Hello, I am struggling to get Live TV working on my Plex Media Server (macOS) using Dispatcharr (Via Docker Desktop) as a tuner proxy. While the tuner setup completes successfully in the Plex dashboard, playback consistently fails across multiple clients. The Problem: When I tune to a channel, the…

(Some) Mac-based servers have a problem right now when hardware-accelerated video encoding is used for live TV. Try disabling “User hardware-accelerated video encoding” in Settings -> [Select Server Name] -> Transcoder (Show Advanced) to see if that helps. Keep in mind also that proxy tuners are n…

Hi really appreciate the input, but I think the core of my issue is being missed here. The “Control” test I mentioned is the most important part. The exact same Dispatcharr instance and IPTV source works perfectly when I point my old Windows Plex Server at it. This proves the proxy is fine and the …

[image] adm4243: The “Control” test I mentioned is the most important part. The exact same Dispatcharr instance and IPTV source works perfectly when I point my old Windows Plex Server at it. Right, this is why I mentioned the known, Mac-specific issue with some Apple silicon-based servers and…

Hi, thanks again for getting back to me. Apologies if my previous message come across as rude. Not my intention! I’ve tried tinkering with the above and it still fails to load. (hardware transcoding / disabling encoding and the universal version) I’ve even tried threadfin again and it still fails t…

Not sure if this will fix your issue - but it did mine. In Dispatcharr stream settings, make a new stream, use FFMPEG and VLC as agent. Put this in arguments. Let me know if it works for you! -i {streamUrl} -user_agent {userAgent} -c:v mpeg2video -q:v 1 -bufsize 10M -maxrate 15M -c:a mp2 -b:a 384k …

Live TV Error s1001 (Network) on macOS – Tuner/Dispatcharr Setup

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pshanew March 9, 2026, 6:38pm 5

Also, there’s another active thread for live TV playback issues (this one was started for Linux). Plex provided a test PMS build in that thread which may be worth trying. I’ll link the post here:

Edit:
A new build was posted today:
https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoding-live-tv-fails-on-1-43/936640/17

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Live TV Error s1001 (Network) on macOS – Tuner/Dispatcharr Setup

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