Encoding Messed Up

[300g]

Hi NFPS Team,


Encoding was recently changed from SD MP3 to SD MPEG 2 Audio. Any channels that is flagged as SD MPEG 2 AUDIO are totally unwatchable. Constant freezing, pixels are breaking up, audio is dropping out etc

The following channels have been effected and are presently unwatchable.

Channel 112 HGTV EAST
Channel 135 BBC America
Chanel 150 Fox Sports 1
Channel 152 MLB Network
Channel 153 NHL Network
Channel 159 NBC Sports Network

Please rectify this problem as soon as advance. Thanking you in advance.



Kodi 6 Mbps

[Sanford]

HGTV was like that for me and I was trying to change the audio to stereo pass through then it all froze, backed out to the channel list then when I went into HGTV all freezing, pixels and what not had fixed itself. I noticed it had said 1080 mpeg 2 and now its back to sd mpeg 2

[farzadsux]

I have the same problem. I hope they will change back to mp3, after the change none of my channels play properly. All channels freeze after 3 seconds and image stays frozen. I paid the premium subscription so I wouldn't have to deal with these issues.

[Pers]

Same problem here , and it is weird it works on my android tablet but in my android TV box I face with black screen and only hear the sound with buffering on above mentioned channels( MPeg2 audio channels)

[asianboi]

same here, what's going on , so much for paid service and have to deal with this issue?

[tuxen]

they are trying to better things.. lots of channels got higher resolution.. i'm sure they didn't plan for this as only one of my devices have problems (panning the scene looks odd)

[firasville]

me too guys, I have an android box, having channels freezing since 2 days, any solution please, I tried everything, I even formatted the android box, the service is working well with other devices and with some channels like sky uk channels, all other channels are freezing!!!!

[asianboi]

Really? I don't see any HD channels, why do they have to do this during the holiday time? Thanksgiving is ruined.

[K00lKatT]

I had a great Thanksgiving, but then I have a lot to be thankful for....:)

[Sanford]

Really? I don't see any HD channels, why do they have to do this during the holiday time? Thanksgiving is ruined.

I don't men to jump on you or anything but you seem to be blaming a bad thanksgiving on tv. With the thousands of methods of streaming what you want aren't you being a little harsh? Plus you should always have a back up even if its only an antenna sitting on your tv.

[dafatmack]

The last couple of days a lot of channels has been force closing kodi on 2 of my fire tv 4k boxes like The Disney Channel, the premium channels but my Nvidia Shield is unaffected no force closes on it. I'm using stalker client 0.8.4 on all 3 of my boxes with 75 mbps internet. Had no issues till recently

[manny786]

I think Thanksgiving should be a family meeting venture and not watching TV. We are so much involved with gadgets that we have forgot how to communicate with our loved ones.

[YoSpencer]

Yep, happening to me as well. Just got a new 4k Fire TV, installed Kodi and ran iptv and every channel freezes video playback after 3 seconds, only the audio plays. Then Kodi crashes when I press stop or try to back out. It's very odd considering iptv on my 1st gen Fire TV and on my mobile device still run perfectly. No problems at all. Is there some sort of work around to fix this? If it has to do with the audio encoding with MPEG 2, is there a way to change the audio settings to make channels watchable at least? Somebody please help.

[dafatmack]

Yep, happening to me as well. Just got a new 4k Fire TV, installed Kodi and ran iptv and every channel freezes video playback after 3 seconds, only the audio plays. Then Kodi crashes when I press stop or try to back out. It's very odd considering iptv on my 1st gen Fire TV and on my mobile device still run perfectly. No problems at all. Is there some sort of work around to fix this? If it has to do with the audio encoding with MPEG 2, is there a way to change the audio settings to make channels watchable at least? Somebody please help.

No solution as yet for us 4k users glad I have 2 Nvidia Shields, no issues with those

[Pers]

ISSUE FIXED:
In your Kodi Video Acceleration settings (only visible in Advanced or Expert Level) try disabling Media Codec & libstagefright
Thanks Eureka for this solution .

[dafatmack]

ISSUE FIXED:
In your Kodi Video Acceleration settings (only visible in Advanced or Expert Level) try disabling amcodec & Media Codec & libstagefright
Thanks Eureka for this solution .

Yes this seems to have fixed the fire tv 4k box thank you so much to all who's involved with this fix

[jrp82]

Hello, i'm a new user, i'm on NFPS since 2 weeks, and like the most of you, it doesn't work anymore. Buffering each 2 or 4 seconds on AMC, Starz, Cinemax...
Sky is ok because MP3 or AAC audio.
I'm on a 8 month Mac Mini 8 gb of ram (a beast). And kodi last version, with the pvr stalker client.

I also have IKS66 on IPTV stalker client, same problem, but less lagging on AMC for example. It's a little bit better.

Anyway, i tried the "fix issue" (disabling acceleration) It's still the same. I got no option for codec, it's only "acceleration"... I put off. No change.

A bit disappointed paying 100 bucks and 2 days after not working.... Issues and problems can occurs, but it's not normal during so long....

Can't they simply turn back to the old streaming way which was perfect ?

Best regards guys

[YoSpencer]

No option for amcodec in my video acceleration settings, however, only disabling Media Codec and libstagefright did the job. Thanks guys!!

[karateman1]

The MPeg 2 encoded channels still have a jerky picture even after disabling hardware accelerators.

[Pers]

The MPeg 2 encoded channels still have a jerky picture even after disabling hardware accelerators.

disabling hardware accelerators fix the issue for those boxes faced with black screen or stop the picture after couple sec , otherwise this change cant give you better quality of picture because they have downgraded quality of source stream

[matrixebiz]

ISSUE FIXED:
In your Kodi Video Acceleration settings (only visible in Advanced or Expert Level) try disabling Media Codec & libstagefright
Thanks Eureka for this solution .
What version of Kodi are you using? 15.2 doesn't have these settings. you using 14.2?

[Pers]

What version of Kodi are you using? 15.2 doesn't have these settings. you using 14.2?

I am using ver 15.2 mate , please go to : setting > video >acceleration and disable all hardware accelerations
you should change the setting level to EXPERT or advanced first then you will see those options

[matrixebiz]

I am using ver 15.2 mate , please go to : setting > video >acceleration and disable all hardware accelerations
you should change the setting level to EXPERT or advanced first then you will see those options
Hello, I don't see those settings and Render method doesn't have Disable;
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Am I in the correct location? This is on a Windows box, does that make a difference?

[ilan]

15.2 doesn't have these settings. you using 14.2?

On the lower left, change the Settings level to Advanced or Expert and the Acceleration option will become available.

[matrixebiz]

Settings level shows Expert in my picture

[jrp82]

same for me, only "acceleration" on or off in expert mode... nothing changed when i disable it.

[Pers]

Settings level shows Expert in my picture

What is your box/player ? is it android ?
Because I see that accelerator hardware you have only in my windows PC not in my android tv box

[karateman1]

Anyone having issue with working symbol staying on for couple minutes pausing option to change channel until it goes off. Mainly using live tv on amazon fire box. Only recently started after encoding was changed.

[matrixebiz]

What is your box/player ? is it android ?
Because I see that accelerator hardware you have only in my windows PC not in my android tv box
Hello, this is on 3 Windows computers. 2 Windows 7 and 1 Windows 8

[Pers]

Hello, this is on 3 Windows computers. 2 Windows 7 and 1 Windows 8

So you should not any problem with Windows , what is your problem with that ? black screen or freezing?

[matrixebiz]

So you should not any problem with Windows , what is your problem with that ? black screen or freezing?
I get the buffering/freezing every few seconds with the MPEG2 audio channels, fine with the acc and mp3 channels.
I installed Full k-lite codec pack to see if that would help but didn't.

Can you post a picture of what it is supposed to look like?

[Pers]

I get the buffering/freezing every few seconds with the MPEG2 audio channels, fine with the acc and mp3 channels.
I installed Full k-lite codec pack to see if that would help but didn't.

Can you post a picture of what it is supposed to look like?
what is your pc specification ? CPU , graphic card ?
because this new stalker setting has mismatch with some specific hardware , that is why in android box when disable those accelerator option the issue will be fixed

I have no issue on my Windows PC with/without disabling those option, actually in windows I have same option Like yours ,
just one thing on Windows I use KODI 14 not 15.2

[matrixebiz]

what is your pc specification ? CPU , graphic card ?
because this new stalker setting has mismatch with some specific hardware , that is why in android box when disable those accelerator option the issue will be fixed

My main machine is;
Dell Inspiron Zino HD (Inspiron 410)

Processor Name: AMD Phenom II X4 P940
Processor Speed: 1.7 GHz
RAM: 8 GB
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 5450
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7

it seemed fine on my i5 laptop doing a fresh install of Kodi 14.2

[Pers]

My main machine is;
Dell Inspiron Zino HD (Inspiron 410)

Processor Name: AMD Phenom II X4 P940
Processor Speed: 1.7 GHz
RAM: 8 GB
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 5450
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7

it seemed fine on my i5 laptop doing a fresh install of Kodi 14.2

so lets try Kodi 14 on other PC too and see the result , I guess the problem is mismatching between AMD and this new change on stalker

[matrixebiz]

so lets try Kodi 14 on other PC too and see the result , I guess the problem is mismatching between AMD and this new change on stalker
Yeah, I think that will be my next step or even dump Windows and put Ubuntu back on that PC

[jrp82]

so it works on kodi 14.2 ? (i'm on 15.2 / mac mini 2015)

[bryansuavo]

so far it works well on nvidia shield TV andmy laptop.. but fire TV 4k does not unless you disable the acceleration codecs..

on the upside im those channels that have that problem are running flawlessly without buffering.. im sure because not many people are viewing them lol.

[Ratchet19]

ISSUE FIXED:
In your Kodi Video Acceleration settings (only visible in Advanced or Expert Level) try disabling Media Codec & libstagefright
Thanks Eureka for this solution .

This didn't work for my Nvidia Shield. Picture is breaking up and gives me a gray screen every few seconds. HGTV= Wife's favorite channel.;)