[vlc] Re: Problem when streaming from v4l device.

Christophe Massiot massiot at via.ecp.fr
Mon Aug 30 16:24:22 CEST 2004


On Mon, Aug 30, 2004, Philippe Van Hecke wrote:
> On Monday 30 August 2004 12:46, Gildas Bazin wrote:
> > Gildas BazinIs it a recent problem with VLC or maybe you haven't tried with
> > older versions ?
> 
> I have also try this last stable version vlc 0.7.2 and the problem is the 
> same.
> 
> >It might be a problem with CPU resources so I'd first recommend
> > to use a lower resolution stream. You could also use the
> > "hurry-up" option in the ffmpeg encoder module (eg.
> > #transcode{...keyint=80,venc=ffmpeg{hurry-up}}). 
> 
> Indeed may a CPU related issue as the server currently stream 25 multicast
> stream at full pal resolution and the load is near to 85% 

Could you also check the memory usage ("free") ? I have a memleak with
v4l devices here, which I haven't had time to track down yet.

-- 
Christophe Massiot.

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