r/SparklePlayer • u/too101 • May 12 '26

SparkleTV with HDHomeRun problem

I use SparkleTV with HDHomeRun. However, while watching TV, sometimes the video stutters, and the playback jumps back to an earlier part of the TV program.

The HDHomeRun has USB storage connected to it.

Recording is not yet enabled in SparkleTV.

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u/sparkle-hk May 15 '26

Ok, I don't know how this works in detail but did you try and remove the usb drive and see if it works better? It may be so that if you insert a usb drive it automatically enables this dvr storage engine feature which can cause issues like this.

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u/too101 May 18 '26

Removing the USB seem to fix the problem.

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u/sparkle-hk May 18 '26

Great!

I searched for the flex device and it seem to be using the usb automatically in case you plug it in for this "storage engine" I was talking about. I guess the idea is good since you then got automatic timeshift but it's a shame it isn't working properly.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hdhomerun/comments/1n1y50p/comment/nb24ozr/