Watching Show in knewc 2.7.4 that is recording always jumps out

[jksmurf]

As subject really, I have an Android Sony TV running Kodi and knewc 2.7.4

I scheduled the record but am watching it while it records.
It jumps out. I go out and go back in again, catch up to the live feed and it jumps out.

It's pretty frustrating and I haven't actually changed anything?

Thanks for any suggestions!

k.

[mvallevand]

I started a forum support policy similar to on the Kodi forum that I don't respond to posts that need logs because it has become too common but for you I will make this exception. knewc didn't change anything on playback. I suspect it is that you play by http instead of a share or something in Kodi changed.

Martin

[jksmurf]

I started a forum support policy similar to on the Kodi forum that I don't respond to posts that need logs because it has become too common but for you I will make this exception.  knewc didn't change anything on playback.  I suspect it is that you play by http instead of a share or something in Kodi changed.

Martin

Hi Martin

Thanks for your patience I absolutely thought I had attached logs, here they are (hopefully) this will be the first time on the new forum.
Let me know if these show anything significant. I have not changed anything that I know of.

k.

[mvallevand]

Ok you are watching live tv not the recording and you likely don't have the live tv buffer mapped for sharing (Kodi debug logs show this) so you are using http which doesn't support growing files.

Martin

[jksmurf]

Ok you are watching live tv not the recording and you likely don't have the live tv buffer mapped for sharing (Kodi debug logs show this) so you are using http which doesn't support growing files.

Martin

OK, thank you Martin

So is this a Kodi Buffer or a NPVR one? I have a LiveTV Buffer in NPVR Settings as D:\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ 
Sorry if this sounds dim, but what do I need to do, share that Buffer in Kodi or assign a separate Buffer in Kodi?

or should I change the NPVR App in Kodi (under Advanced Settings, Video Streaming) to Time Shift (it is currently the default, Native)?
k.

EDIT - I already have these settings in Kodi on the TV.

<advancedsettings>
<cache>
<buffermode>1</buffermode>
<memorysize>104857600</memorysize>
<readfactor>8</readfactor>
</cache>

[BrettB]

Ok you are watching live tv not the recording and you likely don't have the live tv buffer mapped for sharing (Kodi debug logs show this) so you are using http which doesn't support growing files.

Martin

OK, thank you Martin

So is this a Kodi Buffer or a NPVR one? I have a LiveTV Buffer in NPVR Settings as D:\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ 
Sorry if this sounds dim, but what do I need to do, share that Buffer in Kodi or assign a separate Buffer in Kodi?

Should I change the NPVR App in Kodi (under Advanced Settings, Video Streaming) to Time Shift (it is currently the default, Native)?
k.

EDIT - I already have these settings in Kodi on the TV.

<advancedsettings>
    <cache>
<buffermode>1</buffermode>
<memorysize>104857600</memorysize>
<readfactor>8</readfactor>
  </cache>

I believe that you need to use Windows to share the D:\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ via SMB. Then you need to use PathSubstitution in your advancedsettings to map from D:\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ to \\servername\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ (of course use your servername and the share name you used when you shared the folder).

[jksmurf]

Ok you are watching live tv not the recording and you likely don't have the live tv buffer mapped for sharing (Kodi debug logs show this) so you are using http which doesn't support growing files.

Martin

OK, thank you Martin

So is this a Kodi Buffer or a NPVR one? I have a LiveTV Buffer in NPVR Settings as D:\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ 
Sorry if this sounds dim, but what do I need to do, share that Buffer in Kodi or assign a separate Buffer in Kodi?

Should I change the NPVR App in Kodi (under Advanced Settings, Video Streaming) to Time Shift (it is currently the default, Native)?
k.

EDIT - I already have these settings in Kodi on the TV.

<advancedsettings>
    <cache>
<buffermode>1</buffermode>
<memorysize>104857600</memorysize>
<readfactor>8</readfactor>
  </cache>

I believe that you need to use Windows to share the D:\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ via SMB. Then you need to use PathSubstitution in your advancedsettings to map from D:\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ to \\servername\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ (of course use your servername and the share name you used when you shared the folder).

Hmmm. I did try that but still get the same effect.

[BrettB]

Ok you are watching live tv not the recording and you likely don't have the live tv buffer mapped for sharing (Kodi debug logs show this) so you are using http which doesn't support growing files.

Martin

OK, thank you Martin

So is this a Kodi Buffer or a NPVR one? I have a LiveTV Buffer in NPVR Settings as D:\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ 
Sorry if this sounds dim, but what do I need to do, share that Buffer in Kodi or assign a separate Buffer in Kodi?

Should I change the NPVR App in Kodi (under Advanced Settings, Video Streaming) to Time Shift (it is currently the default, Native)?
k.

EDIT - I already have these settings in Kodi on the TV.

<advancedsettings>
    <cache>
<buffermode>1</buffermode>
<memorysize>104857600</memorysize>
<readfactor>8</readfactor>
  </cache>

I believe that you need to use Windows to share the D:\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ via SMB. Then you need to use PathSubstitution in your advancedsettings to map from D:\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ to \\servername\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ (of course use your servername and the share name you used when you shared the folder).

Hmmm. I did try that but still get the same effect.

Where is your kodi debug log from a test after you set up the share and substitution?

[jksmurf]

Ok you are watching live tv not the recording and you likely don't have the live tv buffer mapped for sharing (Kodi debug logs show this) so you are using http which doesn't support growing files.

Martin

OK, thank you Martin

So is this a Kodi Buffer or a NPVR one? I have a LiveTV Buffer in NPVR Settings as D:\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ 
Sorry if this sounds dim, but what do I need to do, share that Buffer in Kodi or assign a separate Buffer in Kodi?

Should I change the NPVR App in Kodi (under Advanced Settings, Video Streaming) to Time Shift (it is currently the default, Native)?
k.

EDIT - I already have these settings in Kodi on the TV.

<advancedsettings>
    <cache>
<buffermode>1</buffermode>
<memorysize>104857600</memorysize>
<readfactor>8</readfactor>
  </cache>

I believe that you need to use Windows to share the D:\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ via SMB. Then you need to use PathSubstitution in your advancedsettings to map from D:\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ to \\servername\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ (of course use your servername and the share name you used when you shared the folder).

Hmmm. I did try that but still get the same effect.

Where is your kodi debug log from a test after you set up the share and substitution?

Hi Brett - here. I go into the show which is playing live, catch up within about 20~30 secs watch a wee bit then it carks out?

https://paste.kodi.tv/pivigifabe

cheers k.

EDIT1 - there are a lot of ffmpeg errors, do I need to update ffmpeg in NextPVR or in Kodi (18.4)?
EDIT2 - any chance it is a skin issue? A while back there was an estuary / confluence disucssion (I tried but no difference)

[BrettB]

OK, thank you Martin

So is this a Kodi Buffer or a NPVR one? I have a LiveTV Buffer in NPVR Settings as D:\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ 
Sorry if this sounds dim, but what do I need to do, share that Buffer in Kodi or assign a separate Buffer in Kodi?

Should I change the NPVR App in Kodi (under Advanced Settings, Video Streaming) to Time Shift (it is currently the default, Native)?
k.

EDIT - I already have these settings in Kodi on the TV.

<advancedsettings>
    <cache>
<buffermode>1</buffermode>
<memorysize>104857600</memorysize>
<readfactor>8</readfactor>
  </cache>

I believe that you need to use Windows to share the D:\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ via SMB. Then you need to use PathSubstitution in your advancedsettings to map from D:\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ to \\servername\GBPVRLiveTVBuffer\ (of course use your servername and the share name you used when you shared the folder).

Hmmm. I did try that but still get the same effect.

Where is your kodi debug log from a test after you set up the share and substitution?

Hi Brett - here. I go into the show which is playing live, catch up within about 20~30 secs watch a wee bit then it carks out?

https://paste.kodi.tv/pivigifabe

cheers k.

EDIT - there are a lot of ffmpeg errors, do I need to update ffmpeg in NextPVR or Kidi (18.4)?

It looks like the file is being opened via SMB not HTTP streaming:

Code:

2019-10-13 13:42:27.912 T:5665   DEBUG: CSMBFile::Open - opened smb://USER:PASSWORD@192.168.1.10/GBPVRVids/Rugby World Cup 2019 E38 ]/Rugby World Cup 2019 E38 ]_20191013_13301600.ts, fd=10000

The "]" character at the end of the show title for both the path and filename looks odd to me, but it seems to be working ok on that part.

I'm confused about why ffmpeg is being called. I don't see that on my RPis. Maybe your device isn't able to play the native stream (H.264 with AAC audio). And maybe ffmpeg in this case doesn't like growing files? I'm not sure. This is getting beyond my knowledge. Sorry.