Fork of SageTV MiniClient for Android TV

[DarkWolf77]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

If you are using OPENDCT ... I would change this setting on all to encode_digital_tv_as_program_stream=false

Ok, got it set to false on all the OpenDCT tuners, but true on the Hauppage tuner. Is that right?

Also, I can confirm that Sage is definitely transcoding the stream.

[jvl711]

Originally Posted by DarkWolf77

Ok, got it set to false on all the OpenDCT tuners, but true on the Hauppage tuner. Is that right?

Also, I can confirm that Sage is definitely transcoding the stream.

If SageTV is transcoding the stream that would be your issue. The out of the box transcoding profile is not liked much by either IJKPlayer or ExoPlayer. Do you know why it is transcoding? What settings are you using for streaming in the Android client? Fixed, Push, Dynamic? Are you using my updated Sage.jar?

Thanks,
Josh

[DarkWolf77]

Originally Posted by jvl711

If SageTV is transcoding the stream that would be your issue. The out of the box transcoding profile is not liked much by either IJKPlayer or ExoPlayer. Do you know why it is transcoding? What settings are you using for streaming in the Android client? Fixed, Push, Dynamic? Are you using my updated Sage.jar?

Thanks,
Josh

It's set on Dynamic and I didn't know there was a special jar to install... where do I get that? I saw that Sage itself hasn't been updated for almost a year...

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by DarkWolf77

It's set on Dynamic and I didn't know there was a special jar to install... where do I get that? I saw that Sage itself hasn't been updated for almost a year...

https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/sho...87&postcount=1

[DarkWolf77]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/sho...87&postcount=1

Oh geez, now I feel like a dummy... I'll install this and try it out.

Looks like I install the jar and then set the streaming mode to fixed?

[DarkWolf77]

Finally got a chance to try it over the weekend, and it seems to work! Except now I'm getting exoplayer errors during playback and video just goes black. Something about an unknown format (the error fades away very fast).

[phelme]

Originally Posted by DarkWolf77

Finally got a chance to try it over the weekend, and it seems to work! Except now I'm getting exoplayer errors during playback and video just goes black. Something about an unknown format (the error fades away very fast).

I've had to go to IJKPlayer exclusively as Exoplayer keeps crashing on my Chromecast when shuttling. Someday I'll have to figure out how to save the client logs. :/

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by phelme

I've had to go to IJKPlayer exclusively as Exoplayer keeps crashing on my Chromecast when shuttling. Someday I'll have to figure out how to save the client logs. :/

Are you using OPENDCT ... I am starting to think that is the problem as Imported Recordings from Channels DVR play flawlessly ... recording Via OPENDCT sometimes give me errors at the end. It has been years since FFMPEG in OpenDCT as been updated.

[phelme]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Are you using OPENDCT ... I am starting to think that is the problem as Imported Recordings from Channels DVR play flawlessly ... recording Via OPENDCT sometimes give me errors. It has been years since FFMPEG in OpenDCT as been updated.

No, I'm using PrimeNetEncoder for my HDHomeRuns. The two methods came out about the same time and as I remember it was somewhat easier to setup and since it still works never changed to OpenDCT.

it really is strange with the Exoplayer shuttling crashes, doesn't seem to happen on my Sony TV's w/Android or the FireSticks, but is common with the Chromecasts.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by phelme

No, I'm using PrimeNetEncoder for my HDHomeRuns. The two methods came out about the same time and as I remember it was somewhat easier to setup and since it still works never changed to OpenDCT.

it really is strange with the Exoplayer shuttling crashes, doesn't seem to happen on my Sony TV's w/Android or the FireSticks, but is common with the Chromecasts.

Can't you just Upgrade FFMPEG in PrimeNetEncoder and is that the one supported by Josh ? JVL711

[nyplayer]

Since the HDHomeRun support team has made great strides in cleaning up the streams ... I am currently running with ...

opendct.consumer.RawSageTVConsumerImpl

Rock solid Raw seems to be much better and no problems at all seeking is better.

[DarkWolf77]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Since the HDHomeRun support team has made great strides in cleaning up the streams ... I am currently running with ...

opendct.consumer.RawSageTVConsumerImpl

Rock solid Raw seems to be much better and no problems at all seeking is better.

I might try that. I feel like I take one step forward and two steps back with everything, lol.

I think I've narrowed down that the exoplayer fails when the audio format in the stream changes (such as going from a stereo commercial to a 5.1 tv show)

[jvl711]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Since the HDHomeRun support team has made great strides in cleaning up the streams ... I am currently running with ...

opendct.consumer.RawSageTVConsumerImpl

Rock solid Raw seems to be much better and no problems at all seeking is better.

I was surprised to see you post this, so I tried it myself. I only tested for a little while, but I will say I saw 0 issues. Very interesting indeed!

[jvl711]

Originally Posted by DarkWolf77

I might try that. I feel like I take one step forward and two steps back with everything, lol.

I think I've narrowed down that the exoplayer fails when the audio format in the stream changes (such as going from a stereo commercial to a 5.1 tv show)

Can you try setting the use ffmpeg extension in ExoPlayer settings to always. That might help with the changes in the audio stream.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by jvl711

I was surprised to see you post this, so I tried it myself. I only tested for a little while, but I will say I saw 0 issues. Very interesting indeed!

Yeah I have been running with it ... much improvement over the FFMPEG one.

[DarkWolf77]

Originally Posted by jvl711

Can you try setting the use ffmpeg extension in ExoPlayer settings to always. That might help with the changes in the audio stream.

If you mean the setting under "ExoPlayer Settings and Information" > "ExoPlayer FFmpeg Audio Extension", it's already set to "Preferred - Always use if possible"

[KeithAbbott]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Since the HDHomeRun support team has made great strides in cleaning up the streams ... I am currently running with ...

opendct.consumer.RawSageTVConsumerImpl

Rock solid Raw seems to be much better and no problems at all seeking is better.

What would be the benefit to switch from FFmpegTransSageTVConsumerImpl to RawSageTVConsumerImpl? Is the benefit strictly for the Android MiniClient, or would there also be a benefit for extenders and/or client? I'm also assuming that we would need to be on recent firmware for the HDHR Prime devices, to get the cleaner streams that you are describing.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by KeithAbbott

What would be the benefit to switch from FFmpegTransSageTVConsumerImpl to RawSageTVConsumerImpl? Is the benefit strictly for the Android MiniClient, or would there also be a benefit for extenders and/or client? I'm also assuming that we would need to be on recent firmware for the HDHR Prime devices, to get the cleaner streams that you are describing.

I do not use Extenders just Android/FireTV Clients. I always keep my firmware updated.

[nyplayer]

I created a profile that will simply remux to MKV you need to put it in the sage.properties file ... then you can set favorites to auto convert or manually convert files in Sage.... The only thing I could not get to work was showing the % converted it stays at 0 but completes in no time.

transcoder/formats/MKV-Remux\ MKV=f\=matroska;MCompressionDetails\=-c copy -map 0;]

Works great in converting to MKV no transcoding and move to preferred folder ...

[Carlton Bale]

I was using the Mini Client on my Nvidia Shields this weekend and had issues with both devices. The video would freeze every 2 seconds, then jump, then freeze. I disabled EXO player and the problem disappeared. I had previously disabled EXO player because of similar issues, but it somehow got re-enabled, presumably by an app update.

SageTV has worked for me for years, and then it suddenly stopped working. It's just the standard installation with a few plugins - I don't have the new transcode plugin installed because it breaks the Sage Mobile Web functionality.

My expectation would be that new releases would not cause this significant of a problem with existing installations. Any idea what would need to be done to solve this and prevent future issues?