[streaming] Re: Other output messing the binary Stdout?

[Polyphem]

Thanks for the answer Derk.
Does this really apply for all kind of codecs? I thougth that this only
applies to certain kinds like AVI, and that MPEG1 for example can also be
played without a correct header. And what is than the difference to
streaming a transcoded file over HTTP, there VLC also can not go back to the
header and correct it, because the information is streamed permanently.
What makes me wonder is, that of a ~3MB large file only some 1-2 KB seem to
be different between output to STDOUT and output to a file. And the
difference is in the Header AND the Footer (last few KBs), thats why i think
some other stuff is messing it up, maybe some line-breaks sent or something
like that.
Best Regards

On 11/16/05, Derk-Jan Hartman <hartman at videolan.org> wrote:
>
> If you used --quiet you should be fine regardless.
> I think it's more that stdout is a stream instead of a file, so VLC
> cannot go back in the file and update the headers with the correct
> information and stuff.
>
> DJ
>
> On 16-nov-2005, at 11:07, Polyphem wrote:
>
> > Hello VLC-Community,
> >
> > I'm currently playing around with the binary Stdout option an run
> > into a problem.
> >
> > When I use
> > standard{access=file,mux=asf,url='test.mpeg'}
> >
> > the resulting local file is healthy and plays in VLC and WMP. When
> > I try to capture the binary output from Stdout with
> >
> > standard{access=file,mux=asf,url=-}
> >
> > and than create the movie with an external program, it is
> > corrupted. I took hex look at the binaries and it seems that 99.9%
> > are identical. Only in the top 2-3 header rows and the bottom 2-3
> > footer rows the Stdout file looks sligtly different.
> > I looked up the Stdout function here:
> > https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/file/trunk/modules/access_output/file.c
> >
> > Is it possible that these:
> >
> > msg_Dbg( p_access, "using stdout" );
> > msg_Dbg( p_access, "file access output opened (`%s')", p_access-
> > >psz_name );
> > msg_Dbg( p_access, "file access output closed" );
> >
> > come in my way? Are they also parsed to the Stdout and I have to
> > deactivate them somehow, or do those Messages need to be invoked by
> > a special debug option (which I did not found until now)?
> >
> > Anyone had this problem before? Is it possible that VLC mixes other
> > Stdout output into the stream? Invoked it with -q, --quiet, but are
> > there other parameters to tell VLC not to write other output to
> > Stdout?
> >
> > Thanks and Best Regards
> >
> >
> >
>
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