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This grid is what Plex and Jellyfin receive from the XMLTV guide. Click a programme for its details; set a channel's network under Properties › Guide listings.

    
PlexSettings › Live TV & DVR › Set Up › "Don't see your device" › enter . For the guide choose XMLTV and paste the guide URL below. Plex Pass required.
Jellyfin / EmbyLive TV › Tuner Devices › M3U Tuner ›
XMLTV guide Guide titles show what each channel is currently playing.
VLC / Apple TV / LG appsOpen the M3U URL, or a single channel's stream URL (right-click a channel › Copy stream URL).
Stream URL pattern

Host

Where the panel and the tuner listen, and how they are reached.

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Tuner

The HDHomeRun tuner Plex sees.

Playback

How streams are started and kept smooth.

Plex

Where Plex Media Server is and how it is kept in sync. The Players tab has the buttons to sync or refresh right now.

Guide and sources

Listings for the guide and how often the stream sources are pulled again.

Upcoming events from ESPN the Schedule tab lists these leagues' events for the days ahead even before any source carries a stream; scheduling one queues a channel that takes the feed when it appears

Auto-queue games

A queued channel per upcoming game from ESPN's schedule, fed as soon as a source publishes a stream.

Security

Who may open this panel. Plex and the players on your network never need a password; through a relay or proxy everything does.

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On-air hours always on
A weekly broadcast window. On the ticked days the channel joins the Plex / M3U lineup at the listed from time with Off Air in the guide, plays its feed during the on-air hours, reads Off Air again afterwards and leaves the lineup at the off the lineup time; on other days players do not see it at all. Server local time. Tick no day for a channel that is always on.
Advanced
Logo shown by Plex and Jellyfin in the guide

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Filters & schedule
Built-in source options
IPTV filters (IPTV source only)

Built-in sources

Scheduled matches

Entries switch the channel at kickoff; feeds are resolved a few minutes ahead.

Pick a stream