Some channels have no audio on Shield Tv app or chrome

[tchirou 23]

Hi

I have a emby server 4.5.2 on synology (DS418play)

A shield tv with emby 1.8.28g

A windows 10 computer with chrome

an iPhone 11 pro with emby 1.9.9 (7) beta

I managed to install xteve through docker on my synology and customised an M3U and an xml files

I added them in Emby and I have all my channels with the proper logos and epg

But i just discovered that for some channels, I have no audio through the shield or the chrome browser whereas I have audio for the same channels through the ios app

If I change the quality to trigger a transcode, then I get audio

Enclosed is the log for the same channel (BFM) trying to be played with the shield first then with the ios app. I have the same problem with fox news but I didn't make it appear in the log

Thanks a lot

 

ffmpeg-remux-0a4b651f-0c81-45d7-9bda-de66784634a9_1.txt embyserver (4).txt

Edited November 8, 2020 by tchirou

[Carlo 4561]

Hi, Have you noticed any pattern to the channels where audio doesn't play?

[tchirou 23]

What do you mean exactly by pattern ?

the channels with no audio never have audio, this is not random.

 

thanks a lot

[tchirou 23]

Also, if I change the quality to trigger a transcode and then I go back to auto, I have then a direct stream with sound

 

[tchirou 23]

If I enable direct play, everything’s fine, but no live seeking obviously 

[ebr 16182]

Looks like the audio is being lopped off by ffmpeg:

01:57:36.632 [h264 @ 0x9c8780] mmco: unref short failure
    Last message repeated 1 times
01:57:37.501 Input #0, mpegts, from 'http://127.0.0.1:8096/LiveTv/LiveStreamFiles/2f39cd89c78b4b86bb62733a273d1976/stream.ts':
01:57:37.501   Duration: N/A, start: 8009.830811, bitrate: N/A
01:57:37.501   Program 1 
01:57:37.501     Metadata:
01:57:37.501       service_name    : Service01
01:57:37.501       service_provider: FFmpeg
01:57:37.502     Stream #0:0[0x100]: Video: h264 (High) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuv420p(tv, bt709, top first), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], Level 40, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc, Start-Time 8010.200s
01:57:37.502     Stream #0:1[0x101](fra): Audio: ac3 ([129][0][0][0] / 0x0081), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 192 kb/s, Start-Time 8009.831s
01:57:37.502 Output #0, segment, to '/volume1/Emby/transcoding-temp/669986_%d.ts':
01:57:37.502   Metadata:
01:57:37.502     encoder         : Lavf58.35.100
01:57:37.502     Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuv420p(tv, bt709, top first), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, Level 40, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 25 tbc
01:57:37.502 Stream mapping:
01:57:37.502   Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
01:57:37.502 Press [q] to stop, [?] for help

May be related to that error at the top...

[tchirou 23]

I kept customizing xteve to also being able to access it remotly with username and password, i deleted the m3u and xlm from emby and added the new ones and now it works. 

Weird but nice. I can wait for the next live tv version happily.

Just a thought : I tried tivimate on the shield this morning and this is quite nice, maybe some ideas can be a inspiration for the next live tv version

Thanks guys !

[Carlo 4561]

Thanks for the update, so in xteve are you still using the buffering?

TiviMate is nice especially the multiview (registered version).  I like this for watching multiple NFL football games on the Shield.

[tchirou 23]

Nope I disabled the buffer and it works. With the epg, the proper order and the propers logos. Really nice.

I have only one stream with my provider unfortunately so no multiview

i hope that PiP will be in the next Emby live tv version, it would be nice not to have to use the browser on iPhone and iPad.