Roku unable to Direct Play Interlaced 1080i Channels (HDHomerun)

[troyhough 61]

1 minute ago, ebr said:

My guess would be no mpeg2 decoder on those other devices...

Aren't all 7 of the HDHR channels pumping out MPEG2?

[Carlo 4560]

If these are OTA channels I'd almost guarantee they're Mpeg2.

[troyhough 61]

Just now, cayars said:

If these are OTA channels I'd almost guarantee they're Mpeg2.

Yes they are all OTA channels. HEVC is not available in my market yet FYI.

[troyhough 61]

Channel 3, CBS, Direct Play no problem.

Edited August 25, 2021 by troyhough

[troyhough 61]

Channel 6, NBC, Direct Play no problem.

[troyhough 61]

Channel 7, ABC, Direct Play no problem.

[troyhough 61]

Channel 10, CBS, Direct Play no problem.

[troyhough 61]

Channel 12, PBS, Direct Play no problem.

[troyhough 61]

Channel 15, CW, Will Only Transcode!

[troyhough 61]

Channel 42, Fox, Will Only Transcode!

[troyhough 61]

@ebr@cayars

I got the following info/screenshots above from VLC on my LAN. Do you see any reason why the 2 channels, CW and Fox, will only Transcode with my Pixel 4 XL and Chromebooks?

[Carlo 4560]

No, we need to know why the client won't direct play those two channels.

[troyhough 61]

4 minutes ago, cayars said:

No, we need to know why the client won't direct play those two channels.

What's the best way to pull that info from an Android phone or Chromebook?

[Guest]

Forgive me if this has been asked, but if you record one that transcodes, and then play the recording, do you have the same result?

[troyhough 61]

42 minutes ago, generiq said:

Forgive me if this has been asked, but if you record one that transcodes, and then play the recording, do you have the same result?

I just recorded the 2 problematic channels for about 20 minutes and played both back. Both Transcode still 

[Carlo 4560]

Do you get a different reason in Stats for Nerds?

[troyhough 61]

9 minutes ago, cayars said:

Do you get a different reason in Stats for Nerds?

"Direct Play Error" for both channels, from both live and the recorded files.

[Carlo 4560]

What app version are you running?

[troyhough 61]

5 minutes ago, cayars said:

What app version are you running?

3.2.07

Edit: just uninstalled .07 and installed 3.2.05 with the exact same results.

Edited August 25, 2021 by troyhough

[Carlo 4560]

OK, that's the latest.

Let's see if @Luke or @ebr have any ideas.

[ebr 16169]

We'll need to see the log from the Android app to see what the error is.

[troyhough 61]

41 minutes ago, troyhough said:

3.2.07

@ebr

@cayars

Are these what you need?

15.txt 42.txt

[Carlo 4560]

No those are from the server.  We are asking for the logs from the Android device.

[ebr 16169]

Quote

Android Logs

 

The app writes log files to the system defined data folder for the app. Generally this is:

/Android/data/com.mb.android/files/logs

You may need to download and install a file manager to be able to access the files. ES File Explorer is a popular choice.

 

[troyhough 61]

3 hours ago, ebr said:

 

I just tried to play the 2 problematic channels. I then pulled the logs from my Pixel 4 XL. I don't know what I am looking for but is this the error in question?

Thu Aug 26 11:12:38 CDT 2021 Playback Error TYPE_UNEXPECTED: : Attempt to read from field 'float com.google.android.exoplayer2.Format.pixelWidthHeightRatio' on a null object reference
java.lang.NullPointerException

a6bce7b2-2b87-41e6-ab95-730752d1c08b.log 06b82062-0f05-49e9-a9d7-3438d463c779.log