Channels DVR Beta for HDHomeRun Premium TV

Channels DVR Server
#223

With the latest App on iOS and the latest DVR beta I can’t watch the Premium channels remotely. My OTA work fine. With the Premium I get this in the log…

2018/09/02 06:15:56 [TNR] Opened connection to 1043F497 for ch1205
2018/09/02 06:15:56 [HLS] Starting transcoder for channel 1205 from 45.56.173.99 (encoder=h264_vaapi, resolution=720, deinterlacer=blend, bitrate=4000)
[mpegts @ 0x38dc640] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 0)
Last message repeated 207 times
[mpegts @ 0x38dc640] Could not find codec parameters for stream 0 (Video: h264 ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), none): unspecified size
Consider increasing the value for the ‘analyzeduration’ and ‘probesize’ options
Too many packets buffered for output stream 0:1.

#224

Discussing this on another thread: Premium TV issues with Web Player

Looks like SD has changed their codec for the Premium channels recently.

#225

Thanks

#226

I’ve uploaded pre-release v2018.09.02.2253 with improvements for Premium TV transcoding/remuxing.

#227

You guys are great. Seems to have fixed the issue. Thanks!

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#228

A post was merged into an existing topic: Alternatives to HLS transcoding

#229

Channels DVR support for Premium TV has been officially shipped for a couple weeks now. How’s it been working for everyone so far?

#230

From my perspective I think the Channels portion of it is working well. The only thing I notice are the micro pauses which, while annoying, aren’t the end of the world. Sometimes I pause the stream and they go away. Sometimes I live with them. It’d be nice if, until SD can fix the problem, if Channels could just buffer a little longer on the Premium streams.

From an SD perspective there’s still work to be done on the quality of the streams, but I can see progress is being made and, for the most part, it’s watchable. The outage this past Saturday afternoon was unwelcome since it happened during college games.

Otherwise, I love the integrated experience!

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#231

Hmm I thought these were fixed in the latest store build (3.2.6 tvOS). If you’re still having problems on that build then I can bump up the buffer even more (set to 1s currently).

#232

Yes, that would good to bump up. I see them 2 or 3 times an hour. Not too big of a deal but it’d be nice not to have them at all.

#233

Channels itself has been great and I haven’t seen the micro pauses. I do see micro stuttering but I also see it in the HDHomeRun apps so I blame SiliconDust for giving us encodes of encodes at a low low quality.

#234

I also get pauses on the premium channels, a few per hour.

#235

I have both FUBO and HDHomeRun Premium TV. The HDHomeRun is a smoother experience run through Channels. FUBO will lose HD quality for extended times and pause to buffer at times. Some nights the shows are unwatchable.

I do see the micro-pauses on Channels, but nothing compared to FUBO. I am running gig internet with hard-wired connections to all APPLE TVs, so I do believe this is a content supplier issue and not my home network (I could be wrong).

I wish there was an outlet to give HDHomeRun feedback on programming, but that is a different issue.

Overall, this has been a seamless and wonderful implementation. My only question is updating the Channels DVR. I will regularly SHIFT-CLICK the version on settings and I get 1) Downloading then 2) Waiting to upgrade. The waiting to upgrade can be an extended period of time even when nothing is running. The server is up (NVIDIA Shield) but I can’t understand the waiting part of the execution. Also, is there anything else I need to do on the APPLE TV Channels DVR apps to stay current?

One more question. I have Channels DVR and Channels apps loaded. Do I need both? Should I have both?

Thanks

#236

Here is the Hdhomerun premium tv forum. Channels and Silicon dust welcome feedback. There is a thread on lineup requests and SD recently stated they are in talks to get other networks
https://forum.silicondust.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=129&sid=34b1ada41bd10a0e89abf0296f12b7c1

#237

WOW, thank you!

#238

I’m not sure why - but starting sometime Sunday or Monday, my AMC guide data appears to be Western when I’m in the Eastern Timezone. This has caused my AMC recordings to be incorrect. I first noticed it last night when trying to play back Monday’s recording of Better Call Saul. What is interesting is when I tune in via the HDHomeRun App - the guide data is correct. I’m running the latest Beta 2018.09.19.0236 and have tried clicking the update/refresh button on my tuners several times.

#239

The DVR updates itself automatically. Using SHIFT is only for updating to the pre-release builds.

After update the DVR will wait until nothing is recording or being watched. You can see why the DVR is busy by looking at the Activity section of the settings web page.

No it updates from the App Store automatically.

You don’t need both apps. Just pick one and use it.

#240

@MiniCooperMann what does it say on http://x.x.x.x:8089/settings/hdhr.tz

#241

That shows a Timezone of CDT, which is correct.

#242

You’re looking at the system timezone. I need the output of that specific url above.