So I see the same behavior you speak of, but I just have to change from Direct Play down to 720p 4mbps.
Check Tautulli when you first tune a channel. It will show you are converting 720p to 720p, but your transmission rate is like 63Mbps. Your server’s processor is pushing max and you are may be pushing max on either your server’s upload or your client’s download.
Now from the client you just change it over to 720p 4mbps and everything clears right up. Playback is fine, processor usage drops, network transmission drops.
So the question becomes, how can we automate this step of having to change the transmission rate from the client end? There is the option of going into the client settings and telling it to limit playback to 4mbps. My issue is I can play a 4k file using 23mbps perfectly fine without taxing any resources. So to set this setting to automatically lower everything, I will be forced to manually change back up to Original every time I watch a movie.
Could you maybe set the server to automatically transcode down anything coming through LiveTV and DVR?
Here to reaffirm… Same issue. Using unraid server, but still the same. Live TV audio cuts in and out, playing games with my surround sound receiver, for several minutes after tuning in a station. It often works itself out but sometimes does not.
Hdhomerun native app doesn’t have this issue. Nor does other devices in the house. Specifically with Plex Live TV and Shield.
Here is a simple solution to try when certain Live TV channels buffer/stutter every few seconds that has been working for me…
Stop all playback on Plex.
Go into the PMS data directory and load up the “Codecs” folder. From there delete everything in it.
Load your Live TV stream back up.
It worked for the OP in this thread if anyone took the time to read what I posted many posts above.
Report back if this works for you too.
There is a codec issue within Plex that has gone unfixed for quite some time. I mainly see it with HE-AAC audio on Live TV. Certain clients/video formats will cause PMS to download the troublesome codecs and when this happens there must be a compatability issue with clients that already have the codecs built in… That would be my guess anyways.
This works but unfortunately as soon as your client plays a specific type of media that requires PMS to download the troublesome codec the issue will return for the other media.
i have created a new thread just now about the same issue here
it is a new player issue because i can revert back to plex for android client 7.31 and enable the old player option which totally fixes the buffering but i can not keep using 7.31 because it has the issue with the streams getting killed after 2.5 hours. however, the old player option is missing from all new versions of plex for android clients after 7.31.
It’s not an Android specific issue as it happens on Roku also.
You can also run the streams through FFmpeg first to transcode to a non problematic format.
Also, the original post (which is how it is for me too) is the audio / video will stutter every other second… not one second every three to five minutes. So as the solution might be the same it could be a different issue?
Usually HE-AAC audio is when the issue will pop up for me but not every time, depends on the codec folder.
I am also on the most recent PMS with the new FFmpeg implementation and haven’t had it happen yet if that even matters.
@kegbeach i am also on the newest official release of pms for windows and still have the problem on newest plex for android client 8.25 official. is there a way to enable the new ffmpeg in the server?
1.25.0.5246 is the PMS version with the new FFmpeg. Install it from the beta update channel.
I’m not saying the issue is fixed in this release but I am saying it could be as I haven’t had the issue with it yet… but don’t get it very often to begin with.
Deleting codecs folder seems to have worked for me. Hopefully it lasts. If not, i guess i’ll just make a bash script/cron job to delete contents of that folder every hour… but for real @Plexdevs, users should not need to do this to watch live TV., and you absolutely CAN NOT sell this hot pile of garbage as ‘Ultimate TV and DVR’. Please for the love of god get your ■■■■ together and fix the basic features BEFORE you start adding other crap that nobody cares about (I’m looking at you Plex Arcade). I’m starting to get tired of being an apologist to my family because your trash software can’t perform basic advertised tasks.
I’ve the same issue since I’ve installed the Plex server on my QNAP NAS (TBS-453) some weeks ago.
Despite some updates that were available along these weeks, the issue is still there. The last loaded version is the 1.25.2.5319 (8th Dec.). I’ve a Plex pass to allow transcoding on the fly.
I use a HDhomerun quattro DVB-T as the source to play:
With a Windows PC with the Plex Web player, on the same network as remotely, the stream is contineously stucked every 1 or 2 seconds (plays-bufferizes-plays-bufferizes-plays…),
With an Android phone or a Neo U9 (an Android TV box),with last player version loaded, the stream is a lot more stable, but some irritating bufferizations are still present (after 20 or 30 mn). 1 time on 3, the bufferization ends by a fatal connection error…
Note that when the PC or the Neo U9 are used remotely, the connection is done from a high speed fiber modem to a fiber modem. No network issue with other streaming services, no bandwidth issue.
Conclusion for me: Plex is not able to perform the basic functionality to stream a video…
Please, slow down on the new stuffs, and fix the basic things first!
Is there still an issue? I don’t watch live TV but I recently put it on live TV and had it on in the background. For around an hour. I never noticed any issues. For tuners I have a Flex 4K for OTA and a Prime for Cable from FiOS.
I used the native plex app on a 2019 Shield TV. And the Plex server I use, for Plex DVR, is a core i3 10100 CPU with 8GB of ram. On top of the live TV being played, there were five recordings going on in the background. Three shows going to an NVMe drive and two shows going to a platter drive.
Does the live TV use the drive that plex is installed on? I have my Plex install on my D: drive. Which is a 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus NMVe.
