Timeshift stream stops playback after a few secs

Added by Nathan Fieldhouse over 11 years ago

It seems there are a few of us who cannot get timeshift to work too well. I am currently using TVHeadend v3.4, enabled timeshifting. If I click the pause button it does pause but when I resume it only plays 2-3 seconds then stops. When its paused the time counter keeps going so I expect that means it is caching the stream. I have to stop playback then restart the channel to get it back. I have three PC's in the house running XBMC 12.1 and they all do the same thing.

Just tried version 3.5.115 off the unstable PPA to see if it changes anything. The first channel I started watching worked perfectly, I could pause and resume without issue on the OPENElec 3.0.1 box. Changed channel and back to the old problem, plays about 1-2 secs then stops. I did notice that when resume did work for the first time, after about 3 secs of play back the picture went all pixilated and messed up, then it came right and played fine. What are the chances that XBMC cannot handle this stream error correctly and so stops playback?

Tried the ubuntu 12.10 desktop with XBMC 12.1 and it had the same issue played for 2-3 secs then stopped.

Server PC -
TVHeadend 3.4 (Tried 3.5.115 same result)
2x DVB-T Hauppauge 1200 cards
quad-core AMD FM2
Gigabit ethernet

XBMC frontend PC's

Fusion E-350
openelec 3.0.1

Shuttle XS35 w/ Nvidia ION
LinuxMint v14
XBMC 12.1

AMD Phenom x4
AMD 6770 Videocard
Ubuntu 12.10
XBMC 12.1

Replies (3)

RE: Timeshift stream stops playback after a few secs - Added by Nathan Fieldhouse over 11 years ago

I have just been doing some debuging and it appears that I am getting Timeshift Buffer full error its the same issue as the following link. I get this error on both the latest unstable (3.5.116) and stable (3.4).

https://www.lonelycoder.com/redmine/issues/1619

RE: Timeshift stream stops playback after a few secs - Added by Nathan Fieldhouse over 11 years ago

OK afer reading the posts on the above link. I enabled the check the box Unlimited Max File Size and problem has gone. Seems strange I would of thought the default file size of 1806Mb would of been more than enough. After enabling it pause works perfect and it deletes the files afterwards.

RE: Timeshift stream stops playback after a few secs - Added by Gal Moshitch over 10 years ago

I just came across this thread.
I was having the same problem with a OpenElec 3.2.4 on my rpi.
On a different thread I saw that setting the timeshift to unlimited size and time solves the problem and it did!
It also seems to work better for me if on the recordings tab I use the original ts format rather than converting to mkv.

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