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Live TV jumping backwards - SkyLightYT - 2025-04-06
Hello, I am using an IPTV service, it's free, and It provides a m3u playlist, I've configured Jellyfin (which I switched to it form Plex for this) and I am having an issue which I don't quite understand.
The stream works fine, but the stream will often jump backwards a couple seconds, and it's a bit distracting.
Anyone know why this is happening? any and all help is appreciated.
RE: Live TV jumping backwards - TheDreadPirate - 2025-04-07
Do you have auto looping checked in the M3U tuner page?
RE: Live TV jumping backwards - SkyLightYT - 2025-04-07
(2025-04-07, 01:20 AM)TheDreadPirate Wrote: Do you have auto looping checked in the M3U tuner page?
Hey there, that does seem to fix it to where it doesn't happen nearly as often, is it normal for it to still do it every so often, but like, more notably when you first start the stream?
RE: Live TV jumping backwards - TheDreadPirate - 2025-04-07
There are so many ways to do IPTV, it is hard to say. For my setup, which only has one IPTV channel, I've never had issues with skipping nor do I need to check auto looping. But there have been many users here that DID need to enable auto looping to get more than a few seconds out of their provider's stream. AFAIK, they did not have issues with stuttering or skipping like you've described.
So it is possible it is a problem with the provider.
You mentioned you came from Plex, did this issue occur with Plex? What happens if you play the M3U file in VLC or MPV?
Can you initiate a live TV session then afterwards provide your jellyfin log via privatebin.net? I'll take a look to see if there is something else going on. If there are ffmpeg logs associated with the live TV playback, share those too.
RE: Live TV jumping backwards - SkyLightYT - 2025-04-11
(2025-04-07, 12:18 PM)TheDreadPirate Wrote: There are so many ways to do IPTV, it is hard to say. For my setup, which only has one IPTV channel, I've never had issues with skipping nor do I need to check auto looping. But there have been many users here that DID need to enable auto looping to get more than a few seconds out of their provider's stream. AFAIK, they did not have issues with stuttering or skipping like you've described.
So it is possible it is a problem with the provider.
You mentioned you came from Plex, did this issue occur with Plex? What happens if you play the M3U file in VLC or MPV?
Can you initiate a live TV session then afterwards provide your jellyfin log via privatebin.net? I'll take a look to see if there is something else going on. If there are ffmpeg logs associated with the live TV playback, share those too.
well, Plex didn't have the ability to stream m3u files directly, so that's why I decided to switch to Jellyfin, I was using some work around which also had a bunch of issues, but I don't know if those issues are related to what was happening here.
https://privatebin.net/?3e7a6288c4cfbe59#9Tj2CV9xwoamWqNC1RsWTgknRihbdL8YFDMmuEkRP445 here are the logs, It's worth mentioning I sent both files' contents, the one that says ffmpeg and the one that doesn't say it, I don't know which one you'd want me to send you.
I do notice that the stuttering issue is coming back, however. Because It seems to every so often have a new issue, notably, it stutters, then plays, stutters again, plays again, then stops entirely, also the auto loop doesn't occur fast enough to where the stream can be played properly. I did enable the setting you told me to enable, which did resolve it or so I originally thought.
RE: Live TV jumping backwards - TheDreadPirate - 2025-04-11
For testing, try switching your Jellyfin container to host networking. If that doesn't work, the ffmpeg log seems to indicate an issue with the provider.