Switching channels xTeVe says "No New Connections Available Tuners=1"

[markosjal]

Please first read the documentation. Problems affecting the client, e.g. Plex or Emby should be reported there in the forum.

Describe the bug When switching channels on the same list xTeVe does not play the newly selected channel and says "No New Connections Available. Tuner=1" I have tuners set to 4

Server (please complete the following information):

• OS Raspbian
• Arch program compiled on Raspberry Pi 3
• xTeVe Version and Build -- Not found in Log but I see "2.2.0 " in Web GUI and download says 2.2.0.220

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior (I am using with NextPVR and Kodi clients):

1. Go to 'any xTeVeChannel'
2. Click on 'any new xTeVe channel from the same playlist'
3. KOdi client displays xTeVe Logo and unavailable message
4. See error "No New Connections Available Tuners=1"
5. Number of tuners is set to 4 ONce xTeve realizes the tuner (first channel) is no longer in use ""no Client is using this channel..." I can view (second channel) normally

Expected behavior I would expect to be able to switch from channel to channel when set to 4 tuners

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Additional context

[MCTyler]

I suspect your Client is not properly disconnecting from the Stream. We have called this "Ghost Streams" and have plagued media players for years. (Such as Emby)

[dslugPX]

I have the same behavior and see a ton of threads, but no resolutions on places like reddit related to this issue.

The Xteve config XML is updated to X number of tuners,but no matter what, plex always thinks there is only one tuner available regardless of the number of connections you set in xteve.

And yes, that includes even if you delete and re-add xteve as a tuner in plex. Including restarting plex (or just for kicks xteve) in between each and every step in the process.

[MCTyler]

Yup, definitely a client issue, not xTeVe.

[tuffcalc]

@MCTyler - I believe you are wrong. I am seeing the same issue. 4 tuners are created in Plex. When playing a second stream I see the following in xTeVe:

2022/12/26 16:26:19 [xTeVe] Tuner (Plex / Emby): 4

-

2022/12/26 16:26:58 [xTeVe] Streaming Status: Playlist: M3U - No new connections available. Tuner = 1

... it is an issue with xTeVe. Even though I am configured properly for 4 tuners (as you can see from the readout above), xTeVe will only allow me to use one tuner.

[tuffcalc]

FYI - I was able to solve this by going into the settings.json file and changing the tuners manually. It now works fine.

There is a bug in the GUI when you change the tuners it doesn't actually update the json settings file.

[MCTyler]

Never experienced this issue, but we will keep an eye on it. Thanks!

[B17C0D3]

FYI - I was able to solve this by going into the settings.json file and changing the tuners manually. It now works fine. There is a bug in the GUI when you change the tuners it doesn't actually update the json settings file.

I think the problem is, the webui ich changing somthing like a global Tuner setting. Ant there is another Tuner setting for the sourrce playlist which is unchanged. after incriesing the Tuner setting in the playlist/file block, it works

edit: just found out, you can edit the playlist tuner setting in the webui too I think some users dont know about this or forget it

[MCTyler]

Number of Tuners only work if the buffer is enabled.

[walidjami]

FYI - I was able to solve this by going into the settings.json file and changing the tuners manually. It now works fine. There is a bug in the GUI when you change the tuners it doesn't actually update the json settings file.

I think the problem is, the webui ich changing somthing like a global Tuner setting. Ant there is another Tuner setting for the sourrce playlist which is unchanged. after incriesing the Tuner setting in the playlist/file block, it works

edit: just found out, you can edit the playlist tuner setting in the webui too I think some users dont know about this or forget it

This solved my issue for me, never realized there were multiple places where it needed to be changed.