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Kodi 20 crashes when skipping backwards when timeshifting
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Description
Using IPTV Simple on Kodi 20 on a RPI 4 with RPI OS 64-bit. Watching a stream , pausing, resuming, and skipping forward will work but if I go back at all Kodi will freeze and crash. Keep getting the error in the log
"error : AddOnLog: inputstream.ffmpegdirect: LoadSegment - segment load error, packet index -1725095486 does not equal expected value of 1 with a total packet count of: 1241" all the way to "error : AddOnLog: inputstream.ffmpegdirect: LoadSegment - segment load error, packet index 126 does not equal expected value of 1240 with a total packet count of: 1241"
Then it either completely freezes up or it aborts Kodi. I've tried changing the timeshift values but nothing seems to improve it.
Arch: aarch64
Kernel: Linux 6.12.47+rpt-rpi-v8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.47-1+rpt1~bookworm (2025-09-16)
Release: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
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Start at the inputstream.ffmpegdirect LoadSegment entry point and reproduce the failure with IPTV Simple on a Raspberry Pi 4 running Kodi 20 and Debian 12. Use the reported packet-index errors as the starting diagnostic signal. Done means rewinding a paused or timeshifted stream no longer freezes or aborts Kodi.
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- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 4/5
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- 3-5 days
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- Needs clarification
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