https m3u8 stream bouncing yellow bar only

[efeo]

I get a bouncing yellow bar when trying to play any https m3u8 streams in vlc on one of my pc's. The stream never loads and eventually stops. They work fine on other pc's in my local network. Been trying for weeks with no luck as i am trying to record my nest doorbell.
Below is the log from a test stream from Bitmovin that is also not working. it up to the point where it hangs for about 10 minutes. After this there are eventually more messages but they are about 4 times over the limit of the amount of text i am allowed to post here.


main debug: processing request item: playlist.m3u8, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index 0
main debug: starting playback of new item
main debug: resyncing on playlist.m3u8
main debug: playlist.m3u8 is at 0
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'playlist.m3u8'
main debug: requesting art for new input thread
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB
main debug: using timeshift path: C:\Users\Seldon\AppData\Local\Temp
main debug: `https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/ ... ylist.m3u8' gives access `https' demux `any' path `bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/sintel/hls/playlist.m3u8'
main debug: creating demux: access='https' demux='any' location='bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/sintel/hls/playlist.m3u8' file='\\bitdash-a.akamaihd.net\content\sintel\hls\playlist.m3u8'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "https": 15 candidates
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access: https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/ ... ylist.m3u8
main debug: (path: \\bitdash-a.akamaihd.net\content\sintel\hls\playlist.m3u8)
main debug: looking for access module matching "https": 26 candidates
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Seldon\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Seldon\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
main debug: looking for tls client module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
gnutls debug: using GnuTLS version 3.5.19
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no art finder modules matched
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Seldon\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\Seldon\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no art finder modules matched
qt debug: IM: Setting an input

[Lotesdelere]

I get a bouncing yellow bar when trying to play any https m3u8 streams in vlc on one of my pc's. The stream never loads and eventually stops. They work fine on other pc's in my local network
https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/ ... ylist.m3u8

This H.264 video has a resolution of 4096*1744 and an average bitrate between 10000 and 15000 kb/s.
Are you sure your computer can handle both ?

[efeo]

pretty sure. Its an AMD Ryzen 7 1800X. It has no graphics card as I only remote desktop to it. I have tried it with a standard graphics card and by logging directly onto the PC to test but still got has the same issue. Yes this test stream does have a high resolution but my nest doorbell is relatively low and I still get the same issue. I can play UHD and HDR videos on the PC with no problems

[#thweiss]

Behind the URL https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/ ... ylist.m3u8 are different Video-Resolutions available, depend from the Client-Bitrate for playing the Video.
My VLC-Player 3.0.6 (32-Bit) under Windows 7 start the Video with the highest Bitrate of 10.0 MBit/s.

Available Video-Bitrates (..., 1.5 MBit/s, 4 MBit/s, 6 MBit/s and 10 MBit/s)
https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/ ... 0kbit.m3u8 (1.5 MBit/s)
https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/ ... 0kbit.m3u8 (4.0 MBit/s)
https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/ ... 0kbit.m3u8 (6.0 MBit/s)
My PC get a green Screen with the highest HLS-Bitrade and the ATI Radeon 4300/4500 Series Graphic-Card.
https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/ ... 0kbit.m3u8 (10.0 MBit/s)

The Stream has also an audio HLS-File and a subtitle HLS-File (HLS = Http Live Stream).

The original Streams are located for Example in the following URL.
https://bitmovin.com/mpeg-dash-hls-exam ... e-streams/

Try to play a combined Stream for Video (Example: 1.5 MBit/s or 4.0 MBit/s) and with an Audio-Streams.
Look in the VLC-Player GUI for "Show more Options" and "Play an other Stream syncronously (extra audio file, ...)".
https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/ ... 8kbit.m3u8 (Stereo)
or
https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/ ... 0kbit.m3u8 (surround)

Thomas

[efeo]

Thanks for the info . I tried playing the lowest quality stream (1.5Mbit/s) and after about 15 minutes a picture did eventually pop up. At a very very rough guess It looks like its running at 1 frame every 2 minutes. The 10mbit stream ran perfectly fine on my lower specked laptop.
I don't know what my nest stream is but its way lower than this and that doesn't even work

This is the most recent part of the log. The whole log is to long to paste here...

main debug: Buffering 76%
main debug: Buffering 81%
main debug: Buffering 82%
main debug: Buffering 87%
main debug: Buffering 92%
main debug: Buffering 97%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1025 ms in 62 ms)
main debug: Decoder wait done in 0 ms
adaptive debug: Retrieving https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net:443/cont ... t/seq-5.ts @0
main debug: looking for tls client module matching "any": 1 candidates
gnutls debug: using GnuTLS version 3.5.19
gnutls debug: loaded 80 trusted CAs from system
main debug: using tls client module "gnutls"
main debug: resolving bitdash-a.akamaihd.net ...
gnutls debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
gnutls debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
gnutls debug: TLS handshake: Success.
gnutls debug: - safe renegotiation (RFC5746) enabled
gnutls debug: - false start (RFC7918) enabled
main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (jitter of 273104 ms ignored)
main error: Timestamp conversion failed for 9666667: no reference clock
main error: Could not get display date for timestamp 0
adaptive debug: Retrieving https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net:443/cont ... t/seq-6.ts @0
main debug: looking for tls client module matching "any": 1 candidates
gnutls debug: using GnuTLS version 3.5.19
gnutls debug: loaded 80 trusted CAs from system
main debug: using tls client module "gnutls"
main debug: resolving bitdash-a.akamaihd.net ...
gnutls debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
gnutls debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
gnutls debug: TLS handshake: Success.
gnutls debug: - safe renegotiation (RFC5746) enabled
gnutls debug: - false start (RFC7918) enabled
main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (jitter of 275969 ms ignored)
main error: Timestamp conversion failed for 11666667: no reference clock
main error: Could not get display date for timestamp 0
main error: Timestamp conversion failed for 11666667: no reference clock
main error: Could not convert timestamp 0 for FFmpeg
main warning: early picture skipped
adaptive debug: Retrieving https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net:443/cont ... t/seq-7.ts @0
main debug: looking for tls client module matching "any": 1 candidates
gnutls debug: using GnuTLS version 3.5.19

[#thweiss]

Please make a Speedtest with your AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Computer and your other Computer with lower Performance.

For Example: https://www.speedtest.net/

Are there Differences?
Did You install the latest Network-Driver?

[efeo]

Ryzen PC = 49.07Mbps
lower performance PC(intel i5) = 49.12Mbps

So doesn't look like a network speed issue

Its a gigabit Motherboard and according to the Motherboard app the latest motherboard drivers are installed

While I get the yellow bouncing bar I check the router for live network activity and there is pretty much no traffic apart from the usual low background of about 1-2KB/s

[efeo]

just tried playing m3u8 streams using a different player (5KPlayer) and I get similar issues. So its not a vlc player problem. but the stream will work if a play in Chrome using castr stream testing website. very strange.

[#thweiss]

Please check the following Streaming-Contents with the VLC-Player.

https://bitcdn-kronehit.bitmovin.com/v2 ... ylist.m3u8

http://5.196.138.6:1935/live/nrjbelgiqu ... 81553.m3u8

http://fash1043.cloudycdn.services/sliv ... klist.m3u8

rtmp://stream.polar.cz/prahatv/prahatvlive-1

https://live-w.lwc.vrtcdn.be/groupa/liv ... .isml/.mpd

Here is a Link for an online HLS-Stream-Tester: https://castr.io/hlsplayer

[efeo]

I wasn't expecting any to work on vlc but...

https://bitcdn-kronehit.bitmovin.com/v2 ... ylist.m3u8
Doesn't play

http://5.196.138.6:1935/live/nrjbelgiqu ... 81553.m3u8
plays

http://fash1043.cloudycdn.services/sliv ... klist.m3u8
plays

rtmp://stream.polar.cz/prahatv/prahatvlive-1
plays

https://live-w.lwc.vrtcdn.be/groupa/liv ... .isml/.mpd
Doesn't play


I have previously tried the Castr site and my nest doorbell plays on there

[#thweiss]

It look's like after a "secure http" (https://...) Trouble with the Ryzen Computer.
https://itstillworks.com/computer-block ... -4787.html

You also wrote something about Remote Desktop.
https://upcloud.com/community/tutorials ... e-desktop/

Hope the Hints will help to find a Solution.
At the Moment I do not have a Idea.

Examples for "Kronehit TV":
https: https://bitcdn-kronehit.bitmovin.com/v2 ... ylist.m3u8
http: http://bitcdn-kronehit.bitmovin.com/v2/ ... ylist.m3u8

[efeo]

ok. i never never noticed the https thing. The kronehit http works but not the https. so odd. https websites work fine.