# Direct Play Direct Stream Live TV Buffering

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/direct-play-direct-stream-live-tv-buffering/736899>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** server-nvidia-shield\
**Created:** [August 16, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/direct-play-direct-stream-live-tv-buffering/736899 "2021-08-16T21:46:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![thaddeusferber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@thaddeusferber](https://forums.plex.tv/u/thaddeusferber)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/direct-play-direct-stream-live-tv-buffering/736899/1 "2021-08-16T21:46:37Z")

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I am using a Nvidia Shield Pro as both my server and player, and even when it is Direct Stream and Direct Play for live TV it still buffers too much to be watchable. Below are my logs, might there be clues in them that you could point me toward?

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/direct-play-direct-stream-live-tv-buffering/736899/2 "2021-08-16T23:07:55Z")

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Do you see the same issues when streaming media from that tuner using a different Plex client?  
According to your logs there’s an issue with the audio track of the live tv stream (`expect [...] is out-of-range`, `error decoding the audio block`, …).

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**Author:** ![thaddeusferber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@thaddeusferber](https://forums.plex.tv/u/thaddeusferber)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/direct-play-direct-stream-live-tv-buffering/736899/3 "2021-08-19T18:51:21Z")

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Turned out to have nothing to do with Plex. It was just that my HD Homerun firmware needed to be updated. Always tracking down the weakest link in my setup.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/direct-play-direct-stream-live-tv-buffering/736899/4 "2021-11-17T18:51:21Z")

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