Youtube TV Login no longer working (2FA still off)

Channels DVR Server
#1

I've had Channels working with Youtube TV since the beginning. I had a secondary google account setup in my Family group with 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) turned off, and it worked great.

For some reason I noticed my Channels DVR was not recording any new shows, so I logged into the admin page, and decided to Rescan. That's when I received an error about authenticating. I remove the account and re-added it to Channels. What is happening now is Google is doing a "Verify It's You" check since it's seeing this login from a different location than where I am, even though 2FA is off.

I decided to try a new Google account, linked to my Family group. Also with 2FA turned off. Same error.

I have submitted this information, along with logs to Channels support. Hopefully they will have some ideas.

For everyone still having it working, I suggest you don't rescan.

:frowning:

#2

Is your dvr installed as a service or in the system tray?

Is chrome up to date?

#3

My DVR is in the system tray. Also my version of Chrome and Edge Chromium are both up to date. Still no luck. :thinking:

#4

Ok wait, I think I figured it out. I had been managing the DVR settings from another computer on my home network. I logged into the Media PC with Channels DVR locally, logged into gmail and verified my youtube tv account credentials worked locally. Then I tried re-adding it as a source in Channels DVR, and now it worked and is scanning channels.

Very weird quirk with YTV and verifying login. I apologize for not thinking of trying it on the PC directly and not through the browser on another PC.

Thanks!

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