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

[Viktor Kompaneyets]

Thomas Kernen wrote:

> Sigmund Augdal Helberg wrote:
>> 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).
> 
> I've not seen anything specific on the linuxtv.org website (had checked
> before selecting the cards and have checked on a regular basis the
> website for any updated info). I also tested with rev 2.6D (currently
> the latest hardware version) and I have the same issue.
> 
> This is the output since the launch of the process a week ago. Verbose
> was not enabled because there usually is too much data being outputed
> when I'm running in non debug mode.
> 
> zara:/home/tkernen# vlc --color --ttl 2 --ts-es-id-pid --programs 9306
> dvb:// --dvb-adapter=1 --dvb-satno=2 --dvb-frequency=12581000
> --dvb-srate=22000000 --dvb-voltage=13 --dvb-budget-mode --sout
> '#duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,url=224.0.1.8:3001,sap,name="Canal+
> HD Promo"},select="program=9306"}'
>                                      VLC media player 0.8.2 Janus
> Remote control interface initialized, `h' for help
> [00000221] stream_out_standard private: SAP Enabled
> [00000232] dvb access error: CAMInit: opening device failed (No such
> [device)
> libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 7, expected 0)
> for PID 17
> libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 9, expected 0)
> for PID 0
> libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 2, expected 0)
> for PID 1279
> libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 14, expected
[..]

My first assumption was true - there are problem with TS. The memory will
grow, and after 1-2 days streaming will stop. 

-- 
Viktor Kompaneyets
Wnet project manager

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