mchadima 0 Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 I attached logs directly from Emby Server on my QNAP TS251 at 10:05 CST username logged in "Mike". Started log on Channel 11 at about 9:50, only one freeze, switched to Channel 5 at 9:58 and the "normal" freezing (occurring every minute or so, with a 5-10 second delay). Network is gigabit ethernet direct wired to Android TV (device X96mini version 7.1.2) running Emby for Android TV Version 1.5.32g. Can use HDHomerun app and no freeze. Playback movies, and stream from HBO, no freeze. Only live TV. Settings are default. Freezing happens on every channel. Suggestions? Thanks.
Luke 39004 Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 hi there @@mchadima, we're sorry to hear about this. Can you also please attach the emby server and ffmpeg log (if there was one)? You can learn how to do that here: https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/739-how-to-report-a-problem/ Thanks.
mchadima 0 Posted January 26, 2018 Author Posted January 26, 2018 Server and two ffmpeg files are attached. The fb54a file is time stamped 10:02 and the 1311 file is time stamped 9:55, and looking at the times in the files, I would suspect the first file (fb54a) will show the freezes since it starts at 9:55. The other file starts at 9:48. Thanks. server-63652435200.txt ffmpeg-remux-fb54a24b-78b5-44c2-a168-c2290c862efe.txt ffmpeg-remux-1311a6d9-d508-4549-9a17-65333c9915d.txt
mchadima 0 Posted January 27, 2018 Author Posted January 27, 2018 More information: I recorded live TV until I got some good examples of freezing. That log is attached (854d...). Good example of freezing at the end of the file. Then played back and the freezing got MUCH worse, basically 15 seconds of replay, then 10 seconds of freeze, repeating. Unwatchable. That log is also attached (f4d97...stream is Today Show). Didn't know if that would help identify what is going on. I know nothing about video and am new to implementing Emby on my home network. Everything else about Emby works great. Thanks. ffmpeg-remux-854d0420-639c-4dd2-a940-04f9d9aeed94.txt ffmpeg-remux-f4d97bab-0a85-48c3-9425-958d15d6dae0.txt
ebr 15500 Posted January 27, 2018 Posted January 27, 2018 From the app end it just looks like the stream is not coming in quickly enough. The player keeps pausing and re-starting to catch up.
mchadima 0 Posted January 29, 2018 Author Posted January 29, 2018 OK. Is there a setting I should look at, or why would the feed from Emby provide a slow stream? As I noted, the HDHomerun Android TV app playback is perfect.
mchadima 0 Posted January 29, 2018 Author Posted January 29, 2018 Perhaps something I should look at in the QNAP server?
mchadima 0 Posted January 29, 2018 Author Posted January 29, 2018 Another update. I tested Emby Live TV on an iOS device hooked up through wifi on my LAN. Playback for movies and music was clean. Playback for Live TV displayed the same freezing as seen on Android TV.
mchadima 0 Posted January 29, 2018 Author Posted January 29, 2018 Here is the ffmpeg log for the iOS Live TV playback. Only consists of 3 minutes of playback, but there were 3 (>15 second) freezes during that time. ffmpeg-transcode-8faf4a94-fe72-49d3-a816-078cb6910aa0.txt
Luke 39004 Posted January 29, 2018 Posted January 29, 2018 Here is the ffmpeg log for the iOS Live TV playback. Only consists of 3 minutes of playback, but there were 3 (>15 second) freezes during that time. It was just the one single ffmpeg log?
mchadima 0 Posted January 29, 2018 Author Posted January 29, 2018 No, there a many ffmpeg logs, but this was the log with the timestamp of when I was watching Live TV using iOS.
ebr 15500 Posted January 30, 2018 Posted January 30, 2018 Here is the ffmpeg log for the iOS Live TV playback. Only consists of 3 minutes of playback, but there were 3 (>15 second) freezes during that time. This one is transcoding and the CPU is simply not able to keep up. Only moving about 1/2 speed.
mchadima 0 Posted January 30, 2018 Author Posted January 30, 2018 OK, that at least helps to identify the problem. Now, how to fix it. Is the QNAP incapable of transcoding Live TV? How can I test it to transcode something else? A .mkv file? Or can I "force" the HDHomerun to do the transcoding, since it seems to be capable when I watch directly from the app, bypassing Emby? Sorry I don't know more about video. And thanks for the help.
Luke 39004 Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 hi @@mchadima, what model HDHomerun do you have?
Luke 39004 Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 OK I don't believe this model has onboard transcoding, right? Therefore Emby Server will need to handle it. Please also update to the latest version of Emby Server. Thanks.
mchadima 0 Posted February 4, 2018 Author Posted February 4, 2018 Upgraded the server. New problem with LiveTV. Now, the video will freeze, but audio will continue. That hasn't happened before. Seems to lock up the anroid tv client, forcing a restart. Sometimes able to ESC and restart from the Channel Guide. In the attached ffmpeg log, the entire stream locked up at the end (8:18) and couldn't recover. Also attaching server log. More info: this may be irrelevant, but the "spinning circle" when trying to load a channel appears to often freeze as well. When it does, the next screen is the "Playback Error?" screen. Click NO and the spinning circle restarts, but is not able to make a connection to the channel. After no progress for >a minute, ESC to get back to the channel guide. Try again, same channel. Same spinning circle freeze. Click YES to Playback error, no system response. Total lockup, force reboot of android tv. That ffmpeg log is attached, too, as ffmpeg log 2-4 V2. Also tested recording the same program "Sunday Morning". Playback displays freezing about every 10 seconds, freeze for ~5 seconds, then resume. That ffmpeg log is attached as ffmpeg log 2-4 V3. Finally, you are correct, Luke. This HDHomerun, like 3 of the 4 models sold in the US does not provide hardware transcoding. ffmpeg log 2-4.txt Emby Server log 2-4.txt ffmpeg log 2-4 V2.txt ffmpeg log 2-4 V3.txt
Luke 39004 Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 @@ebr can comment on the first two but in the v3 log that's because your transcoding was not happening fast enough.
ebr 15500 Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 but the "spinning circle" when trying to load a channel appears to often freeze as well. When it does, the next screen is the "Playback Error?" screen. Click NO and the spinning circle restarts, but is not able to make a connection to the channel. After no progress for >a minute, ESC to get back to the channel guide. Can you please do this and then follow the instructions for sending a log from the app? Thanks.
mchadima 0 Posted February 6, 2018 Author Posted February 6, 2018 Log sent from Emby for Android TV app at 4:47 am, user name Mike, playback of recorded TV, program is CBS News Sunday Morning. This is not the spinning circle error, rather the repeated freeze. The spinning circle seems to have cleared up with a restart of all devices on the network, which is good. Thanks.
ebr 15500 Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 Log sent from Emby for Android TV app at 4:47 am, user name Mike, playback of recorded TV, program is CBS News Sunday Morning. This is not the spinning circle error, rather the repeated freeze. The spinning circle seems to have cleared up with a restart of all devices on the network, which is good. Thanks. Hi. I did not receive this app log. However, this isn't an app issue. The repeated freezing is simply your server not able to transcode/deliver the content fast enough.
mchadima 0 Posted February 7, 2018 Author Posted February 7, 2018 Running this on a QNAP TS-251 with Celeron 2.41 GHz dual-core processor. Watching the Resource Manager during Live TV playback, CPU use is 15%-20%, but during playback of recorded TV, CPU jumps to 99%, which is when the freezing happens. RAM is not an issue. Suggestions? QNAP claims this unit is well-suited for transcoding. Is this something I should take up with them?
Sammy 769 Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 You need MORE POWER! Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk
mastrmind11 718 Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 Running this on a QNAP TS-251 with Celeron 2.41 GHz dual-core processor. Watching the Resource Manager during Live TV playback, CPU use is 15%-20%, but during playback of recorded TV, CPU jumps to 99%, which is when the freezing happens. RAM is not an issue. Suggestions? QNAP claims this unit is well-suited for transcoding. Is this something I should take up with them? a dual core Celeron is barely suited for anything, let alone transcoding. The bigger question should be why is it transcoding in the first place.
Sammy 769 Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 The player isn't capable of the stream codecs, throttling is on or there's network issues? Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk
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