Streamlink + NextPVR + Pluto TV Stream Freezes During Ads

[wrenloren]

Hello, everyone. I recently set up NextPVR with the Pluto TV Extra plugin via Streamlink. However, I've found that the stream pauses when I enter or exit advertising on Pluto TV. I assume this is connected to Pluto's handling of HLSS. I've had this problem while using NextPVR's web client, the local client, and Kodi.

The NextPVR community stated that Streamlink had addressed this issue, yet even with the most recent version, I am still experiencing issues.

I have a few questions.

https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?basketball starstid=66190  

1. Where do I find the Streamlink logs in Windows 10?** I searched Temp, AppData, and the installation directory but could not find them. Accessing these logs would greatly aid in narrowing down the issue for a bug report on GitHub.
   
2. Does anyone know of a way to prevent the stream from freezing? 
   

For reference, I'm running Streamlink 6.5.0-2 on Windows 10 Pro 22H2 19045.3516. Thanks in advance for any assistance!

[mvallevand]

When you searched the community you clearly were reading what you wanted to read streamlink does not address the issue but it some situations it might be better than URL's from iptv.-org and that is about it. Some users have posted about success but if you read the whole thread you will see that isn't the case.

You also may have overlooked that I no longer support the extra, I need to try and search out where you downloaded it so I can remove lingering packages. It is configured in %APPDATA%\streamlink\ but you will need to run a CLI since the extra didn't enable logging. Don't have high hopes that they can solve this anytime soon.

Martin

[DessieJerde]

You can handle them bnwgf by increasing the buffer which will help handle the stream better when the ad ends. Use the following command:

Code:

streamlink --player-args "--cache=4096" <stream_url> best