Been having this issue for a while, I thought the latest PMS update would address this issue since it states:
(DVR) Plex Tuner Service would sometimes shut down while Plex Media Server was still running (#12223).
Basically at the 90 minute mark, Live TV (IPTV) gets stuck in a loop, then once it reaches 94 mins, the connection is terminated. I do not have this problem when testing on Tivimate.
The xTeve logs shows the following in the log:
No client is using this channel anymore. Streaming Server connection has ended
Iāve made sure the Terminate Session if Paused Longerā¦ is set to zero. Have plenty of hard drive space and computer resources are minimal. When the stream is terminated, it still shows in the PMS dashboard and I have to restart the PMS.
Any ideas?
sounds similar to the problem iām having. live tv will start looping after a random amount of time, could be 20min could be 2 hours and then is only fixed by restarting the stream. when it starts looping the bandwidth graph will jump higher than usual but by no means saturate the connection. this is only happening on android clients. roku devices arenāt having the issue.
No never paused, but while researching, people that had random terminations would go to that setting. I believe the Chromecast was suffering from this not too long ago because Plex thought nothing was playing.
I had also seen someone mention the issue with sessions ending for any media (not Live TV) at 94 mins on this forum, but in the end it was an issue with with using the Panasonic television embedded appā¦ that was in 2018.
@kegbeach
sounds similar to the problem iām having. live tv will start looping after a random amount of time, could be 20min could be 2 hours and then is only fixed by restarting the stream. when it starts looping the bandwidth graph will jump higher than usual but by no means saturate the connection. this is only happening on android clients. roku devices arenāt having the issue.
Yes, I forgot to mention that restarting the stream fixes it, but only sometimes for me. I either have to jump between channels to trigger something or wait. Itās just easy for me to restart the PMS. I have an old Roku, Iāll have to dust it off I can test on that and see if this is only affecting my 4k Fire sticks. Thanks for that info, will post back with an update.
iām fairly certain you have the same issue as many people here with the android live tv. some are reporting the 300 second bug with interlaced content which has the same symptoms and then others playing live tv with progressive content that happens at random intervals with the same symptoms. iāve seen other people mention the bandwidth goes fairly high during the bug and thatās one way to tell if itās the problem iām describing. my roku users do not have the problem.
the 300 second bug is mitigated by turning off interlaced transcoding in the firestick 4k but doing that does not fix the similar bug with similar symptoms happening at random intervals
more so iām concerned for paying customers that subscribe or buy lifetime just for the live tv feature that is taking plex so long to fix. itās really dishearteningā¦
I get that, but my issue is that it specifically happens at the 90 minute mark if left on just one channel all of the time and loops until it reaches minute 94, upon reaching 94 the session is terminated.
Interesting Iām going to run a channel for 90 minutes and see what it does. Bear mine Iām on hdhomerun Iām just trying to see if these issues are related or two separate things;).
Update: As mentioned by @kegbeach, I can confirm that my issue does not happen on a Roku (Roku 3) running Plex version 6.7.9.6822 after hitting the 90 and 94 minute mark.
yea, check the bandwidth graph in the server status when it happens. for me it spikes really high when the issue is happening. itāll never touch the bottom of the graph like it normally does.
