Settings
Use the sections below to configure server addresses, playlist behavior, guide data, credentials, and maintenance tasks.
Setup
Core addresses and display behavior used by feeds, playback URLs, and the admin UI.
FastChannels Server URL
Address other devices should use to reach this FastChannels server for generated M3U, XML, logo, poster, and playback URLs. Include
http:// and the port if needed (most installs use :5523). This only changes generated URLs; it does not change the Docker published port. To move the web UI itself to another port, change the compose port mapping and restart the container.
Browser address:
Detected server address:
If this field is set, generated feed URLs will use it exactly, even if you open the admin UI from a different host or port.
If FastChannels is running in Docker and you opened the UI with
https://fast.home.santiago.wtfDetected server address:
https://fast.home.santiago.wtfIf this field is set, generated feed URLs will use it exactly, even if you open the admin UI from a different host or port.
If FastChannels is running in Docker and you opened the UI with
localhost, auto-detect is usually not what other devices need, so set this field manually.
Channels DVR
Base URL of your Channels DVR server (port 8089). To find it, open my.channelsdvr.net → Settings → General — your server address is listed there. If FastChannels and Channels DVR are on the same machine and the Test Connection button fails with your LAN IP, try
http://172.17.0.1:8089 instead (the Docker host gateway).Auto-refresh guide data hourly
When enabled, FastChannels forces Channels DVR to re-import guide data for all registered FastChannels lineups once per hour. Only applies if you've added feeds via the "Add to Channels DVR" button.
Time Zone
Type an IANA timezone like
America/New_York or Europe/London — use a canonical Area/Location name, not a legacy alias like US/Eastern (see the full list ↗). This controls admin timestamps and FastChannels app log timestamps, and overrides the container TZ for the app.Playback
Controls that affect playlist output, stream routing, and image delivery.
Experimental Output
Rewrite stream timestamps in M3U Experimental
Adds
tvc-stream-timestamps="rewrite" to generated M3U entries for Channels DVR. This may help recordings with bad durations or timestamp corruption, but can affect in-progress playback on some streams.Image Proxy & Caching
Enable image proxy & caching
When enabled, channel logos and program artwork are cached and served through FastChannels — ensuring consistent delivery regardless of upstream CDN availability. When disabled, all image URLs point directly to the upstream provider. Note: some sources (e.g. Roku) require proxying for program artwork to display correctly; disabling this may cause missing artwork for those channels.
Guide Data
Defaults for newly discovered channels and Gracenote guide mapping.
New Channels
Auto-allow new channels into feeds
When enabled (default), channels found by a scrape are added enabled and flow straight into your feeds. When disabled, newly discovered channels are added disabled — find them in Channels under the Review → Needs review filter and enable the ones you want. Individual sources can override this on the Sources page.
Gracenote Guide Data
Auto-assign Gracenote IDs
When enabled, scrapers populate Gracenote guide IDs for channels that support it. Channels with manually assigned IDs are never affected.
Community Map URL
Remote CSV fetched on startup and refreshed daily. Leave blank to use the default FastChannels community Gist.
Contribution Webhook URL
Where user contributions are sent when they click Contribute in the Community Map. Defaults to the FastChannels community webhook — leave blank to use the default.
Credentials
Shared provider sign-in details used by TV Everywhere backed sources.
TV Everywhere
TV Provider Sign-In
Choose your TV provider, then enter the same username and password you use on that provider's site. These credentials are stored only in the local FastChannels database and are never returned to the browser after saving.
🧪 Beta — TVE sign-in has only been tested and confirmed working with Cox, Sling TV, and Xfinity/Comcast. YouTube TV is also supported but less thoroughly tested — entitlement and session refresh can be less reliable. The dropdown lists every provider Adobe Pass supports, but sign-in with providers outside those four is unverified and may fail.
Optional. Shared by any TVE source that needs a home market — currently just FOX One, where it drives both regional entitlement/blackout scoping and which local FOX affiliate shows up as a channel. Enter it once here rather than per source.
Used by TVE sources such as A+E Networks TVE.
No auth test has run yet.
⚠ TVE is disabled — the toggle on the right is off, so every network's scraper and every "Sign in" click will fail until it's turned back on and saved.
TVE network sign-in status — sign in to each network individually below, or all at once.
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Maintenance
Database backup, restore, and runtime health information.
Database Backup
Create
Download a gzip-compressed copy of
fastchannels.db —
all channels, sources, feeds, settings, and Gracenote assignments. Store it somewhere safe.
Restore
Replaces the current database, then reloads workers.
This cannot be undone — download a backup first.
From a nightly auto-backup
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