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I was just wondering if it will ever be possible to have live TV supported with full dvr control and an nice EPG supported from within the Emby Samsung TV application. Although I love the new look and feel of Emby Theatre for Windows 10, I just don't see the need to have individual HTPC boxes in the rooms when I can just run one very powerful server and just plug my TV's into the network. Currently running windows 10 enterprise, ported a version of WMC into it and have the Ceton Infinitv 6 for cable card use. What are your thoughts?

Hi all, I finally got a DLNA compatible HDHomeRun (an Extend, for OTA), so now I want to experiment with Emby doing some recordings. Up to this point I've used WMC to do the recordings (using my older model HDHRs). So, I added my tuner in the server Live TV Setup, got a Schedules Direct account set up and set in the server... now what? Is there a guide for setup? My main motivation, other than moving gradually away from WMC, is to use technology other than WMC to do the recording. I have always gotten random glitches in my recordings with WMC that I don't see on those same tuners when watching live. So, what are the next steps to getting this going? I haven't yet found a guide. Sorry if I missed something obvious. Thanks Marc

Version 3.1.204.0 beta Windows 10 Pro Some channel guide data is absent. Attached is a screenshot. These channels' guide data works fine with NextPVR. They are correctly mapped in Emby. Thanks! server.txt

Is it possible, or will it be added, to have the ability to sync the channel groups in Emby with the channel groups i already have setup in nextPVR?

Unraid Server: v6.2.1 Emby Server: v3.0.8100.0 Fire TV Box: v5.2.1.1 Fire TV App: v1.2.31a Log sent from Fire TV: 3:21PM EST Client is disconnecting from live tv 2-10 minutes after starting and returns to the guide. Been running this setup for quite awhile with no issues. The last time I was successfully streaming live tv both transcoded and direct playing was on 3.0.64, possibly 3.0.71. I update as often as new updates are released. Once the issue started on the first Fire Tv box I attempted: Clearing cache, clearing all data - no fix Re-installed Fire TV app - no fix Deleted and re-created docker image - no fix I then tested on 2nd Fire Tv box and had same issue and repeated steps above except for re-creating docker image. Live tv (transcoded) in browser - works fine Live tv (transcoded) on iOS app - works fine Remote streaming live tv (transcoded) on iOS app - works fine Local streaming recorded tv on Fire tv - works fine Local streaming tv shows transcoded and direct play (Fire tv, iOS, browser) - works fine Local streaming movies transcoded and direct play (Fire tv, iOS, browser) - works fine Seems to be just with Fire tv when direct playing or transcoding live tv. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hello I have a hdhomerun in my network for live tv. I however would like to use DVBlink (using the provided server plugin) and not the built in hdhomerun support. Whenever i delete the hdhomerun tuner it is added again after i go back from "home" to "manage server". Ill try to make a movie and upload it here to show you.

My Emby Server updated, followed by a notice that my Mediaportal plugin was updated (and that the server should be restarted). Now, I can't start any LiveTV. I have used a browser, android and apple apps to test. I reinstalled the plugin to no avail. Interestingly, MPextended doesn't show the plugin ever attempts to connect. Also interesting is the fact that I can enter incorrect settings and the plugin will report it has connected successfully. I have noticed the thread about the removal (temporarily) and I suspect my problems may be related to that occurrence. Any insight will be appreciated.

Fire TV App: 1.2.66a I tried pausing live tv, but it appears to have been disabled. I reviewed the forum to see whether the reason was listed as well as the changelog, but didn't see any information. Reviewed the latest commits and saw a condition was added based on whether seek was available. Was this just a temporary fix or is this now the default behavior? I found it very useful to pause live tv and used it frequently.

Fire TV App: 1.2.66a This has been an issue in previous app versions. Not sure if "miscalculation" is the correct word, but to reproduce the issue click a channel, select Tune to Channel, immediately afterwards, while the loader is visible, press the hamburger button to bring up the split live tv preview/guide view. The live tv preview is then loaded, but shifted approx. 7% to the right of the expected viewing area. Additionally, pressing return to hide the guide does not recalculate the resolution for full screen and remains the same.

Hi there, For a while I had issues with Live TV not working first thing in the morning but then starting again later in the day. This went away and it has been very reliable until one or two releases ago when this issue returned. Originally to resolve the issue I stopped using the 64bit build on QNAP and began just using the 32bit one. This seemed to make it stable. I do not use the Emby through the store on QNAP I follow the community thread and download the latest releases as they are delivered, normally within a few days of an actual release announcement. This morning this happened again and I resolved to try and check it out after work. Of course when I did all was fine again and it was working. I accessed the HDHomerun that provides the channels to check it out and found some new channels that I decided to test. This was going okay until one of the new channels disagreed with Emby. All stopped and I had to abort the Win 10 Emby theatre app to get control back. Subsequently however the LiveTV function is not working. The work around is go into EMby and shut it down. Go into QNAP and close it. Restart Emby in Qnap. Just did this (noticed I had 3.0.6400 and 3.0.7100 is now available which it wasn't when I did the last upgrade) Did that and bingo working again. I've now damaged my own experiment by upgrading so I won't press for help but I will ask what are considered to be the best steps I can take to troubleshoot this? Should I snap daily logs or is there something else that would help if this update does not resolve.

Hauppauge WinTV Dual-HD (WinTV8 and latest drivers) NextPVR v3.7.7 Server 3.1.6094.3363 - (recordings were done on previous dev version last night) I am experimenting with recording Live TV The recording is fine via Emby and the resulting .ts files are recorded fine and play well My problem is that they are saved to the directory location i set up in NextPVR rather than in the directory i specified in Emby server under LiveTv>settings The recordings were setup via Emby and the saved files appear in Emby>LiveTV>recordings page as you would expect - so Emby knows they exist Because they are not in the Emby recording directory they are not converted to mp4 So is this as its supposed to work or is there an issue here - i could point NextPVR to the same directory as Emby is expecting the recordings to be recorded to and would probably solve the issue (not tested yet). If thats the case why have the option to specify three different directory/sub directory locations under LiveTv > settings ? Anybody else seeing this? Have i missed the point? Doing it the wrong way? Thanks Tim

Hi, I'm trying to add a Schedules Direct (in fact my existing SD settings stopped working - in that I had no listings, and when I refresh the guide data in the settings screens - nothing happens. So, I deleted the existing SD config and added another and I get this screen: I've looked in the logs, an attached them - the most recent file says that a username is required, however I'm not able to specify it as the screen shows. Is there anyway I can remove any cached SD settings? I'e had a dig around the data directory, but can't see anything. Thanks Guys logs.zip

I use Emby's LiveTV with a CableCard via ServerWMC, and in my guide I have way too many channels (530, most of which I do not watch). Marking some as favorites to move to the top of the guide listing helps, but what I'd really like to do is have another tab on the LiveTV page that starts the guide listing with my HD channels at channel number 650 (the channel index is 322). I have been hacking around on the live server code in guide.js and have been able to change the StartIndex to 322 and occasionally see the results I want (when I run Emby in a new private window and thus don't have a caching problem). I reported on my results in the following thread, but I am now thinking I'd like to see this functionality become real. I envision a new HD guide tab on the LiveTV.html page, and some admin code for the user to turn the HD guide tab on and enter their first HD channel number (or wherever they want their customized listing to begin). But first, can I even accomplish a new tab on that page via a plugin? Or do I need to focus on contributions to the main? I'm no c-sharp wiz--I just compiled Emby for the first time today. A nudge in the right direction would be helpful. http://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/36070-feature-request-allow-users-to-change-startindex-for-guide-to-first-hd-channel/?hl=guide

What is the purpose/use of the "SERIES" button on the LiveTV page. I've searched and cannot find any info. Thanks

Version 3.0.5972.0 Browser Firefox 46.0 I do not have LiveTV. I do not have a TV tuner and I do not want to buy one. I should not have to look at and manage buttons I have no use for. Please add options to hide the LiveTV and Recordings buttons on the Home and Folders pages. Thanks

A few days ago I noticed that I didn't have any guide data and recordings weren't happening. I clicked on LiveTV -> Schedules Direct and get the following error in a pop-up right away: I clicked "Got it" and the only information filled in was my username. I put in my password and got the same Alert error. I verified that the username and password are correct by logging in with the same credentials into Schedules Direct. Here are the associated log files: 2016-05-26 16:42:14.9571 Info App: ScheduledTasksWebSocketListener stop transmitting over websocket to 127.0.0.1:57184 2016-05-26 16:42:15.0116 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET http://localhost:8096/emby/System/Configuration/livetv. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/50.0.2661.102 Safari/537.36 2016-05-26 16:42:15.0149 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 127.0.0.1. Time: 3ms. http://localhost:8096/emby/System/Configuration/livetv 2016-05-26 16:42:15.0440 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET http://localhost:8096/emby/LiveTv/ListingProviders/SchedulesDirect/Countries. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/50.0.2661.102 Safari/537.36 2016-05-26 16:42:15.0468 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 127.0.0.1. Time: 3ms. http://localhost:8096/emby/LiveTv/ListingProviders/SchedulesDirect/Countries 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0032 Info HttpServer: HTTP POST http://localhost:8096/emby/LiveTv/ListingProviders?ValidateLogin=true. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/50.0.2661.102 Safari/537.36 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0088 Info TaskManager: Queueing task RefreshChannelsScheduledTask 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0088 Info TaskManager: Executing Refresh Guide 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0088 Debug App: Refreshing guide from Emby 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0094 Error App: Error adding metadata *** Error Report *** Version: 3.0.5972.0 Command line: /usr/lib/emby-server/bin/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono.exe -programdata /var/lib/mythtv/emby-server -ffmpeg /usr/bin/ffmpeg -ffprobe /usr/bin/ffprobe -restartpath /usr/lib/emby-server/restart.sh Operating system: Unix 3.5.0.54 Processor count: 8 64-Bit OS: True 64-Bit Process: True Program data path: /var/lib/mythtv/emby-server Mono: 4.2.1 (Stable 4.2.1.102/6dd2d0d Thu Dec 3 04:04:55 UTC 2015) Application Path: /usr/lib/emby-server/bin/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono.exe ListingsId required System.Exception at MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.Listings.SchedulesDirect+<AddMetadata>c__async1.MoveNext () <0x417f3760 + 0x0013f> in <filename unknown>:0 --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw () <0x7f358e7fb6d0 + 0x00029> in <filename unknown>:0 at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess (System.Threading.Tasks.Task task) <0x7f358e7f96b0 + 0x000a7> in <filename unknown>:0 at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification (System.Threading.Tasks.Task task) <0x7f358e7f9630 + 0x0006b> in <filename unknown>:0 at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ValidateEnd (System.Threading.Tasks.Task task) <0x7f358e7f95e0 + 0x0003a> in <filename unknown>:0 at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.ConfiguredTaskAwaitable+ConfiguredTaskAwaiter.GetResult () <0x7f358e7f9b10 + 0x00012> in <filename unknown>:0 at MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.EmbyTV.EmbyTV+<GetChannelsAsync>c__async2.MoveNext () <0x417c28b0 + 0x00e65> in <filename unknown>:0 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0166 Debug App: Running ChannelImageProvider for WHECDT3 (WHEC-DT3) 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0283 Debug App: Running ChannelImageProvider for WUHFDT3 (WUHF-DT3) 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0295 Debug App: Running ChannelImageProvider for W42COLD (W42CO-LD) 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0306 Debug App: Running ChannelImageProvider for W42COD2 (W42CO-D2) 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0317 Debug App: Running ChannelImageProvider for W42COD3 (W42CO-D3) 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0381 Debug App: Running ChannelImageProvider for WBGTCD5 (WBGT-CD5) 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0445 Debug App: Running ChannelImageProvider for WPXJDT4 (WPXJ-DT4) 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Info App: Refreshing guide with 14 days of guide data 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 8.1-WROC-HD from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 8.2-BOUNCE from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 10.1-WHEC-TV from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 10.2-MeTV from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 10.3-WHEC-WX from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 13.1-WHAM-HD from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 13.2-CW-WHAM from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 13.3-Grit-TV from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 21.1-WXXI-HD from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 21.2-WXXI-W from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 21.3-WXXI-C from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0472 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 31.1-WUHF-TV from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 31.2-Antenna from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 31.3-Comet-T from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 42.1-TCT from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 42.2-TCT Fam from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 42.3-TCTKids from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 46.1-WBGT-MY from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 46.2-ThisTV from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 46.3-TuffTV from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 46.4-TNNT4 from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 46.5-MYROC from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 46.6-QVC from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 51.1-ION from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0481 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0491 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 51.2-qubo from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0491 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0491 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 51.3-IONLife from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0491 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0491 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 51.4-Shop from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0491 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0491 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 51.5-QVC from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0491 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0491 Debug App: Getting programs for channel 51.6-HSN from Schedules Direct- 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0491 Warn App: ListingsId is null, returning empty program list 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0574 Info TaskManager: Refresh Guide Completed after 0 minute(s) and 0 seconds 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0574 Info ServerManager: Sending web socket message ScheduledTaskEnded 2016-05-26 16:43:22.0581 Info TaskManager: ExecuteQueuedTasks 2016-05-26 16:43:22.2094 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 127.0.0.1. Time: 206ms. http://localhost:8096/emby/LiveTv/ListingProviders?ValidateLogin=true 2016-05-26 16:43:22.2597 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET http://localhost:8096/emby/System/Configuration/livetv. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/50.0.2661.102 Safari/537.36 2016-05-26 16:43:22.2632 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 127.0.0.1. Time: 4ms. http://localhost:8096/emby/System/Configuration/livetv 2016-05-26 16:43:22.2843 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET http://localhost:8096/emby/LiveTv/ListingProviders/SchedulesDirect/Countries. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/50.0.2661.102 Safari/537.36 2016-05-26 16:43:22.2870 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 127.0.0.1. Time: 3ms. http://localhost:8096/emby/LiveTv/ListingProviders/SchedulesDirect/Countries I tried deleting the ...../emby-server/config/livetv.xml file and re-configuring LiveTV (adding the HDHomeRun, then adding Schedules Direct as a "Guide Provider" but got the same errors. LiveTV and guide data with Schedules Direct has been working for many months without any issues. I haven't changed any configuration with LiveTV (or even Emby, for that matter) with the exception of updating the emby-server package when a new version is available. I'm running the emby-server 3.0.5972 on Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS.

Just wondering what the best option is when dealing with encrypted LiveTV cable? Been running WMC since the XP era for LiveTV and Kodi for the media library. For the past few months been exploring options and Emby seems like a great one source solution that is wife friendly. Would it be better to use Emby for WMC, pull media from server, and continue to run Live TV though WMC since I have encrypted Live TV? Or should I consider another option using ServerWMC as I understand the Emby Server along can’t decrypt encrypted LiveTV cable? Any incite would be great. Thanks.

Hi Guys, First I've got to say that I love the new Emby Theatre, however there's a single showstopper for me. LiveTV does not appear to run for me. It runs with no issues via Emby WMC (Windows 8), the Emby local web browser, and the iOS app, but in Emby Theatre when I try to run a channel the loading circle simply sits there rotating. I can leave it there for 30 minutes and it keeps doing the same thing. I have Emby Server running with ServerWMC, and have 6 BDA tuners in total connected. Any help would be fantastic. Thanks! Luke

Please post the server log as well. Thanks.

I have been an EMBY user with WMC for many years.... I am now evaluating EMBY Theater LiveTV using tge WMCServer plugin. when i connect using the connect interface. I see my channels and recordings. However when I connect using the Theater interface and select LiveTV, I see the channel and recording elements, but no channels or recordings are listed. Any suggestions?

Hi, Running latest Emby stable on two different servers, one running CentOS 7 (64-bit) with Mono 4.2.1 and the other running Windows 8.1 (64bit) I found that LiveTV playback using the webclient on Firefox 43.0.4 on Linux works against the server running on Windows but doesn't work against the server running on Linux. The exact problem is that in FF the player is loading but the screen is black, no video. On the other hand when streaming from the Windows server, playback works fine. I will attach both servers logs to the thread later. If there is any other details you want me to cover just let me know. Thanks.

Hi, I have a problem playing livetv content on Android application. I get the following message: Playback error. There was an error processing the request. Please try again. Playing of livetv from my emby server works just fine when I use Chrome browser in Windows or in Linux. I've attached log from the Android client app and the server logs. c0431e09-3040-43f6-a5e1-4005687815a71.log server_logs.zip

Is there an API to use that allows fanArt from Schedules Direct to be used in LiveTV sections, in similar way to what library items have? Like in this pic https://flic.kr/p/C1dDBg

Any way to get this implemented into the next version? Ordered in number of importance. 1. A button on the remote that would have a "Flashback" feature to flip between two different channels. 2. Be able to use the D-Pad to tune into a channel number directly, rather than paging through the guide. 3. A mini guide, similar to Windows Media Center while watching Live TV. Thanks for all your hard work!

Hi there, it would be nice to change the Upcoming Shows Tab to use the EPG from the LiveTV Feature of Emby (should work with LiveTV Plugins, too). This would elimnate the problem for users outside of the USA to see whats shows if their library are upcoming in local TV. Furthermore you can Record the episode(s) directly from this page. If this is implemented a further nice feature could be, emby to search in LiveTV EPG for missings or new episodes which are not in the library and add automaticly a schedule timer to record. For example I have got all episodes of The Big Bang Theory, and the new season will be aired in my local TV, I set this series to "Auto Record" and when new episodes are aired emby will record it, comskip, convert it and autosort it into my library. Greets