[vlc] Packet loss

[Philippe De Neve]

Hi,

I am using VLC as a client to accept an incoming video stream. The stream is
sent using a streamer I wrote myself. It constructs simple UDP packets. I
stream an elementary MPEG-1 (.m1v) file. No transort stream is created. The
elementary stream is cut up and encapsulated in 1500 bytes packets.
VLC handles this very well and plays the sequence.
The problem occurs if a burst of more than 1 frame of packets is lost. After
this loss VLC does not show the frames at the original rate. Lots of frames
are being dropped.
We want to know why this happens? Why can't vlc restore the frame rate after
a burst of packets were lost?

wfr, Philippe

The OS is windows xp.
This is  the messages log: (after packet loss)

main debug: stream periodicity changed from P[8] to P[4]
main debug: decoded 83/102 pictures
main debug: decoded 78/105 pictures
main debug: decoded 86/105 pictures
main warning: late picture skipped (7796)
main debug: stream periodicity changed from P[4] to P[3]
main warning: late picture skipped (86907)
main warning: late picture skipped (27017)
main debug: stream periodicity changed from P[3] to P[4]
main warning: late picture skipped (24049)
main warning: late picture skipped (24058)
main warning: late picture skipped (3597)
main warning: late picture skipped (24203)
main warning: late picture skipped (26112)
main warning: late picture skipped (52455)
main warning: late picture skipped (2737)
main warning: late picture skipped (23459)
main debug: decoded 37/102 pictures
main warning: late picture skipped (4851)
main warning: late picture skipped (3128)
main warning: late picture skipped (44284)
main warning: late picture skipped (3683)
main debug: decoded 37/105 pictures
main warning: late picture skipped (3888)
main debug: decoded 38/103 pictures
main warning: late picture skipped (24224)
main warning: late picture skipped (5670)
main warning: late picture skipped (45093)
main warning: late picture skipped (26536)
main warning: late picture skipped (44542)
main warning: late picture skipped (5544)
main warning: late picture skipped (24519)
main warning: late picture skipped (6015)
main warning: late picture skipped (8040)
main warning: late picture skipped (24049)
main warning: late picture skipped (5554)
main warning: late picture skipped (24678)
main warning: late picture skipped (6198)
main warning: late picture skipped (24344)
main warning: late picture skipped (26391)
main warning: late picture skipped (28391)
main debug: decoded 35/105 pictures
main warning: late picture skipped (44460)
main warning: late picture skipped (5446)
main warning: late picture skipped (23636)
main warning: late picture skipped (6167)
main warning: late picture skipped (23583)
main warning: late picture skipped (2792)
main warning: late picture skipped (3732)
main debug: decoded 35/105 pictures
main warning: late picture skipped (3144)
main warning: late picture skipped (3208)
main warning: late picture skipped (5312)
main warning: late picture skipped (3258)
main warning: late picture skipped (3395)
main warning: late picture skipped (3586)
main debug: decoded 35/105 pictures
main warning: late picture skipped (2848)
main warning: late picture skipped (4976)
main warning: late picture skipped (4054)
main warning: late picture skipped (3337)

main warning: late picture skipped (3346)
main warning: late picture skipped (3607)
main debug: decoded 35/105 pictures
main debug: decoded 35/105 pictures

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