Android App - Live TV Guide - Unable to navigate Categories

[meowmix 1]

Hi all,

I’m using Emby Server with an M3U tuner and XMLTV guide generated by Dispatcharr.

On the Emby web app, Live TV works correctly. The Guide shows the channel-group filter chips at the top, such as All, UK Entertainment, UK Sports, DAZN Live, EFL Live, etc. I can switch groups normally.

However, on the Emby Android TV app running on a Homatics Box R 4K Plus, the Live TV Guide does not show the same category/group chips. The guide appears to get stuck in certain channel groups.

Could this be a bug with channel groups/tags in the Android TV app?

Behaviour observed:

• With my “Living Room” user, the Guide initially showed only sports channels.
• I could not find a way to switch to All Channels or UK Entertainment from the Android TV Guide UI.
• The # button only opens channel-number entry.
• Pressing left/right/up/down does not reveal a group selector.
• Switching to the admin user showed a different guide view with 600+ channels, possibly All Channels.
• Switching back to the Living Room user then changed the Guide again, now apparently filtering on UK Sports and UK Entertainment.
• The same server and same Live TV setup work correctly in the web app.

Questions:

• Does the Android TV app support the same Live TV channel-group selector as the web app?
• Where is the channel-group filter controlled in the Android TV app?
• Are Live TV guide filters saved per user/device?
• Is there a way to clear/reset the Android TV app’s remembered Live TV Guide filter state?
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Setup:

• Emby Server running in Docker on Synology
• Android TV client: Homatics Box R 4K Plus
• Live TV source: Dispatcharr M3U + XMLTV
• Channel groups display correctly in Emby web
• Logos and EPG data load correctly
• Playback works

Thank you!