[vlc] Re: Streaming not working for mp4's and mov's via http

[Laurent Aimar]

On Tue, May 11, 2004, James MacLean wrote:
> I have noticed that mov's and mp4 contained clips do not stream over http 
> unless you are connected to the server with a very fast link. The problem 
> exists back to 0.6.x and exists here today from the latest SVN repository.
> 
> Some observations:
> 
> . This happens in both Windows and Linux.
> . Debug shows that the stream is constantly making seek requests.
> . Local streaming on a fast link can sometimes freeze too.
> . Sample at http://www.ednet.ns.ca/~macleajb/MP4/yard2-320x240-200-ac3-128.mp4
> . Appears to stream fine in mplayer.
> 
> Any pointers as to where I can look to debug this welcome :),

 Well, fixing that isn't really difficult: we need to add a cache layer
between access and demuxer. (at the stream_t layer or even before).
 But nobody has done it yet, and this part of code will be changed when
demux2 conversion is finished (ie after 0.7.2 release).

-- 
fenrir

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