maegibbons 1267 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Hi Have not tried playing HDHR UK HD Channels for quite a while since even when they did work they were very stuttery. If I need more than SD i usually use an IPTV HD Channel generally. Anyway, just to see if anything had improved i tried playing several of them. Basically they all fail in the Internal player with spinning Circle. Trans/I App Logs sent at 15:06 British Summer Time. Server emby User emby Tried Direct playing with VLC and it works but very stuttery and bad interlacing artefacts. Would like it to just work with Internal player with transode seeking. ffmpeg log attatched Krs Mark hd-noplay.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pir8radio 1292 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Probably not related, but HDHR just released a new firmware on 15-8-17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegibbons 1267 Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 Yes - I updated to that. The stream is there. Works fine in HDHR app on android and Emby webapp. Android F/ATV is a no go. Krs Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mini__me 23 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Been having similar issues, gave up and installed NextPVR and the Emby plugin. So far no issues and HD channels play perfectly with VLC disabled for playback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Please try this with 1.4.43 when available. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 This is good now with .43 right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mini__me 23 Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 I've not been able to test as yet. Still have NextPVR setup instead serving clients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegibbons 1267 Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 No. Big Fail. Spinning Circle. Ffmpeg log herewith. Krs Mark hdlivetv-remux.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegibbons 1267 Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 (edited) In webapp it does transcode and plays fine. ffmpeg log attatched Krs Mark hdlivetv-trans.txt Edited August 24, 2017 by maegibbons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 No. Big Fail. Spinning Circle. Ffmpeg log herewith. Krs Mark You are absolutely positive that was with 1.4.43+? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegibbons 1267 Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 1.4.43a to be precise. Just tried it again now. And now mixed results. Most HD channels do not play. ITV HD took about 30 seconds to start - then had frozen picture for another 20 secs then continued ok. Then Tried BBC2 HD and no dice. Went back to ITV HD and refuses to play again. So only had ITV HD play once ok out of 6 attempts. Krs Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegibbons 1267 Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 Tried it another 6 times all failed. Lowered bit rate to 420kb/s anf forced transcode which works. Obviously quality crap. Krs Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6771 Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 For what it's worth, here are my test on my Stable Emby server (v3.2.28.0) from my Shield: BBC 1 HD - OK - Direct/V BBC 2 HD - OK - Direct/V ITV 1 HD - OK - Direct/V CH4 HD - OK - Direct/V CH5 HD - OK - Direct/V BBC News HD - OK - Direct/V Is there much of a difference between the FTV and Shield app ?? I can hook up my FTV gen1 if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegibbons 1267 Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 (edited) Direct/V will probaly work here ok too. I want to be able to seek however and therefore they need to be remuxed or transcoded. Krs Mark Edited August 24, 2017 by maegibbons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegibbons 1267 Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 Ha! Thats crazy!! Just ticked "Direct play live TV" (not VLC) and that makes it Transcode (not remux) all the HD channels!!!! And they play fine then! Weird!! Checking "use VLC" also plays them correctly "Direct/V" But as explained I want them remuxed or transcoded so that i can rewind!! Krs Marl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 1.4.43a to be precise. Just tried it again now. And now mixed results. Most HD channels do not play. ITV HD took about 30 seconds to start - then had frozen picture for another 20 secs then continued ok. Then Tried BBC2 HD and no dice. Went back to ITV HD and refuses to play again. So only had ITV HD play once ok out of 6 attempts. Krs Mark Okay, is this all on the Fire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegibbons 1267 Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 Yes Krs Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Yet, if you record one of those streams, it plays back properly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegibbons 1267 Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 Well I can try that later but I assume that it will Transcode ok and/or play direct as I am currently testing recording to mkv. Did you clock my post above that when I select "Direct Play Live TV" that it worked BUT was actually doing a full transcode Trans/I Krs Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegibbons 1267 Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 Well certainly does not like it as an Active Recording - Spinning circle of doom. Once recorded plays fine Direct/I Krs Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegibbons 1267 Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 Actually the recorded quality is so good, I really want to use these channels now rather than SD. BUT cannot do that until you *magically* fix these HD channels to play as an Active Recording. Thats because we are ALWAYS using active recordings to watch content!! Krs Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegibbons 1267 Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 Hmm just tried to record BBC HD from HDHR (highest bitrate channel) with MKV conversion and i got 10 really small MKV -1 -2 etc files very quickly. Sample ffmpeg log here. @@Luke may want to look as obviously this is server related as well. Krs Mark bbchd-multi-mkv.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Hmm just tried to record BBC HD from HDHR (highest bitrate channel) with MKV conversion and i got 10 really small MKV -1 -2 etc files very quickly. Sample ffmpeg log here. @@Luke may want to look as obviously this is server related as well. Krs Mark Ok, this is kind piling on something unrelated to android tv playback. Please open a new topic for this and then we'll look at it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6771 Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 (edited) Hmm just tried to record BBC HD from HDHR (highest bitrate channel) with MKV conversion and i got 10 really small MKV -1 -2 etc files very quickly. That multiple small files bug still around then !! Try turning off the Preserve original audio when converting recordings (when possible) option. Edited August 24, 2017 by CBers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 That multiple small files bug still around then !! Actually if you look at the log from your thread, what you're perceiving as an Emby bug looks like a failure due to an error response coming from the remote server. So it starts, fails, starts again, etc. I don't see anything in that topic for me to look into so as far as I can tell there isn't a problem. If you have new examples to show I'm happy to look at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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