Android TV Live TV Playback Freezing

[solsticxe]

Jellyfin Android TV

• Channel will play fine for 5-6 minutes, then freeze. I exit out of the channel, play it again, and it continues playing fine for another 5-6 minutes before freezing again.

Wholphin Android TV

• Live channels have split-second buffers. It's similar to the Jellyfin issue, but rather than fully freezing, it freezes and plays again right away.

[lostb1t]

at minimum post your remux logs when this happens

also, android tv sends crqsh logs i. some occurrences so check your data dir if any

[solsticxe]

There doesn't seem to be any specific logs when it freezes.

Below are 2 sets from Jellyfin ATV of logs where it plays, I exit it out because it freezes, and then start playing it again:

23:44:40 INFO request:refresh_streams: remux_server::addons:2433: streams synced streams=1 sources=["M3U Playlist"] elapsed=195.475µs uri=/items/aa84f024-7a51-5028-8d41-d77618e7edea/playbackinfo user="fusioxn" title=TUDN — TimStreams kind=tv_channel
23:44:40 INFO request:fetch_subtitles: remux_server::addons:2102: subtitles fetched subs=0 addons=0 elapsed=2.349µs uri=/items/aa84f024-7a51-5028-8d41-d77618e7edea/playbackinfo user="fusioxn" title=TUDN — TimStreams kind=tv_channel
23:44:40 INFO request: remux_server::addons:2558: segments fetched segments=0 addons=0 elapsed=1.943µs uri=/mediasegments/aa84f024-7a51-5028-8d41-d77618e7edea?includeSegmentTypes=Intro&includeSegmentTypes=Outro&includeSegmentTypes=Preview&includeSegmentTypes=Recap&includeSegmentTypes=Commercial user="fusioxn"
23:44:40 INFO remux_server::api::hls:517: ▶ Playback started (transcode) play_session_id=7e46be7ca88b455eb585c4f3195556e9 title= user=fusioxn client=Jellyfin Android TV video_codec=copy audio_codec=aac resolution="native" video_bitrate=None hw_accel=Qsv transcode_reasons=None start_secs=0

23:46:15 INFO request:refresh_streams: remux_server::addons:2433: streams synced streams=1 sources=["M3U Playlist"] elapsed=266.588µs uri=/items/aa84f024-7a51-5028-8d41-d77618e7edea/playbackinfo user="fusioxn" title=TUDN — TimStreams kind=tv_channel
23:46:15 INFO request:fetch_subtitles: remux_server::addons:2102: subtitles fetched subs=0 addons=0 elapsed=580ns uri=/items/aa84f024-7a51-5028-8d41-d77618e7edea/playbackinfo user="fusioxn" title=TUDN — TimStreams kind=tv_channel
23:46:15 INFO request: remux_server::addons:2558: segments fetched segments=0 addons=0 elapsed=1.14µs uri=/mediasegments/aa84f024-7a51-5028-8d41-d77618e7edea?includeSegmentTypes=Intro&includeSegmentTypes=Outro&includeSegmentTypes=Preview&includeSegmentTypes=Recap&includeSegmentTypes=Commercial user="fusioxn"
23:46:15 INFO remux_server::api::hls:517: ▶ Playback started (transcode) play_session_id=994ec3f6ed6641d8b123a667db458cb9 title= user=fusioxn client=Jellyfin Android TV video_codec=copy audio_codec=aac resolution="native" video_bitrate=None hw_accel=Qsv transcode_reasons=None start_secs=0

[lostb1t]

@solsticxe could you give the docker image at #149 a go?

[solsticxe]

It still kept freezing. I tried it on Jellyfin ATV and Jellyfin iOS. This time though, on ATV, after it froze, it would sometimes start playing again automatically without having to exit the channel. This cycle kept repeating.

Jellyfin ATV:

02:13:15 INFO request:refresh_streams: remux_server::addons:2466: streams synced streams=1 sources=["M3U Playlist"] elapsed=171.588µs uri=/items/4d20a024-549d-52fc-a597-1faa6b4ca3c3/playbackinfo user="fusioxn" title=Spectrum SportsNet Dodgers (English - Fubo) kind=tv_channel
02:13:15 INFO request:fetch_subtitles: remux_server::addons:2135: subtitles fetched subs=0 addons=0 elapsed=901ns uri=/items/4d20a024-549d-52fc-a597-1faa6b4ca3c3/playbackinfo user="fusioxn" title=Spectrum SportsNet Dodgers (English - Fubo) kind=tv_channel
02:13:15 INFO remux_server::api::hls:517: ▶ Playback started (transcode) play_session_id=c2e3c1b29a0549b6b0698e0941c650f0 title= user=fusioxn client=Jellyfin Android TV video_codec=copy audio_codec=aac resolution="native" video_bitrate=None hw_accel=Qsv transcode_reasons=None start_secs=0
02:13:15 INFO request: remux_server::addons:2591: segments fetched segments=0 addons=0 elapsed=940ns uri=/mediasegments/4d20a024-549d-52fc-a597-1faa6b4ca3c3?includeSegmentTypes=Intro&includeSegmentTypes=Outro&includeSegmentTypes=Preview&includeSegmentTypes=Recap&includeSegmentTypes=Commercial user="fusioxn"
02:13:39 INFO request:fetch_subtitles: remux_server::addons:2135: subtitles fetched subs=0 addons=0 elapsed=732ns uri=/items/4d20a024-549d-52fc-a597-1faa6b4ca3c3/playbackinfo user="fusioxn" title=Spectrum SportsNet Dodgers (English - Fubo) kind=tv_channel
02:13:39 INFO request: remux_server::addons:2591: segments fetched segments=0 addons=0 elapsed=1.644µs uri=/mediasegments/4d20a024-549d-52fc-a597-1faa6b4ca3c3?includeSegmentTypes=Intro&includeSegmentTypes=Outro&includeSegmentTypes=Preview&includeSegmentTypes=Recap&includeSegmentTypes=Commercial user="fusioxn"
02:13:39 INFO remux_server::api::hls:517: ▶ Playback started (transcode) play_session_id=1895b041b73b4b3c95edbc795e66f4d4 title= user=fusioxn client=Jellyfin Android TV video_codec=copy audio_codec=aac resolution="native" video_bitrate=None hw_accel=Qsv transcode_reasons=None start_secs=11

Jellyfin iOS

02:16:49 INFO request:refresh_streams: remux_server::addons:2466: streams synced streams=1 sources=["M3U Playlist"] elapsed=111.328µs uri=/items/4d20a024-549d-52fc-a597-1faa6b4ca3c3/playbackinfo user="fusioxn" title=Spectrum SportsNet Dodgers (English - Fubo) kind=tv_channel
02:16:49 INFO request:fetch_subtitles: remux_server::addons:2135: subtitles fetched subs=0 addons=0 elapsed=440ns uri=/items/4d20a024-549d-52fc-a597-1faa6b4ca3c3/playbackinfo user="fusioxn" title=Spectrum SportsNet Dodgers (English - Fubo) kind=tv_channel
02:16:49 INFO remux_server::api::hls:517: ▶ Playback started (transcode) play_session_id=c4995d9d33414ff392fc77d6f6a5ccc2 title= user=fusioxn client=Jellyfin iOS video_codec=copy audio_codec=aac resolution="native" video_bitrate=None hw_accel=Qsv transcode_reasons=Some("ContainerNotSupported") start_secs=1785377380
02:16:52 INFO remux_server::api::hls:517: ▶ Playback started (transcode) play_session_id=c4995d9d33414ff392fc77d6f6a5ccc2 title= user=fusioxn client=Jellyfin iOS video_codec=copy audio_codec=aac resolution="native" video_bitrate=None hw_accel=Qsv transcode_reasons=Some("ContainerNotSupported") start_secs=1785377380
02:16:52 INFO remux_server::api::hls:517: ▶ Playback started (transcode) play_session_id=c4995d9d33414ff392fc77d6f6a5ccc2 title= user=fusioxn client=Jellyfin iOS video_codec=copy audio_codec=aac resolution="native" video_bitrate=None hw_accel=Qsv transcode_reasons=Some("ContainerNotSupported") start_secs=1785377380
02:16:54 INFO request: remux_server::addons:2591: segments fetched segments=0 addons=0 elapsed=1.679µs uri=/mediasegments/4d20a024-549d-52fc-a597-1faa6b4ca3c3?includeSegmentTypes=Outro&includeSegmentTypes=Intro user="fusioxn"
02:16:58 INFO remux_server::api::hls:517: ▶ Playback started (transcode) play_session_id=c4995d9d33414ff392fc77d6f6a5ccc2 title= user=fusioxn client=Jellyfin iOS video_codec=copy audio_codec=aac resolution="native" video_bitrate=None hw_accel=Qsv transcode_reasons=Some("ContainerNotSupported") start_secs=1785377380

[solsticxe]

07.29.2026.txt
The logs I attached happened after I closed the channel and I wasn't attempting to play it anymore.

[lostb1t]

fixed the live continue playing.

i tested this on swiftfin and i get no freezes. could you give the new build a go? if still doesnt work ill open up the android tv emulator

[solsticxe]

I was able to play it on Jellyfin iOS, but on ATV it didn't play at all. I attached the logs.

07.30.2026.txt

[lostb1t]

that looks like the stream itself is dead? did you try other media?

[solsticxe]

I played the same channel on iOS and it worked fine. I tried the same channel right now on ATV and this time it opened, but it froze again.

I tried a different channel on ATV and it also froze, but didn't freeze in iOS. It played for 3 minutes before freezing.

18:59:31 INFO remux_server::api::hls:517: ▶ Playback started (transcode) play_session_id=217bbc037bf14d4195d38f66788f66d0 title= user=fusioxn client=Jellyfin Android TV video_codec=copy audio_codec=aac resolution="native" video_bitrate=None hw_accel=Qsv transcode_reasons=None start_secs=0
18:59:31 INFO request: remux_server::addons:2591: segments fetched segments=0 addons=0 elapsed=971ns uri=/mediasegments/17d97d63-b42b-5b62-b88e-b98490a47c6d?includeSegmentTypes=Intro&includeSegmentTypes=Outro&includeSegmentTypes=Preview&includeSegmentTypes=Recap&includeSegmentTypes=Commercial user="fusioxn"

[lostb1t]

k ill test it with atv then when i get the change

[solsticxe]

I was able to watch an entire football game on Wholphin without freezing. I tested the same channel on Jellyfin ATV and that one froze. Also, when I was watching the game, I was on the latest nightly.