"Media could not be loaded, either because the server or Network Failed or Because the Format is not Supported"

Channels DVR Server
#1

Hello!

I just started getting this error on all of my feed in channels. Doesn't matter which provider they come from. What is most odd about is that the Remux is actively running.

Any help would be great!

Windows 11 PC, Running up to date copy of channels.

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#2

Try a different web browser

#3

Boy.

I sure feel dumb.

Any idea why is doesnt work in chrome?

I cleared the cache

#4

Somes shows will work in Chrome. I have not bothered to figure out the pattern. In general, I've been finding more things that have stopped working in Chrome. What's interesting is the same things work in Edge and they have the same foundation.

#5

A number of us have been seeing this, starting a week or two ago. Not sure if it's being looked at yet...

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#6

im getting this error on my Mac via chrome browser trying to watch live tv

#7

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#8
#9

Hi,

Just came here searching for exactly this. I started getting this error on my Mac Server for many of my sources. But it's not just the Chrome browser... the same sources will also not play on the Channels on my Apple TV.

For more details: My own media plays fine. The TVE channels from my Hulu account play fine. The channels from the Plex FAST service play fine, but channels from Tubi, Samsung TV Plus, and Pluto integrations do not. This just started happening.

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#10

Same here in any browser. For me, only playing OTA tv from my HDHR tuner works in web browser.

I rarely use web browser to play channels though...
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#11

Was just opening a topic when I saw this thread. I am getting this on all my OTA channels, which are MPEG2. My h.264 channels using ADBTuner work just fine.

I have a Ubuntu server. Have tried both Edge and Brave Browser. They both return this error. Firefox doesn't give the error, but won't play the stream either.

#12

This is what I use.

#13

I rebooted my OTA tuner, and reset all the connections and it is working now.

#14

did anyone find a solution for this? This just started happening for me in Chrome and Edge across all sources (M3U and OTA tuner)

#15

Use a non-chromium browser.
Firefox and Safari works for me.
There are also many other non-chromium browsers (that I don't use).

OR do what the developers suggest.
Don't watch in a web browser, use a channels client.