apps (not Channels docker)
Like everyone else, I was being blocked by Google/YoutubeTV. Here is what I found.
Step 1: Create a new Google account. (NO Passkey or 2FA.) Just the username and password. PW has no special characters, just numbers, and letters (upper and lower case)
Step 2: Do NOT subscribe to YouTubeTV, yet.
Step 3: Sources--> Add Source-->TV Everywhere. Add the new Google account.
Step 4: Channels will try to connect. It added the basic free channels. (ABC News, CBS News, etc)
Step 5: Once completed, THEN I purchased a NEW YouTubeTV subscription. (Trial discount).
NOTE: I tried to use my existing YouTubeTV account, but it did not work.
Step 6 Once the NEW YoutubeTV has been set up with the NEW Gmail account, then return to CHANNEL--> SOURCE --> MANAGE (youtubeTV)-->RESCAN CHANNELS. It adds the eligible Channels (Note: TVLand, CMT, etc are missing)
When I set up the NEW YouTubeTV subscription, for LOCATION, I used a zip code in Montana and ran ExpressVPN/Seattle on my Apple TV. I can get the local channels on the YouTubeTV App in Montana. Just make sure your VPN is on your device. On the Channels App, the local channels are my home local channels. Hope this helps. This worked for me.
Are there any instructions for setting up ChannelsDVR in Docker? TIA
Haven't seen an update here in a while on this topic. Any new info on how to get YouTubeTV TVE to work?
Despite having all secondary authentication off on my Google account, when I try to add YouTubeTV TVE source, Google not only pings my phone to verify it's me, but then challenges me to pick the number shown on the other device (which I can't see until after it times out on Channels and shows me the error). Sure I might get lucky and pick the right number (33 1/3% chance) every once in a while, but it typically issues multiple challenges in the process. I used to just get asked if it was me and answering yes was sufficient, but now that Google has added this extra challenge, not sure how to get through it.
It's been working for me.
See this Topic thread Have the Issues with YouTube TV been fixed? - #19 by chDVRuser
It seems like YTTV us easier to get working using a Windows system.
Here is a review by Lon for a $180 HP laptop from Walmart, cheaper than those mini's.
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Sorry I left that info out, but I'm running Channels on a Windows10 system now and getting these Google challenges when I try to add YTTV TVE.
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Did you create a secondary google account without any 2FA and add that as a family member?
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I haven't tried that yet. Not sure if there are any more family slots available, so was hoping for a solution on my standard account. But I'll see and give it a shot if I can.
You should have 5 slots.
I'm doing a combo of ADB Tuner with TVE and i create google accounts just for YTTV and i invite accounts to that account if i want.
If i want a special magicallly, i become a new customer and the new account takes care of the family members or in this case Channels.
On Windows install of Channels or on Docker install on Windows? My Channels server is running on Windows, not docker and when I sign in with YTTV, it only requires me to open a Google app on another device like my phone and click "yes it's me" from a prompt. What kind of prompt do you receive?
Nevermind. I read the first post and saw it was requiring a code for you.