Resync to an TS stream fails!
Posted: 09 Dec 2010 12:12
I'm using VLC to display a simple UDP stream of an Hauppauge HD-PVR box. I publish this stream simply by pushing 7 (cached) 188-byte packets over UDP. The HD-PVR box delivers a 1080i/50 MPEG-TS stream with H.264 encoded video and a stereo audio channel.
As long as VLC is up an running at the time the device is opened and the stream is started, all went fine. But if I start VLC while the stream is already running, it mostly isn't able to sync to it. The same happens if I write the transport stream to a file. To avoid the 4GB limit of FAT32 formatted USB memory sticks, I split the files somewhere with in the stream. If I try to play these snippets, 10%-20% of the snippets aren't played!
So here are the messages....
What does that mean? We have a TS stream and not a PS stream. Is this a problem of VLC? Could I force VLC to stay at TS?
I've recorded three snippets (each 70MB) of video. The first is the stream after opening the device, and the rest are splitted somewhere within the stream (1 minute chunks). The first two parts are playable, the last not! If there is interesst, I can upload the file somewhere.
As long as VLC is up an running at the time the device is opened and the stream is started, all went fine. But if I start VLC while the stream is already running, it mostly isn't able to sync to it. The same happens if I write the transport stream to a file. To avoid the 4GB limit of FAT32 formatted USB memory sticks, I split the files somewhere with in the stream. If I try to play these snippets, 10%-20% of the snippets aren't played!
So here are the messages....
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ts warning: TS module discarded (lost sync)
ps warning: this does not look like an MPEG PS stream, continuing anyway
ps warning: garbage at input, trying to resync...
ps warning: found sync code
ps warning: garbage at input, trying to resync...
ps warning: found sync code
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I've recorded three snippets (each 70MB) of video. The first is the stream after opening the device, and the rest are splitted somewhere within the stream (1 minute chunks). The first two parts are playable, the last not! If there is interesst, I can upload the file somewhere.