ChannelsDVR Closing Connection on first attempt to play channel

Channels DVR Server
#1

I'm on latest pre-release now (see my other post) and the logs seem to be a little more detailed for what I was trying to troubleshoot. So when I open a stream (m3u) the first time, it always says "Connection Lost. The connection to the tuner was lost.Press Play to try again" - if I try again, it works.

So I've been checking the logs for ChannelsDVR and my streaming m3u provider (locally hosted software). When this occurs, I get a very quick log entry showing that channelsdvr closed the connection:

2024/11/24 16:48:00.882648 [TNR] Opened connection to M3U-streammaster for ch9004 Channel1
2024/11/24 16:48:00.882775 [TNR] Closed connection to M3U-streammaster for ch9004 Channel1
2024/11/24 16:48:00.882901 [SNR] Buffer statistics for 192.168.1.155 (Master Bedroom TV) for ch9004 Channel1: buf=0% drop=0%

I'm assuming the last log entry above means the stream is done and these are the summary stats for it.

So then if I just press play again it works. Is there anyway to see behind these log entries and understand why its stopping immediately with a tuner failure? I can play that same stream with VLC without any delay or issue. What command is ChannelsDVR running here, anything I could test outside of the software using ffmpeg or vlc?

#2

Try recording the channel. You can then stop/cancel the recording.
This should give you better error messages in the log.

#3

Logs are pretty much the same. After it does the "immediate" fail. They just keep retrying and sometimes it gets content for a while but seems to keep disconnecting.

**User Clicks Record on Southpark, currently airing**
2024/11/24 21:27:26.953002 [HTTP] | 200 |   10.374059ms |   192.168.1.155 | POST     "/dvr/jobs/new"
2024/11/24 21:27:26.953031 [DVR] Starting job 1732501646-ch9005 South Park on ch=[9005]
2024/11/24 21:27:26.961801 [HTTP] | 200 |     115.196µs |   192.168.1.155 | GET      "/dvr/jobs/1732501646-ch9005"
2024/11/24 21:27:37.958921 [TNR] Opened connection to M3U-streammaster for ch9005 Comedy Central US
2024/11/24 21:27:37.959067 [TNR] Closed connection to M3U-streammaster for ch9005 Comedy Central US
2024/11/24 21:27:37.959625 [DVR] Recording for job 1732501646-ch9005 from M3U-streammaster ch9005 into "TV/South Park/South Park 2024-11-24-2127.mpg" for 3m33.046733044s
2024/11/24 21:27:37.997229 [IDX] Generating video index for job 1732501646-ch9005
2024/11/24 21:27:38.007316 [SNR] Buffer statistics for "TV/South Park/South Park 2024-11-24-2127.mpg": buf=0% drop=0%
2024/11/24 21:27:38.007427 [DVR] Job 1732501646-ch9005 South Park ended prematurely: 3m21.992573373s
2024/11/24 21:27:38.014962 [DVR] Starting job 1732501646-ch9005 South Park on ch=[9005]
2024/11/24 21:27:38.095141 [HTTP] | 200 |     443.246µs |   192.168.1.131 | GET      "/dvr/files/475"
2024/11/24 21:27:38.099950 [HTTP] | 200 |     625.977µs |   192.168.1.131 | GET      "/dvr/files/475"
2024/11/24 21:27:38.100194 [HTTP] | 200 |      823.58µs |   192.168.1.131 | GET      "/dvr/files/475"
2024/11/24 21:27:38.104080 [HTTP] | 200 |   10.950972ms |   192.168.1.131 | GET      "/log"
2024/11/24 21:27:38.105312 [HTTP] | 200 |      452.09µs |   192.168.1.131 | GET      "/dvr/recordings/upnext"
2024/11/24 21:27:38.105418 [HTTP] | 200 |   10.716607ms |   192.168.1.131 | GET      "/log"
2024/11/24 21:27:38.108861 [HTTP] | 200 |   13.016737ms |   192.168.1.131 | GET      "/log"
2024/11/24 21:27:38.116036 [HTTP] | 200 |   13.119124ms |   192.168.1.131 | GET      "/dvr/recordings/summary"
2024/11/24 21:27:38.542722 [HTTP] | 200 |     442.545µs |   192.168.1.155 | GET      "/dvr/files/475?raw=false"
2024/11/24 21:27:38.557720 [HTTP] | 200 |     110.079µs |   192.168.1.155 | GET      "/dvr/jobs/1732501646-ch9005"
2024/11/24 21:27:41.545205 [TNR] Opened connection to M3U-streammaster for ch9005 Comedy Central US
2024/11/24 21:27:41.545821 [DVR] Recording for job 1732501646-ch9005 from M3U-streammaster ch9005 into "TV/South Park/South Park 2024-11-24-2127.mpg" for 3m21.984960356s
2024/11/24 21:27:41.623118 [HTTP] | 200 |    8.356579ms |   192.168.1.131 | GET      "/log"
**User Stops Recording**
2024/11/24 21:28:08.545009 [HTTP] | 200 |    9.628895ms |   192.168.1.155 | DELETE   "/dvr/jobs/1732501646-ch9005"
2024/11/24 21:28:15.024453 [TNR] Closed connection to M3U-streammaster for ch9005 Comedy Central
2024/11/24 21:28:15.032377 [SNR] Buffer statistics for "TV/South Park/South Park 2024-11-24-2127.mpg": buf=0% drop=0%
2024/11/24 21:28:15.032465 [DVR] Job cancelled: 1732501646-ch9005 South Park
2024/11/24 21:28:15.040495 [DVR] Processing file-475: TV/South Park/South Park 2024-11-24-2127.mpg
#4

Is it an MPEG-TS or HLS M3U Source?
If it's an MPEG-TS you wont get any meaningful log data on it.
Looks like it recorded for 34 seconds before you cancelled it.

#5

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