Live TV Shaka1001 error

Hi there,
I am getting a Shaka1001 error when trying to watch live tv via my connect HDHomeRun. I assume it’s related, but it also won’t record anything from the HDHomeRun either. For watching, this is true on Chrome (on Mac) and from the iOS app on an iPhone. see screenshots attached.
I’ve also attached the logfile.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

PS, I have the PMS running on Ubuntu

There is an error being returned by the HDHomerun. There are several reports in the forum. I need to find out what it means
One of several errors -

Sep 11, 2017 12:02:59.792 [0x7ff8b3ff1700] DEBUG - DVR:Grabber: HDHomerun starting a media grab on device device://tv.plex.grabbers.hdhomerun/1232C22A (Silicondust HDHomeRun CONNECT, supported) tuner 0.

Sep 11, 2017 12:03:04.927 [0x7ff8acbfe700] ERROR - [Transcoder] http://192.168.99.238:5004/auto/v703: Server returned 5XX Server Error reply

@“steven.c.hamilton@gmail.com” said:
Hi there,
I am getting a Shaka1001 error when trying to watch live tv via my connect HDHomeRun. I assume it’s related, but it also won’t record anything from the HDHomeRun either. For watching, this is true on Chrome (on Mac) and from the iOS app on an iPhone. see screenshots attached.
I’ve also attached the logfile.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

@sa2000 said:
There is an error being returned by the HDHomerun. There are several reports in the forum. I need to find out what it means
One of several errors -

Sep 11, 2017 12:02:59.792 [0x7ff8b3ff1700] DEBUG - DVR:Grabber: HDHomerun starting a media grab on device device://tv.plex.grabbers.hdhomerun/1232C22A (Silicondust HDHomeRun CONNECT, supported) tuner 0.

Sep 11, 2017 12:03:04.927 [0x7ff8acbfe700] ERROR - [Transcoder] http://192.168.99.238:5004/auto/v703: Server returned 5XX Server Error reply

Could you tell me if this HDHomerun is being used outside Plex or is it dedicated to Plex ?
Also could you tell me if you have a number of devices as there was an issue with tuning a device in such cases

Also could you try each of these requests in a browser and see what gets returned

http://192.168.99.238:5004/auto/v702

http://192.168.99.238:5004/auto/v703

http://192.168.99.238:5004/auto/v231

A P.S. (unrelated)
Are you aware camera upload into "/.share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/Multimedia/Photos/MPiPhone/ is failing because of a permissions issue?

Hi @sa2000
Thanks for responding.
The HDHomerun is dedicated to Plex (as far as no-one is using it via the HDHomerun software or any other DVR, however I can access it via the software if needed). This is the only device in the nextwork at the moment.

the three URL’s all return a “HTTP ERROR 503”

@steven.c.hamilton@gmail.com said:
Hi @sa2000
Thanks for responding.
The HDHomerun is dedicated to Plex (as far as no-one is using it via the HDHomerun software or any other DVR, however I can access it via the software if needed). This is the only device in the nextwork at the moment.

the three URL’s all return a “HTTP ERROR 503”

Ok - then please could you find out when error 503 is returned from the user manual or consult silicondust

@sa2000
I’ll look into this from the HDHR side for now.

BTW, I’ve been wondering about the photo synch issue. Thanks a tonne.

new to plex and all this stuff, so you’re help is immense!

@steven.c.hamilton@gmail.com said:
@sa2000
I’ll look into this from the HDHR side for now.

The Error 503 means Service Unavailable. This could be that it cannot tune these channels.
Check the cable/signal and rescan for channels

Thanks, a few this to check. I’ll won’t be able to report back for a few days now. but why. Thanks a lot for your help so far.

What’s the etiquette? can I leave this thread open or should I close?

I’m having the same issue with HDHomeRun Prime and playing on any devices with Plex. It won’t stream. If I try to play on any Android devices, just buffers. If I try to play in Chrome, I get the Shaka1001 error.

HI I am having the same problem
Setup
FreeNas 9.10.2
Plex 1.9.3
HDHomerun 20170815

I cannot watch live tv nor record
When I try and watch live TV I get the error Shaka1001
When I try and record I get “unknown error”

I know that the HDhome run is working because I can use Plex on my shield and watch live TV and record no problems. I get these errors when I try and run the PMS on Freenas.

Also fyi when I try and run http://192.168.0.100:5004/auto/v702 I get ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT
thx for any help

@bubbapaul said:
HI I am having the same problem
Setup
FreeNas 9.10.2
Plex 1.9.3
HDHomerun 20170815

I cannot watch live tv nor record
When I try and watch live TV I get the error Shaka1001
When I try and record I get “unknown error”

I know that the HDhome run is working because I can use Plex on my shield and watch live TV and record no problems. I get these errors when I try and run the PMS on Freenas.

Also fyi when I try and run http://192.168.0.100:5004/auto/v702 I get ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT
thx for any help

Yes there are timeouts on requests to the DVR.

Sep 30, 2017 14:37:10.423 [0x80dc82000] ERROR - [Transcoder] http://192.168.0.100:5004/auto/v991: Operation timed out

I see you are actually running on 1.8.4 and not 1.9.3 as you indicated

Sep 30, 2017 14:37:01.918 [0x80a007000] INFO - Plex Media Server v1.8.4.4249-3497d6779 - FreeBSD PC amd64 - build: freebsd-x86_64 freebsd - GMT -07:00

Could you try again with 1.9.3 and go through setup again.

Also I notice there is no Plex Tuner Service.log and there was an error on attempt to start the process

Sep 30, 2017 14:37:04.819 [0x80ad6bc00] DEBUG - Plex Tuner Service starting.

Sep 30, 2017 14:37:04.819 [0x80ad6bc00] DEBUG - Job running: '/usr/pbi/plexmediaserver-amd64/share/plexmediaserver/Plex Tuner Service' '/usr/pbi/plexmediaserver-amd64/share/plexmediaserver/Resources/Tuner/Private' '/usr/pbi/plexmediaserver-amd64/share/plexmediaserver/Resources/Tuner/Shared' '1.8.4.4249-3497d6779' '32600' '/waitmutex'

Sep 30, 2017 14:37:04.825 [0x80ad6bc00] DEBUG - Plex Tuner Service exited.

But 2nd attempt did not log it exiting

Sep 30, 2017 14:37:04.927 [0x80ad6bc00] DEBUG - Job running: '/usr/pbi/plexmediaserver-amd64/share/plexmediaserver/Plex Tuner Service' '/usr/pbi/plexmediaserver-amd64/share/plexmediaserver/Resources/Tuner/Private' '/usr/pbi/plexmediaserver-amd64/share/plexmediaserver/Resources/Tuner/Shared' '1.8.4.4249-3497d6779' '32600' '/waitmutex'

Could you see if there are any tuner service logs in /var/db/plexdata/Plex Media Server/Logs

Also check for disk space - in case

thx for taking a look. Sorry about not using the latest version, I installed the latest version and I am getting the same problem I have attached the logs. I tried a live TV and also a record.

no log in /var/db/plexdata/Plex Media Server/Logs

I have 1.8 TB free.
Thx again for all the help. Even though the setup sees the HDHome Run it seems like when it tries to use the interface it times out, like it cannot reach it. I have tried to Ping the HDhome Run from the FreeNas Jail shell and it can get to the HDhome run ok.