Tvheadend

Thanks for testing and reporting. I cannot judge whether this is Synology-specific. Could you please open a ticket for this and see what the "general" experts say? If it is just "lack of horsepower", there is probably nothing we can do, but it might be something fixable as well...

Martin Walter wrote:

Thanks for testing and reporting. I cannot judge whether this is Synology-specific. Could you please open a ticket for this and see what the "general" experts say? If it is just "lack of horsepower", there is probably nothing we can do, but it might be something fixable as well...

Thanks for your reply, I trust that the synology has sufficient power since I can transcode HD by software in tvheadend without problem. Use transcoding with vaapi in plex and tvmosaic without problems.
I will Open a ticket to see if it can be solved.
The error it gives when I use transcoding vaapi is:

2019-02-12 12: 00: 27,459 libav: forced frame type (5) at 1 was changed to frame type (3)

2019-02-12 12: 00: 27,515 libav: forced frame type (5) at 2 was changed to frame type (3)

2019-02-12 12: 00: 27.555 libav: forced frame type (5) at 3 was changed to frame type (3)

2019-02-12 12: 00: 27.613 libav: forced frame type (5) at 4 was changed to frame type (3)

2019-02-12 12: 00: 27.690 libav: forced frame type (5) at 5 was changed to frame type (3)

2019-02-12 12: 00: 27,740 libav: forced frame type (5) at 6 was changed to frame type (3)

2019-02-12 12: 00: 27.792 libav: forced frame type (5) at 7 was changed to frame type (3)
The same error is repeated 8 times in a second.

Thank you very much for answering

Thanks, Christian! You have found a regression. Will address it with the SynoCommunity.

Thanks, Juan. Let me know if there is something Synology-specific and I'll try to help...

Hi there,

I've a DS216+ II (with an Intel Celeron N3060 dual-core 1.6GHz, burst up to 2.48GHz CPU, Braswell x64 Arch).
Regardless what I configure, I reach a 98% CPU usage on my NAS when it comes to transcoding in TVH 4.2.8 and this results in extreme judder.
Moreover I cannot use the VAAPI codecs (throw an error in TVH log).

Of course I have installed the ffmpeg package which comes along with TVH 4.2.8.

Am I doing something wrong? Because in the datasheet from Synology it says: "Single H.264/H.265 4K or triple Full
HD video transcoding on the fly"

Thanks and BR
Stefan

Stefan A S. Hmh, sotware decoding should work. Has it worked before or have you just tried it the first time? VAAPI (HW) transcoding has just been introduced, so there could be problems. Could you please post the errors you saw in the TVH log?

Hi Martin,

this is the log message, regardless which HW decoder I choose:

Loglevel debug: enabled
2019-02-13 19:06:51.620 mpegts: 330MHz in DVB-C Unitymedia HE - tuning on SAT>IP DVB-C Tuner #1 (192.168.1.1)
2019-02-13 19:06:51.620 subscription: 0590: "192.168.1.31 [ WebTV | Kodi Media Center ]" subscribing on channel "Das Erste HD", weight: 100, adapter: "SAT>IP DVB-C Tuner #1 (192.168.1.1)", network: "DVB-C Unitymedia HE", mux: "330MHz", provider: "ARD", service: "Das Erste HD", profile="WebTV", hostname="192.168.1.31", username="WebTV", client="Kodi Media Center" 
2019-02-13 19:06:52.324 transcode: 0067: 1:H264 1280x720 ==> H264 1280x720 (h264_vaapi)
2019-02-13 19:06:52.324 transcode: 0067: 2:MPEG2AUDIO ==> AAC (aac)
2019-02-13 19:06:52.491 transcode: 0067: Using preset veryfast
2019-02-13 19:06:52.491 libav: Specified pixel format yuv420p is invalid or not supported
2019-02-13 19:06:52.491 transcode: 0067: Unable to open h264_vaapi encoder
2019-02-13 19:07:01.591 subscription: 0590: "192.168.1.31 [ WebTV | Kodi Media Center ]" unsubscribing from "Das Erste HD", hostname="192.168.1.31", username="WebTV", client="Kodi Media Center" 
2019-02-13 19:07:01.591 libav: Qavg: 202.985
2019-02-13 19:07:01.591 libav: 2 frames left in the queue on closing

When I choose the libx264: libx264 H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 decoder or any other libx, I have 98% CPU usage while transcoding and hence it's unusable.

EDIT: ffmpeg Package (4.1-11) is installed accordingly.

Thanks and regards,
Stefan

Guys, somewhat bad news. I've tried to look into the errors and found the following thread on this very forum:
https://tvheadend.org/issues/5403

As you'll see, just having linked to an ffmpeg version that should support VAAPI HW transcoding, isn't sufficient. The stable 4.2.x builds just don't support internal HW transcoding yet. No idea when 4.4 is going to be released but release cycles with Tvheadend have been notoriously slow. As such, it seems this is still an unstable feature.

Again, I'm no transcoding expert and am lacking a platform to test things, but there might still be hope. 4.2.8 should allow usage of spawn profiles. To transcode, you'd have to install the latest SynoCommunity ffmpeg package (4.1) in addition to TVH. In the spawn profile you'd have to introduce a command line pipe utilizing /usr/local/ffmpeg/bin/ffmpeg (including the path information) with appropriate transcoding parameters (see other threads in this forum). Would someone here with the right setup and the necessary skills test whether that works and report back, please?

Hi Martin,

Thanks for the info. I need to check when I have time to investigate further and to gather the required info. But I'll try to check it within the next days.

BR
Stefan

Im having an issue where I cant log in to the web gui. I continually get 403 forbidden. I have uninstalled the package multiple times with no success.
How can I remove all users and start fresh?

dan m wrote:

Im having an issue where I cant log in to the web gui. I continually get 403 forbidden. I have uninstalled the package multiple times with no success.
How can I remove all users and start fresh?

Clear the cookies for your browser or use an incognito window

Mark Clarkstone wrote:

dan m wrote:

Im having an issue where I cant log in to the web gui. I continually get 403 forbidden. I have uninstalled the package multiple times with no success.
How can I remove all users and start fresh?

Clear the cookies for your browser or use an incognito window

Bugger me why didnt i think of that.. Cheers

I am now getting name-not-set in just about every channel. Ive tried all combinations the merge options. In the services tab all channels and numbers are named correctly. Any suggestions?

EDIT: After about the 20th attempt it just came good. Weird

Martin Walter wrote:

OK. Here you go:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x1spbigjho6zu38/tvheadend_x64-6.1_4.2.8-15.spk?dl=0
Please install manually and let me know whether it works now...

Hi Martin, can I use this version also for my RS815+ (Avoton Chip)? If not could you please compile me a version for my NAS?
I have bought a technotrend 3650 CI as well and I want to use it with my tvheadend.

Best regards,

RusselC

@RusselC
Yes, you can use the x64 builds for your system,too. Please just download it from here:
https://github.com/m4tt075/spksrc/releases/tag/tvh-4.2.8-fixes-3
This should contain all the latest fixes...
Please report back whether it works for you.

EDIT: Everything compiled fine, except the x64 package. Need to recompile it and upload. It will be there eventually, but will still take some time. Sorry. Please hang in...
EDIT2: OK, x64 has been uploaded and should work now as well...

Thanks for reporting and testing. TVH 4.2.8 has been republished on the SynoCommunity platform. It should fix the CA module regression as well as regressions with upgrades of legacy TVH packages, which have been reported elsewhere. The first post has been updated accordingly.

Still curious about the HW transcoding on x64 platforms using spawn profiles. Stefan A S.: Any news on this in the meantime?

Hi Martin,

no, I am sorry. I did not yet have the time and most probably I won't be able to do it in the near future because I am not used to that thing and need to dig into it.

Do you have any plans to build some Synology package based on TVH 4.3.x where the HW transcoding issue shall be working/fixed?

This would be awesome!

Many thanks and BR
Stefan

Hi Stefan,

I understand. No rush...

No, I won't build 4.3.x, as maintaining the stable builds is already eating up enough time and they work really well. J. Dierkse is still publishing experimental 4.3.x builds on syno.dierkse.nl from time to time (look at his 4.4 versions). You can try them. However, if things screw up, you are on your own. To the best of my knowledge he does not support those versions anymore. See post #1 and the first 4-5 pages of this thread for some of the history with mixing different versions...

Cheers,

Martin

I've been playing around with an implementation of WebGrab++ which (optionally) integrates with Tvheadend on Synology platforms. Just uploaded a test package (for all architectures) here: https://github.com/m4tt075/spksrc/releases/tag/webgrab-2.1-1
If there is interest, I'd appreciate testing and feedback. Please let me know...

Hi Martin,

Whats the advantage of WebGrab+ compared to other EPG Grabbers?

Thanks.
Stefan

Hi Martin,

I already use WebGrab++ along with my tvheadend on my NAS.
I would totally appreciate it if it would be implemented in Synology for tvheadend and maybe I can help with my experience.

I think I don't need mono for this version? I have to check how I can save my current configuration and will than test your package.

Thanks for your work.

BR

Russel

Stefan A S., breadth of configuration options, I guess. It comes with loads and loads of pre-configured xmltv sources and as such broad applicability. But honestly, it was the one I stumbled upon when looking for xmltv grabbers. There might be better options I'm simply not aware of. I've used EIT grabbers for years. Only recently entered the xmltv "world"...

@Russel Crowe: Much appreciated! Thanks.

As to your questions: You still need mono, but it is managed as a standard package depdency, i.e.: If you wanted to install the WebGrab++ package without Mono installed, DSM would complain that you'd have to install Mono first. Bu you can just intall the SynoCommunity Mono version and be done with it. The WebGrab++ package will integrate Mono automatically. No need to interfere with this aspect via ssh and command line anymore.

The only thing still requiring manual intervention, should be to amend the WebGrab++.config.xml file and insert "your" channel lines from the siteini.pack directory files, which are located in the /usr/local/webgrabplus/var as well. At least this is how I used it so far. Not sure there are "fancier" use cases that are not covered yet. But if so, please let me know...

Hi Martin,

Thank you for your answer. The installation worked well without any issue.
It seems that the sideinit packages are not the latest one.

For the configuration I've used my old config lines for your package.
My former installation was stored in a shared folder and I linked the grab file into usr/bin.
So I had access to the config directly over the share. But it is no problem to get access to the target directory as well.

Should I share some files to you to compare?

BR,

Russel

Hi Russel,

Thanks. That's great. I assume you ticked the configuration box for donloading and installing the latest siteini pacakges during installation, righ?
If so, yes, it would be great if you could share the files that differ.

Again, thanks for testing!

Martin

Hi Martin,

sry for the late reply.

I found a version 2.1.1 on the webgrab++ side and a side package with the recommend version 2.1.1
I don't know if this source code is available to.

I tried to reinstall your package several times and discover that the system integration get lost if you not tick the responsable configuration box. It will remove the current integration.
My aim was to reinstall only your linked side package and so I only ticked this box. With reinstalling the package the script deleted than the cron tab entry and the tv_grab file.
My suggetion is that with a second or third installation the integration should not be deleted.
Only with a deinstallation the integration should be deleted as well.

BR,

Russel

Hi all,
How can I intergrate comskip?
Can anyone provide all the steps necessary to achieve that?

I am using 4.3 now and comskip is intergated in that build but it has some issues and want to switch to stable.
Thanks