Interrupted Recordings - Multiple Channels - IPTV - 404 Not Found

Hello!

Hoping I can get some help before I just cancel Channels and go back to Plex. I only use channels for the recording feature and I'm not having any luck. I will post the logs below.

Essentially, most of my recordings get interrupted. I only record Big Brother. It always says interrupted. Sometimes, it will record the whole show though. Other times, only 5 minutes. I've tried it with many, many different channels that it's on. Right now, the pass is set for any channel.

If I tune to the channel to just watch it, it plays perfectly fine, no stutter, buffering or interruption at all.

Below is the log, the asterisks are just me blocking out my private URL.

2024/08/21 19:59:00.011151 [DVR] Starting job 1724284740-1 Big Brother on ch=[9146 9139 9117 9089 9051]
2024/08/21 19:59:00.011151 [DBG] Scheduling wake timer for scheduled recording in 23h58m30s
2024/08/21 19:59:01.908986 [TNR] Opened connection to M3U-IPTVNoPPV for ch9146 USA: CBS KDKA (Pittsburgh)
2024/08/21 19:59:07.593879 [DVR] Recording for job 1724284740-1 from M3U-IPTVNoPPV ch9146 into "TV\Big Brother\Big Brother S26E17 2024-08-21-1959.mpg" for 1h5m59.9888489s
2024/08/21 19:59:07.742524 [IDX] Generating video index for job 1724284740-1
2024/08/21 20:12:55.791416 [TNR] Closed connection to M3U-IPTVNoPPV for ch9146 USA: CBS KDKA (Pittsburgh)
2024/08/21 20:12:55.826897 [SNR] Buffer statistics for "TV\Big Brother\Big Brother S26E17 2024-08-21-1959.mpg": buf=0%-43% drop=0%
2024/08/21 20:12:55.980265 [DVR] Job 1724284740-1 Big Brother ended prematurely: 52m4.0197343s
2024/08/21 20:12:56.004138 [DVR] Starting job 1724284740-1 Big Brother on ch=[9146 9139 9117 9089 9051]
2024/08/21 20:12:56.004138 [DVR] Waiting 23h46m3.9958617s until next job 1724371140-1 Big Brother
2024/08/21 20:12:56.004138 [DBG] Scheduling wake timer for scheduled recording in 23h44m33.9958617s
2024/08/21 20:12:56.590288 [ERR] Failed to start stream on channel 9146 via M3U-IPTVNoPPV: M3U: GET: https://dumdumbullet.com/: 404 Not Found
2024/08/21 20:12:56.590288 [DVR] Error running job 1724284740-1 Big Brother: could not start stream on channels=[9146]: M3U: GET: https://dumdumbullet.com/
: 404 Not Found
2024/08/21 20:12:57.611006 [DVR] Starting job 1724284740-1 Big Brother on ch=[9146 9139 9117 9089 9051]
2024/08/21 20:12:57.611006 [DVR] Waiting 23h46m2.3889933s until next job 1724371140-1 Big Brother
2024/08/21 20:12:57.611006 [DBG] Scheduling wake timer for scheduled recording in 23h44m32.3889933s
2024/08/21 20:13:00.002901 [TNR] Opened connection to M3U-IPTVNoPPV for ch9146 USA: CBS KDKA (Pittsburgh)
2024/08/21 20:13:00.003742 [DVR] Recording for job 1724284740-1 from M3U-IPTVNoPPV ch9146 into "TV\Big Brother\Big Brother S26E17 2024-08-21-1959.mpg" for 52m2.3889933s
2024/08/21 20:59:13.317078 [TNR] Closed connection to M3U-IPTVNoPPV for ch9146 USA: CBS KDKA (Pittsburgh)
2024/08/21 20:59:13.347464 [SNR] Buffer statistics for "TV\Big Brother\Big Brother S26E17 2024-08-21-1959.mpg": buf=0% drop=0%
2024/08/21 20:59:13.695262 [DVR] Job 1724284740-1 Big Brother ended prematurely: 5m46.3047375s
2024/08/21 20:59:13.700126 [DVR] Starting job 1724284740-1 Big Brother on ch=[9146 9139 9117 9089 9051]
2024/08/21 20:59:13.700126 [DVR] Waiting 22h59m46.2998734s until next job 1724371140-1 Big Brother
2024/08/21 20:59:13.700126 [DBG] Scheduling wake timer for scheduled recording in 22h58m16.2998734s
2024/08/21 20:59:14.216072 [ERR] Failed to start stream on channel 9146 via M3U-IPTVNoPPV: M3U: GET: https://dumdumbullet.com/: 404 Not Found
2024/08/21 20:59:14.216313 [DVR] Error running job 1724284740-1 Big Brother: could not start stream on channels=[9146]: M3U: GET: https://dumdumbullet.com/
: 404 Not Found

That can be a problem with IPTV that is unofficial in the wild. Your log shows a problem getting the source. It could be a problem from the IPTV service itself, or possibly a DNS problem on your side.

Since this doesn't seem to be a legit IPTV service, you won't get much support, if at all, in here.

For Big Brother, I would recommend the approved Pluto TV source in Channels DVR. :wink:

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This is classic IPTV provider issues. These services have terrible backends that can’t reliably send data without heaps of latency.

This is what happens when a service is provided by gray area providers selling (and re-selling) to as many people as they possibly can without any care about the stress it puts on their backend.

Some are better than others.

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Thank you!

I'm new to all of this. Is there an IPTV that Channels recommends or supports?

Gray area IPTV providers aren’t something we discuss on this community as they’re essentially piracy.

There are many other communities out there to gain more information about them.

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Wellll, I'm not looking for anything illegal.

I mean, what do you recommend that works with Channels DVR, like, legitimate sources?

SiliconDust HDHR tuners
TVE from legit providers that Channels DVR supports
Custom m3u sources from 3rd party developers you can find here Custom Channels - Channels Community