Android App - Live TV Guide - Unable to navigate Categories

[meowmix 2]

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!

[ebr 16643]

Hi.  You see that button that looks like a tag that is bright red?  Click that.  The red indicates that you have restricted the guide to certain tags.

If you want the exact same presentation as the web, install the standard "Emby for Android" app on your TV device.

[meowmix 2]

16 hours ago, ebr said:

Hi.  You see that button that looks like a tag that is bright red?  Click that.  The red indicates that you have restricted the guide to certain tags.

If you want the exact same presentation as the web, install the standard "Emby for Android" app on your TV device.

Thank you so much. You are very wise