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4 streams 4k simultaneously

Postby tesara » 19 Dec 2022 19:53

Hi I would like to stream from iptv and satellite up to four 4k channels simultaneously to record sports events from various channels. To play properly 4k i need to have hardware acceleration disabled. When playing 3 or 4 4k videos they are choking. I have Intel i3 10105. When i will switch to 12 gen Intel i5 12400f that will help? Thanks.

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Re: 4 streams 4k simultaneously

Postby Lotesdelere » 20 Dec 2022 10:39

Have you checked the CPU and GPU usage ?

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Re: 4 streams 4k simultaneously

Postby tesara » 20 Dec 2022 16:31

100% CPU and 28% GPU.

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Re: 4 streams 4k simultaneously

Postby Lotesdelere » 21 Dec 2022 10:06

Too much stress for your system.

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Re: 4 streams 4k simultaneously

Postby tesara » 21 Dec 2022 13:15

Intel 12400 will handle this?

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Re: 4 streams 4k simultaneously

Postby tesara » 21 Dec 2022 17:26

Or maybe how to properly set hardware decoding? I have tried multiple settings with all settings and only disabled is working with 4k video's.

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Re: 4 streams 4k simultaneously

Postby Lotesdelere » 22 Dec 2022 10:32

Intel 12400 will handle this?

I really have no idea, how could I know ?

I have tried multiple settings with all settings and only disabled is working with 4k video's.

That's why you are using so much CPU. But TBH streaming four 4k streams simultaneously seems to be overkill to me, especially if your record them (lot of hardware accesses).

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Re: 4 streams 4k simultaneously

Postby tesara » 22 Dec 2022 20:57

How I can play 4k video's with hardware decoding? I have tried several settings with automatic/direct9/direct11 with all output settings and all deblocking filters and I have problem with playing 4k files. They play few frames and then image stop and is only sound. I have up to date graphic driver.

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Re: 4 streams 4k simultaneously

Postby Lotesdelere » 23 Dec 2022 09:43

Depends on the codec being used and the abilities of your graphics card.
On Windows 7 and above, Direct3D11 is the best choice.

Tools -> Preferences -> Video
Output = Direct3D11
Tools -> Preferences -> Input/Codecs
Hardware accelerated decoding = D3D11 Video Acceleration

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Re: 4 streams 4k simultaneously

Postby tesara » 23 Dec 2022 10:48

When doing so, image show few frames and then freezes and is only sound. I have GTX 1060.

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Re: 4 streams 4k simultaneously

Postby Lotesdelere » 26 Dec 2022 11:41

Please open Tools -> Messages (set Verbosity to 2) before you start the playback, and then paste the full resulting log here or on Pastebin.com or on Justpaste.it if it's too long.

Also upload a short sample of your original problematic file to Zippyshare.com or to WeTransfer.com and then post the link to the file here.
https://www.zippyshare.com
https://wetransfer.com

If needed cut it with DGsplit and read here about how to do it:
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... 35#p193335
200 MB max should be enough.

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Re: 4 streams 4k simultaneously

Postby tesara » 29 Dec 2022 00:59

Here is the log:
https://pastebin.com/rAXdKezr
and there is link to the sample video:
https://www115.zippyshare.com/v/XuwiTYsY/file.html
Thank You.

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Re: 4 streams 4k simultaneously

Postby Lotesdelere » 29 Dec 2022 11:58

You GTX 1060 should be able to properly handle this file:

Code: Select all

Format : HEVC Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High Bit rate : 9 559 kb/s Width : 3 840 pixels Height : 2 160 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate : 50.000 FPS Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 (Type 0) Bit depth : 10 bits Color range : Limited Color primaries : BT.2020 Transfer characteristics : HLG Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant

You should create a new report ticket on the VLC Trac with your above report, the links to your files and the link to this thread:
https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues

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Re: 4 streams 4k simultaneously

Postby robUx4 » 02 Jan 2023 09:48

One issue that 3 4K HEVC streams might be using too much memory from the GPU. In 4.0 we use less memory for hardware decoding. In 3.0 you might reduce that amount by using a single decoding thread (instead of 3 you seem to set).


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