Now its happening on my Apple TV 4k as well. I have the transcoder set to 8 mbps like you asked just like the FireTV. hmmmm... must be a Sony problem because its connected to my Sony TV. Oh and it happens without transcoding.
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This sounds just like the issue i had with many tve stations giving a 403 no permissions error error during commercials. it would lock up or just buffer and the bar came up.
but it was resolved in sever update shortly after not to long ago.
i have been playing Fox News for 20 minutes now and, only sometimes when there is commercials, is there a slight buffer happen when i changes/loads new commercial. that happens on many TVE stations though.
i have a 2019 Shield Pro (using Hardware decoder) and the 2019 Tube TV model (set to Hybrid decoder) Quality is set to original.
It is random usually once an hour. I use to get the same commercial issues you did.
@eric just to clarify, would you like me to test using the software decoder with 8Mbps or using the software software decoder with the default Streaming Quality? When the issue happened yesterday it was set to the default Streaming Quality so just trying avoid making too many changes at once.
Played for 4hrs.....only time it has any sort of buffering for me was very short, ~2 secs here and there during commercial breaks.
Maybe it a regional issue that only affect certain users in certain areas?
That type issue has happen before.
Sorry, but i can't seem to re-produce this so, can't help.
@eric been streaming FNC for an hour using 8 Mbps and the software decoder without any issues.
I gather from reading this thread- Stream error during commercial break TVE that this is a regional issue caused by insertion of commercials; is that correct? How can we continue to help you test? I also don't experience the issue on my Apple TV so is this isolated to the Shield/Android video player?
Mine on my shield, happens during the live broadcast, not during commercial breaks.
Sometimes I get 2 hours before it happens. I just had it happen on Fox News about 15 minutes ago.
I think that's a good data point @jpblanch75. My stream has been going uninterrupted since I started around 10:30am this morning.
I agree, that tells me that it isn't the stream itself.
Just because the issue is intermittent does not necessarily mean the problem isn't the stream. It could just as easily be the stream, and the problems with it are only occasionally introduced by the networks' composition of the stream between the content and various ad inserts.
It has nothing to do with the ads.... tmm1 already fixed that. The fact that I had a problem when mhartman didn't is the reason why I said it's not the stream itself unless we are pulling from a different source.
After someone earlier mentioned turning off surround sound in the options i have not had one buffe all day on fox news. Not one.
Are you talking about TVE or Cable?
TVE is what i use.
I haven't tried with surround sound enabled because I can't with OTA on SD channels. TVE is all stereo so that's an odd one.
I am using TVE and also have had my sound set to stereo when the issue happens.
Based on what I'm seeing so far, it would appear to be caused by the hardware decoder because my stream with the software decoder hasn't had any issues so far.
This is great news. Can you change the Streaming Quality back to Original and see if you also get good results? It looks like your issue was just due to problems you ran into with the hardward decoder on your playback device.
I was able to fix transcoding by removing the beta and installing the latest release.
So right now you have the Channels app set to 1080p 8mbps and the transcoding in the DVR settings set to Software and do you have HLS On or Off?
What is your player? Shield?
I had set the Channels app on my Shield to 1080p 8mbps in the DVR settings, software encoder, and surround sound is off.
I just started a new streaming session with original quality as the only change and will report back after it's been running for a couple hours.
