Several issues with Live TV on XBox One and Windows 10

[neoalex 0]

I'm having several issues with Emby Theatre:

1. Time shifting does not work using rewind or the slider (on Windows 10), it only skips back a few seconds.

2. Streams freeze all the constantly, way more often on XBox One than any other client, including the web app running in Edge on that same Xbox One so the issue is not networking or the Emby Server

3. I have to force quit the app every time it freezes.

 

I bought the XBox One specifically for Emby because Apple TV doesn't yet support Live TV and it's absolutely unusable. Do you have an app on any platform that actually works with Live TV as expected?

[PrincessClevage 175]

I'm having several issues with Emby Theatre:

1. Time shifting does not work using rewind or the slider (on Windows 10), it only skips back a few seconds.

2. Streams freeze all the constantly, way more often on XBox One than any other client, including the web app running in Edge on that same Xbox One so the issue is not networking or the Emby Server

3. I have to force quit the app every time it freezes.

 

I bought the XBox One specifically for Emby because Apple TV doesn't yet support Live TV and it's absolutely unusable. Do you have an app on any platform that actually works with Live TV as expected?

What server version are you running? I don't have any live tv or video play issues as you have described on Xbox one Edited August 4, 2017 by PrincessClevage

[neoalex 0]

Using 3.2.26.0 with an M3U tuner, LiveTV seems to work fine from the web app and iOS app.

[Luke 42078]

I don't see any problems here. Best thing to do is attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue.

 

Also see here for info on apple tv:

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/blog/1/entry-388-emby-live-tv-for-apple-tv-now-in-beta/

[neoalex 0]

I can't really post the logs, too much personal information to take out (usernames and passwords for the IPTV streams and so on). However, I have more information that should help you easily reproduce the issue. Looking through the logs, I noticed that playing from iOS generates either a ffmpeg-directstream or a ffmpeg-transcode if I lower the bitrate, it also populates my transcoding-temp folder even when direct streaming, which makes sense... how else would I time shift without a buffer to rewind through. When playing on XBox One, Windows 10 (and actually since then I've also tried the RaspberryPi version which behaves the same) produces no ffmpeg logs at all and nothing transcoding-temp. There is also no effect when lowering the bitrate, still no logs or temp files, and Stats for Nerds still shows Direct Streaming at a much higher rate than I set for the max.

[Luke 42078]

I cannot reproduce the issue sorry, although I will be on the lookout for it.

[neoalex 0]

And you gave it a whole 90 seconds...

[Luke 42078]

90 seconds? I test these functions on an almost daily basis given the demand for them right now.

 

You have to keep mind that IPTV will vary from source to source so unless I can look at a specific example we may be talking about different things here.

[Luke 42078]

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An update to the Xbox app is rolling out. Microsoft has resolved a number of playback related issues in the Fall Creators update, and our new app update will take advantage of them. Make sure your Xbox One is fully up to date with all system updates.

 

Thanks !