Server Version#: 1.20.1.3252 DVR playback no longer works just after a recent player upgrade to FireTV. Upgrade to my Android device also makes DVR playback fail. Playback on Apple phone and Windows client still works. On FireTV the playback does nothing. On Android the player seems to reset and se…

Confirmed that the client upgrade from 8.5.2.20133 to 8.6.0.20351 broke it. I have three FireTV devices and all three broke in the same way just after updating the client.

I echo this. Neither my Shield, Bravia or Tivostream 4K will playback DVR recordings. At best they skip around and have no audio, at worst it dumps me back to the homescreen.

Sounds similar to my issue… I’m having LiveTV issues with the FireTV app. Playback runs for a few minutes, then it just stalls (spinning icon). I have to go back, select something other than livetv/dvr, then go back and select a channel. It will then go for a few more minutes again. On occasion the…

[image] JorisdG: I’m having LiveTV issues My live tv works fine. It’s just the DVR recordings that dont work well on Android clients.

Having the same exact issue. Doing some testing now to find out what exactly is the cause of the issue. What I have noticed is that the Plex transcoder process quits for some reason which probably stems from the firetv app not being able to direct play 1080i.

Another interesting detail. The playback from recorded DVR work fine on FireTV when the item to be played back is selected from the “recently added” menu. It’s only when you try to playback that same item from the “playback & DVR” and then “schedule” menu does the playback not work at all.

Client and server logs attached. Note to Plex: will you PLEASE investigate this problem? All you need is a FireTV and a Plex server with DVR content to playback. I can’t imagine this is a terribly hard problem to reproduce. Thank you. client network logs.txt (1.1 MB) Plex Media Server Logs_2020-10-1…

Here is yet ANOTHER interesting detail. Playback works on an Android device in MOBILE display mode. It does not playback on the same device when set to TV mode when selecting the item to be played from the DVR Schedule menu tree.

Unfortunately I can’t seem to switch back from TV mode to MOBILE mode on my Android. I’ve found other forum arguments between Plex and end users about why one would want to do this. Well, this is one reason - when TV mode doesn’t work!

Um… is anyone from Plex going to respond to this ticket? This has been broken since September. I can’t playback DVR recordings on an Android device. I specifically paid for a lifetime subscription to Plex for the purpose of playback of live TV on a DVR. Now I can’t use it. Won’t anyone at Plex pleas…

DVR playback no longer works on FireTV and Android

Live TV & DVR

philly4 December 19, 2020, 9:16pm 14

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DVR playback no longer works on FireTV and Android

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