Server Version#: 1.4.3.0.10389 (Mac mini M4, 16 GB RAM, macOS 26.2) Player Version#: 2026.0.1 (1523) (iPhone 16 Pro Max, iOS 26.2.1) Tuner Make/Model: HDHomeRun FLEX 4k Guide/Lineup name: Antenna (Local Broadcast Listings) Using XMLTV?: No Channel number/Name: All Issue Summary Often times, se…

This set of bugs all still persist after updating to the latest Server and iOS updates today. Server Version#: 1.43.0.10492 (Mac mini M4, 16 GB RAM, macOS 26.2) Player Version#: 2026.1.0 (1537) (iPhone 16 Pro Max, iOS 26.2.1)

I have the same issue. This has been happening for over a year. Plex team will not fix any issues with the app.

This set of bugs all still persist after updating to the latest Server and iOS updates today. Server Version#: 1.43.0.10492 (Mac mini M4, 16 GB RAM, macOS 26.2) Player Version#: 2026.2.0 (1566) (iPhone 16 Pro Max, iOS 26.2.1)

@seekbus thank you for the detailed reporting. Can you please include PMS logs and iOS logs after reproducing the issue? LiveTV errors can sometimes be specific to channels or epg based on region making reproduction difficult. Please share your logs here or DM them to me.

@Atomatth Thanks for the response. Here are the requested PMS and iOS logs. I tried to edit down the logs so that there isn’t a bunch of superfluous stuff to wade through. The PMS logs were copied from the PMS console window. I edited the iOS logs to focus just on the related time range. If you wou…

@Atomatth Here is another set of logs following the same steps noted in my previous comment. I realized that I had a second (friend’s) server that was appearing in the logs and was failing and that I opened the Plex app on my iPhone to a previous session that started by throwing a series of errors f…

I shared these new logs with Claude. It initially assumed that the issue was related to a lower signal strength for NBC. Once I challenged it to find a new theory, since I could confirm the issue is based on sequence and not signal strength, this was it’s explanation as to what is occurring: The re…

I believe that this is related to an already reported issue where transcoding MPEG2 on MacOS 26 is broken. [image] PMS crashing when recording live TV Desktops & Laptops macOS broke SOMETHING related to hw acceleration of MPEG2 with a recent-ish update. i wou…

Thanks for the reply. Based on @chris_decker08 ’s recommendations in the shared post, I already had Convert Video While Recording turned off and I unchecked Use Hardware-Accelerated Video Encoding. I can confirm that those changes have no impact on the issue I’m seeing. The behavior I’ve described he…

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Atomatth February 23, 2026, 1:56pm 10

I believe that this is related to an already reported issue where transcoding MPEG2 on MacOS 26 is broken.

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