horstepipe 422 Posted December 26, 2025 Posted December 26, 2025 (edited) In Jellyfin there is that option for m3u tuners. As me and probably most people will use Dispatcharr now or soon, this is being done twice at the moment - by Dispatcharr and by Emby. So if we can disable that in Emby we will hopefully get a slightly faster stream start. BR Edited December 26, 2025 by horstepipe 5 5
horstepipe 422 Posted December 27, 2025 Author Posted December 27, 2025 @softworkz maybe this could be considered for tvnext? 2
Luke 42077 Posted December 27, 2025 Posted December 27, 2025 Hi, we could but it wouldn’t change that streams still run through your Emby server, if that’s what you’re getting at.
horstepipe 422 Posted December 29, 2025 Author Posted December 29, 2025 On 12/27/2025 at 9:24 PM, Luke said: Hi, we could but it wouldn’t change that streams still run through your Emby server, if that’s what you’re getting at. no, I am aware that this is a must for other reasons. I just want to reduce the playback start time. 2
horstepipe 422 Posted December 29, 2025 Author Posted December 29, 2025 Furthermore, this would eliminate a source of error/stream issues. 1
Luke 42077 Posted December 29, 2025 Posted December 29, 2025 4 hours ago, horstepipe said: no, I am aware that this is a must for other reasons. I just want to reduce the playback start time. As long as it's running through Emby Server, then disabling stream sharing will not reduce playback start time or eliminate a source of errors. The only difference would be in what happens when you try to open a second stream of the same channel. 1 1
horstepipe 422 Posted January 11 Author Posted January 11 (edited) On 12/29/2025 at 7:47 PM, Luke said: As long as it's running through Emby Server, then disabling stream sharing will not reduce playback start time or eliminate a source of errors. The only difference would be in what happens when you try to open a second stream of the same channel. So why does a stream stock/hang via Emby sometimes while it works well when watching via Dispatcharr directly at the same time? Edited January 11 by horstepipe 1 1
horstepipe 422 Posted January 25 Author Posted January 25 (edited) personally I don't watch lots of live tv and my users only complain if it is really bad. If I see that again and can confirm that the problem disappears when watching from dispatcharr or source directly I will inform you and send you logs. BR Edited January 25 by horstepipe 1
copyrunstart 4 Posted January 26 Posted January 26 I just ran into an issue with this last night. I was watching a football game in 4K on my Apple TV. My son tuned into the same game on the same channel on his Apple TV, we are both on the local network, and his stream was very glitchy and somewhat slow motion. The two fixes I found were pausing his stream for 10 seconds and then hitting play, or going to the gear icon and selecting Playback Correction. This doesn’t happen with a 1080p channel. I agree, though, it would be nice to have the ability to disable this. 2
jonzey231 35 Posted January 26 Posted January 26 On 1/24/2026 at 6:09 PM, Luke said: Hi, are you still having an issue with this? I definitely have this issue. Dispatcharr --> Emby takes around 5-7 seconds to start playing, meanwhile Dispatcharr --> nearly any other IPTV app or VLC is an instant start-up. 2 1
Shawneau 0 Posted January 26 Posted January 26 On 24/01/2026 at 18:09, Luke said: Hi, are you still having an issue with this? @copyrunstartand I have strikingly similar experiences with this actually. Definitely an issue. Thanks for please looking at this one.
wetz01 0 Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Also having this issue when people start a stream that someone else is already watching. There will be stuttering for a while until it resolves itself unless the person pauses the stream and resumes as mentioned above. Would love a toggle to disable Emby restreaming and just let other applications like Dispatcharr handle it.
copyrunstart 4 Posted January 26 Posted January 26 @Lukename your favorite cofee or beer and I'll literally doordash it to you for looking into this. 2
ramgoat 1 Posted January 27 Posted January 27 4 hours ago, jonzey231 said: I definitely have this issue. Dispatcharr --> Emby takes around 5-7 seconds to start playing, meanwhile Dispatcharr --> nearly any other IPTV app or VLC is an instant start-up. +1 I and my users experience this consistently each time a channel is started, including when switching from channel to channel. Previewing the same stream directly in Dispatcharr takes under 2 seconds, usually less. 1
ExploitPanda 0 Posted February 1 Posted February 1 +1 I am also experiencing this issue. Recently switched to dispatcharr and just like everyone else, it takes much longer to play on emby compared to other IPTV apps
kicsrules 2 Posted February 3 Posted February 3 i thought i was the only one experiencing this.... dispatcher --> emby takes wayy to long for the stream to start 1
copyrunstart 4 Posted February 12 Posted February 12 On 1/24/2026 at 5:09 PM, Luke said: Hi, are you still having an issue with this? @Lukeany word on if this will be possible?
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