LiveTV isn't working good on my TV but working good on my PC (Plugin)

[XDavidT 15]

I think I've attached all the information needed, videos are well describe my issue, and I've attached all logs from today.

Let me know if I missing anything.

ffmpeg-directstream-81b7c400-f7b4-454a-ab0f-c69246361f43_1.txt embyserver.txt ffmpeg-transcode-570e7c31-da55-4789-85a8-ea561ef3d9d3_1.txt ffmpeg-directstream-556dc097-1b82-46a8-ba0d-0ca314d7184f_1.txt ffmpeg-transcode-6fc7b963-94bb-41be-b77b-387b313b2dfc_1.txt

[pünktchen 1418]

Just enable Force Transcoding of AVI in the playback settings of the Emby Android app.

[XDavidT 15]

1 hour ago, pünktchen said:

Just enable Force Transcoding of AVI in the playback settings of the Emby Android app.

embyserver.txtffmpeg-directstream-9eb6ba0d-cacd-4a8b-b459-7d1cba44ba6f_1.txt

Same result, nothing changed.

[pünktchen 1418]

Not related to your problem, but please uninstall the Portmapper plugin because it floods the log with unnecessary error messages. Also please enable debug logging for Emby server and in the general settings of the VirtualTV plugin and upload some new log files after reproducing your issue. A small advice: start live tv playback from the guide instead of the live tv home page.

[XDavidT 15]

@pünktchenAs you ask me

 

embyserver.txt

[Gilgamesh_48 1251]

I sometimes have the exact opposite problem in that some streams play fine on my TV (Shield TV) but do not play reliably on my PC. That is OK for me as I almost never actually watch anything on my PC as my PC only has a 25 inch screen while my TV is 55 inch. 

I can also report that my Roku Ultras play everything my Shield does as far as live TV goes. 

[Luke 42555]

What is virtual tv intro? It sounds like you haven't gotten to the point of playing live tv right? 

[pünktchen 1418]

On 6/4/2026 at 7:31 PM, XDavidT said:

@pünktchenAs you ask me

Your log file does not have the requested debug logging enabled.

[pünktchen 1418]

3 hours ago, Luke said:

What is virtual tv intro? It sounds like you haven't gotten to the point of playing live tv right? 

VirtualTV Intro is a local video file that is that is provided to the live tv engine as a channel stream source. The plugin requires this to identify the session to which it will send remote playback commands. Even though I have asked you about it several times - the Live TV API does not provide this information, although the server knows which client requests live tv.