Streaming Failed (transcoder exited)

[NND]

Those logs are from a back-up PC. My provider had changed the password on my account last week, and I didn't get around to updating it on the back-up PC right away. That's why those 'Unauthorized' errors are there. They're not a problem.

[mvallevand]

Then you need to provide better logs showing recordings fail if that is the real problem you want looked at.

Martin

[NND]

Hi, Martin.  Thanks for sticking with this.  Attached are the current logs from my primary PC.  Most often I'm finding that recordings don't show as 'Failed Recordings' in NextPVR, but instead are listed in the 'Recent Recordings' screen, even though they may only have a length of 10-20 seconds.  When I look in the Windows folders, I see .ts files with 0 bytes file size.  If I try to play any of these recordings from the Recent Recordings screen, I get the error message 'Requested stream failed to start'.  Not all recordings fail, because some channels seem to play OK, while others do not, at least in the Browser client.

[mvallevand]

That makes more sense and this is totally in subs hands now

2020-12-27 16:59:12.713 [DEBUG][9] abandoning connection due to content-type


2020-12-27 05:19:11.864 [ERROR][9] System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at NShared.IPTVRecorder.ConnectToURL(String url, Int32 depth)

2020-12-27 05:19:39.274 [ERROR][9] System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at NShared.IPTVRecorder.ConnectToURL(String url, Int32 depth)

Martin

[sub]

Try with this updated NShared.dll, then post the logs again. This version adds some logging of the content type.

[NND]

Thanks, Sub.  NShared.dll placed in NextPVR folder, service stopped and restarted, browser client reopened, and tried live streaming a few of the problematic streams.  One worked, the others didn't.  New logs attached.

[sub]

Are you sure your account is still active?

2020-12-27 21:05:40.099 [DEBUG][62] WebException: System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.

[NND]

Yes, I'm sure my account is still active, but the provider is having a problem at the moment not being able to provide multiple connections (I pay for two). To compensate, they have given me a second account for a temporary period until the problem is fixed (hopefully this week sometime), but if I still have two recordings scheduled in the guide at the same time, One of them will fail. That's no doubt what is causing the (403) Forbidden message, but it's not what is concerning me. The bigger issue is that quite a few streams won't play at all, even when nothing else is being played or recorded (and it's not because of the Forbidden issue).

[NND]

Look at the three most recent streaming attempts in this log file.  No 'Forbiddens' there, but still did not work.

[mvallevand]

Why you continue to a test with Live TV seems senseless, since we know that problem with that is that ffmpeg cannot handle that stream. If you want a solution for recordings test with recordings.

Martin