I am getting this error on my iPhone & iPad both have the latest versions of Plex and iOS but I only get the error on some channels i.e. ABC & SBS which are government owned here in Australia, all my other commercial channels are working fine. Any clues?
Hi,
from QLD here. Same issue. Any Terrestrial channels with MP2 audio will not play. Strangely if you record, it will play back without issue as it transcodes the audio. Iām hoping the next update 19, addresses the issue along with some DVR issues.
Example: ABC QLD
Hi Craig. Itās now been over a month and three releases with OTA not working properly on the iPhone app. A few channels play properly but most donāt. Are people at PLEX working on the issues? Is there anything more we can do to provide data to help solve the problem?
YIKES! I just updated to the lates Server and now things seem to be working on my iPhoneā¦ Iāll keep testing and let you know if problems are now solvedā¦
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In my hands, all OTA channels are now capable of playing with the latest Plex Server (Version 1.41.9.9912-371133ff9) and the latest iPhone Plex update (client version 2025.19.0 (1132). But there are still major issues.
One issue is that, when using wifi at home on the same network as the server, I need to manually set the DNS Server on my iPhone as described above by TheLivingBubba. Thanks everyone!
A second issue: If Iām using HDHomeRun Extend (which does internal hardware transcoding) I can switch from a 720p broadcast channel to a 1080p broadcast channel very quickly (takes just 2-3 seconds to play after switching channels). However, if Iām using a HDHomeRun Flex 4K device, there is a 30 second delay from the time I switch to a 1080p channel until it actually starts playing. Maybe I need to use different settings with the 4K device??? Any advice would be appreciated (although Iām happily using my older HDHomeRun device!).
One more major issue, it still only works for me if I have (in iPhone Plex Settings) Local, Wifi, and Cellular Quality all set to Maximum and Allow Direct Play and Allow Direct Stream Enabled.
CAN SOMEONE AT PLEX LET US KNOW IF ANYONE IS LOOKING INTO THESE PROBLEMS? OTA IS THE MAIN REASON I CHOSE PLEX. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
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When did v19 (1132) come out?
Two days ago, I believe. Thatās when I downloaded it.
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I would also highly appreciate a comment from Plex on this, as an update broke live-streaming on ios. (on web-app it works).
Iām getting the error message as mentioned here:
Live TV streaming is important for me, and setting an IP manually is not an option.
Iām working on a fix for the original issue that TheLivingBubba outlined.
That will be out in an upcoming release along with a fix for MP2 (and other) audio codecs not transcoding properly.
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thanks for the hint. disabling dns rebind protection solved the issue with live-tv streaming in the mobile app for me.
however, it would be very helpful if error messages would give some more information, i.e. which host was not found, instead of only āhost not foundāā¦
The latest version fixed most of my OTA issues.
It fixed my ability to use OTA with cellular access but not with local wifi access.
The DNS problem persists.
