Live TV getting stuck every 5 seconds

[Azra3l 6]

Hi,

Ive recently started getting streams stop every 5 seconds and continue on Emby Live TV.

I have attached the ffmpeg and embyserver logs. Please advise on how to diagnose.

embyserver(2).txt ffmpeg-directstream-e14291cd-2ab9-4ae3-b88f-6f27d6708408_1.txt

[visproduction 315]

Embyserver txt shows downloading of the same set of images 7 times.  Why is this happening?
Example: Search for: zSx7nwhbRfQ68JL982uBICGob6Y.jpg

Did you try to load the media by clicking something 7 times?

[Azra3l 6]

On 12/29/2024 at 2:08 AM, visproduction said:

Embyserver txt shows downloading of the same set of images 7 times.  Why is this happening?
Example: Search for: zSx7nwhbRfQ68JL982uBICGob6Y.jpg

Did you try to load the media by clicking something 7 times?

No, I think that was the media libraries being refreshed. 

[visproduction 315]

Azra,

Trying to update image so many times in the log seems strange.  With Linux, sometimes the rights to write to a directory can be limited for an app.  If the image update fail to save, then maybe Emby is trying to do it again and again and that causes the stuttering.  Seems like you run into user rights a lot in Linux.  Like when the program user group doesn't get all the rights for where the content is stored, because something missed in the install, or the admin move files into another directory that had more limited rights.  Maybe check all the group and user rights to your content folders?

Just a wild guess. 

[Azra3l 6]

vis,

thats because I was trying to refresh the guide and it wasnt showing VOD. so was doing that many refreshes manually.

But that had been settled and I still have the same issue of the media getting stuck every few seconds. This seems to happen only to the Roku devices though.
Am able to stream directplay of IPTV on my desktop app and android app. On Roku it keeps converting to HLS, could that be a cause for this?


Also, Happy New Year!

[Kimballslice1890 8]

Check out this topic that can help adjust your setup for live tv. It helped me tremendously 

 

 

[Azra3l 6]

On 1/1/2025 at 8:10 PM, Kimballslice1890 said:

Check out this topic that can help adjust your setup for live tv. It helped me tremendously 

 

 

I just finished setting up hls-proxy and so far it works fine on local. But I have an idiot question. Which URL do I update in Emby?

[Azra3l 6]

@LukeAny chance you can help me out here?

[Kimballslice1890 8]

On 1/3/2025 at 1:53 AM, Azra3l said:

I just finished setting up hls-proxy and so far it works fine on local. But I have an idiot question. Which URL do I update in Emby?

You just add the local IP of hls proxy as the m3u tuner.

Ex. Http://x x.x.x

The just add your epg source 

If you're putting it through hls proxy then use http://x.x.x.x/epg.xml.gz (I believe that's the right link. You can verify in the hls proxy config GUI)

[CharlesF 36]

Assuming this TVNext ever gets released, will it replace the need for HLS Proxy?  Which as of now is the only way I can reliably use Emby for LiveTV with IPTV

[Carlo 4560]

On 1/8/2025 at 8:13 AM, CharlesF said:

Assuming this TVNext ever gets released, will it replace the need for HLS Proxy?  Which as of now is the only way I can reliably use Emby for LiveTV with IPTV

Nothing is absolute, so until you try it on your system with your specific providers, we will not know.

But going by my hundreds of hours previously testing TV Next, I feel comfortable saying yes.

Carlo
 

[CharlesF 36]

thanks

Edited January 12, 2025 by CharlesF