Web player just sits there with a spinning circle

Channels DVR Server
#21

Very Interesting!
I removed the video index for this recording (deleted Streaming\m3u8\2844) and it plays fine, no audio issues.
If I Regenerate Video Index it has audio issues again.

Another recording from FrndlyTV with same audio behavior. After removing the video index it plays with no issues. If I Regenerate Video Index it has audio issues again.

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I recorded the same episode from HDHR cable (another server) and it doesn't play in the web player until I skip ahead 30 seconds. With or without a video index.
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#22

Sounds like the OTA MPEG-TS stream is in some way incompatible with the browser and needs to be remuxed to work. I’m not sure I’ve seen that before.

#23

It's a cable channel (Outdoor channel) that I pick up from both FrndlyTV and via my cable provider with a HDHR Prime tuner.

The audio issue is happening with recordings from the FrndlyTV source Frndly TV for Channels

#24

Apple has an HLS testing tool as part of their developer streaming tools. If you point the validator at the recording with indexing enabled it may give us insight into what is wrong.

#25

OK, what's needed to run the testing?
I have other recordings that exhibit the same problems, some spinning circle and some audio playing intermittent.