Bug: command profiles not being applied

[2fst4u]

Describe the Bug

This is quite weird and I must be doing something wrong, but the command profile I'm trying to use isn't being used when I start a stream.

I've set the following command profile:

-hide_banner -loglevel debug -err_detect ignore_err -reconnect 1 -reconnect_on_network_error 1 -reconnect_on_http_error 1 -reconnect_streamed 1 -reconnect_delay_max 4294 -analyzeduration 2000000 -probesize 2000000 -re -thread_queue_size 4096 -rtbufsize 2048k -i {streamUrl} -map_metadata -1 -c:v libx264 -preset ultrafast -crf 20 -vf format=yuv420p -tune zerolatency -c:a aac -b:a 192k -c:s copy -fflags +genpts -timeout 7000000 -muxdelay 0.001 -max_interleave_delta 0 -async 1 -f mpegts pipe:1

And called it "Plex", and then created a stream group called "Plex" and selected this command profile from the drop down box.

Then in Plex I've set the HDHR stream to the Plex specific one, not the "all" one.

But when I attempt to play a stream in Plex the logs show this:

tting source stream ABC TV to ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Factories.StreamFactory[0]

      Stream URL has m3u8 extension, using SMFFMPEG for streaming: ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Factories.CommandExecutor[0]

      Opened command with args "ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel error -user_agent {clientUserAgent} -fflags +genpts+discardcorrupt -i {streamUrl} -map 0:v -map 0:a? -map 0:s? -c copy -f mpegts -copyts -reconnect 1 -reconnect_streamed 1 -reconnect_on_network_error 1 -reconnect_delay_max 10 -fflags +nobuffer pipe:1" in 2 ms

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Domain.Interfaces.ISourceBroadcaster[0]

      RunPipelineAsync ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.ClientConfiguration[0]

      Stopping client 0HNAUF4IQ8AIU:00000001.

info: StreamMaster.API.Controllers.VsController[0]

      Unregistered Client 0HNAUF4IQ8AIU:00000001 ABC TV disposing

fail: StreamMaster.Streams.Domain.Interfaces.ISourceBroadcaster[0]

      Source stream read error: Stream closed unexpectedly

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Domain.Interfaces.ISourceBroadcaster[0]

      Source Broadcaster stopped: ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Broadcasters.SourceBroadcasterService[0]

      Retrying stream ABC TV 0/1.

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Broadcasters.SourceBroadcasterService[0]

      Created new source stream for: 14a5bacd11b05cced432d0eb03bf9b7c ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Domain.Interfaces.ISourceBroadcaster[0]

      Setting source stream ABC TV to ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Factories.StreamFactory[0]

      Stream URL has m3u8 extension, using SMFFMPEG for streaming: ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Factories.CommandExecutor[0]

      Opened command with args "ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel error -user_agent {clientUserAgent} -fflags +genpts+discardcorrupt -i {streamUrl} -map 0:v -map 0:a? -map 0:s? -c copy -f mpegts -copyts -reconnect 1 -reconnect_streamed 1 -reconnect_on_network_error 1 -reconnect_delay_max 10 -fflags +nobuffer pipe:1" in 2 ms

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Domain.Interfaces.ISourceBroadcaster[0]

      RunPipelineAsync ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Domain.Interfaces.IChannelBroadcaster[0]

      Channel Broadcaster stopped: ABC TV

fail: StreamMaster.Streams.Domain.Interfaces.ISourceBroadcaster[0]

      Source stream connection failed

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Domain.Interfaces.ISourceBroadcaster[0]

      Source Broadcaster stopped: ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Broadcasters.SourceBroadcasterService[0]

      Stream ABC TV stopped.

As you can see the ffmpeg commands being used are not what I've set.

Steps to Reproduce

Create command profile
Set it
Stream
Output logs and show the command profile is different

Stream Master Version

0.11.1

Relevant Logs

tting source stream ABC TV to ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Factories.StreamFactory[0]

      Stream URL has m3u8 extension, using SMFFMPEG for streaming: ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Factories.CommandExecutor[0]

      Opened command with args "ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel error -user_agent {clientUserAgent} -fflags +genpts+discardcorrupt -i {streamUrl} -map 0:v -map 0:a? -map 0:s? -c copy -f mpegts -copyts -reconnect 1 -reconnect_streamed 1 -reconnect_on_network_error 1 -reconnect_delay_max 10 -fflags +nobuffer pipe:1" in 2 ms

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Domain.Interfaces.ISourceBroadcaster[0]

      RunPipelineAsync ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.ClientConfiguration[0]

      Stopping client 0HNAUF4IQ8AIU:00000001.

info: StreamMaster.API.Controllers.VsController[0]

      Unregistered Client 0HNAUF4IQ8AIU:00000001 ABC TV disposing

fail: StreamMaster.Streams.Domain.Interfaces.ISourceBroadcaster[0]

      Source stream read error: Stream closed unexpectedly

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Domain.Interfaces.ISourceBroadcaster[0]

      Source Broadcaster stopped: ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Broadcasters.SourceBroadcasterService[0]

      Retrying stream ABC TV 0/1.

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Broadcasters.SourceBroadcasterService[0]

      Created new source stream for: 14a5bacd11b05cced432d0eb03bf9b7c ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Domain.Interfaces.ISourceBroadcaster[0]

      Setting source stream ABC TV to ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Factories.StreamFactory[0]

      Stream URL has m3u8 extension, using SMFFMPEG for streaming: ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Factories.CommandExecutor[0]

      Opened command with args "ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel error -user_agent {clientUserAgent} -fflags +genpts+discardcorrupt -i {streamUrl} -map 0:v -map 0:a? -map 0:s? -c copy -f mpegts -copyts -reconnect 1 -reconnect_streamed 1 -reconnect_on_network_error 1 -reconnect_delay_max 10 -fflags +nobuffer pipe:1" in 2 ms

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Domain.Interfaces.ISourceBroadcaster[0]

      RunPipelineAsync ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Domain.Interfaces.IChannelBroadcaster[0]

      Channel Broadcaster stopped: ABC TV

fail: StreamMaster.Streams.Domain.Interfaces.ISourceBroadcaster[0]

      Source stream connection failed

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Domain.Interfaces.ISourceBroadcaster[0]

      Source Broadcaster stopped: ABC TV

info: StreamMaster.Streams.Broadcasters.SourceBroadcasterService[0]

      Stream ABC TV stopped.

Relevant Configuration

Not sure what's relevant here

Verification

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[2fst4u]

Aha, I had to set the profile on the m3u playlist itself. Is this correct though? Logically it seems like the way I was doing it to start with should have been the intended method.

[carlreid]

Thanks for the report @2fst4u.

Aha, I had to set the profile on the m3u playlist itself. Is this correct though? Logically it seems like the way I was doing it to start with should have been the intended method.

I have no idea what the priority of the Command Profile order should be. I also am not sure what logically makes most sense... Not sure if it can be set on other places, but we have these for instance:

1. On the M3U
2. On a Channel
3. On a Stream Group

Logically, I guess it makes most sense to have the lowest level take precedence over the more abstract levels? As in, if Channel has a Command Profile defined; then no matter what is specified on Stream Group or M3U, the Channel's Command Profile would be used. Though I also see this could be problematic, in cases where a Channel is to be in different Stream Groups that could have different Command Profiles for different cases.

Then in Plex I've set the HDHR stream to the Plex specific one, not the "all" one.

But when I attempt to play a stream in Plex the logs show this:
...
Stream URL has m3u8 extension, using SMFFMPEG for streaming: ABC TV

I wish I had read this line sooner than making all the changes on #62 s😥 As I don't think that any of the changes will actually fix the issue here.

What I think must be happening, is that the content you're attempting to stream is HLS. Where it seems that StreamMaster is conditionally handling HLS / .m3u8 URLs differently. Which, as you discovered, is loading the Command Profile from configuration on the m3u (under M3U8 COMMAND PROFILE).

I'm not really sure how to handle it in a nice way, as I'm not too familiar with the differences between say a .ts stream vs .m3u8. I guess given the different kinds, it would make sense to define a Command Profile depending on the type of content attempting to be played.

[2fst4u]

Thanks for the info. It was definitely weird to figure out. I'm actually trying to do something quite wacky and put a second streammaster instance in a VPN so it can stream local free IPTV channels, and relay back to my main instance which is why I was trying to change the profile to reencode the container to force it to stream via streammaster and not leak any connection to the source. It kind of works but it isn't 100% yet. Some channels still seem to leak and I can't figure out why.

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On 10/03/25 01:45, Carl Reid wrote: Thanks for the report ***@***.***(https://github.com/2fst4u). > Aha, I had to set the profile on the m3u playlist itself. Is this correct though? Logically it seems like the way I was doing it to start with should have been the intended method. I have no idea what the priority of the Command Profile order should be. I also am not sure what logically makes most sense... Not sure if it can be set on other places, but we have these for instance: - On the M3U - On a Channel - On a Stream Group Logically, I guess it makes most sense to have the lowest level take precedence over the more abstract levels? As in, if Channel has a Command Profile defined; then no matter what is specified on Stream Group or M3U, the Channel's Command Profile would be used. Though I also see this could be problematic, in cases where a Channel is to be in different Stream Groups that could have different Command Profiles for different cases. > Then in Plex I've set the HDHR stream to the Plex specific one, not the "all" one. > > But when I attempt to play a stream in Plex the logs show this: > ... > Stream URL has m3u8 extension, using SMFFMPEG for streaming: ABC TV I wish I had read this line sooner than making all the changes on [#62](#62) s😥 As I don't think that any of the changes will actually fix the issue here. What I think must be happening, is that the content you're attempting to stream is HLS. Where it seems that StreamMaster is conditionally handling HLS / .m3u8 URLs differently. Which, as you discovered, is loading the Command Profile from configuration on the m3u (under M3U8 COMMAND PROFILE). I'm not really sure how to handle it in a nice way, as I'm not too familiar with the differences between say a .ts stream vs .m3u8. I guess given the different kinds, it would make sense to define a Command Profile depending on the type of content attempting to be played. — Reply to this email directly, [view it on GitHub](#61 (comment)), or [unsubscribe](https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADUNCRV5WMK2PTUS75HM5ST2TQZWJAVCNFSM6AAAAABYTMMWY2VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDOMBYHAZTQOBXGE). You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***> [carlreid]carlreid left a comment [(carlreid/StreamMaster#61)](#61 (comment)) Thanks for the report ***@***.***(https://github.com/2fst4u). > Aha, I had to set the profile on the m3u playlist itself. Is this correct though? Logically it seems like the way I was doing it to start with should have been the intended method. I have no idea what the priority of the Command Profile order should be. I also am not sure what logically makes most sense... Not sure if it can be set on other places, but we have these for instance: - On the M3U - On a Channel - On a Stream Group Logically, I guess it makes most sense to have the lowest level take precedence over the more abstract levels? As in, if Channel has a Command Profile defined; then no matter what is specified on Stream Group or M3U, the Channel's Command Profile would be used. Though I also see this could be problematic, in cases where a Channel is to be in different Stream Groups that could have different Command Profiles for different cases. > Then in Plex I've set the HDHR stream to the Plex specific one, not the "all" one. > > But when I attempt to play a stream in Plex the logs show this: > ... > Stream URL has m3u8 extension, using SMFFMPEG for streaming: ABC TV I wish I had read this line sooner than making all the changes on [#62](#62) s😥 As I don't think that any of the changes will actually fix the issue here. What I think must be happening, is that the content you're attempting to stream is HLS. Where it seems that StreamMaster is conditionally handling HLS / .m3u8 URLs differently. Which, as you discovered, is loading the Command Profile from configuration on the m3u (under M3U8 COMMAND PROFILE). I'm not really sure how to handle it in a nice way, as I'm not too familiar with the differences between say a .ts stream vs .m3u8. I guess given the different kinds, it would make sense to define a Command Profile depending on the type of content attempting to be played. — Reply to this email directly, [view it on GitHub](#61 (comment)), or [unsubscribe](https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADUNCRV5WMK2PTUS75HM5ST2TQZWJAVCNFSM6AAAAABYTMMWY2VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDOMBYHAZTQOBXGE). You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[carlreid]

I added the "needs more details" label, as I am not sure if this should be considered a bug or not.

It's certainly confusing how the overrides are applied.

[carlreid]

Re-opening, this was tagged in relation to #62 but the issue is actually a little different.

[thesantiagosp]

There should be a "null" value or something to not set anything, as an example:

1. On the M3U -> undefined
2. On a Channel -> undefined
3. On a Stream Group -> default

And I would say there should be an option to override the settings of other sections:

1. On the M3U -> default
2. On a Channel -> SMFFMPEG FORCED
3. On a Stream Group -> default

This way I can make exceptions for some channels, groups or M3U files while still having the ability to change the setting for something explicitly.

[jordandalley]

I'll add my two cents to this one. I have the same issue where I may choose a different command profile for a different channel inside an m3u8 file for example. Doesn't matter what I set at the channel level, the m3u8 command profile overrides everything.

Definitely a weird one...

[jordandalley]

Even weirder, is that when you look at the stream info in the web gui, it'll show you the channel requested is running the command profile specified at the channel level, but when you look at the log it's actually not using that command profile at all - instead it's using the one specified in the m3u8 file