[vlc] Re: Packet loss

Derk-Jan Hartman hartman at videolan.org
Wed Aug 18 14:41:21 CEST 2004


> 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?

I think an ES doesn't contain time stamps, something VLC really hates.
This would account for your trouble. You should use a TS or PS stream.

DJ

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