James Fry wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am a long time (4+ years) TVH user and have been successfully recording UK freeview HD (DVB-T2) using a raspberry pi and nanostick 290e USB tuner. I still have this setup and its working fine.
> I also recently build a new VMware box and have tvh (4.1-2400~g9762916~trusty) running on a ubuntu VM.
> Since this server is nowhere near an aerial, I picked up a HDHomeRun connect (UK version) in january sales (I think only time I ever saw it discounted).
> The new ubuntu tvh and hdhr are all configured up, scanned, channels found, services mapped etc etc.
> I can schedule and record no problems.
>
> The problem is when I play back recordings using Kodi Krypton.
> I can play back from start, but if I skip forwards (not seek forwards) then Kodi message "Buffering 100%" is shown and the stream never resumes.
> This happens when playing back from kodi tvh PVR client and playing back as a video file.
I had similar issues when I used VMware, eventually decided to scrap it & run it directly on the machine. If you want to try and debug it, start tvheadend with "--debug all --trace all --logfile /tmp/tvh.log", attempt to play/rw & look at the logs. That should tell you what the problem is.
> Seeking through the video works well most of the time, but even this seems a bit problematic.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what is causing the issues?
> Pretty sure it must be a Kodi/HDHR issue since not having the problem with my RPi/290e setup.
> BTW recording profile same for both systems - matroska profile, no transcoding.
> Both systems are recording to and playing back from my freeNas NAS (the same directory).
>
> Also BTW the recordings seem to play back fine in other players on my PC (VLC, Win 10 video player), however plex also has issues playing.
>
> Any pointers on what may be the cause? Or how to debug it further myself (will stream errors get logged in a way I could use?)
>
>
> Thanks all in advance!
