If you try to login to the site does it block you? I was under the impression any Apple account could be used to have access to that tooling.
OK, Logged in, but I only see the downloads for CentOS and MacOS, I have neither.
Didn't think about it, but guess if you're an Apple dev you have a Mac.
Do you have Linux? Did you try to download and run the CentOS one?
I downloaded them both, but only have Windows and my two Synology NAS's.
The CentOS package is in a tar file and looks like installs with a shell script and uses an rpm package.
Just thought of something to try and now I'm confused.
A recording that doesn't start playing (loading, spinning circle) on my Windows machine using Firefox, Brave and Edge plays fine in Safari and Edge on my iPhone using a local WiFi connection.
So I loaded the Firefox browser app on the iPhone and it also works from there.
I won't be using my iPhone browser to watch when I'm in front of my PC, but I was surprised.
So it sounds like it plays okay via the Safari-based HLS implementation but something about the one used for Chrome, etc. doesn't work. Thanks for the info.
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Do any of the devs or other users have a Windows machine they could test this with?
Or should the web UI Player be abandoned as dead (at least on Windows).
I have Windows and occasionally use the web player (in Edge). I have also seen the case of spinning circle and end up playing the recording with VLC too, in this case.
I do like the convenience of using the web player on occasion, when it works.
Do you want me to report when I see the spinning circle again, or what kind of test should I run?
Thanks @mjitkop, Good to know that I'm not alone.
I figure any users that tried this and have issues on Windows, quickly moved to something that just works.
After many years of posting issues about it, either they don't care or can't repro the problem. I have been told numerous times that the web UI Video Player is not supported. My Original post in this thread shows that the web UI Video Player is broken and will be fixed on Safari, but not in a Windows browser?
I have given up hope that it will ever be fixed.
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I've just tried to play as many recordings and channels as I can that are all indexed in Chrome and I can't replicate the spinning situation. I'm doing this on a Mac, but I am using Chrome. Does it work in Chrome for you?
Pretty sure it's a Windows thing (since it worked in Safari, Edge and Firefox on my iPhone).
Issue on Windows Web Player Alternative for Live TV - #23 by GTFan & Web player just sits there with a spinning circle - #36 by mjitkop
Have you tried using Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave, etc. on Windows?
The DVR doesn't have to run in Windows, just use a Windows PC and browser to play in the web UI player. I don't use the Chrome browser, but my Brave and Edge are Chrome based.
I have the same issues but worse, none of the recorded video's will play from the web (on any browser) or from the Channels DRV add on a Fire Stick or Fire TV. Video starts and spins but just stops.
If I go to the library where all the videos are stores I can play them from a pc or using a separate video player on the Fire TV.
So the Recordings are good, its something to do with the DVR playback.
Using a Synology, have tried reinstalling, even did a clean reinstall and then imported the video's, but even new shows being recorded will not play back.
Using Windows, Mac, ?
Sounds like you have a different issue then what I'm experiencing.
I only see the issue on some recordings in the web player using a web browser on Windows.
In my case those videos play using a Channels client (iPhone) and in a web browser on the iPhone.
They will play in a browser on Windows if I click skip ahead 30 seconds.
The other related issue is some recordings play video, but not audio, until I delete the video index for the recordings. Again, this happens using the web player on Windows, but they work using a Channels client (iPhone) and in a web browser on the iPhone.
I'm on MacOS and this is happening to me too.
Mac: Apple M3 Pro
MacOS: 14.7.1 (23H222)
Browsers: Chrome, Safari, Firefox
DVR Version: 2024.09.10.2115
The videos are in webm container format, probably vp9 encoding as they were downloaded from youtube.
I will note that 100% of videos are doing this for me and all of these videos play completely fine from the iOS and tvOS apps.
Do you have an HDHR tuner as a source on your DVR?
Most of the recordings I have problems with are recorded from my HDHR Prime tuner.
You might consider removing the DVR web UI Player since it's not working.
So frustrating when you start playing a recording and some minutes into it freezes with the spinning circle. Not a good experience.
Happened with three recordings I tried watching tonight.
I use a Windows PC and Browser to watch in the DVR web UI Player.
I found out that a browser setting was causing the web player not to automatically start playing. Never thought the setting would affect it since it would work intermittently.
I have autoplay of audio/video disabled by default on all my browsers. Had to create site specific exceptions to enable it for each of my DVR servers IP:PORT on each browser.
Now the web player starts automatically instead of showing a spinning circle. Although it still stalls sometimes during playback (freezes with a spinning circle).
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Doing it again tonight. I have autoplay allowed in my browser settings.
Tried to watch a completed recording and just get the spinner, but it thinks it's playing.
Have to skip forward 30 secs to get it to play, then back 10 seconds 3 times to get to the beginning.
Rebuilding/Deleting video index didn't fix it.
Using the Channels DVR player, not the latest version of hls.js player
Didn't think of trying that until after I watched and deleted the recording.
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