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Streaming freezes

Postby bez » 22 Feb 2005 16:06

Server set with mmsh, different ports, differnt encapsulations, different media types. When i connect from another computer on another connection using VLC as client i recieve stream for a maximum of 4 seconds and then it freezes and after awhile it disconnects. Tried 2 diffrent connections and 2 different computers. Any ideas?
Also i'd like to know what protocol is best used for streaming outside a LAN network if not mmsh

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Postby xtophe » 22 Feb 2005 19:45

any errors or warnings ( both sides) ?
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Postby bez » 23 Feb 2005 08:54

Nopes... No messages at all. The feed from the server doesnt seem to stop but continues to play in orderly fasion. If u press stop on the client side and press "play" again the stream starts and the same problem repeats itself.

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Postby bez » 23 Feb 2005 10:59

seems that its atleast related to bitrate. However... I have 8mbit/s upload for the connection that the server is using and dont seem to be able to stream without transcoding to 256kbit if i dont want any glitches on the client(connected with a 10mbit fiber connection). I've disconnected firewalls(software type) etc without improvement. Both http and mmsh works now but experienceing the same problems with bitrates higher then 256(+96 sound). :shock:

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Postby bez » 23 Feb 2005 14:21

further more... It seems that vlc wont send(or recieve) more then a certain amount of byte/s. Nomatter what bitrate i choose it affects the bandwidth the same way i.e. when i use i higher bitrate the client doesnt recieve(demand?) more data as when using lower bitrates. Almost as if its limited somewhere. Havent found any settings for that in the program itself...

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Postby xizor » 17 Mar 2005 16:37

Nopes... No messages at all. The feed from the server doesnt seem to stop but continues to play in orderly fasion. If u press stop on the client side and press "play" again the stream starts and the same problem repeats itself.
did you ever find a solution to this? This same thing is happening when I use mms. If I watch the feed on VLC on a different computer it freezes after 4 sec. or so, if I watch w/ WMP it plays fine but buffers very often.

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Postby Guest » 27 Mar 2005 22:45

Bump! I am having the exact same problems. Tried with 0.8.0, 0.8.1 and 0.8.2-nightly. If I use VideoLAN as a client as well I get a lot of errors when the image freezes though: PTS is out of range, and: late image skipped.

I would be extremely happy if someone has a solution
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Postby DaMightyWhighty » 02 Apr 2005 10:27

I have the same problem, havn't really found a solution : (

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Postby markfm » 03 Apr 2005 13:46

I believe this could be called a known problem (VLC - VLC at higher rates, using mmsh/asfh; a variant occurs in a VLC - WMP scenario, where the WMP client keeps rebuffering). Not sure what the answer is, but it's being looked at a bit.


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