[streaming] Re: VLC and HD streams, issues after a few days of streaming

[Sigmund Augdal Helberg]

On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 11:58 +0100, Thomas Kernen wrote:
> I'm currently testing various HD streams from Astra and Hotbird such as 
> the Astra HD demo channel, Canal + Demo and HD Forum demo. In parallel I 
>   do have a few SD channels running (BBC World, Euronews).
> 
> The box is a running Linux 2.6.12.1 and has 3 Skystar II rev 2.6B, vlc 
> 0.8.2 and the last libdvbpsi from the svn.
> 
> All is fine with my SD channels but the HD streams seem to die after a 
> few days. SDP still sees the announcements, the processes are still 
> running but the VLC client connecting to the multicast group never 
> receives the stream. The last message seen on the client is 
> "prebuffering", no TS over raw UDP and following steps are achieved.
More interresting would be to know the last messages the server outputs.
Also check if there are known problems with that card and it's drivers
(check linuxtv.org for that).

Sigmund
> 
> I've swapped the vlc streams around between the cards but that doesn't 
> appear to solve the problem in any way, which leads me to suspect that 
> it is not related to a specific piece of hardware.
> 
> Before I look into this any further, is there anyone on the list who had 
> the same problem or may have a suggestion about where I should be 
> investigating first.
> 
> Thanks
> Thomas
> 

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