bug in playing through ftp
Posted: 15 Jan 2010 20:27
by Aztek
Testing ftp server on localhost can download the file normally no prob, got the path for a file (works in firefox)
it played like 1 sec or some if i stream it
log here: (running with -vvv) (changed the password just in case ;D)
http://codepad.org/JOdv8agK
P.S. version 1.0.3
Re: bug in playing through ftp
Posted: 17 Feb 2010 03:02
by Aztek
bump
new test...
ftp server log:
http://codepad.org/1MMlPX84
vlc log:
http://codepad.org/Aj6MRFK6
can someone spot why video playback always stops after 13 seconds, always!
can someone spot why the video playback takes like 3-4 seconds to start after i click play
Re: bug in playing through ftp
Posted: 05 Mar 2010 22:39
by Aztek
bump
uploaded a video of it happening here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGXXA5ZJEas
need resolution!
Re: bug in playing through ftp
Posted: 16 Apr 2010 02:16
by Aztek
bump?
Re: bug in playing through ftp
Posted: 16 Apr 2010 14:22
by Rémi Denis-Courmont
Your file requires seeking constantly, because the AVI file format was meant for hard drive storage.
Seeking is a very slow operation with the FTP protocol. This creates latencies and the VLC input buffers starves. Then video playback cannot work.
You should either use a streaming-friendly file format like MPEG-TS, or you should download the file locally first (then seeking will be a non-issue).
Re: bug in playing through ftp
Posted: 16 Apr 2010 16:35
by Aztek
thank you for a good answer, will check other formats.