Can't timeshift TV using TVHeadend

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Hi, I am using TVHeadend 4.2.7-dmo1 and although I have set up timeshifting I cannot get it to work with either of my Vero 4K+ boxes.

Logs here:
https://paste.osmc.tv/ojifijopas

The TV will pause fine, but then un-pausing it causes it to start up again very briefly (for <1 second) before freezing with the “Buffering” indicator visible in the top right of the screen.

I have set up DVR and Timeshifting. DVR (i.e. recording) works as expected. When I record something I see a file created on the server. With timeshifting, I never see any file created in the directory. The permission as the same for both directories

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Any thoughts as to what is happening?
Thanks
Kevin

2

if you expand the tvheadend log at the bottom of the web page, what (if any) messages do you get when you attempt to timeshift?

3

Huh, didn’t know that was there!

When I start a channel, I get the following:

2019-01-02 21:39:20.039 mpegts: 650MHz in DVB-T Network - tuning on HDHomeRun DVB-T Tuner #0 (10.0.0.40)
2019-01-02 21:39:20.039 tvhdhomerun: tuning to t8qam64:650000000
2019-01-02 21:39:20.066 subscription: 000B: “10.0.0.16 [ kevin | Kodi Media Center ]” subscribing on channel “Dave”, weight: 150, adapter: “HDHomeRun DVB-T Tuner #0 (10.0.0.40)”, network: “DVB-T Network”, mux: “650MHz”, service: “Dave”, profile=“htsp”, hostname=“10.0.0.16”, username=“kevin”, client=“Kodi Media Center”

When I click Pause, nothing extra is added to the log.

4

Sorry, scrap that. If I turn on debug output, I get the following on Pause/unpause:

2019-01-02 21:47:40.051 timeshift: ts 3 enter timeshift mode
2019-01-02 21:47:40.051 timeshift: ts 3 change speed 0
2019-01-02 21:47:40.051 htsp: 10.0.0.16 [ kevin | Kodi Media Center ] - subscription speed
2019-01-02 21:47:46.055 timeshift: ts 3 change speed 100
2019-01-02 21:47:46.055 htsp: 10.0.0.16 [ kevin | Kodi Media Center ] - subscription speed

5

Hi all, any thoughts on this?
Thanks
Kevin

6

Have you tried with the osmc version of TVH?

7

Hi Sam, you mean running TVHeadend server on the Vero itself? I haven’t tried this as I prefer to centralise the server (I have multiple Veros).

It reminds me, I need to try it on Kodi on my Shield to see if that behaves better. Will let you know.
Thanks
Kevin