Using uidroid oddities

[Jaggy]

I have a couple of oddities when using uidroid that I have no idea how to overcome.

As Martin already knows I am running uidroid using Chromecast with Google TVs (a 4k model sitting room & a HD model bed room) connected through power pass usb-c hubs with wired LAN.

I have a couple of this one
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085XZ...RJP9&psc=1
and a couple of Dick Smith ones that look pretty much the same.

Now this really weird problem happens after it has been running (mostly) fine for about a month (if not longer)
The remotes will become sluggish to use & after a while like this anything (through Recordings) you try to play will just display a grey screen (with the blue overlay at the bottom I think from memory) & not play.

When this happened (for the second time) recently I suggested the wife re-booted her Chromecast by pulling the power into the hub out for 30seconds & see what happened....
well it didn't help, but she could still watch videos (that she did that night) using the Chromecast from youTube & they played fine.

The next day she decided to give it a longer re-boot & while it was un-powered I went over to the workshop & rebooted the server which hadn't been rebooted for months but it made no difference.
At this point I said to the wife that the last time it went something like this all I did was change over the hub to the one like the one I use for the sitting room so I then changed it over to the one I removed the time before & after the full reboot it now plays recording fine again.

As I said earlier "weird or what?"

The only difference apart for the slight difference in Chromcast models is that at night I 'exit' uidroid from the menu before I turn the TV off where as the wife just turns her TV off.


The second oddity we have is using the remotes in that "at times" they will go into double click mode, ie. trying to do a number skip & select "3" will give "33" and a "back" click will give "back back" etc. which is bloody annoying.... but it doesn't happen all the time just seems to go into a phase when it does & then later it will be back to fine again.

[mvallevand]

Without logs there are no problems so the next time you get a grey screen send them.

The double key could be PEBCAK and not being patient with a network app/ or a dirty or failing remote but it has nothing to to do with udroid. I have had some cheap remotes fail.

The difference between Exit and letting it timeout with the TV off is mainly the server is not being reset, Changing hubs will actually change the client IP so you will get a new session and the server session could be the issue.

Definitely don't power off the monitor with video playing and expect a clean experience.

Martin

[Jaggy]

Without logs there are no problems so the next time you get a grey screen send them.

The double key could be PEBCAK and not being patient with a network app/ or a dirty or failing remote but it has nothing to to do with udroid.  I have had some cheap remotes fail.

The difference between Exit and letting it timeout with the TV off is mainly the server is not being reset,  Changing hubs will actually change the client IP so you will get a new session and the server session could be the issue.

Definitely don't power off the monitor with video playing and expect a clean experience. 

Martin

Yes I will include logs if (more likely when) it happens again.

As for my remote the one I use mostly is the BuzzTV remote & it doesn't feel like a cheap remote... BTW I never though any of these issues directly related to uidroid as such.

The New server session wasn't something I had thought about but may be useful to know for the future.

She most definitely doesn't power off with a video playing, normally she will have been asleep for hours prior to powering off & the TV will be displaying the "No Signal" message when she turns it off.

[mvallevand]

One of the changes from mpvmc is the auto shutdown of of uidroid because people do fall asleep. However the no signal would indicate a Chromecast power down I don't know anything about how it goes to sleep or powers down.

Martin

[Jaggy]

Looking forward & trying to diminish the likely hood of it happening, do you think a regular router re-boot would make a difference? (maybe even too both issues)

[mvallevand]

I don't see the router making a significant difference especially if you have a good one that is able to reliably assign the same IP using DHCP after the reboot. That being said best practice for security is to reboot it regularly.

Martin

[Jaggy]

OK it is not a month but it seems something similar is happening right now where in it just locks on the first screen when trying to play recordings that were recorded locally from DVB-S (these will be .ts files) but they both play fine on the sitting room TV. The ones she has been trying were SharkTank S05E06 & The Unxplained.

Just a FYI I am able to play & skip without issue with local recordings that are .ts format on the sitting room TV, I do it every night & have had no issue with this all the time since I upgraded NextPVR.

[mvallevand]

There are two clients .07 and .08 .08 seems to have worked overnight and in the early hours but .07 hasn't been on since last night and I didn't see .07 playing either file.

Martin

[Jaggy]

Oops that was me trying to keep clean logs & not thinking about comparing ..... new logs attached that should have 07 playing those recordings.

[mvallevand]

Which one isn't working I see .07 playing Shark Tank ok recently

Martin