IPTV AU Channel 9 channels not working

[TheFonz]

Hi,
I updated to 7.1.1.260616 and Channel 9 channels does not seem to work.
I get this in the logs

Code:

2026-06-18 08:37:09.880    [DEBUG][22]    {"status": "Starting Device. Please Wait...","final": false,"speed": 1,"duration": 0,"percentage": 0}
2026-06-18 08:37:10.271    [DEBUG][5]    File is completed
2026-06-18 08:37:10.271    [DEBUG][5]    reached end of rolling file. Dropping connection...(2) (available=0 of=1316)
2026-06-18 08:37:10.271    [DEBUG][5]    StopStream @cleanup
2026-06-18 08:37:10.296    [DEBUG][5]    StopStream(1376257)...
2026-06-18 08:37:10.296    [DEBUG][5]    clientHandle[4b81328e-8838-4bf7-98a7-7b6000ff7e91] = 1376257
2026-06-18 08:37:10.296    [DEBUG][5]    Calling StopStream()
2026-06-18 08:37:10.298    [DEBUG][5]    StopStream() done
2026-06-18 08:37:10.304    [DEBUG][5]    StopStream @cleanup@1
2026-06-18 08:37:10.304    [DEBUG][5]    Cleaning up: /buffer/live-Channel 9-1-1.ts
2026-06-18 08:37:10.310    [DEBUG][5]    StopStream @cleanup2
2026-06-18 08:37:10.311    [DEBUG][7]    [FFMPEG]: http://127.0.0.1:8866/live?channeloid=7541&transcoder=149d6c84-20fd-4301-9cb9-004dd763a599&sid=4b81328e-8838-4bf7-98a7-7b6000ff7e91&client=4b81328e-8838-4bf7-98a7-7b6000ff7e91: Invalid data found when processing input
2026-06-18 08:37:10.391    [DEBUG][5]    Got request [192.168.1.146]: /services/service (channel.transcode.status)
2026-06-18 08:37:10.391    [DEBUG][5]    parameters:
2026-06-18 08:37:10.391    [DEBUG][5]       method: channel.transcode.status
2026-06-18 08:37:10.391    [DEBUG][5]       format: json
2026-06-18 08:37:10.391    [DEBUG][5]       sid: 4b81328e-8838-4bf7-98a7-7b6000ff7e91
2026-06-18 08:37:10.391    [DEBUG][5]       client_ip: 192.168.1.146
2026-06-18 08:37:10.391    [DEBUG][5]       client_local: true
2026-06-18 08:37:10.391    [DEBUG][5]       user_agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/149.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
2026-06-18 08:37:10.391    [DEBUG][5]       host_callback: ...
2026-06-18 08:37:10.391    [DEBUG][5]    GetStatus() got transcoder
2026-06-18 08:37:10.391    [DEBUG][5]    GetStatus()@nochild
2026-06-18 08:37:10.391    [DEBUG][5]    {"status": "Streaming Failed (transcoder exited)","final": true,"duration": 0,"percentage": 0}
2026-06-18 08:37:19.742    [DEBUG][12]    PowerManagement AllowSleep (needs implementation)
2026-06-18 08:37:19.742    [DEBUG][12]    No longer active
2026-06-18 08:37:19.835    [DEBUG][26]    Got request [192.168.1.146]: /services/service (channel.transcode.stop)
2026-06-18 08:37:19.836    [DEBUG][26]    parameters:
2026-06-18 08:37:19.836    [DEBUG][26]       method: channel.transcode.stop
2026-06-18 08:37:19.836    [DEBUG][26]       format: json
2026-06-18 08:37:19.836    [DEBUG][26]       sid: 4b81328e-8838-4bf7-98a7-7b6000ff7e91
2026-06-18 08:37:19.836    [DEBUG][26]       client_ip: 192.168.1.146
2026-06-18 08:37:19.836    [DEBUG][26]       client_local: true
2026-06-18 08:37:19.836    [DEBUG][26]       user_agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/149.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
2026-06-18 08:37:19.836    [DEBUG][26]       host_callback: ...
2026-06-18 08:37:19.836    [DEBUG][26]    {"stat":"ok"}

It worked on a previous version without any issue.  Other channels using the same provider work fine.

If you need anymore info please let me know.

Cheers,
_Fonz

[mvallevand]

Snippets are useless zipped full logs only are what help us.

Martin

[TheFonz]

see attached.

Thanks

[mvallevand]

It it only channel 9 failing? All the mjh URLs are sent to ffmpeg and are processed the same way, but it looks like channel 9 NSW and others might have been imported with an older version of NextPVR

If updating the m3u list doesn't help does this generate errors?

Code:

ffmpeg -y -user_agent "otg/1.5.1 (AppleTv Apple TV 4; tvOS16.0; appletv.client) libcurl/7.58.0 OpenSSL/1.0.2o zlib/1.2.11 clib/1.8.56"   -headers "Referer: " -i https://i.mjh.nz/.r/channel-9-nsw.m3u8 -vcodec copy -codec:a:0 aac -strict experimental -ac 2 -ab 128000 -f mpegts  -y /dev/null

Martin

[TheFonz]

Ran that command inside the docker container:

Code:

[hls @ 0x583d67363b80] Opening 'https://9now-livestreams-fhd-t.akamaized.net/u/prod/simulcast/syd/ch9/hls/r1/index_7_0_15584153.aac?m=1736738234' for reading
[hls @ 0x583d67363b80] Opening 'https://9now-livestreams-fhd-t.akamaized.net/u/prod/simulcast/syd/ch9/hls/r1/index_8_0_15584152.ec3?m=1736738234' for reading
[hls @ 0x583d67363b80] Opening 'https://9now-livestreams-fhd-t.akamaized.net/u/prod/simulcast/syd/ch9/hls/r1/index_8_0_15584153.ec3?m=1736738234' for reading
[hls @ 0x583d67363b80] detected format eac3 extension eac3 mismatches allowed extensions in url https://9now-livestreams-fhd-t.akamaized.net/u/prod/simulcast/syd/ch9/hls/r1/index_8_0_15584141.ec3?m=1736738234
[hls @ 0x583d67363b80] Error when loading first segment 'https://9now-livestreams-fhd-t.akamaized.net/u/prod/simulcast/syd/ch9/hls/r1/index_8_0_15584141.ec3?m=1736738234'
https://i.mjh.nz/.r/channel-9-nsw.m3u8: Invalid data found when processing input

Hoping this helps.

The other channels on the m3u8 list work fine - except for Channel 9 operated channels.
Cheers!

[mvallevand]

If ffmpeg doesn't load it NextPVR can't stream it. Are you in Australia?

Martin

[TheFonz]

Yep in Australia.

Testing GEM (another Channel 9 own channel - DOESN'T Work) :

Code:

[hls @ 0x58be3b3ddb80] Opening 'https://9now-livestreams-fhd-t.akamaized.net/u/prod/simulcast/syd/gem/hls/r1/index_8_0_15575750.ec3?m=1736738304' for reading
[hls @ 0x58be3b3ddb80] Opening 'https://9now-livestreams-fhd-t.akamaized.net/u/prod/simulcast/syd/gem/hls/r1/index_8_0_15575751.ec3?m=1736738304' for reading
[hls @ 0x58be3b3ddb80] detected format eac3 extension eac3 mismatches allowed extensions in url https://9now-livestreams-fhd-t.akamaized.net/u/prod/simulcast/syd/gem/hls/r1/index_8_0_15575740.ec3?m=1736738304
[hls @ 0x58be3b3ddb80] Error when loading first segment 'https://9now-livestreams-fhd-t.akamaized.net/u/prod/simulcast/syd/gem/hls/r1/index_8_0_15575739.ec3?m=1736738304'
https://i.mjh.nz/.r/gem-nsw.m3u8: Invalid data found when processing input

Testing GO (another Channel 9 own channel - Works):

Code:

[https @ 0x57747b176d00] Opening 'https://9now-livestreams-fhd-t.akamaized.net/u/prod/simulcast/syd/go/hls/r1/index_5_0.m3u8' for reading
[hls @ 0x57747adb0b80] Skip ('#EXT-X-VERSION:3')
[hls @ 0x57747adb0b80] Skip ('#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE:103984')
[hls @ 0x57747adb0b80] Skip ('#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2026-06-19T03:53:37.005Z')
[hls @ 0x57747adb0b80] Skip ('#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2026-06-19T03:54:03.885Z')
[hls @ 0x57747adb0b80] Skip ('#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2026-06-19T03:54:30.765Z')
[hls @ 0x57747adb0b80] Skip ('#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2026-06-19T03:54:57.645Z')
[https @ 0x57747d751800] Opening 'https://9now-livestreams-fhd-t.akamaized.net/u/prod/simulcast/syd/go/hls/r1/index_5_0_15641729.aac?m=1736738027' for reading
frame=  764 fps= 72 q=-1.0 size=   15872kB time=00:00:30.52 bitrate=4259.3kbits/s speed=2.88x 

[mvallevand]

Thanks I thought you had a tricky username with NZ

Do you use a VPN that might be hiding your Australian IP?

Martin

[TheFonz]

Nope no VPN
Not sure if I mentioned but it does work in VLC :/

[mvallevand]

Try that command outside Docker than. Also how long to you let it run?

Martin