HLS stream hangs at update of playlist
Posted: 13 Oct 2014 22:27
Long time user of VLC, first time to need some help :p
I frequently record HLS streams of live hockey games.
For those who ask: I have a hockeystreams account.
I have setup VLC to record the stream to a .TS file which I can play with another instance of VLC simultatenously to the recording process, so that I can pause and easily skip ahead. If I only used the M3U8 url to directly watch the game, I wouldn't be able to pause.
One problem is.... on occassion (2 out of 3 games), the VLC recording process will just stop downloading the stream and make no attempt to resume it.
Here is my VLC command line (removed the superfluous stuff)
It still jams.
Here is the VLC log (verbose level 3) of what is at the end of the log every single time the stream jams
Is there a command parameter that would wake up VLC from just sitting there?
I frequently record HLS streams of live hockey games.
For those who ask: I have a hockeystreams account.
I have setup VLC to record the stream to a .TS file which I can play with another instance of VLC simultatenously to the recording process, so that I can pause and easily skip ahead. If I only used the M3U8 url to directly watch the game, I wouldn't be able to pause.
One problem is.... on occassion (2 out of 3 games), the VLC recording process will just stop downloading the stream and make no attempt to resume it.
Here is my VLC command line (removed the superfluous stuff)
I tried it without http-continious and without -http-reconnect and without -loopstart c:\progra~2\videolan\vlc\vlc.exe -vvv h:\downloads\hockeylinks\link.m3u --sout=#file{dst=H:\\Downloads\\hockeylinks\hockey.ts,no-overwrite} --sout-all --sout-keep --http-continuous --http-reconnect --loop
It still jams.
Here is the VLC log (verbose level 3) of what is at the end of the log every single time the stream jams
Normally, this is the beginning of a new series of .ts files, meaning that right after the line I quoted, this would immediately follow when the stream DOES NOT jam.[IRemovedtheURL]live/streams/publishing/events/PREMIUM_HSTV_24/liveevent/livestream2Num815.ts
#EXTINF:10,
[IRemovedtheURL]live/streams/publishing/events/PREMIUM_HSTV_24/liveevent/livestream2Num816.ts
#EXTINF:10,
[IRemovedtheURL]live/streams/publishing/events/PREMIUM_HSTV_24/liveevent/livestream2Num817.ts
#EXTINF:10,
[IRemovedtheURL]live/streams/publishing/events/PREMIUM_HSTV_24/liveevent/livestream2Num818.ts
httplive debug: Live Playlist HLS protocol version: 2
httplive debug: updating hls stream (program-id=0, bandwidth=3531097) has 0 segments
httplive debug: updating hls stream (program-id=0, bandwidth=0) has 592 segments
httplive debug: - segment 591 appended
main debug: creating access 'http' location='23.246.221.88/hls-live/streams/publishing/events/PREMIUM_HSTV_24/liveevent/livestream2Num591.ts', path='\\23.246.221.88\hls-live\streams\publishing\events\PREMIUM_HSTV_24\liveevent\livestream2Num591.ts'
main debug: looking for access module matching "http": 20 candidates
access_http debug: querying proxy for [IRemovedtheURL]live/streams/publishing/events/PREMIUM_HSTV_24/liveevent/livestream2Num591.ts
access_http debug: no proxy
access_http debug: http: server='23.246.221.88' port=80 file='/hls-live/streams/publishing/events/PREMIUM_HSTV_24/liveevent/livestream2Num591.ts'
main debug: net: connecting to 23.246.221.88 port 80
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 4168)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 200
access_http debug: Server: Apache/2.2.21 (Unix) DAV/2 PHP/5.1.6
access_http debug: this frame size=4428912
access_http debug: Content-Type: video/MP2T
access_http debug: auto re-connect enabled
main debug: using access module "access_http"
main debug: Using stream method for AStream*
main debug: starting pre-buffering
main debug: received first data after 0 ms
main debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 1000000 KiB/s
main debug: removing module "access_http"
httplive debug: downloaded segment 591 from stream 0
httplive warning: playback in danger of stalling
httplive debug: Reloading HLS live meta playlist
main debug: creating access 'http' location='www.hscontent.com/west4/PREMIUM_HSTV_24 ... PRIVATELOL!
auth=THATISPRIVATELOL!
token=THATISPRIVATELOL!
auth=THATISPRIVATELOL!
token=THATISPRIVATELOL!
main debug: looking for access module matching "http": 20 candidates
access_http debug: querying proxy for http://www.hscontent.com/west4/PREMIUM_ ... PRIVATELOL!
auth=THATISPRIVATELOL!
token=THATISPRIVATELOL!
access_http debug: no proxy
access_http debug: http: server='www.hscontent.com' port=80 file='/west4/PREMIUM_HSTV_24HD.m3u8?t=THATISPRIVATELOL!&auth=THATISPRIVATELOL!'
main debug: net: connecting to http://www.hscontent.com port 80
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 4048)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 200
access_http debug: Server: Apache
access_http debug: Accepting Cookie: PHPSESSID=3fpl13gcmqlvscb575irguqt74; path=/
access_http debug: Pragma: no-cache
access_http debug: Connection: close
access_http debug: Transfer-Encoding: chunked
access_http debug: Content-Type: application/x-mpegURL
access_http debug: auto re-connect enabled
main debug: using access module "access_http"
main debug: Using stream method for AStream*
main debug: starting pre-buffering
main debug: received first data after 11 ms
main debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 90 KiB/s
main debug: removing module "access_http"
httplive debug: parse_M3U8
#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0
#EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE:NO
#EXT-X-VERSION:2
#EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="http://watch.hscontent.com/gen.key?serv ... PRIVATELOL!
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:10
#EXTINF:10,
[IRemovedtheURL]live/streams/publishing/events/PREMIUM_HSTV_24/liveevent/livestream2Num0.ts
#EXTINF:10,
[IRemovedtheURL]live/streams/publishing/events/PREMIUM_HSTV_24/liveevent/livestream2Num1.ts
#EXTINF:10,
Is there a command parameter that would wake up VLC from just sitting there?