6 hours ago
This issue does not always occur at segment 92 but when it does occur it does seem to always occur at a specific segment with whatever media is being played. Today I started another video and it began restarting immediately. Here are the timestamps from that (i.e. log entries for "Request starting" for 0.mp4):
[2025-07-27 08:08:01.930
[2025-07-27 08:08:02.232
[2025-07-27 08:08:05.701
[2025-07-27 08:08:08.246
[2025-07-27 08:08:10.626
[2025-07-27 08:08:13.349
[2025-07-27 08:08:15.426
[2025-07-27 08:08:17.383
[2025-07-27 08:08:19.385
[2025-07-27 08:08:21.500
[2025-07-27 08:08:23.423
[2025-07-27 08:08:25.408
[2025-07-27 08:08:27.283
[2025-07-27 08:08:29.364
[2025-07-27 08:08:31.354
[2025-07-27 08:08:33.247
[2025-07-27 08:08:35.064
[2025-07-27 08:08:37.003
[2025-07-27 08:08:38.830
[2025-07-27 08:08:40.712
[2025-07-27 08:08:42.548
[2025-07-27 08:08:44.422
[2025-07-27 08:08:46.287
[2025-07-27 08:08:48.145
[2025-07-27 08:08:49.936
[2025-07-27 08:08:51.849
[2025-07-27 08:08:53.677
[2025-07-27 08:08:55.579
[2025-07-27 08:08:57.499
[2025-07-27 08:08:59.348
[2025-07-27 08:09:01.278
[2025-07-27 08:09:03.212
[2025-07-27 08:09:05.067
[2025-07-27 08:09:07.018
[2025-07-27 08:09:08.941
[2025-07-27 08:09:10.772
[2025-07-27 08:09:12.617
[2025-07-27 08:09:14.823
[2025-07-27 08:09:17.307
[2025-07-27 08:09:19.461
[2025-07-27 08:09:21.451
[2025-07-27 08:09:22.966
[2025-07-27 08:09:24.722
[2025-07-27 08:09:26.626
[2025-07-27 08:09:28.069
[2025-07-27 08:09:30.416
[2025-07-27 08:09:30.538
[2025-07-27 08:09:41.775
[2025-07-27 08:09:43.083
[2025-07-27 08:09:45.774
[2025-07-27 08:09:45.914
[2025-07-27 08:09:57.449
[2025-07-27 08:09:58.768
After letting Jellyfin fail over and over it eventually showed "A fatal error was encountered in the HLS stream" in the Android client.
Also, this problem only occurs when "Video player type" is set to "web player". Using "Integrated player" allowed the problem video the play - but the integrated player option is trash and is unusable for other reasons, as is the external player.
ALSO, I discovered that killing the app, clearing its cache, then opening the app will sometimes - completely randomly - cause the app to claim it cannot connect to the server next time I open the app. When this happens, the app will then NEVER connect to the server ever again. It just claims it can't connect. Meanwhile, the Web UI and other apps like Findroid can connect just fine - so the server is clearly working without a problem. Again, WTF is Jellyfin doing? The app just gets stuck in a weird state where it thinks the server it unreachable and refuses to attempt to try again even though there is a $%^%%$^ connect button! Clicking it makes it claim it still can't connect. To fix it, I AGAIN have to kill the app and clear its cache.
Jellyfin is horrible software.
[2025-07-27 08:08:01.930
[2025-07-27 08:08:02.232
[2025-07-27 08:08:05.701
[2025-07-27 08:08:08.246
[2025-07-27 08:08:10.626
[2025-07-27 08:08:13.349
[2025-07-27 08:08:15.426
[2025-07-27 08:08:17.383
[2025-07-27 08:08:19.385
[2025-07-27 08:08:21.500
[2025-07-27 08:08:23.423
[2025-07-27 08:08:25.408
[2025-07-27 08:08:27.283
[2025-07-27 08:08:29.364
[2025-07-27 08:08:31.354
[2025-07-27 08:08:33.247
[2025-07-27 08:08:35.064
[2025-07-27 08:08:37.003
[2025-07-27 08:08:38.830
[2025-07-27 08:08:40.712
[2025-07-27 08:08:42.548
[2025-07-27 08:08:44.422
[2025-07-27 08:08:46.287
[2025-07-27 08:08:48.145
[2025-07-27 08:08:49.936
[2025-07-27 08:08:51.849
[2025-07-27 08:08:53.677
[2025-07-27 08:08:55.579
[2025-07-27 08:08:57.499
[2025-07-27 08:08:59.348
[2025-07-27 08:09:01.278
[2025-07-27 08:09:03.212
[2025-07-27 08:09:05.067
[2025-07-27 08:09:07.018
[2025-07-27 08:09:08.941
[2025-07-27 08:09:10.772
[2025-07-27 08:09:12.617
[2025-07-27 08:09:14.823
[2025-07-27 08:09:17.307
[2025-07-27 08:09:19.461
[2025-07-27 08:09:21.451
[2025-07-27 08:09:22.966
[2025-07-27 08:09:24.722
[2025-07-27 08:09:26.626
[2025-07-27 08:09:28.069
[2025-07-27 08:09:30.416
[2025-07-27 08:09:30.538
[2025-07-27 08:09:41.775
[2025-07-27 08:09:43.083
[2025-07-27 08:09:45.774
[2025-07-27 08:09:45.914
[2025-07-27 08:09:57.449
[2025-07-27 08:09:58.768
After letting Jellyfin fail over and over it eventually showed "A fatal error was encountered in the HLS stream" in the Android client.
Also, this problem only occurs when "Video player type" is set to "web player". Using "Integrated player" allowed the problem video the play - but the integrated player option is trash and is unusable for other reasons, as is the external player.
ALSO, I discovered that killing the app, clearing its cache, then opening the app will sometimes - completely randomly - cause the app to claim it cannot connect to the server next time I open the app. When this happens, the app will then NEVER connect to the server ever again. It just claims it can't connect. Meanwhile, the Web UI and other apps like Findroid can connect just fine - so the server is clearly working without a problem. Again, WTF is Jellyfin doing? The app just gets stuck in a weird state where it thinks the server it unreachable and refuses to attempt to try again even though there is a $%^%%$^ connect button! Clicking it makes it claim it still can't connect. To fix it, I AGAIN have to kill the app and clear its cache.
Jellyfin is horrible software.