Streaming: playback stops almost immediately

[clearstreamer]

I've been using VLC for a couple of months to stream video on my PC from my SAT receiver, with no issues. Don't know what changed but now, usually a few seconds after streaming begins, VLC stops playback, driving me mad. Here a log from the message window, when playback stops:

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main debug: auto hidding mouse main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 1200 ms) main debug: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called main debug: Buffering 0% main debug: End of audio preroll main debug: Buffering 2% main debug: Buffering 5% main debug: Buffering 8% main debug: Buffering 9% main debug: Buffering 11% main debug: Buffering 14% ts debug: eof ? main debug: EOF reached main debug: Stream buffering done (175 ms in 63 ms) main debug: Decoder buffering done in 0 ms main warning: PTS is out of range (138722), dropping buffer main debug: finished input main warning: output PTS is out of range (879000), clearing out main warning: PTS is out of range (114722), dropping buffer main warning: PTS is out of range (90722), dropping buffer main warning: PTS is out of range (66722), dropping buffer main warning: PTS is out of range (42722), dropping buffer main warning: PTS is out of range (18722), dropping buffer main warning: PTS is out of range (-5278), dropping buffer main debug: waitpipe: object killed main warning: PTS is out of range (-29278), dropping buffer main debug: thread times: real 0m13.270759s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.296401s avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (MPEG-1/2 Video) stopped main debug: removing module "avcodec" main debug: killing decoder fourcc `mpgv', 0 PES in FIFO main debug: [0] 4 0 main debug: [1] 4 0 main debug: [2] 4 0 main debug: [3] 4 0 main debug: [4] 4 0 main debug: [5] 4 0 main debug: [6] 4 0 main debug: [7] 4 0 main debug: [8] 4 0 main debug: [9] 4 0 main debug: [10] 4 0 main debug: [11] 4 0 main debug: [12] 4 0 main debug: [13] 2 0 main debug: [14] 4 0 main debug: [15] 4 0 main debug: [16] 4 0 main debug: [17] 4 0 main debug: [18] 4 0 main debug: [19] 4 0 main debug: [20] 4 0 main debug: [21] 4 0 main debug: [22] 4 0 main debug: [23] 4 0 main debug: saving a free vout main debug: removing module "packetizer_mpegvideo" main debug: thread times: real 0m14.197812s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.015600s main debug: removing module "mpeg_audio" main debug: killing decoder fourcc `mpga', 0 PES in FIFO main debug: removing module "mpgatofixed32" main debug: removing module "scaletempo" main debug: removing module "ugly_resampler" aout_directx debug: closing audio device aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread exiting main debug: thread ended main debug: thread times: real 0m13.862792s, kernel 0m0.015600s, user 0m0.000000s main debug: removing module "aout_directx" main debug: removing module "audio_format" main debug: removing module "float32_mixer" main debug: releasing aout ts debug: pid list: ts debug: - pid[0] seen ts debug: - pid[33] seen ts debug: - pid[162] seen ts debug: - pid[163] seen main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES ts debug: - pid[165] seen ts debug: - pid[8191] seen main debug: removing module "ts" main debug: removing module "stream_filter_record" main debug: removing module "access_http" main debug: thread ended main debug: dead input main debug: thread times: real 0m15.091863s, kernel 0m0.046800s, user 0m0.093600s main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1) main debug: nothing to play main debug: destroying useless vout direct3d debug: Direct3D scene released successfully direct3d debug: DirectXEventThread terminating direct3d debug: DirectXCloseWindow direct3d debug: WinProc WM_DESTROY qt4 debug: releasing video... qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input main debug: TIMER input launching for 'http://192.168.1.2:8001/1:0:1:E1E:708:C8:820000:0:0:0:' : 867.000 ms - Total 867.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 867.000 ms) qt4 debug: Video is not needed anymore main debug: removing module "qt4" main debug: removing module "direct3d" main debug: removing module "vout_wrapper" main debug: removing module "freetype" main debug: removing module "yuvp" main debug: removing module "swscale" main debug: removing module "deinterlace" main debug: removing module "freetype" main debug: removing module "yuvp" main debug: removing module "swscale"

Thanks for reading. Using Win 7 x64, ATI 4650 with latest driver and VLC 1.1.8. The network doesn't have problems, and VLC used to work fine on the same system.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Delete preferences.

[clearstreamer]

Thanks, I've deleted vlcrc, but problem remains. Here's another log...:

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main debug: auto hidding mouse main warning: resampling stopped after 11064000 usec (drift: 318) main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 1200 ms) main debug: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called main debug: Buffering 0% main debug: Buffering 2% main debug: End of audio preroll main debug: Buffering 5% main debug: Buffering 8% ts debug: eof ? main debug: EOF reached main debug: Stream buffering done (105 ms in 32 ms) main debug: End of video preroll main debug: Received first picture main debug: Decoder buffering done in 2 ms main warning: PTS is out of range (84656), dropping buffer main warning: output PTS is out of range (731000), clearing out main warning: PTS is out of range (60656), dropping buffer main warning: PTS is out of range (36656), dropping buffer main warning: PTS is out of range (12656), dropping buffer main warning: PTS is out of range (-11344), dropping buffer main warning: PTS is out of range (-35344), dropping buffer main debug: finished input main debug: thread times: real 0m13.928796s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.499203s main debug: waitpipe: object killed avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (MPEG-1/2 Video) stopped main debug: removing module "avcodec" main debug: killing decoder fourcc `mpgv', 0 PES in FIFO main debug: [0] 4 0 main debug: [1] 4 0 main debug: [2] 4 0 main debug: [3] 4 0 main debug: [4] 4 0 main debug: [5] 4 0 main debug: [6] 2 0 main debug: [7] 2 0 main debug: [8] 4 0 main debug: [9] 4 0 main debug: [10] 4 0 main debug: [11] 4 0 main debug: [12] 4 0 main debug: [13] 4 0 main debug: [14] 4 0 main debug: [15] 4 0 main debug: [16] 4 0 main debug: [17] 4 0 main debug: [18] 4 0 main debug: [19] 4 0 main debug: [20] 4 0 main debug: [21] 4 0 main debug: [22] 4 0 main debug: [23] 4 0 main debug: saving a free vout main debug: removing module "packetizer_mpegvideo" main debug: thread times: real 0m14.880851s, kernel 0m0.015600s, user 0m0.015600s main debug: removing module "mpeg_audio" main debug: killing decoder fourcc `mpga', 0 PES in FIFO main debug: removing module "mpgatofixed32" main debug: removing module "ugly_resampler" aout_directx debug: closing audio device aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread exiting main debug: thread ended main debug: thread times: real 0m14.517830s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s main debug: removing module "aout_directx" main debug: removing module "audio_format" main debug: removing module "float32_mixer" main debug: releasing aout ts debug: pid list: ts debug: - pid[0] seen ts debug: - pid[33] seen ts debug: - pid[162] seen ts debug: - pid[163] seen main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES ts debug: - pid[165] seen ts debug: - pid[8191] seen main debug: removing module "ts" main debug: removing module "stream_filter_record" main debug: removing module "access_http" main debug: thread ended main debug: dead input main debug: thread times: real 0m16.161924s, kernel 0m0.109200s, user 0m0.140400s main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1) main debug: nothing to play main debug: destroying useless vout direct3d debug: Direct3D scene released successfully direct3d debug: DirectXEventThread terminating direct3d debug: DirectXCloseWindow direct3d debug: WinProc WM_DESTROY qt4 debug: releasing video... qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input main debug: TIMER input launching for 'http://192.168.1.7:8001/1:0:1:E1E:708:C8:820000:0:0:0:' : 1266.000 ms - Total 1266.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1266.000 ms) qt4 debug: Video is not needed anymore main debug: removing module "qt4" main debug: removing module "direct3d" main debug: removing module "vout_wrapper" main debug: removing module "freetype" main debug: removing module "yuvp" main debug: removing module "swscale" main debug: removing module "deinterlace" main debug: removing module "freetype" main debug: removing module "yuvp" main debug: removing module "swscale"

[VLC_help]

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ts debug: eof ? main debug: EOF reached

Something is causing the streaming to stop. Has there been any network device changes/updates?

[clearstreamer]

None I can think of, and certainly not during playback. The pc and sat are connected via powerline (the devolo service runs always in the background), with no problems in the past. I've been advised in a sat forum to use an older version.Tried v1.1.6/7/8 and problem persists. Installed 1.1.4 and it hasn't stopped for 20 minutes now, which is great. I'll repost if problem comes back.