Web player unexpectedly stopping

[videng]

I've been having an issue with the web player unexpectedly stopping during playback of recorded programs. The player will randomly stop playback and display the title card for the program I'm watching. The encoder looks like it's continuing based on the encoder stats below the playback window, but clicking "play" won't resume playback unless I back out using the "stop" button and click "watch now" to start again. The player will pick back up a second or so before where it stopped. The program was recorded OTA with a HDHR.

This is on Chrome 121 on Windows 10 running on an Intel i7-1265U using the integrated Iris Xe graphics.

Looking at the server log, there are multiple instances of multiple lines of ffmpeg packet corrupt messages followed by a stream format change message. Could this be related? Should I submit a log? I understand the web player is mostly a bonus/diagnostic feature. Is there a better way to view programs on a Windows PC?

[bnhf]

@videng

Is there a better way to view programs on a Windows PC?

I've seen that same behavior with the web player, though I typically only use it for live sports when I'm also doing something else on the computer. It's a bit of a hassle, but I haven't been motivated to report it.

Recently I've started using the Windows Subsystem for Android with the Channels Android client, and that seems to work much better (perfectly so far). You can either use the Microsoft distribution of WSA and sideload the Channels client, or use the "Mustard Chef" version that includes the Google Play Store (which is what I recently switched to) and install normally.

With the Mustard Chef version, you can pretty much install any Android app which is a really nice plus.