HLS option

Waht exactly does this mean ... using HLS ?

Watching The Orville - Season 2, Episode 13 from 10.0.0.194 (Transcoder Ready).
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That's normal. It means there's nothing to do. Start stop is also normal. The transcoder runs on demand

OK Thanks because I see stop and start on the Criminal minds Video constantly but it runs flawlessly. Is it just extra logging ?

2022/08/30 16:48:42.685983 [ENC] Starting encoder for Criminal Minds S01E01 2005-09-22 Extreme Aggressor 2022-06-29-1459.mpg in /home/nyplayer/ChannelsDVR/Streaming/file6666-ip10.0.0.194-1990193565/encoder-2867-2102669567 at 2867 (2868.866000) (encoder=remux, resolution=720, deinterlacer=, bitrate=2732, segment_size=0.01)
2022/08/30 16:48:42.719280 [HLS] ffmpeg: file6666-ip10.0.0.194:  [mpegts @ 0x7fc5700] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 1)
2022/08/30 16:48:48.075778 [ENC] Transcoder has handled 5075 segments and will be restarted
2022/08/30 16:48:48.082637 [ENC] Stopped encoder for Criminal Minds S01E01 2005-09-22 Extreme Aggressor 2022-06-29-1459.mpg in /home/nyplayer/ChannelsDVR/Streaming/file6666-ip10.0.0.194-1990193565/encoder-2867-2102669567 after encoding 2867 to 3033
2022/08/30 16:48:59.085332 [ENC] Next segment to pre-encode of 3034 is 9m57.597s from the last request of 2437
2022/08/30 16:48:59.086538 [ENC] Starting encoder for Criminal Minds S01E01 2005-09-22 Extreme Aggressor 2022-06-29-1459.mpg in /home/nyplayer/ChannelsDVR/Streaming/file6666-ip10.0.0.194-1990193565/encoder-3034-1469778920 at 3034 (3036.033000) (encoder=remux, resolution=720, deinterlacer=, bitrate=2732, segment_size=0.01)
2022/08/30 16:48:59.120342 [HLS] ffmpeg: file6666-ip10.0.0.194:  [mpegts @ 0x76bd700] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 1)
2022/08/30 16:49:04.475791 [ENC] Transcoder has handled 5016 segments and will be restarted
2022/08/30 16:49:04.482911 [ENC] Stopped encoder for Criminal Minds S01E01 2005-09-22 Extreme Aggressor 2022-06-29-1459.mpg in /home/nyplayer/ChannelsDVR/Streaming/file6666-ip10.0.0.194-1990193565/encoder-3034-1469778920 after encoding 3034 to 3199
2022/08/30 16:49:14.884078 [ENC] Next segment to pre-encode of 3200 is 9m55.595s from the last request of 2605
2022/08/30 16:49:14.885151 [ENC] Starting encoder for Criminal Minds S01E01 2005-09-22 Extreme Aggressor 2022-06-29-1459.mpg in /home/nyplayer/ChannelsDVR/Streaming/file6666-ip10.0.0.194-1990193565/encoder-3200-420064320 at 3200 (3202.199000) (encoder=remux, resolution=720, deinterlacer=, bitrate=2732, segment_size=0.01)
2022/08/30 16:49:14.919554 [HLS] ffmpeg: file6666-ip10.0.0.194:  [mpegts @ 0x731e700] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 1)
2022/08/30 16:49:20.276069 [ENC] Transcoder has handled 5055 segments and will be restarted
2022/08/30 16:49:20.287486 [ENC] Stopped encoder for Criminal Minds S01E01 2005-09-22 Extreme Aggressor 2022-06-29-1459.mpg in /home/nyplayer/ChannelsDVR/Streaming/file6666-ip10.0.0.194-1990193565/encoder-3200-420064320 after encoding 3200 to 3367

Those logs indicate normal operation of the transcoder.

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Whoops, still having problems during playback after long pause and cache filled. Sent diagnostics. Latest beta installed. This problem has happened twice now.

Can you see if this latest build acts any better?

This build killed Channels DVR on USB Storage it will not start up. Will not startup on any device even with internal storage.

Can you try using the non-beta app to try to reinstall the latest beta? I'm not able to reproduce this issue on my own Fire TV.

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Uninstalling the Beta and reinstalling from non beta works. should I update the beta ?

Sure, if there are any more updates

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It keeps updating with the same beta. (LOOP) You never get already updated to latest beta.

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If you go to "About" what version does it give you?

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8.31.1811

Very odd. That is the latest version. I'm not sure why it is saying there are more updates.

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Updated to latest version 8.31.1952. I also noticed it doesn't seem to recognize the latest version is installed. At any rate I have started retesting for my cache problem.

Eric,
Testing HLS option using the current beta 8.31.1952. So far have not been able to duplicate any player problems that I was having while sweeping the timeline bar. I have tested this on two different Firestick Max devices and one Chromecast Google TV for several hours. No playback problems at all. I think this is fixed now, but I will continue testing. Thank-you very much for sticking with this until it was resolved. I think the HLS option will be really great for many of us that don't have AppleTV devices.

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@Michael_Birk I really appreciate all of your assistance in tracking this down. We want playback to work every time and solving these issues are an important part of that.

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@Edwin_Perez is it still crashing? Does it crash when app is on external storage maybe?

No uninstalling the beta and using the release version to install beta fixed the crashes. It is working on both internal and USB storage.

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I think I ran into a bug yesterday.

I was watching a station live on the CCWGTV and have a 4 hour buffer set. At about hour 5.5, I paused it. At first, it seemed to pause fine. But then a few seconds later there was shudder on screen, it started to play by itself, and then the entire buffer was wiped. I was able to pause after that and the buffer started to refill.

Sorry no logs or captures because I was in the middle of the games then.