# Playback Error - The live TV session has ended

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-error-the-live-tv-session-has-ended/831815>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** livetv-dvr, player-windows\
**Created:** [February 21, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-error-the-live-tv-session-has-ended/831815 "2023-02-21T15:25:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![sa2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sa2000/32/6922_2.png) [@sa2000](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sa2000)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-error-the-live-tv-session-has-ended/831815/13 "2023-03-06T19:51:06Z")

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Further to response from @OttoKerner linking to way to circumvent the AAC Extra Data issue - I would like to actually get diagnostics for the problem so we can establish why the transcoder is crashing when processing the AAC Extra Data

If you would not mind , would love to get the sessions directories for a test with the extra diagnostic settings outlined here - together with the server debug logs

> [@Playback Error This Live TV Session has Ended](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-error-this-live-tv-session-has-ended/810280/19):
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> I can see the transcoder failing with Error parsing AAC extradata, unable to determine samplerate. Jan 21, 2023 10:29:13.824 [0x14e84eb2db38] ERROR - [Req#2a671/Transcode/u52l6czu02eimct6vn3978xa/c39d36cc-54ac-4e4d-a53d-ea044c6899e7] [matroska @ 0x14a8d32873c0] Error parsing AAC extradata, unable to determine samplerate. Jan 21, 2023 10:29:13.824 [0x14e84f02cb38] ERROR - [Req#2a672/Transcode/u52l6czu02eimct6vn3978xa/c39d36cc-54ac-4e4d-a53d-ea044c6899e7] av\_interleaved\_write\_frame(): Invalid ar…

This to be done before circumventing the problem

Thanks

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