1.1.8 Only shows first frame then freezes

[copekyle]

Using VLC version 1.1.8. I am playing a UDP stream using vlc and when I play the stream, the first frame of the stream pops up and then freezes there. (frame never updates or changes but VLC program is still functioning) This stream is in the h264 format. I have other streams that are using mpeg2 and they work just fine but the 3 h264 streams I have all share the same problem. Am I missing a setting or something that will allow h264 playback accurately?

Thanks
Kyle

[VLC_help]

Open Tools -> Messages (set Verbosity to 2), then open the stream, and check what message dialog complains.

[copekyle]

here is my log with verbosity set to 2.

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qt4 warning: Input option: udp-caching=300 main debug: adding item `udp://224.4.75.1:2010' ( udp://@224.4.75.1:2010 ) qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: udp://@224.4.75.1:2010 main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1 main debug: processing request item udp://224.4.75.1:2010 node null skip 0 main debug: resyncing on udp://224.4.75.1:2010 main debug: udp://224.4.75.1:2010 is at 0 main debug: starting new item main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for 'udp://224.4.75.1:2010' main debug: thread started main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:220) main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\DOCUME~1\VIDEOS~1\LOCALS~1\Temp' main debug: `udp://@224.4.75.1:2010' gives access `udp' demux `' path `@224.4.75.1:2010' main debug: creating demux: access='udp' demux='' path='@224.4.75.1:2010' main debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates main debug: no access_demux module matched "udp" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms) main debug: creating access 'udp' path='@224.4.75.1:2010' main debug: looking for access module: 1 candidate access_udp debug: opening server=:0 local=224.4.75.1:2010 main debug: net: opening 224.4.75.1 datagram port 2010 main debug: Multicast group join request main debug: IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP multicast request main debug: using access module "access_udp" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 2.000 ms - Total 2.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2.000 ms) main debug: Using AStream*Block main debug: pre buffering qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input main debug: received first data after 24 ms main debug: prebuffering done 1316 bytes in 0s - 53 KiB/s main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 2 candidates main debug: no stream_filter module matching "any" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms) main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate main debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms) main debug: creating demux: access='udp' demux='' path='@224.4.75.1:2010' main debug: looking for demux module: 52 candidates ts debug: pid[34] unknown ts debug: pid[33] unknown ts debug: pid[36] unknown ts debug: PATCallBack called ts debug: new PAT ts_id=0 version=1 current_next=1 ts debug: * number=1 pid=32 ts debug: PMTCallBack called ts debug: new PMT program number=1 version=2 pid_pcr=34 ts debug: * es pid=33 type=27 fcc=h264 main debug: selecting program id=1 ts error: MPEG-4 descriptor not found ts debug: * es pid=36 type=15 fcc=mp4a access_udp warning: unimplemented query in control main debug: using demux module "ts" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 33.000 ms - Total 33.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 33.000 ms) main debug: looking for decoder module: 34 candidates avcodec debug: libavcodec initialized (interface 0x347200) avcodec debug: trying to use direct rendering avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10)) started main debug: using decoder module "avcodec" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 9.000 ms - Total 9.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 9.000 ms) main debug: looking for packetizer module: 21 candidates main debug: using packetizer module "packetizer_h264" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms) main debug: thread started main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 0 (../.././src/input/decoder.c:301) main debug: looking for decoder module: 34 candidates main debug: using decoder module "faad" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms) main debug: looking for packetizer module: 21 candidates packetizer_mpeg4audio debug: running MPEG4 audio packetizer packetizer_mpeg4audio debug: no decoder specific info, must be an ADTS or LOAS stream main debug: using packetizer module "packetizer_mpeg4audio" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms) main debug: thread started main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 2 (../.././src/input/decoder.c:301) ts debug: DEMUX_SET_GROUP 0 00000000 access_udp warning: unimplemented query in control main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\Video Server\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\reader lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader\filename.lua main debug: no meta reader module matching "any" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms) main debug: `udp://@224.4.75.1:2010' successfully opened ts warning: first packet for pid=33 cc=0x4 ts warning: first packet for pid=36 cc=0xc main debug: Buffering 0% packetizer_mpeg4audio debug: detected ADTS format main debug: Buffering 5% packetizer_mpeg4audio info: AAC channels: 2 samplerate: 48000 faad warning: decoded zero sample main debug: Buffering 11% packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS main debug: Buffering 16% packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS main debug: creating aout main debug: looking for audio output module: 4 candidates aout_directx debug: Opening DirectSound Audio Output main debug: Buffering 22% packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS aout_directx debug: found device: Primary Sound Driver aout_directx debug: found device: Realtek HD Audio output aout_directx debug: device supports 2 channels (DEFAULT!) aout_directx debug: device supports 1 channel aout_directx debug: Windows says your SpeakerConfig is stereo aout_directx debug: creating DirectSoundThread main debug: thread started aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread ready main debug: thread (DirectSound Notification Thread) created at priority 15 (../../.././modules/audio_output/directx.c:321) main debug: using audio output module "aout_directx" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 28.000 ms - Total 28.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 28.000 ms) main debug: output 's16l' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes main debug: mixer 'f32l' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'s16l' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates audio_format debug: f32l->s16l, bits per sample: 32->16 main debug: using audio filter module "audio_format" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 2.000 ms - Total 2.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2.000 ms) main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion main debug: looking for audio mixer module: 3 candidates main debug: using audio mixer module "float32_mixer" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms) main debug: input 'f32l' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes main debug: looking for audio filter module: 1 candidate scaletempo debug: format: 48000 rate, 2 nch, 4 bps, fl32 scaletempo debug: params: 30 stride, 0.200 overlap, 14 search scaletempo debug: 1.000 scale, 1440.000 stride_in, 1440 stride_out, 1152 standing, 288 overlap, 672 search, 2400 queue, fl32 mode main debug: using audio filter module "scaletempo" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms) main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'f32l' 52800 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates bandlimited_resampler debug: f32l/52800KHz/2->f32l/48000KHz/2 main debug: using audio filter module "bandlimited_resampler" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms) main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion main debug: End of audio preroll main debug: Buffering 27% packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS main debug: Buffering 33% packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS main debug: Buffering 38% packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS main debug: Buffering 44% packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS main debug: Buffering 50% packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS main debug: Buffering 55% packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS main debug: Buffering 61% packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS main debug: Buffering 66% packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS main debug: Buffering 72% packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS main debug: Buffering 77% packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS main debug: Buffering 83% packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS main debug: Buffering 88% packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS main debug: Buffering 94% packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS main debug: Stream buffering done (300 ms in 300 ms) main debug: Decoder buffering done in 0 ms packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 warning: waiting for SPS/PPS packetizer_h264 debug: found NAL_SPS (sps_id=0) packetizer_h264 debug: found NAL_PPS (pps_id=0 sps_id=0) main debug: no usable vout present, spawning one main debug: looking for text renderer module: 2 candidates freetype debug: Building font databases. freetype debug: Took 1000 microseconds freetype debug: Using Arial as font from file C:/WINDOWS/fonts/arial.ttf freetype debug: using fontsize: 2 main debug: using text renderer module "freetype" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 4.000 ms - Total 4.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 4.000 ms) main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates swscale debug: 32x32 chroma: YUVA -> 16x16 chroma: YUVA with scaling using Bicubic (good quality) main debug: using video filter2 module "swscale" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms) main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates yuvp debug: YUVP to YUVA converter main debug: using video filter2 module "yuvp" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms) main debug: window size: 720x540 main debug: Deinterlacing available main debug: deinterlace 0, mode blend, is_needed 0 main debug: looking for video output module: 1 candidate vout_wrapper debug: Opening vout display wrapper main debug: looking for vout display module: 8 candidates directx debug: creating Vout EventThread directx debug: DirectXCreateWindow main debug: looking for vout window hwnd module: 3 candidates qt4 debug: requesting video... qt4 debug: Video was requested 0, 0 main debug: using vout window hwnd module "qt4" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 15.000 ms - Total 15.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 15.000 ms) directx debug: created video sub-window directx debug: Vout EventThread running directx debug: disabling screen saver directx debug: directx-device: directx debug: DirectXEnumCallback: ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series, \\.\DISPLAY1 directx debug: selecting ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series, \\.\DISPLAY1 directx debug: DirectXEnumCallback: ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series, \\.\DISPLAY2 directx debug: screen dimensions (0x0,1280x1024) directx debug: DirectDraw Capabilities: overlay=1 yuvoverlay=1 can_deinterlace_overlay=1 colorkey=1 stretch=1 bltfourcc=1 main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 728x574 window directx debug: RGB plain surface created successfully main debug: using vout display module "directx" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 23.000 ms - Total 23.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 23.000 ms) main debug: A filter to adapt decoder to display is needed main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates swscale debug: 720x480 chroma: I420 -> 720x480 chroma: RV32 with scaling using Bicubic (good quality) main debug: using video filter2 module "swscale" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms) main debug: Filter 'Swscale' (00b01a8c) appended to chain main debug: using video output module "vout_wrapper" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 24.000 ms - Total 24.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 24.000 ms) main debug: got 1 direct buffer(s) main debug: pic render sz 720x480, of (0,0), vsz 720x480, 4cc I420, sar 8:9, msk r0x0 g0x0 b0x0 main debug: pic in sz 720x480, of (0,0), vsz 720x480, 4cc I420, sar 8:9, msk r0x0 g0x0 b0x0 main debug: pic out sz 720x480, of (0,0), vsz 720x480, 4cc I420, sar 8:9, msk r0x0 g0x0 b0x0 main debug: direct render, mapping render pictures 0-23 to system pictures 1-24 main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 1280x897 window avcodec debug: using direct rendering main debug: End of video preroll freetype debug: using fontsize: 30 main debug: looking for video blending module: 1 candidate blend debug: chroma: YUVA -> I420 main debug: using video blending module "blend" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms) main warning: early picture skipped main debug: Post-processing available main warning: vlc_object_find_name(postproc) is not safe! main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped main warning: early picture skipped

Then it continues to be frozen and repeats "main warning: early picture skipped" and every once in a while says "hiding mouse". I should also mention that I can few this video with FFPLAY (a very basic player based on ffmpeg). My understanding is that ffmpeg is also incorporated in VLC, so I'm guessing I must be missing a setting somewhere.

[VLC_help]

Architecture of VLC and ffmpeg is different. So it shouldn't be a settings issue. I would guess it is either timecode issue in stream (wrong timestamps in video) or bug in VLC. If you can test with VLC 1.2.0 nightlies, you could see if this has been fixed.