diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/DynamicHlsService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/DynamicHlsService.cs
index 4f043d3217..cbfadb886d 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/DynamicHlsService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/DynamicHlsService.cs
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Hls
             {
                 var outputTsArg = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(outputPath), Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(outputPath)) + "%d.ts";
 
-                return string.Format("{0} {1} -map_metadata -1 -threads {2} {3} {4} -copyts -flags -global_header -sc_threshold 0 {5} -f segment -segment_time {6} -segment_start_number {7} -segment_list \"{8}\" -y \"{9}\"",
+                return string.Format("{0} {1} -map_metadata -1 -threads {2} {3} {4} -flags -global_header -sc_threshold 0 {5} -f segment -segment_time {6} -segment_start_number {7} -segment_list \"{8}\" -y \"{9}\"",
                     inputModifier,
                     GetInputArgument(state),
                     threads,
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Hls
                     ).Trim();
             }
 
-            return string.Format("{0} {1} -map_metadata -1 -threads {2} {3} {4} -copyts -flags -global_header -sc_threshold 0 {5} -hls_time {6} -start_number {7} -hls_list_size {8} -y \"{9}\"",
+            return string.Format("{0} {1} -map_metadata -1 -threads {2} {3} {4} -flags -global_header -sc_threshold 0 {5} -hls_time {6} -start_number {7} -hls_list_size {8} -y \"{9}\"",
                             inputModifier,
                             GetInputArgument(state),
                             threads,
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/UserConfiguration.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/UserConfiguration.cs
index 98641636ae..7390af0881 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/UserConfiguration.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/UserConfiguration.cs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration
         /// </summary>
         public UserConfiguration()
         {
+            HidePlayedInLatest = true;
             PlayDefaultAudioTrack = true;
 
             LatestItemsExcludes = new string[] { };
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Channels/ChannelDownloadScheduledTask.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Channels/ChannelDownloadScheduledTask.cs
index 980c3f31b7..6514893477 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Channels/ChannelDownloadScheduledTask.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Channels/ChannelDownloadScheduledTask.cs
@@ -169,29 +169,32 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Channels
 
             foreach (var item in result.Items)
             {
-                var channelItem = (IChannelMediaItem)item;
+                var channelItem = item as IChannelMediaItem;
 
-                var channelFeatures = _manager.GetChannelFeatures(channelItem.ChannelId);
-
-                if (channelFeatures.SupportsContentDownloading)
+                if (channelItem != null)
                 {
-                    if (options.DownloadingChannels.Contains(channelItem.ChannelId))
+                    var channelFeatures = _manager.GetChannelFeatures(channelItem.ChannelId);
+
+                    if (channelFeatures.SupportsContentDownloading)
                     {
-                        try
+                        if (options.DownloadingChannels.Contains(channelItem.ChannelId))
                         {
-                            await DownloadChannelItem(channelItem, options, cancellationToken, path);
-                        }
-                        catch (OperationCanceledException)
-                        {
-                            break;
-                        }
-                        catch (ChannelDownloadException)
-                        {
-                            // Logged at lower levels
-                        }
-                        catch (Exception ex)
-                        {
-                            _logger.ErrorException("Error downloading channel content for {0}", ex, item.Name);
+                            try
+                            {
+                                await DownloadChannelItem(channelItem, options, cancellationToken, path);
+                            }
+                            catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                            {
+                                break;
+                            }
+                            catch (ChannelDownloadException)
+                            {
+                                // Logged at lower levels
+                            }
+                            catch (Exception ex)
+                            {
+                                _logger.ErrorException("Error downloading channel content for {0}", ex, item.Name);
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }