Every record is terminated early

[sub]

I'm wondering if your firewall is blocking the NextPVR server from being able to connect out to the internet?

In your logs:

2023-08-10 12:59:01.191 [DEBUG][9] About to start recording (867 on 22): E:\Aufnahme2\Quick Pitch\Quick Pitch_20230810_13001400.ts
2023-08-10 12:59:01.191 [DEBUG][9] (Recording is due to be stopped at 10.08.2023 14:00)
2023-08-10 12:59:01.191 [DEBUG][9] Free space 296022994944 (E:\)
2023-08-10 12:59:01.191 [DEBUG][9] IPTV StartStream
2023-08-10 12:59:01.191 [DEBUG][9] IPTV StartStream@2
2023-08-10 12:59:01.191 [DEBUG][9] IPTV StartStream@3
2023-08-10 12:59:01.191 [DEBUG][9] IPTV StartStream@3.1
2023-08-10 12:59:01.191 [DEBUG][9] IPTV StartStream@3.2
2023-08-10 12:59:01.192 [DEBUG][9] ConnectToURL: http://neczmabfa.to:80/.../ts?.... [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]

Then after 20 seconds, it times out trying to connect to your IPTV service:

2023-08-10 12:59:22.276 [DEBUG][9] WebException: System.Net.WebException: Ein Verbindungsversuch ist fehlgeschlagen, da die Gegenstelle nach einer bestimmten Zeitspanne nicht richtig reagiert hat, oder die hergestellte Verbindung war fehlerhaft, da der verbundene Host nicht reagiert hat. [::ffff:45.88.200.86]:80 (neczmabfa.to:80)
---> System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: Ein Verbindungsversuch ist fehlgeschlagen, da die Gegenstelle nach einer bestimmten Zeitspanne nicht richtig reagiert hat, oder die hergestellte Verbindung war fehlerhaft, da der verbundene Host nicht reagiert hat. [::ffff:45.88.200.86]:80 (neczmabfa.to:80)
---> System.Net.Internals.SocketExceptionFactory+ExtendedSocketException (10060): Ein Verbindungsversuch ist fehlgeschlagen, da die Gegenstelle nach einer bestimmten Zeitspanne nicht richtig reagiert hat, oder die hergestellte Verbindung war fehlerhaft, da der verbundene Host nicht reagiert hat. [::ffff:45.88.200.86]:80

After this, it falls back to asking ffmpeg to try converting the stream.

I'm able to decrypt the url from these log messages, so I very briefly tried your stream here. For me it's working, and connects correctly, without timeout and needing ffmpeg.

[sub]

Weirdly though, I can see some successful connections in your logs.

Can we see a log with another recording attempt? It looks like there was only one recording attempt since installing the updated dll, and it timed out trying to connect to your IPTV service in that attempt. Maybe the IPTV service was down when that attempt happened above.

[Buckaragua]

After installing the new dll and a reboot I scheduled eight recordings or so.

But I will schedule some more for the night.

It is quite possible that they were down at 10.59 and 12.59 because there was nothing at that time. Normaly they are reliable with close to zero down time.

And why should the firewall all of the sudden block it after never blocking it?? I checked the firewall settings, NextPVR and the services are unlocked.

It's starting to dawn on me that the problems might be caused by the IPTV provider changing something that is causing the problems. And NextPVR can't help it. The only strange thing is that playing the streams works properly.

Maybe it is time to move on and test another provider, maybe not. I don't know.

[sub]

And why should the firewall all of the sudden block it after never blocking it??

Previously NextPVR was never connecting directly to your IPTV service, because your provider was using relative path redirect that NextPVR didn't like, so it fell back to letting ffmpeg handle the stream.

That updated dll made it able to handle the redirect, so that NextPVR connect directly to your stream.

However, your last log only seems to show one attempted recording, and in that specific case, it was unable to connect to your IPTV service, so we didn't get as far as actually testing that change.

[Buckaragua]

Ok. I did the firewall settings not check for ffmpeg, which I added now in the settings (in the folder NextPVR/other).

I can narrow down the problem after 13 scheduled recordings from last night:
- the recordings from german, british and canadian channels all worked properly.
- the recordings only from us channels (here MLB Network HD US and ESPN 1 HD) are alle terminated early.

I will test now a record with the added ffmpeg firewall setting with MLB Network HD US.

[mvallevand]

Sub was hoping with the change to not fallback to ffmpeg on a failure so if ffmpeg is still being used there might be an issue and seeing the logs would still be helpful.

Maybe try with the firewall off to pinpoint if that is the problem. You should be able to test with LiveTV.

Martin

[Buckaragua]

OK. Test record failed after 40 seconds. 

VLC play is running, for over 12 minutes now. In the NextPVR client it stopped after about 5 Minutes, which is longer then any recording try of the channel.

What do you mean with "firewall of to pinpoint"?

[mvallevand]

I can see it stall for sure (or stop perhaps you have a limited number on connections)

2023-08-10 14:26:23.779 [DEBUG][24] Waiting for more data (pos: 11160996, len: 11161900, avail: 904, need:1316

You might need to enable verbose mode logging., Setting->General and hold the ctrl key and post those logs. I can't guarantee they don't expose private data though so have a look before uploading them.

You were talking about adding ffmpeg to your firewall exclusions. I was suggesting turning off the firewall entirely for one test.

Martin

[sub]

I can narrow down the problem after 13 scheduled recordings from last night:
- the recordings from german, british and canadian channels all worked properly.
- the recordings only from us channels (here MLB Network HD US and ESPN 1 HD) are alle terminated early.

It sounds like flaky streams from your IPTV provider for those channels coming from a US data center, or your connection to that site isn't able to keep up.

[Buckaragua]

You might need to enable verbose mode logging., Setting->General and hold the ctrl key and post those logs. I can't guarantee they don't expose private data though so have a look before uploading them.

I am in Settings->General and hold the crtl key...nothing happens.

Firewall off: Stopped recording after 17 min.