A few days ago I received an APK for Android TV WIP to test that the Premium checks were removed. I used that same install and I can indeed playback things from my library after the FFMPEG version switch. I did, however, run into a problem when trying to watch a live stream from my HD Homerun. The stream never started.
This is what I see in the logs:
[2019-01-07 22:51:37.866 +00:00] [INF] HTTP Response 200 to "192.168.0.6". Time: "118""ms". "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/LiveTv/Recordings?Fields=Overview%2CPrimaryImageAspectRatio&UserId=f20538e1abdd403ca460e6a8fdcc4bef&Id=f20538e1abdd403ca460e6a8fdcc4bef&Limit=40&EnableImages=true&ImageTypeLimit=1&format=json" "" [2019-01-07 22:51:38.156 +00:00] [INF] "HTTP GET" "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/769cee9210c1d83bdaa07ec9ef317826/Images/Primary?EnableImageEnhancers=true&MaxHeight=280&Tag=ff71a8a6980194e51585c9ec07097cbd". UserAgent: "Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 8.0.0; MIBOX3 Build/OPR6.170623.013)" [2019-01-07 22:51:38.158 +00:00] [INF] HTTP Response 200 to "192.168.0.6". Time: "2""ms". "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/769cee9210c1d83bdaa07ec9ef317826/Images/Primary?EnableImageEnhancers=true&MaxHeight=280&Tag=ff71a8a6980194e51585c9ec07097cbd" "" [2019-01-07 22:51:38.555 +00:00] [INF] "HTTP GET" "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/bc9938d328e33dba20571a0159494f39/Images/Primary?EnableImageEnhancers=true&MaxHeight=280&Tag=bc66624f2b01fa30c091b7a5ca949722". UserAgent: "Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 8.0.0; MIBOX3 Build/OPR6.170623.013)" [2019-01-07 22:51:38.556 +00:00] [INF] HttpClientManager "GET": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/p15525607_st_v8_aa.jpg" [2019-01-07 22:51:38.571 +00:00] [INF] "HTTP GET" "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/49c7cc7b27a1181d9e4415c4c64f4e3a/Images/Primary?EnableImageEnhancers=true&MaxHeight=280&Tag=0aacc408eb648043613cd37e87e8c455". UserAgent: "Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 8.0.0; MIBOX3 Build/OPR6.170623.013)" [2019-01-07 22:51:38.572 +00:00] [INF] HttpClientManager "GET": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/p208539_b_v8_ac.jpg" [2019-01-07 22:51:38.582 +00:00] [INF] "HTTP GET" "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/657f5569b838226e7f5bce91073b2e59/Images/Primary?EnableImageEnhancers=true&MaxHeight=280&Tag=f049328330038b91755edb3fe7baec98". UserAgent: "Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 8.0.0; MIBOX3 Build/OPR6.170623.013)" [2019-01-07 22:51:38.583 +00:00] [INF] HttpClientManager "GET": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/p12133555_b_v8_aa.jpg" [2019-01-07 22:51:38.594 +00:00] [INF] "HTTP GET" "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/8f3bf19809b84f96aa9f6acc3c81ed53/Images/Primary?EnableImageEnhancers=true&MaxHeight=280&Tag=841456610384abd5e47b6e699d8aca87". UserAgent: "Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 8.0.0; MIBOX3 Build/OPR6.170623.013)" [2019-01-07 22:51:38.595 +00:00] [INF] HttpClientManager "GET": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/p184111_b_v8_aa.jpg" [2019-01-07 22:51:39.222 +00:00] [INF] HTTP Response 200 to "192.168.0.6". Time: "640""ms". "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/657f5569b838226e7f5bce91073b2e59/Images/Primary?EnableImageEnhancers=true&MaxHeight=280&Tag=f049328330038b91755edb3fe7baec98" "" [2019-01-07 22:51:39.308 +00:00] [INF] "HTTP GET" "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/dd23cdd5292384304007a5b4084750e0/Images/Primary?EnableImageEnhancers=true&MaxHeight=280&Tag=bc66624f2b01fa30c091b7a5ca949722". UserAgent: "Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 8.0.0; MIBOX3 Build/OPR6.170623.013)" [2019-01-07 22:51:39.309 +00:00] [INF] HttpClientManager "GET": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/p15525607_st_v8_aa.jpg" [2019-01-07 22:51:40.131 +00:00] [INF] HTTP Response 200 to "192.168.0.6". Time: "1559""ms (slow)". "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/49c7cc7b27a1181d9e4415c4c64f4e3a/Images/Primary?EnableImageEnhancers=true&MaxHeight=280&Tag=0aacc408eb648043613cd37e87e8c455" "" [2019-01-07 22:51:40.166 +00:00] [INF] HTTP Response 200 to "192.168.0.6". Time: "1611""ms (slow)". "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/bc9938d328e33dba20571a0159494f39/Images/Primary?EnableImageEnhancers=true&MaxHeight=280&Tag=bc66624f2b01fa30c091b7a5ca949722" "" [2019-01-07 22:51:40.215 +00:00] [INF] "HTTP GET" "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/8d9331e90f8db83e647f7185c79fab85/Images/Primary?EnableImageEnhancers=true&MaxHeight=280&Tag=98b55e3e31d3b2f402faca11fcabc48a". UserAgent: "Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 8.0.0; MIBOX3 Build/OPR6.170623.013)" [2019-01-07 22:51:40.218 +00:00] [INF] HttpClientManager "GET": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedulesdirect/assets/p184577_b_v8_aa.jpg" [2019-01-07 22:51:40.240 +00:00] [INF] HTTP Response 200 to "192.168.0.6". Time: "1646""ms (slow)". "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/8f3bf19809b84f96aa9f6acc3c81ed53/Images/Primary?EnableImageEnhancers=true&MaxHeight=280&Tag=841456610384abd5e47b6e699d8aca87" "" [2019-01-07 22:51:40.732 +00:00] [INF] HTTP Response 200 to "192.168.0.6". Time: "1424""ms (slow)". "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/dd23cdd5292384304007a5b4084750e0/Images/Primary?EnableImageEnhancers=true&MaxHeight=280&Tag=bc66624f2b01fa30c091b7a5ca949722" "" [2019-01-07 22:51:41.833 +00:00] [INF] HTTP Response 200 to "192.168.0.6". Time: "1617""ms (slow)". "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/8d9331e90f8db83e647f7185c79fab85/Images/Primary?EnableImageEnhancers=true&MaxHeight=280&Tag=98b55e3e31d3b2f402faca11fcabc48a" "" [2019-01-07 22:51:47.402 +00:00] [INF] "HTTP GET" "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Users/f20538e1abdd403ca460e6a8fdcc4bef/Items/83c6121ebaf37d2d2016174cbb922231?format=json". UserAgent: "Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 8.0.0; MIBOX3 Build/OPR6.170623.013)" [2019-01-07 22:51:47.405 +00:00] [INF] HTTP Response 200 to "192.168.0.6". Time: "3""ms". "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Users/f20538e1abdd403ca460e6a8fdcc4bef/Items/83c6121ebaf37d2d2016174cbb922231?format=json" "" [2019-01-07 22:51:47.632 +00:00] [INF] "HTTP GET" "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/83c6121ebaf37d2d2016174cbb922231/Images/Primary?EnableImageEnhancers=true&MaxHeight=600&Tag=9cc6f3637f309cb41ee1e0799bc55d08". UserAgent: "Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 8.0.0; MIBOX3 Build/OPR6.170623.013)" [2019-01-07 22:51:47.682 +00:00] [INF] HTTP Response 200 to "192.168.0.6". Time: "50""ms". "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/83c6121ebaf37d2d2016174cbb922231/Images/Primary?EnableImageEnhancers=true&MaxHeight=600&Tag=9cc6f3637f309cb41ee1e0799bc55d08" "" [2019-01-07 22:51:49.986 +00:00] [INF] "HTTP GET" "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Users/f20538e1abdd403ca460e6a8fdcc4bef/Items/ca79d630766063b60d8f4c15751c26d8?format=json". UserAgent: "Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 8.0.0; MIBOX3 Build/OPR6.170623.013)" [2019-01-07 22:51:49.991 +00:00] [INF] HTTP Response 200 to "192.168.0.6". Time: "5""ms". "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Users/f20538e1abdd403ca460e6a8fdcc4bef/Items/ca79d630766063b60d8f4c15751c26d8?format=json" "" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.172 +00:00] [INF] "HTTP GET" "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/LiveTv/Channels/ca79d630766063b60d8f4c15751c26d8?userId=f20538e1abdd403ca460e6a8fdcc4bef&format=json". UserAgent: "Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 8.0.0; MIBOX3 Build/OPR6.170623.013)" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.177 +00:00] [INF] HTTP Response 200 to "192.168.0.6". Time: "5""ms". "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/LiveTv/Channels/ca79d630766063b60d8f4c15751c26d8?userId=f20538e1abdd403ca460e6a8fdcc4bef&format=json" "" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.190 +00:00] [INF] "HTTP GET" "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/ca79d630766063b60d8f4c15751c26d8/PlaybackInfo?UserId=f20538e1abdd403ca460e6a8fdcc4bef&format=json". UserAgent: "Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 8.0.0; MIBOX3 Build/OPR6.170623.013)" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.192 +00:00] [INF] HTTP Response 200 to "192.168.0.6". Time: "2""ms". "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Items/ca79d630766063b60d8f4c15751c26d8/PlaybackInfo?UserId=f20538e1abdd403ca460e6a8fdcc4bef&format=json" "" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.322 +00:00] [INF] "HTTP POST" "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/LiveStreams/Open?format=json". UserAgent: "Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 8.0.0; MIBOX3 Build/OPR6.170623.013)" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.325 +00:00] [INF] Opening channel stream from "Emby", external channel Id: "hdhr_3.1" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.325 +00:00] [INF] Streaming Channel hdhr_3.1 [2019-01-07 22:51:50.325 +00:00] [INF] GetChannelStream: channel id: "hdhr_3.1". stream id: "native_797bf9f08cf7121fd313bb4cfbd5416a_b34b06d72db8079ba572eb86d4395e82" profile: "native" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.325 +00:00] [INF] Opening SharedHttpStream Live stream from "http://192.168.0.44:5004/auto/v3.1" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.325 +00:00] [INF] HttpClientManager "GET": "http://192.168.0.44:5004/auto/v3.1" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.591 +00:00] [INF] Beginning "SharedHttpStream" stream to "/config/transcoding-temp/bba5b0cee053461e94c028978bcccd63.ts" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.591 +00:00] [INF] Live stream opened after 266.0642ms [2019-01-07 22:51:50.594 +00:00] [INF] Returning mediasource streamId "native_797bf9f08cf7121fd313bb4cfbd5416a_b34b06d72db8079ba572eb86d4395e82", mediaSource.Id "native_797bf9f08cf7121fd313bb4cfbd5416a_b34b06d72db8079ba572eb86d4395e82", mediaSource.LiveStreamId null [2019-01-07 22:51:50.595 +00:00] [INF] Live tv media info probe took "0.0005131" seconds [2019-01-07 22:51:50.595 +00:00] [INF] Live stream opened: {"Protocol":"Http","Id":"native_797bf9f08cf7121fd313bb4cfbd5416a_b34b06d72db8079ba572eb86d4395e82","Path":"http://127.0.0.1:8096/LiveTv/LiveStreamFiles/bba5b0cee053461e94c028978bcccd63/stream.ts","Type":"Default","Container":"mpegts","IsRemote":false,"ReadAtNativeFramerate":false,"IgnoreDts":true,"IgnoreIndex":false,"GenPtsInput":false,"SupportsTranscoding":true,"SupportsDirectStream":true,"SupportsDirectPlay":false,"IsInfiniteStream":true,"RequiresOpening":true,"RequiresClosing":true,"LiveStreamId":"a17c75760a04e99b68cf766e11316e1c_09efa0d56b934a82adec00a87b837fb0_native_797bf9f08cf7121fd313bb4cfbd5416a_b34b06d72db8079ba572eb86d4395e82","BufferMs":0,"RequiresLooping":false,"SupportsProbing":true,"MediaStreams":[{"Codec":"mpeg2video","ColorTransfer":"bt709","ColorPrimaries":"bt709","ColorSpace":"bt709","TimeBase":"1/90000","CodecTimeBase":"1001/60000","VideoRange":"SDR","DisplayTitle":"720I MPEG2VIDEO","IsInterlaced":true,"BitRate":8000000,"RefFrames":1,"IsDefault":false,"IsForced":false,"Height":720,"Width":1280,"AverageFrameRate":59.94006,"RealFrameRate":59.94006,"Profile":"Main","Type":"Video","AspectRatio":"16:9","Index":-1,"IsExternal":false,"IsTextSubtitleStream":false,"SupportsExternalStream":false,"PixelFormat":"yuv420p","Level":4,"IsAnamorphic":false},{"Codec":"ac3","CodecTag":"AC-3","TimeBase":"1/90000","CodecTimeBase":"1/48000","DisplayTitle":"Dolby Digital stereo","IsInterlaced":false,"ChannelLayout":"stereo","BitRate":192000,"Channels":2,"SampleRate":48000,"IsDefault":false,"IsForced":false,"Type":"Audio","Index":-1,"IsExternal":false,"IsTextSubtitleStream":false,"SupportsExternalStream":false,"Level":0}],"Formats":[],"Bitrate":8192000,"RequiredHttpHeaders":{},"AnalyzeDurationMs":3000} [2019-01-07 22:51:50.595 +00:00] [INF] User policy for "dinki". EnablePlaybackRemuxing: True EnableVideoPlaybackTranscoding: True EnableAudioPlaybackTranscoding: True [2019-01-07 22:51:50.595 +00:00] [INF] RemoteClientBitrateLimit: 1000000, RemoteIp: "192.168.0.6", IsInLocalNetwork: True [2019-01-07 22:51:50.595 +00:00] [INF] Profile: "Android", Path: "http://127.0.0.1:8096/LiveTv/LiveStreamFiles/bba5b0cee053461e94c028978bcccd63/stream.ts", isEligibleForDirectPlay: True, isEligibleForDirectStream: True [2019-01-07 22:51:50.595 +00:00] [INF] Profile: "Android", No direct play profiles found for Path: "http://127.0.0.1:8096/LiveTv/LiveStreamFiles/bba5b0cee053461e94c028978bcccd63/stream.ts" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.595 +00:00] [INF] RemoteClientBitrateLimit: 1000000, RemoteIp: "192.168.0.6", IsInLocalNetwork: True [2019-01-07 22:51:50.596 +00:00] [INF] Profile: "Android", Path: "http://127.0.0.1:8096/LiveTv/LiveStreamFiles/bba5b0cee053461e94c028978bcccd63/stream.ts", isEligibleForDirectPlay: True, isEligibleForDirectStream: True [2019-01-07 22:51:50.596 +00:00] [INF] Profile: "Android", No direct play profiles found for Path: "http://127.0.0.1:8096/LiveTv/LiveStreamFiles/bba5b0cee053461e94c028978bcccd63/stream.ts" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.596 +00:00] [INF] HTTP Response 200 to "192.168.0.6". Time: "274""ms". "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/LiveStreams/Open?format=json" "" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.669 +00:00] [INF] HTTP "GET" "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/videos/ca79d630766063b60d8f4c15751c26d8/stream.mkv?DeviceId=dde51e1926ad87cf&MediaSourceId=native_797bf9f08cf7121fd313bb4cfbd5416a_b34b06d72db8079ba572eb86d4395e82&VideoCodec=h264&AudioCodec=aac&AudioStreamIndex=-1&VideoBitrate=69944993&AudioBitrate=128000&MaxAudioChannels=2&Level=51&Profile=high&PlaySessionId=28ab4b3b9cd94a669c38f925e458c4aa&LiveStreamId=a17c75760a04e99b68cf766e11316e1c_09efa0d56b934a82adec00a87b837fb0_native_797bf9f08cf7121fd313bb4cfbd5416a_b34b06d72db8079ba572eb86d4395e82&CopyTimestamps=true&ForceLiveStream=false". "User-Agent=EMVideoView 2.5.6 (25600) / Android 8.0.0 / MIBOX3, Accept-Encoding=identity, Host=192.168.0.25:8096, Connection=Keep-Alive" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.671 +00:00] [INF] ffmpeg -analyzeduration 3000000 -fflags +igndts -f mpegts -i "http://127.0.0.1:8096/LiveTv/LiveStreamFiles/bba5b0cee053461e94c028978bcccd63/stream.ts" -sn -codec:v:0 libx264 -force_key_frames "expr:gte(t,n_forced*5)" -vf "yadif=0:-1:0,scale=trunc(min(max(iw\,ih*dar)\,1920)/2)*2:trunc(ow/dar/2)*2" -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset superfast -crf 23 -maxrate 8000000 -bufsize 16000000 -profile:v high -level 4.1 -x264opts:0 subme=0:me_range=4:rc_lookahead=10:me=dia:no_chroma_me:8x8dct=0:partitions=none -flags -global_header -vsync cfr -map_metadata -1 -map_chapters -1 -threads 0 -codec:a:0 aac -strict experimental -ac 2 -ab 128000 -y "/config/transcoding-temp/58d2e99365cec2d84a162345c4c1adcc.mkv" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.698 +00:00] [INF] "HTTP GET" "http://127.0.0.1:8096/LiveTv/LiveStreamFiles/bba5b0cee053461e94c028978bcccd63/stream.ts". UserAgent: "Lavf/58.12.100" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.716 +00:00] [INF] "HTTP POST" "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Sessions/Playing". UserAgent: "Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 8.0.0; MIBOX3 Build/OPR6.170623.013)" [2019-01-07 22:51:50.721 +00:00] [INF] HTTP Response 204 to "192.168.0.6". Time: "5""ms". "http://192.168.0.25:8096/emby/Sessions/Playing" "" [2019-01-07 22:51:54.053 +00:00] [INF] FFMpeg exited with code 1 [2019-01-07 22:51:54.079 +00:00] [ERR] Error this.ProcessRequest(context)(Exception while writing error to the response)
Several other members confirm that Live TV is not working for them either. Outside of this, the app appears to be fully functional.