Settings

Use the sections below to configure server addresses, playback behavior, guide data, credentials, and maintenance tasks.

⚠ 1 setting should be configured on new installs

Setup

Core addresses and display behavior used by feeds, playback URLs, and the admin UI.

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FastChannels Server URL
Set the address players and other devices should use to reach this server
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.
No port specified — this is fine if you're behind a reverse proxy, but most direct installs need :5523.
Browser address: https://fast.ashipaek0.com.ng
Detected server address: https://fast.ashipaek0.com.ng
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 localhost, auto-detect is usually not what other devices need, so set this field manually.
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Channels DVR
Register feeds as custom M3U sources in your DVR with one click
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.
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Time Zone
Control how timestamps display across the admin UI and FastChannels logs
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, image delivery, and DRM bridge behavior.

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PrismCast (DRM bridge) Beta
Route DRM channels through a PrismCast capture server so they play in Channels DVR
Bridge DRM channels (keep them active)
On: DRM channels (e.g. Roku FairPlay) stay active and route through the PrismCast feed — kept out of the standard feed, badged 🔒🌉. Off (default): they're disabled and dropped. Only DRM-capable sources can bridge.
Set the PrismCast Server URL below first, or bridged channels won't play.
Your PrismCast server (default port :5589). DRM channels go through PrismCast, everything else streams direct. Like the regular feed, it splits into a standard playlist at https://fast.ashipaek0.com.ng/m3u/prismcast (pairs with /epg.xml) and a Gracenote one at https://fast.ashipaek0.com.ng/m3u/prismcast/gracenote.
Where PrismCast's Chrome reaches this server's /watch pages. DRM needs a secure context: use loopback (http://127.0.0.1:5523) when PrismCast's Chrome runs on the same host as FastChannels' published port, such as a native/Homebrew PrismCast install with FastChannels in Docker. Use trusted HTTPS when PrismCast runs on another host. Blank reuses the Server URL.
A plain http:// LAN IP isn't a secure context — DRM won't decrypt.
Caps the video variant loaded by the browser before PrismCast captures it. Lower this on underpowered servers if DRM streams black out or PrismCast reports buffering/recovery.
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Experimental Output
Try optional playlist directives for specific DVR behaviors
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.
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Image Proxy & Caching
Control whether logos and program artwork are served through FastChannels
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.

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New Channels
Control whether newly discovered channels enter your feeds automatically
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.
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Gracenote Guide Data
Control automatic guide ID assignment during scraping
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.

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TV Everywhere
Shared provider credentials for legal TVE-backed sources
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.
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.

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Database Backup
Back up and restore your FastChannels database
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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Community Gracenote Map

Channels with curated community IDs. Applying sets the channel to Manual mode — it won't be overwritten by future scrapes.

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AppliedCommunity tmsid is already the active ID on this channel
AvailableNo Gracenote ID set, in auto mode — community tmsid can be applied
Has native IDChannel is in auto mode with a scraped ID that doesn't match the community tmsid
ManualChannel is in manual mode with a different tmsid than the community one
OffGracenote is disabled for this channel entirely
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