The VideoLAN Forums

Hi
I want to ask about problems with playing video stream which have changeable behaviour. With some video which I stream from the server computer, it could be such situation, that client can't see this video if I use some codec on server vlc (or don't use), and for example with other codec client can see video. Sometimes vlc on client side simply crashed with error. And I don't no before streaming which codec should I use to avoid problems on client side. In the same time this video is playing on the server computer without problems. I tried different versions. but this problem still remains. What should I do to be sure that it will be everything alright on client computer?

If you use VLC on both ends, the issue shouldn't be codec related in that sense (codecs may crash).

I use vlc on both sides, and I don't have problems playing video with vlc on both sides, if I choose just 'open file'. But if I stream on one computer and choose 'open stream' on another it can simply crash after that. It's mean that vlc plays the video but can't play the stream of this video. What can I do to avoid this problem?

What streaming options you use?

I tried different versions and options, and vlc behaves differently, sometimes I can't see any regularity in it, that's why I called it "unstability". Streaming some video without using conversion (with mpeg ts format, http or udp multicast streaming choosed) in vlc I have no image at client side, only sound, so I try to use conversion, and with some codecs I still have no image, with some I get the result, and with some vlc crashs. And the most unpleasant thing is that it can crash not at the start of reading the stream but in any other moment, and I don't no when will it happen in the concrete case. May be such behavior related not only to vlc, I don't no. May be I can give you information which vlc producing when crashing? What should I do for this? I can give you concrete "problem" videos.

I can give you concrete "problem" videos.

They would be nice.

Example video
When I stream this video I have no image at client side only audio if I don't use conversion in vlc and if I use it choosing mp1v, mp2v, div1, h263, theo codecs. If I choose mp4v, div2, div3, wmv1, wmv2, mjpg - everything all right. And in the case of h264 cpu load of streaming computer reachs 100%.

You used HTTP, UDP or some other streaming method?

I tried HTTP and UDP multicast, and the result was identical.

Thanks. Ticket opened.
trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/3306

Hi,

Could you try current nightly (trunk-version) if this problem is still there? it doesn't still add aud-units to ts-stream, but should repeat sps/pps entries with h264.