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Posted: **19 Nov 2011 16:43**

I have been streaming media using mediatomb on debian dockstar. Everything seems to be fine with the VLC player on MacOS except for avi over 1GB. Anyone has any idea what might cause the problem?

Note that the VLC player plays big avi files locally and it plays smaller avi files (less than 1GB) over UPNP.

Posted: **20 Nov 2011 01:16**

Are they between 1GB and 2GB or over 2GB?

Posted: **20 Nov 2011 04:23**

1.4gb. I also test with miniDLNA server, VLC still doesn't play big AVI.

Posted: **24 Nov 2011 10:10**

Could you try to increase your http buffering? I've seen similar problems and it's often related to buffering and network perfomances.

Posted: **24 Nov 2011 17:49**

Could you try to increase your http buffering? I've seen similar problems and it's often related to buffering and network perfomances.

Where do I do that in VLC Player?

Posted: **25 Nov 2011 10:16**

* tools->preferences
* Show settings = all
* input/codecs->access modules->HTTP(S) then increase the HTTP caching value (try something like 5000)
* save
* restart vlc

Posted: **25 Nov 2011 17:01**

I tried 5000 and 9000 and still does not work. The video window didn't even pop up at all. It just showed the length of the movie (in the console window) and then skipped to the new file and kept doing that until the file that is smaller than 1GB and the movie window popped up and played. Any idea?

Posted: **28 Nov 2011 14:14**

When you increase the caching time you have to wait more, when you use 9000ms prepare to wait for at least 10 seconds (depending on the file you are trying to play).

Posted: **28 Nov 2011 14:44**

Yes, I did wait until it skipped to the next file by itself.

Posted: **28 Nov 2011 15:47**

Could you share some verbose logs then? (tools->message set verbosity to 2 and start playback)

Posted: **28 Nov 2011 18:17**

Where do I find that on the menu? My Mac os vlcplayer doesn't have tools on the menu.

Posted: **29 Nov 2011 09:54**

try ctrl+m

Posted: **30 Nov 2011 04:25**

Here's what I got from the debug window. Note that the file I am trying to play is about 1.5GB.

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protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
Content-Type: video/x-msvideo
access_http debug: this frame size=1239881880
access_http debug: stream size=1505764782,pos=265882902,remaining=1239881880
access_http debug: Connection: close
access_http debug: Server: Debian/6.0.2 DLNADOC/1.50 UPnP/1.0 MiniDLNA/1.0
avi debug: loading subindex(0x1) 9756 entries
access_http debug: trying to seek to 464721362
main debug: net: connecting to 192.168.1.23 port 8200
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 15)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
access_http debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo
access_http debug: this frame size=1041043420
access_http debug: stream size=1505764782,pos=464721362,remaining=1041043420
access_http debug: Connection: close
access_http debug: Server: Debian/6.0.2 DLNADOC/1.50 UPnP/1.0 MiniDLNA/1.0
avi debug: loading subindex(0x1) 9744 entries
access_http debug: trying to seek to 644566148
main debug: net: connecting to 192.168.1.23 port 8200
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 15)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
access_http debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo
access_http debug: this frame size=861198634
access_http debug: stream size=1505764782,pos=644566148,remaining=861198634
access_http debug: Connection: close
access_http debug: Server: Debian/6.0.2 DLNADOC/1.50 UPnP/1.0 MiniDLNA/1.0
avi debug: loading subindex(0x1) 9751 entries
access_http debug: trying to seek to 793079950
main debug: net: connecting to 192.168.1.23 port 8200
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 15)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
access_http debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo
access_http debug: this frame size=712684832
access_http debug: stream size=1505764782,pos=793079950,remaining=712684832
access_http debug: Connection: close
access_http debug: Server: Debian/6.0.2 DLNADOC/1.50 UPnP/1.0 MiniDLNA/1.0
avi debug: loading subindex(0x1) 9818 entries
access_http debug: trying to seek to 913864696
main debug: net: connecting to 192.168.1.23 port 8200
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 15)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
access_http debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo
access_http debug: this frame size=591900086
access_http debug: stream size=1505764782,pos=913864696,remaining=591900086
access_http debug: Connection: close
access_http debug: Server: Debian/6.0.2 DLNADOC/1.50 UPnP/1.0 MiniDLNA/1.0
avi debug: loading subindex(0x1) 9747 entries
access_http debug: trying to seek to 1050834452
main debug: net: connecting to 192.168.1.23 port 8200
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 15)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
access_http debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo
access_http debug: this frame size=454930330
access_http debug: stream size=1505764782,pos=1050834452,remaining=454930330
access_http debug: Connection: close
access_http debug: Server: Debian/6.0.2 DLNADOC/1.50 UPnP/1.0 MiniDLNA/1.0
avi debug: loading subindex(0x1) 5987 entries
access_http debug: trying to seek to 1108391868
main debug: net: connecting to 192.168.1.23 port 8200
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 15)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
access_http debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo
access_http debug: this frame size=397372914
access_http debug: stream size=1505764782,pos=1108391868,remaining=397372914
access_http debug: Connection: close
access_http debug: Server: Debian/6.0.2 DLNADOC/1.50 UPnP/1.0 MiniDLNA/1.0
avi debug: loading subindex(0x1) 3819 entries
access_http debug: trying to seek to 1349770856
main debug: net: connecting to 192.168.1.23 port 8200
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 15)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
access_http debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo
access_http debug: this frame size=155993926
access_http debug: stream size=1505764782,pos=1349770856,remaining=155993926
access_http debug: Connection: close
access_http debug: Server: Debian/6.0.2 DLNADOC/1.50 UPnP/1.0 MiniDLNA/1.0
avi debug: loading subindex(0x1) 9729 entries
access_http debug: trying to seek to 1505703798
main debug: net: connecting to 192.168.1.23 port 8200
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 15)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
access_http debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo
access_http debug: this frame size=60984
access_http debug: stream size=1505764782,pos=1505703798,remaining=60984
access_http debug: Connection: close
access_http debug: Server: Debian/6.0.2 DLNADOC/1.50 UPnP/1.0 MiniDLNA/1.0
avi debug: loading subindex(0x1) 7619 entries
avi warning: cannot find idx1 chunk, no index defined
avi debug: selected ODML index for stream[0]
avi debug: selected ODML index for stream[1]
avi debug: stream[0] created 131705 index entries
avi debug: stream[1] created 85831 index entries
avi debug: stream[0] length:5493 (based on index)
avi debug: stream[1] length:5493 (based on index)
main debug: using demux module "avi"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 7746.369 ms - Total 7746.369 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 7746.369 ms)
main debug: looking for decoder module: 32 candidates
avcodec debug: libavcodec initialized (interface 0x350500)
avcodec debug: trying to use direct rendering
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (MPEG-4 Video) started
main debug: using decoder module "avcodec"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 121.968 ms - Total 121.968 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 121.968 ms)
main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 0 (../../src/input/decoder.c:301)
main debug: thread started
main debug: looking for decoder module: 32 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "a52"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.463 ms - Total 0.463 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.463 ms)
main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 22 (../../src/input/decoder.c:301)
main debug: thread started
main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Users/teeh/Library/Application Support/org.videolan.vlc/lua/meta/reader
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/meta/reader
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/share/lua/meta/reader
main debug: no meta reader module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.572 ms - Total 0.572 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.572 ms)
main debug: `http://192.168.1.23:8200/MediaItems/205.avi' successfully opened
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: EOF reached
main debug: Stream buffering done (0 ms in 0 ms)
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 0 ms
main debug: finished input
main debug: waitpipe: object killed
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (MPEG-4 Video) stopped
main debug: removing module "avcodec"
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `mp4v', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: removing module "a52"
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `a52 ', 0 PES in FIFO
avi warning: unknown chunk (not unloaded)
main debug: removing module "avi"
main debug: removing module "stream_filter_record"
main debug: removing module "access_http"
main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES
main debug: thread ended
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 170/184)
main debug: using item 171
main debug: starting new item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'HarryPottertheDeathlyHallowsPart1'
main debug: thread (input) created at priority 22 (../../src/input/input.c:220)
main debug: thread started
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB
main debug: using timeshift path '/tmp'
main debug: `http://192.168.1.23:8200/MediaItems/18.avi' gives access `http' demux `' path `192.168.1.23:8200/MediaItems/18.avi'
main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' path='192.168.1.23:8200/MediaItems/18.avi'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates
main debug: no access_demux module matched "http"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.211 ms - Total 0.211 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.211 ms)
main debug: creating access 'http' path='192.168.1.23:8200/MediaItems/18.avi'
main debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates
access_http debug: http: server='192.168.1.23' port=8200 file='/MediaItems/18.avi'
main debug: net: connecting to 192.168.1.23 port 8200
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 15)
macosx debug: input has stopped, refreshing interface
main debug: TIMER input launching for '2012 Ice Age 2011 DVDRip Xvid AC3-Freebee' : 8027.684 ms - Total 8027.684 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 8027.683 ms)
macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
access_http debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo
access_http debug: this frame size=1251985666
access_http debug: stream size=1251985666,pos=0,remaining=1251985666
access_http debug: Connection: close
access_http debug: Server: Debian/6.0.2 DLNADOC/1.50 UPnP/1.0 MiniDLNA/1.0
main debug: using access module "access_http"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 545.731 ms - Total 545.731 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 545.731 ms)
main debug: Using AStream*Stream
main debug: pre buffering
main debug: received first data after 0 ms
main debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 15873 KiB/s
main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 5 candidates
main debug: no stream_filter module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.272 ms - Total 0.272 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.272 ms)
main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate
main debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.143 ms - Total 0.143 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.143 ms)
main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' path='192.168.1.23:8200/MediaItems/18.avi'
main debug: looking for demux module: 52 candidates
avi debug: <list 'AVI '>
avi debug: <list 'hdrl'>
avi debug: <list 'strl'>
avi debug: </list 'strl'>
avi debug: <list 'strl'>
avi debug: </list 'strl'>
avi debug: <list 'odml'>
avi warning: unknown chunk (not loaded)
avi debug: </list 'odml'>
access_http debug: trying to seek to 65454
main debug: net: connecting to 192.168.1.23 port 8200
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 15)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
access_http debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo
access_http debug: this frame size=1251920212
access_http debug: stream size=1251985666,pos=65454,remaining=1251920212
access_http debug: Connection: close
access_http debug: Server: Debian/6.0.2 DLNADOC/1.50 UPnP/1.0 MiniDLNA/1.0
avi debug: </list 'hdrl'>
avi debug: <list 'INFO'>
avi debug: </list 'INFO'>
avi debug: skipping movi chunk
avi debug: </list 'AVI '>
avi debug: * LIST-root size:1251985666 pos:0
avi debug:      + RIFF-AVI  size:1148100 pos:0
avi debug:      |    + LIST-hdrl size:65434 pos:12
avi debug:      |    |    + avih size:56 pos:24
avi debug:      |    |    + LIST-strl size:404 pos:88
avi debug:      |    |    |    + strh size:56 pos:100
avi debug:      |    |    |    + strf size:40 pos:164
avi debug:      |    |    |    + indx size:280 pos:212
avi debug:      |    |    + LIST-strl size:416 pos:500
avi debug:      |    |    |    + strh size:56 pos:512
avi debug:      |    |    |    + strf size:30 pos:576
avi debug:      |    |    |    + strn size:14 pos:614
avi debug:      |    |    |    + indx size:280 pos:636
avi debug:      |    |    + LIST-odml size:260 pos:924
avi debug:      |    |    |    + dmlh size:248 pos:936
avi debug:      |    |    + JUNK size:64254 pos:1192
avi debug:      |    + LIST-INFO size:62 pos:65454
avi debug:      |    |    + ISFT size:41 pos:65466
avi debug:      |    |    + JUNK size:0 pos:65516
avi debug:      |    + LIST-movi size:1077544 pos:65524
avi debug: AVIH: 2 stream, flags  HAS_INDEX IS_INTERLEAVED 
avi debug: stream[0] rate:10000000 scale:417083 samplesize:0
avi debug: stream[0] video(XVID) 640x272 12bpp 23.976044fps
main debug: selecting program id=0
avi debug: stream[1] rate:24000 scale:1 samplesize:1
avi debug: stream[1] audio(0x55) 2 channels 48000Hz 0bits
access_http debug: trying to seek to 1140500
main debug: net: connecting to 192.168.1.23 port 8200
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 15)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
access_http debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo
access_http debug: this frame size=1250845166
access_http debug: stream size=1251985666,pos=1140500,remaining=1250845166
access_http debug: Connection: close
access_http debug: Server: Debian/6.0.2 DLNADOC/1.50 UPnP/1.0 MiniDLNA/1.0
avi debug: loading subindex(0x1) 299 entries
access_http debug: trying to seek to 66139108
main debug: net: connecting to 192.168.1.23 port 8200
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 15)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
access_http debug: Content-Type: video/x-msvideo
access_http debug: this frame size=1185846558
access_http debug: stream size=1251985666,pos=66139108,remaining=1185846558
access_http debug: Connection: close
access_http debug: Server: Debian/6.0.2 DLNADOC/1.50 UPnP/1.0 MiniDLNA/1.0
avi debug: loading subindex(0x1) 14733 entries
access_http debug: trying to seek to 155553056
main debug: net: connecting to 192.168.1.23 port 8200
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 15)
main debug: incoming request - stopping current input
main debug: waitpipe: object killed
main debug: dying input
main debug: socket 15 polling interrupted
access_http error: failed to read answer
access_http error: seek failed
access_http debug: trying to seek to 1144836
main debug: net: connecting to 192.168.1.23 port 8200
access_http error: cannot connect to 192.168.1.23:8200
access_http error: seek failed
avi warning: cannot find idx1 chunk, no index defined
avi debug: selected ODML index for stream[0]
avi debug: selected standard index for stream[1]
avi debug: stream[0] created 15032 index entries
avi error: no key frame set for track 1
avi debug: stream[1] created 0 index entries
avi debug: stream[0] length:626 (based on index)
main debug: using demux module "avi"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 891.579 ms - Total 891.579 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 891.579 ms)
main debug: looking for decoder module: 32 candidates
avcodec debug: libavcodec already initialized
avcodec debug: trying to use direct rendering
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (MPEG-4 Video) started
main debug: using decoder module "avcodec"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.151 ms - Total 1.151 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.151 ms)
main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 0 (../../src/input/decoder.c:301)
main debug: thread started
main debug: looking for decoder module: 32 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "mpeg_audio"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.329 ms - Total 0.329 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.329 ms)
main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 22 (../../src/input/decoder.c:301)
main debug: thread started
main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Users/teeh/Library/Application Support/org.videolan.vlc/lua/meta/reader
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/meta/reader
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/share/lua/meta/reader
main debug: no meta reader module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.415 ms - Total 0.415 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.415 ms)
main debug: `http://192.168.1.23:8200/MediaItems/18.avi' successfully opened
main debug: dying input
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (MPEG-4 Video) stopped
main debug: removing module "avcodec"
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `mp4v', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: removing module "mpeg_audio"
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `mpga', 0 PES in FIFO
avi warning: unknown chunk (not unloaded)
main debug: removing module "avi"
main debug: removing module "stream_filter_record"
main debug: removing module "access_http"
main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES
main debug: thread ended
main debug: dead input
macosx debug: input has stopped, refreshing interface

Posted: **30 Nov 2011 10:52**

main debug: net: connecting to 192.168.1.23 port 8200
access_http error: cannot connect to 192.168.1.23:8200

For some reasons your http server stops accepting requests at this address. You could try to increase the number of accepted clients on your UPnP server (or get a wireshark pcap file to see where the connection died).

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