EmbyKiwi 2 Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 Sorry I wasn't clear. I've been running Mediaportal since 2007 so the entire back end is definitely working including all the EPG data. I've installed MPExtended and the Emby plugin and configured them as far as I can tell. So now ... from inside Emby... I can play Live TV channels via MediaPortal, see recorded programs from MP, see the MP scheduled recordings and the MP series etc. The only thing was that the EPG was not coming across from MediaPortal into Emby. I can see the channels listed in the guide but no program listings, even though the MP EPG is complete. My question was whether I should be expecting this to work or whether, in your experience, this was not how the plug in worked and you needed to run MP Client to set up recordings etc and just view the results in Emby? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceboy 1628 Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Sorry I wasn't clear. I've been running Mediaportal since 2007 so the entire back end is definitely working including all the EPG data. [emoji846] I've installed MPExtended and the Emby plugin and configured them as far as I can tell. So now ... from inside Emby... I can play Live TV channels via MediaPortal, see recorded programs from MP, see the MP scheduled recordings and the MP series etc. The only thing was that the EPG was not coming across from MediaPortal into Emby. I can see the channels listed in the guide but no program listings, even though the MP EPG is complete. My question was whether I should be expecting this to work or whether, in your experience, this was not how the plug in worked and you needed to run MP Client to set up recordings etc and just view the results in Emby? ThanksAh ok, then no you should see everything in emby exactly as if it were using native tuner/m3u support. So something is wrong somewhere. Best person to tell you what is wrong would be [mention]pünktchen [/mention] . He maintains the MP plugin Link to post Share on other sites
EmbyKiwi 2 Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 11 minutes ago, Spaceboy said: Ah ok, then no you should see everything in emby exactly as if it were using native tuner/m3u support. So something is wrong somewhere. Best person to tell you what is wrong would be [mention]pünktchen [/mention] . He maintains the MP plugin Thanks! Didn't want to spend too much time on it if it was working as expected. I'll dig further into the MPExtended logs and see if I can see something. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
dougward 0 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 So the latest native Windows stable version of Emby 4.3.3.0 installed on my new system is exhibiting the same pixelation issues as before while watching an active recording. I still only have DVR and LiveTV enabled, no other libraries or additional plugins other than what is in the default install. I am certain when I first set it up and tested, it was working properly. I initially thought the pixelation issues were due to poor OTA reception since that is what it looks like and I thought the recording issues were behind me, however I went back and re-watched the recording the next day, and there were no pixelation issues. I'm pretty sure I have had issues where the actual file gets corrupted and exhibits the pixelation problem while watching an active recording and re-watching it later, and the scenario where there are pixelation issues while watching an active recording but the video (file) is fine when replaying it after the recording is finished. This particular TV show was a 720p recording as opposed to 1080, not sure if that has any bearing. I'm going to try the 2.2.0.5 version of Docker as suggested by @reneboulard with the latest stable version of Emby. Frustrating! Link to post Share on other sites
Q-Droid 178 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 This thread is pretty long and maybe this has been discussed before, if so then please ignore. When you record Live TV, OTA MPEG2 in my case, the recording file is created in the DVR destination folder AND the transcoding temp folder. Two files for the same program are created concurrently. When I begin watching the recording in progress Emby will then create the *.ts segments, *.ts.tmp and *.m3u8 files in the transcoding temp folder. I'm assuming the segments and m3u8 for playback are produced from the file in the temp folder, not the one in DVR. Is is possible there is a problem with the file in the temp path for those who are having playback and pixelation issues during the recording? Or their systems are having some problem with this temp file and/or location? May also explain why the finished recording in DVR does not have the pixelation. I do not have the playback problems others are describing. Link to post Share on other sites
dougward 0 Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 This may be unrelated, but see my second post in Link to post Share on other sites
EmbyKiwi 2 Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 Thanks @Dougward I'll have a look and see if my receiver has any similar settings. I have an Onkyo TR-NX474 so quite possibly! I have to say that my experiments with Channels DVR were also very reliable for Live TV. I ran it for a month and it never missed a beat.... on exactly the same hardware so definitely an option if that is a big part of your viewing. Link to post Share on other sites
GregW 5 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 So there have been several beta versions of the server released since this was first reported and so far I see no improvement or any mention of a fix in the release notes. Is this still being looked at? Link to post Share on other sites
Luke 26184 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 13 minutes ago, GregW said: So there have been several beta versions of the server released since this was first reported and so far I see no improvement or any mention of a fix in the release notes. Is this still being looked at? Yes it is. Link to post Share on other sites
EmbyKiwi 2 Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 Hi Luke Glad to hear that this is still on the list. Have you actually been able to replicate the problem or are you trying to sort it out from logs only? Link to post Share on other sites
aja07 12 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Just now, EmbyKiwi said: Hi Luke Glad to hear that this is still on the list. Have you actually been able to replicate the problem or are you trying to sort it out from logs only? I believe it will be sorted with the re-write of the live TV module that is undergo at the minute, eta undisclosed Link to post Share on other sites
EmbyKiwi 2 Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, aja07 said: I believe it will be sorted with the re-write of the live TV module that is undergo at the minute, eta undisclosed That sounds major! I hope it goes well and we look forward to seeing/testing the results! Link to post Share on other sites
x0lliex 0 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 23 minutes ago, aja07 said: I believe it will be sorted with the re-write of the live TV module that is undergo at the minute, eta undisclosed That's great news, I have been using Plex in the meantime and want to come back when this problem is gone. Link to post Share on other sites
Dublus 0 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Wow, this is such an annoying problem. I don't watch anything live, ever. I always plan it so the game ends right about when I catch up to live. For a while I was blaming my IPTV provider then discovered their streams are impeccable. This has got to get fixed. Did anyone find what the most recent release without this problem is? Link to post Share on other sites
Luke 26184 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 We are working on improving this. Thanks for the feedback. Link to post Share on other sites
Dublus 0 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Luke said: We are working on improving this. Thanks for the feedback. Thanks for the attention to this. For those of us with this problem it would be helpful to know how high a priority this is. In my case I could tough it out for a month or so more if I knew this was being addressed. But if this was more of a long term fix I would have to migrate my stuff back to TVH or something and come back after the fix has been made. I very much prefer Emby but not in its current state. Edited August 25, 2020 by Dublus Link to post Share on other sites
bobdob 4 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I had this problem awhile back running emby server on windows 10 pc. If you ff or rw a recording stream it gets all pixelated so stopped using pc and loaded emby server on my shield cause of this. After awhile running emby on the shield didnt work out for me so i went back to pc forgetting about the pixelation issue. Sure enough pixelation that let me to this thread. User Frostbach posted this about going back to 4.3.1.0 This is working perfectly now on my windows 10 I had 3 recordings going at once and going back and forth between them all ff rw and nothing PERFECT make sure your 4.3.1.0 doesnt auto update Thanks Frostbach Link to post Share on other sites
Dublus 0 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 5 hours ago, bobdob said: I had this problem awhile back running emby server on windows 10 pc. If you ff or rw a recording stream it gets all pixelated so stopped using pc and loaded emby server on my shield cause of this. After awhile running emby on the shield didnt work out for me so i went back to pc forgetting about the pixelation issue. Sure enough pixelation that let me to this thread. User Frostbach posted this about going back to 4.3.1.0 This is working perfectly now on my windows 10 I had 3 recordings going at once and going back and forth between them all ff rw and nothing PERFECT make sure your 4.3.1.0 doesnt auto update Thanks Frostbach Did you simply copy over the exiting install or did you do a complete re-install? Link to post Share on other sites
bobdob 4 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I just copied it over current install. Disable the auto update though or it will quickly update to current version Link to post Share on other sites
Dublus 0 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, bobdob said: I just copied it over current install. Disable the auto update though or it will quickly update to current version OK, I'm giving it a try. Thanks! EDIT: So far it's working. Edited August 30, 2020 by Dublus Link to post Share on other sites
GregW 5 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Unfortunately, due to this issue I have decided to drop Emby and I haved moved to Channels Plus. I like the Emby user interface better but the pixelation and playback glitching issues are a game stopper for me. Link to post Share on other sites
reneboulard 11 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 20 hours ago, GregW said: Unfortunately, due to this issue I have decided to drop Emby and I haved moved to Channels Plus. I like the Emby user interface better but the pixelation and playback glitching issues are a game stopper for me. I had the same issue on windows 10, however I found the Linux implementaion of Emby did not have this problem. So I converted my Windows server to a Linux server, installed Emby on it and everthing been working like a charm since. Link to post Share on other sites
bobdob 4 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 4.3.1.0 worked perfectly. Updated to 4.5.0.50 no glitching during recording so far. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
cayars 1912 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 One thing I've found to help with this in general is to try and make sure you transcoding drive and DVR recordings are on different drives. That helps to split up the IO. Link to post Share on other sites
EmbyKiwi 2 Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 Hey @Luke Just wondering how the re-write of the Live TV module was going and whether there was any ETA? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
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