Some recordings fail to playback on Android TV box

[bgowland]

I'm still in testing phase and most recordings I've made playback fine. Some give a few seconds of audio/video  then I get a popup ERROR_CODE_RECORDING_FAILED

It seems to be recordings from some channels but recordings from other channels don't do this.

I've included logs - the show which is failing is called Outrageous and channel is U&Drama which is on a different multiplex to the shows/channels that are working.

Cheers,

Brian

PS - Outrageous has recorded fine and plays OK connected to localhost in my browser.

[bgowland]

Having trouble attaching logs. Try again....

[mvallevand]

Logs need to be zipped and under 2MB otherwise an external link is required.

uidroid uses h/w for playback without remuxing so if your boxes specific h/w can't handle it there will be a decoding error. I am surprised with your error message from the API since it shouldn't know it is recorded I expect the real error is ERROR_CODE_DECODING_FAILED.

In general I would recommend remuxing (not transcoding) NextPVR recordings if this is a common problem. It is fast and mp4 or mkv containers play much better. If it is only certain channels you can tweak your post processing batch file.

Martin

[bgowland]

Sorry Martin, my bad. DECODING not RECORDING. I've also worked out the file size limit for attachments - using the web browser to zip was creating files just over 2MB.

It's currently 30 degC in my nerd room and my brain is melting. I'll check my Android box for playback settings. My new npvr machine will hopefully be up and running in the next day or so. I always used to convert recordings on my old system for playback on the PCH so I'll probably do that anyway. Thanks.

Cheers,
Brian

[mvallevand]

Outside it was in the upper 30's here and I was out most of the day so I can understand. There likely won't be any Android settings, this is h/w level decoding and each box will be different.

You can't go wrong using a remuxed mp4 You might be able to send me a a link to a 1 or 2 minute recording that fails to see if I can tweak the software reader (mediax) the uidroid uses.

Martin