# Plex won't play m3u8 **URL:** \ **Category:** Live TV & DVR\ **Tags:** livetv-dvr\ **Created:** [August 4, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-wont-play-m3u8/733904 "2021-08-04T16:52:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![piratko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85e7bf/32.png) [@piratko](https://forums.plex.tv/u/piratko)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-wont-play-m3u8/733904/1 "2021-08-04T16:52:49Z")
Server Version#: 1.23.5.4862 Player Version#: plex for windows Version 1.33.0.2444-a220eae4 Tuner Make/Model: latest xTeVe Guide/Lineup name: Using XMLTV?: no Channel number/Name: Any idea why plex won’t play a [m3u8](https://manifest.googlevideo.com/api/manifest/hls_playlist/expire/1628111911/ei/x68KYYXREY-NgAfS64-QBg/ip/94.155.73.244/id/sPgqEHsONK8.3/itag/95/source/yt_live_broadcast/requiressl/yes/ratebypass/yes/live/1/sgoap/gir%3Dyes%3Bitag%3D140/sgovp/gir%3Dyes%3Bitag%3D136/hls_chunk_host/r3---sn-8p85jvh-nv4l.googlevideo.com/playlist_duration/30/manifest_duration/30/gcr/bg/vprv/1/playlist_type/DVR/initcwndbps/11910/mh/nD/mm/44/mn/sn-8p85jvh-nv4l/ms/lva/mv/m/mvi/3/pcm2cms/yes/pl/20/dover/11/keepalive/yes/fexp/24001373,24007246/mt/1628089715/sparams/expire,ei,ip,id,itag,source,requiressl,ratebypass,live,sgoap,sgovp,playlist_duration,manifest_duration,gcr,vprv,playlist_type/sig/AOq0QJ8wRgIhAP8f1iZDhTmwRh6YWOMCezRTAItqFT8v7fBU1CiZ1_JMAiEA3gs09D8a0_OD_UKxEejhWtGUowsuRArDjpwOhjEM79I%3D/lsparams/hls_chunk_host,initcwndbps,mh,mm,mn,ms,mv,mvi,pcm2cms,pl/lsig/AG3C_xAwRgIhAL7SCDxzvAGsD3i2a_SxQUiQ38RMGVTjEadRb9W4n7YyAiEA14giWsdNLe7-ZXvUzqhtonZ5iSlvCtYSeIluUoo1UUY%3D/playlist/index.m3u8) that’s being successfully passed from xTeVe?! The .m3u (containing the m3u8) published by xteve plays just fine in VLC but plex throws the following error: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/1/2/12ff6a3954c06d0811cda4c1daedd96ceb5be8ff.png) Here’s the plex log excerpt: - [Aug 04, 2021 17:56:09.613 [20036] DEBUG - DVR:NewSchedule: Between 2021-08-04 1 - Pastebin.com](https://pastebin.com/VHvw4gJj) thanks!!! ---
**Author:** ![piratko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85e7bf/32.png) [@piratko](https://forums.plex.tv/u/piratko)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-wont-play-m3u8/733904/2 "2021-08-07T08:18:06Z")
no one? not a clue? ---
**Author:** ![kegbeach](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/kegbeach/32/216116_2.png) [@kegbeach](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kegbeach)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-wont-play-m3u8/733904/3 "2021-08-07T08:43:00Z")
Turn subtitles off. ---
**Author:** ![piratko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85e7bf/32.png) [@piratko](https://forums.plex.tv/u/piratko)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-wont-play-m3u8/733904/4 "2021-08-07T08:59:18Z")
Where would i do that? The thing is the player never starts because the error thing pops up, so no playback controls (subs)… ---
**Author:** ![kegbeach](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/kegbeach/32/216116_2.png) [@kegbeach](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kegbeach)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-wont-play-m3u8/733904/5 "2021-08-07T09:07:59Z")
Play a channel that works and then turn subtitles off. Then try the broken channel again. Or go into Plex settings and turn them off. Not sure if subtitles are the problem but the log file says no codec found to play them so this is where I would start. MDE: : selected subtitle stream has no codec ---
**Author:** ![piratko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85e7bf/32.png) [@piratko](https://forums.plex.tv/u/piratko)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-wont-play-m3u8/733904/6 "2021-08-07T10:57:33Z")
Thanks for chiming in. I did figure it out, and it turned out to be something else. As soon as I enabled the streaming buffer in xTeVe (it seems to be disabled by default) all channels started coming through. ---
**Author:** ![kegbeach](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/kegbeach/32/216116_2.png) [@kegbeach](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kegbeach)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-wont-play-m3u8/733904/7 "2021-08-07T17:25:05Z")
Weird, I don’t have the streaming buffer turned on because it caused problems with looping streams. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-wont-play-m3u8/733904/8 "2021-11-05T17:25:57Z")
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