Works fine with the HDHomeRun app on the firestick, but with the plex app on firestick, it craps out after 2-4 minutes of any OTA channel.
best guess is the OTA signal has issues occasionally, corrupts something in the stream and errors out.
. seems to be firestick and Plex bug…
this is snip from plex media server log
Auth: authenticated user 1 as yorkshire99
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:41.960 [9556] DEBUG - Request: [127.0.0.1:54059 (Loopback)] GET /status/sessions/background (22 live) GZIP Signed-in Token (yorkshire99)
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:41.960 [25568] DEBUG - Completed: [127.0.0.1:54059] 200 GET /status/sessions/background (22 live) GZIP 0ms 397 bytes (pipelined: 38)
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.156 [9556] DEBUG - [Transcode] Transcoder segment range: 0 - 43 (43)
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.156 [26064] DEBUG - Completed: [127.0.0.1:54091] 200 GET /livetv/sessions/fc04a72d-4e7a-46ff-bc0f-51e215ed9294/q73b60aihojmyeycw7y0qf1x/00042.ts (23 live) 655ms 127110 bytes (pipelined: 23)
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.156 [26064] DEBUG - Removed transcode data consumer, active count 44 => 44
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.157 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] 00 motion_type at 32 14
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.157 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] qscale == 0
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.157 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 20 16
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.158 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] Warning MVs not available
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.172 [9556] DEBUG - Request: [127.0.0.1:54059 (Loopback)] GET /video/:/transcode/universal/dash/zhm1cdzi6fqz9ntyzdbcauqr/1/22.m4s (23 live) GZIP Signed-in
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.172 [9556] DEBUG - [Transcode/zhm1cdzi6fqz9ntyzdbcauqr] Asked for segment 22 from session.
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.172 [9556] DEBUG - [Transcode/zhm1cdzi6fqz9ntyzdbcauqr] Returning segment 22 from session
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.173 [9556] DEBUG - Content-Length of C:\Users\Kelly\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Cache\Transcode\Sessions\plex-transcode-zhm1cdzi6fqz9ntyzdbcauqr-5a1ca02d-758f-45ae-96d4-ef3457ff4755\init-stream1.m4s,C:\Users\Kelly\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Cache\Transcode\Sessions\plex-transcode-zhm1cdzi6fqz9ntyzdbcauqr-5a1ca02d-758f-45ae-96d4-ef3457ff4755\chunk-stream1-00023.m4s is 25936 (of total: 25936).
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.173 [26064] DEBUG - Completed: [127.0.0.1:54059] 200 GET /video/:/transcode/universal/dash/zhm1cdzi6fqz9ntyzdbcauqr/1/22.m4s (23 live) GZIP 1ms 25936 bytes (pipelined: 39)
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.174 [9556] DEBUG - Request: [127.0.0.1:54104 (Loopback)] GET /video/:/transcode/universal/dash/zhm1cdzi6fqz9ntyzdbcauqr/0/22.m4s (23 live) GZIP Signed-in
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.174 [9556] DEBUG - [Transcode/zhm1cdzi6fqz9ntyzdbcauqr] Asked for segment 22 from session.
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.174 [9556] DEBUG - [Transcode/zhm1cdzi6fqz9ntyzdbcauqr] Returning segment 22 from session
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.174 [9556] DEBUG - Content-Length of C:\Users\Kelly\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Cache\Transcode\Sessions\plex-transcode-zhm1cdzi6fqz9ntyzdbcauqr-5a1ca02d-758f-45ae-96d4-ef3457ff4755\init-stream0.m4s,C:\Users\Kelly\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Cache\Transcode\Sessions\plex-transcode-zhm1cdzi6fqz9ntyzdbcauqr-5a1ca02d-758f-45ae-96d4-ef3457ff4755\chunk-stream0-00023.m4s is 215761 (of total: 215761).
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.175 [26064] DEBUG - Completed: [127.0.0.1:54104] 200 GET /video/:/transcode/universal/dash/zhm1cdzi6fqz9ntyzdbcauqr/0/22.m4s (23 live) GZIP 1ms 215761 bytes (pipelined: 15)
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.177 [9556] DEBUG - [Transcode] Transcoder segment range: 0 - 44 (43)
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.182 [9556] DEBUG - [Transcode] Transcoder segment range: 0 - 55 (55)
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.235 [9556] DEBUG - [Transcode] Transcoder segment range: 0 - 56 (56)
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.239 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [ac3 @ 037a5b40] exponent 26 is out-of-range
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.239 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [ac3 @ 037a5b40] error decoding the audio block
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.241 [25568] DEBUG - Auth: authenticated user 1 as yorkshire99
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.241 [9556] DEBUG - Request: [127.0.0.1:54089 (Loopback)] GET /livetv/sessions/fc04a72d-4e7a-46ff-bc0f-51e215ed9294/q73b60aihojmyeycw7y0qf1x/index.m3u8?offset=0.000000 (22 live) Signed-in Token (yorkshire99)
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.241 [9556] DEBUG - buildLiveM3U8: min 0 max 44 ended 0
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.242 [26064] DEBUG - Completed: [127.0.0.1:54089] 200 GET /livetv/sessions/fc04a72d-4e7a-46ff-bc0f-51e215ed9294/q73b60aihojmyeycw7y0qf1x/index.m3u8?offset=0.000000 (22 live) 0ms 3182 bytes (pipelined: 36)
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.242 [9556] DEBUG - Request: [127.0.0.1:54091 (Loopback)] GET /livetv/sessions/fc04a72d-4e7a-46ff-bc0f-51e215ed9294/q73b60aihojmyeycw7y0qf1x/00044.ts (22 live) Signed-in
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.242 [9556] DEBUG - Content-Length of C:\Users\Kelly\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Cache\Transcode\Sessions\plex-transcode-fc04a72d-4e7a-46ff-bc0f-51e215ed9294\media-00044.ts is -1 (of total: -1).
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.243 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] sequence header damaged
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.243 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 4 10
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.243 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 25 0
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.243 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 25 17
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.244 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] skipped MB in I-frame at 28 13
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.244 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] skipped MB in I-frame at 35 20
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.244 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] skipped MB in I-frame at 0 9
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.244 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] skipped MB in I-frame at 9 24
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.244 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] skipped MB in I-frame at 2 21
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.245 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] skipped MB in I-frame at 1 9
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.245 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] Warning MVs not available
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.254 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] 00 motion_type at 26 10
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.255 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] 00 motion_type at 3 11
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.255 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] 00 motion_type at 12 12
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.255 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] Warning MVs not available
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.258 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] Warning MVs not available
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.270 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 2 13
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.271 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 16 4
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.271 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 6 10
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.271 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 12 7
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.271 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] slice mismatch
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.272 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 15 20
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.272 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 0 18
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.272 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 4 14
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.272 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 15 11
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.273 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 17 8
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.273 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] mb incr damaged
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.273 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 0 19
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.273 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 12 15
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.274 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 0 12
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.274 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 17 9
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.274 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] ac-tex damaged at 18 22
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.274 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] Warning MVs not available
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.277 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] 00 motion_type at 5 17
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.277 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] 00 motion_type at 26 16
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.278 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] Warning MVs not available
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.282 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] 00 motion_type at 14 15
Jan 05, 2021 15:11:42.282 [9556] ERROR - [Transcoder] [mpeg2video @ 00aed0c0] Warning MVs not available
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