IamMrZ 1 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 The app doesn't seem to be able to rewind live TV, or to start watching a recorded program (from the beginning) while it's recording. I'm currently recording a television program. It started 5 minutes ago. I see the recording in the app (separate from the watch live), but if I play it I get the live stream and can't rewind to the beginning. Through the web interface I can start from the beginning. Also can't rewind live TV (no instant replay) through the app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36999 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Hi there @@IamMrZ, I'd like to see how it's playing. Can you please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue? Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMrZ 1 Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) Some error reports in there... I'm also having this issue. Edited January 25, 2018 by IamMrZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMrZ 1 Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) Updated log with emby upgraded to latest version. Still has error reports. Still doesn't rewind live tv in the LG app... Log.txt Edited January 25, 2018 by IamMrZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36999 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Ok, it's direct playing the raw stream because the LG can support that natively but that means you get no ff/rew. So in order to accomplish this we're going to have to play a different way and convert on the fly with the server to a different container format that will allow seeking. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36999 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Some error reports in there... I'm also having this issue. FYI, this is not an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMrZ 1 Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 FYI, this is not an issue. It was an issue of me being dumb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyblac644 69 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 It was an issue of me being dumb. lol, thats funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMrZ 1 Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Ok, it's direct playing the raw stream because the LG can support that natively but that means you get no ff/rew. So in order to accomplish this we're going to have to play a different way and convert on the fly with the server to a different container format that will allow seeking. Thanks. Is there any way to work around this now, @@Luke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36999 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 No, it will need an app update. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMrZ 1 Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 As you probably know, this problem still exists after the recent app update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggdale 0 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Just curious if there is an ETA on this feature, or a features list where we can tell if/when it is being worked on? (I'm new to Emby.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36999 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 We've already submitted a new update to the LG app store. There won't be any changes related to this in that update, but we can look at this after that. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMrZ 1 Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 (edited) Went premiere for the DVR, but it consistently doesn't work. It records fine, but playback is a disaster. Trying to watch the world series right now. Recording is ongoing. I can start the recording from the beginning (via LG tv app or web interface), and I can watch live, but I can't advance the recording and I can't rewind from live TV. This type of (mis)behavior is common. Put differently, my options are to watch it live (with no rewind) or to watch the recording from the beginning (with no fast forward). That's a badly crippled DVR, at best. Logs attached. As I say, this happens all the time. Direct play and transcode. Web interface and TV app. Transcode.txt Transcode 2.txt Log.txt Edited October 28, 2018 by IamMrZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMrZ 1 Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 Now that the game is over (and recording finished), seeking works great. But the inability to seek during live recording is a major disappointment. I think most people would agree that live-seek functionality is a basic requirement for any DVR system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastrmind11 717 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 sounds like an underpowered server. I have zero issues doing what you describe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMrZ 1 Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 But it's not. It's a Dell PowerEdge T30 with an Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 3.3G, 8M cache, 4C/4T, turbo (80W). 8 GB RAM. Primary duty is running Emby. I don't think I've ever seen it go above 30-40% CPU and ram usage (via top). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastrmind11 717 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 But it's not. It's a Dell PowerEdge T30 with an Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 3.3G, 8M cache, 4C/4T, turbo (80W). 8 GB RAM. Primary duty is running Emby. I don't think I've ever seen it go above 30-40% CPU and ram usage (via top). lol, that's actually pretty funny. I have the exact same server (with a tad more ram, not like that would matter). great bang for the buck. anyway, does it behave the same way w/ other live recordings? I ask because sometimes sporting events can be a little wonky in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMrZ 1 Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 A current recording isn't having the seek problem, but it's choppy. I have noticed this before - my wife complains that the DVR function doesn't work, but when I test it it seems to work fine. CPU Is spiking during playback. Load average around 3.5 - I don't remember ever seeing that before. Most of it is coming from ffmpeg. Seems crazy to me that this isn't enough computing power for DVR. The black boxes seem to do it just fine with much less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMrZ 1 Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 OK. Correction to the above post. Playback of an ongoing recording through the web interface triggers transcoding, which is using all available CPU and performs poorly (and I think that's bullshit on this system), but it seeks properly. Playback through the LG TV app is not transcoding, but no seek function. Perhaps this whole problem is a continuation of the issue I reported here... way back in January. So the DVR function just doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMrZ 1 Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 I'm reviving this old post to see if there's a planned fix for this, Luke. Watching the world series with the family - OTA antenna to a HDHomeRun to Emby to the above-discussed LG - my Premiere subscription is useless because I can't fast-forward a recording of the game and I can't rewind during a live stream. I might as well just connect the antenna directly to the TV. And my wife wants to know why we don't have a TiVo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36999 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 We are working on improving this, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypanasonic 8 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 +1 For this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easperhe 3 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 I would like to add to this. I was pretty impressed with Emby until I tried to watch a football game. Like IamMrZ, it was pretty painful to try and watch an in progress sporting event. Like a lot of sports fans, I like to record for 1-2 hour before watching so that I can jump through commercials or even the first half and end up pretty close to real time at the end. It seemed like I could only jump forward in a couple minute chunks. And when you're trying to go 45 min ahead that was painful. Now that 4.0 server is out, I REALLY hope this is on the top of the to-do list for Emby. I agree that the DVR is crippled without the ability to freely seek/jump within the existing, but unfinished, recording. I'm a long time user of SageTV and SageTV could do this from day 1 that I used it (at least 10+ years). I don't understand media containers and which allow seek and which don't. But, this is a showstopper for me. Would using Plex plugin enable this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36999 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 We will be looking into improving this, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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