Still having problems with DVR install on 2011 Mac mini, 2.5 i5, 4GB/500GB pointed to WD MyCloud 4TB for storage. All wired internet. When I play on my ATV 4, I get random video errors and audio/video sync issues. Here’s a log as an example:
2017/03/29 18:29:00 [DVR] Recording for job 1490837340-15 from 1321E692 ch2 into "TV/CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley/2017-03-29-1829 CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley 2017-03-29.mpg" for 31m59.961106686s
2017/03/29 18:31:01 [DVR] Finished job 1490835540-14 CBS 2 News at 6:00
2017/03/29 18:31:01 [DVR] Waiting 2h27m58.615210539s until next job 1490846340-ch7
2017/03/29 18:31:01 [DVR] Processing file-123: TV/CBS 2 News at 6:00/2017-03-29-1759 CBS 2 News at 6:00 2001-06-01.mpg
2017/03/29 18:31:02 [DVR] Running commercial detection on file 123 (TV/CBS 2 News at 6:00/2017-03-29-1759 CBS 2 News at 6:00 2001-06-01.mpg)
2017/03/29 18:39:43 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 32770 using natpmp
2017/03/29 18:40:10 [DVR] Commercial detection finished with 8 markers.
2017/03/29 19:01:01 [DVR] Finished job 1490837340-15 CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley
2017/03/29 19:01:01 [DVR] Waiting 1h57m58.907885188s until next job 1490846340-ch7
2017/03/29 19:01:01 [DVR] Processing file-124: TV/CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley/2017-03-29-1829 CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley 2017-03-29.mpg
2017/03/29 19:01:02 [DVR] Running commercial detection on file 124 (TV/CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley/2017-03-29-1829 CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley 2017-03-29.mpg)
2017/03/29 19:10:54 [DVR] Commercial detection finished with 8 markers.
2017/03/29 19:39:43 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 32770 using natpmp
2017/03/29 20:39:43 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 32770 using natpmp
2017/03/29 20:47:17 [DVR] Waiting 11m42.368002583s until next job 1490846340-ch7
2017/03/29 20:47:31 [DVR] Waiting 11m28.090826042s until next job 1490846340-ch7
2017/03/29 20:59:00 [DVR] Starting job 1490846340-ch7 Modern Family on ch=[7]
2017/03/29 20:59:01 [DVR] Recording for job 1490846340-ch7 from 1321E692 ch7 into "TV/Modern Family/2017-03-29-2059 Modern Family 2017-03-29 S08E18 Five Minutes.mpg" for 32m59.930299475s
2017/03/29 21:32:01 [DVR] Finished job 1490846340-ch7 Modern Family
2017/03/29 21:32:01 [DVR] Processing file-125: TV/Modern Family/2017-03-29-2059 Modern Family 2017-03-29 S08E18 Five Minutes.mpg
2017/03/29 21:32:02 [DVR] Running commercial detection on file 125 (TV/Modern Family/2017-03-29-2059 Modern Family 2017-03-29 S08E18 Five Minutes.mpg)
2017/03/29 21:38:39 [DVR] Commercial detection finished with 8 markers.
2017/03/29 21:39:43 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 32770 using natpmp
2017/03/29 22:39:43 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 32770 using natpmp
2017/03/29 23:39:44 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 32770 using natpmp
2017/03/30 00:39:44 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 32770 using natpmp
2017/03/30 01:39:44 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 32770 using natpmp
2017/03/30 02:39:44 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 32770 using natpmp
2017/03/30 03:39:44 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 32770 using natpmp
2017/03/30 04:39:44 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 32770 using natpmp
2017/03/30 05:39:44 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 32770 using natpmp
2017/03/30 06:39:44 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 32770 using natpmp
2017/03/30 07:39:44 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 32770 using natpmp
2017/03/30 08:39:44 [NAT] Successfully mapped port 32770 using natpmp
2017/03/30 08:45:11 [HLS] Starting transcoder for file-122 at 18m0s (encoder=h264_videotoolbox, resolution=, deinterlacer=blend, bitrate=10000)
[mpegts @ 0x7fe554800000] start time for stream 0 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fe554800000] start time for stream 1 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fe554800000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
2017/03/30 08:45:12 [HLS] Stopping transcoder for file-122 after seek to 18m0s (out=0s, finished=false)
2017/03/30 08:45:13 [HLS] Stopping transcoder session file-122 @ 0s
2017/03/30 08:45:13 [HLS] Starting transcoder for file-122 at 18m0s (encoder=h264_videotoolbox, resolution=, deinterlacer=blend, bitrate=10000)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb2ec800000] start time for stream 0 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fb2ec800000] start time for stream 1 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fb2ec800000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
2017/03/30 08:45:19 [DVR] Deleting /Volumes/ChannelsDVR/TV/CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley/2017-03-28-1829 CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley 2017-03-28.mpg
2017/03/30 08:45:26 [DVR] Deleting /Volumes/ChannelsDVR/TV/CBS 2 News at 6:00/2017-03-28-1759 CBS 2 News at 6:00 2001-06-01.mpg
2017/03/30 08:45:28 [HLS] Starting transcoder for file-123 at 8m10s (encoder=h264_videotoolbox, resolution=, deinterlacer=blend, bitrate=10000)
[mpegts @ 0x7fba19808000] start time for stream 0 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fba19808000] start time for stream 1 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fba19808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fba19808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fba19808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 3 times
[mpegts @ 0x7fba19808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fba19808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fba19808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fba19808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fba19808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7fba1980ce00] Error: cannot create compression session: -12915
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7fba1980ce00] Try -allow_sw 1. The hardware encoder may be busy, or not supported.
Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
2017/03/30 08:45:30 [HLS] Stopping transcoder for file-123 after seek to 8m10s (out=0s, finished=true)
2017/03/30 08:45:30 [HLS] Starting transcoder for file-123 at 8m10s (encoder=h264_videotoolbox, resolution=, deinterlacer=blend, bitrate=10000)
[mpegts @ 0x7fd2fb803200] start time for stream 0 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fd2fb803200] start time for stream 1 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fd2fb803200] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fd2fb803200] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fd2fb803200] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 3 times
[mpegts @ 0x7fd2fb803200] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fd2fb803200] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fd2fb803200] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fd2fb803200] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fd2fb803200] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7fd2fa805200] Error: cannot create compression session: -12915
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7fd2fa805200] Try -allow_sw 1. The hardware encoder may be busy, or not supported.
Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
2017/03/30 08:45:31 [HLS] Stopping transcoder for file-123 after seek to 8m10s (out=0s, finished=true)
2017/03/30 08:45:32 [HLS] Starting transcoder for file-123 at 8m10s (encoder=h264_videotoolbox, resolution=, deinterlacer=blend, bitrate=10000)
[mpegts @ 0x7f8bb5008000] start time for stream 0 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7f8bb5008000] start time for stream 1 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7f8bb5008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7f8bb5008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7f8bb5008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 3 times
[mpegts @ 0x7f8bb5008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7f8bb5008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7f8bb5008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7f8bb5008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7f8bb5008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7f8bb400b200] Error: cannot create compression session: -12915
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7f8bb400b200] Try -allow_sw 1. The hardware encoder may be busy, or not supported.
Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
2017/03/30 08:45:34 [HLS] Stopping transcoder for file-123 after seek to 7m8s (out=0s, finished=true)
2017/03/30 08:45:34 [HLS] Starting transcoder for file-123 at 7m8s (encoder=h264_videotoolbox, resolution=, deinterlacer=blend, bitrate=10000)
[mpegts @ 0x7fc09000bc00] start time for stream 0 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fc09000bc00] start time for stream 1 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fc09000bc00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fc09000bc00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fc09000bc00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 3 times
[mpegts @ 0x7fc09000bc00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fc09000bc00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fc09000bc00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fc09000bc00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fc09000bc00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fc09000bc00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 1 times
[mpegts @ 0x7fc09000bc00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 2)
[mpegts @ 0x7fc09000bc00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 1 times
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7fc090034000] Error: cannot create compression session: -12915
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7fc090034000] Try -allow_sw 1. The hardware encoder may be busy, or not supported.
Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
2017/03/30 08:45:35 [HLS] Stopping transcoder for file-123 after seek to 7m8s (out=0s, finished=true)
2017/03/30 08:45:36 [HLS] Starting transcoder for file-123 at 7m8s (encoder=h264_videotoolbox, resolution=, deinterlacer=blend, bitrate=10000)
[mpegts @ 0x7f9521800000] start time for stream 0 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7f9521800000] start time for stream 1 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7f9521800000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7f9521800000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7f9521800000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 3 times
[mpegts @ 0x7f9521800000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7f9521800000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7f9521800000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7f9521800000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7f9521800000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7f9521800000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 1 times
[mpegts @ 0x7f9521800000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 2)
[mpegts @ 0x7f9521800000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 1 times
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7f952202a200] Error: cannot create compression session: -12915
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7f952202a200] Try -allow_sw 1. The hardware encoder may be busy, or not supported.
Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
2017/03/30 08:45:38 [HLS] Stopping transcoder for file-123 after seek to 7m8s (out=0s, finished=true)
2017/03/30 08:45:38 [HLS] Starting transcoder for file-123 at 7m8s (encoder=h264_videotoolbox, resolution=, deinterlacer=blend, bitrate=10000)
[mpegts @ 0x7fdb7f808000] start time for stream 0 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fdb7f808000] start time for stream 1 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fdb7f808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fdb7f808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fdb7f808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 3 times
[mpegts @ 0x7fdb7f808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fdb7f808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fdb7f808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fdb7f808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fdb7f808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fdb7f808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 1 times
[mpegts @ 0x7fdb7f808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 2)
[mpegts @ 0x7fdb7f808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 1 times
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7fdb7f00b200] Error: cannot create compression session: -12915
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7fdb7f00b200] Try -allow_sw 1. The hardware encoder may be busy, or not supported.
Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
2017/03/30 08:45:41 [HLS] Stopping transcoder session file-123 @ 0s
2017/03/30 08:45:44 [HLS] Starting transcoder for file-124 at 0s (encoder=h264_videotoolbox, resolution=, deinterlacer=blend, bitrate=10000)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb5af808000] start time for stream 0 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fb5af808000] start time for stream 1 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fb5af808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb5af808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7fb5af823e00] Error: cannot create compression session: -12915
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7fb5af823e00] Try -allow_sw 1. The hardware encoder may be busy, or not supported.
Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
2017/03/30 08:45:55 [HLS] Stopping transcoder session file-124 @ 0s
2017/03/30 08:46:13 [HLS] Starting transcoder for file-123 at 7m8s (encoder=h264_videotoolbox, resolution=, deinterlacer=blend, bitrate=10000)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb334008000] start time for stream 0 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fb334008000] start time for stream 1 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fb334008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb334008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb334008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 3 times
[mpegts @ 0x7fb334008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb334008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb334008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb334008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb334008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb334008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 1 times
[mpegts @ 0x7fb334008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 2)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb334008000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 1 times
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7fb334042e00] Error: cannot create compression session: -12915
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7fb334042e00] Try -allow_sw 1. The hardware encoder may be busy, or not supported.
Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
2017/03/30 08:46:14 [HLS] Stopping transcoder for file-123 after seek to 7m8s (out=0s, finished=true)
2017/03/30 08:46:14 [HLS] Starting transcoder for file-123 at 7m8s (encoder=h264_videotoolbox, resolution=, deinterlacer=blend, bitrate=10000)
[mpegts @ 0x7ffc51808000] start time for stream 0 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7ffc51808000] start time for stream 1 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7ffc51808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7ffc51808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7ffc51808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 3 times
[mpegts @ 0x7ffc51808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7ffc51808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7ffc51808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7ffc51808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7ffc51808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7ffc51808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 1 times
[mpegts @ 0x7ffc51808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 2)
[mpegts @ 0x7ffc51808000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 1 times
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7ffc5180f600] Error: cannot create compression session: -12915
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7ffc5180f600] Try -allow_sw 1. The hardware encoder may be busy, or not supported.
Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
2017/03/30 08:46:17 [HLS] Stopping transcoder for file-123 after seek to 7m8s (out=0s, finished=true)
2017/03/30 08:46:17 [HLS] Starting transcoder for file-123 at 7m8s (encoder=h264_videotoolbox, resolution=, deinterlacer=blend, bitrate=10000)
[mpegts @ 0x7fa655000000] start time for stream 0 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fa655000000] start time for stream 1 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fa655000000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fa655000000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fa655000000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 3 times
[mpegts @ 0x7fa655000000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fa655000000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fa655000000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fa655000000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fa655000000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fa655000000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 1 times
[mpegts @ 0x7fa655000000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 2)
[mpegts @ 0x7fa655000000] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 1 times
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7fa65482e800] Error: cannot create compression session: -12915
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7fa65482e800] Try -allow_sw 1. The hardware encoder may be busy, or not supported.
Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
2017/03/30 08:46:21 [HLS] Stopping transcoder for file-123 after seek to 7m8s (out=0s, finished=true)
2017/03/30 08:46:21 [HLS] Starting transcoder for file-123 at 7m8s (encoder=h264_videotoolbox, resolution=, deinterlacer=blend, bitrate=10000)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb4bb001e00] start time for stream 0 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fb4bb001e00] start time for stream 1 is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x7fb4bb001e00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb4bb001e00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb4bb001e00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 3 times
[mpegts @ 0x7fb4bb001e00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb4bb001e00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb4bb001e00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb4bb001e00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb4bb001e00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 4)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb4bb001e00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 1 times
[mpegts @ 0x7fb4bb001e00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 2)
[mpegts @ 0x7fb4bb001e00] Dropped corrupted packet (stream = 3)
Last message repeated 1 times
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7fb4ba00fe00] Error: cannot create compression session: -12915
[h264_videotoolbox @ 0x7fb4ba00fe00] Try -allow_sw 1. The hardware encoder may be busy, or not supported.
Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
2017/03/30 08:46:24 [HLS] Stopping transcoder session file-123 @ 0s