Libvlc stream seeking

[nevare]

Im trying to use libvlc python bindings to play a youtube stream for example. This works fine, however I cannot seek using the set_time() function. It will go to the specified time, but it will try to load and stutters and after a little while it just crashes. I found that I wasn't able to seek in a youtube stream using the normal vlc player either, it will try to load from the new position but it won't play..
Is there some setting that I should set or..?

VLC version is 2.2.

Thanks

[nevare]

No one?

I can't imagine I'm the only one with this problem..

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Please share a backtrace if you have a crash.

[nevare]

It keeps looping on this:

[0306103c] http access debug: trying to seek to 56923598
[0306103c] core access debug: net: connecting to r8---sn-5hnednek.googlevideo.com port 443
[0306103c] core access debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1876)
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Success.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: 3 certificate(s) in the list
[0306103c] http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
[0306103c] http access debug: Content-Type: video/mp4
[0306103c] http access debug: stream size=144937298,pos=56923598,remaining=88013700
[0306103c] http access debug: this frame size=88013700
[0306103c] http access debug: Connection: close
[0306103c] http access debug: Server: gvs 1.0
[03011154] core input debug: Buffering 2%
[0306103c] http access debug: trying to seek to 56932993
[0306103c] core access debug: net: connecting to r8---sn-5hnednek.googlevideo.com port 443
[0306103c] core access debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1876)
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Success.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: 3 certificate(s) in the list
[0306103c] http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
[0306103c] http access debug: Content-Type: video/mp4
[0306103c] http access debug: stream size=144937298,pos=56932993,remaining=88004305
[0306103c] http access debug: this frame size=88004305
[0306103c] http access debug: Connection: close
[0306103c] http access debug: Server: gvs 1.0
[03011154] core input debug: Buffering 2%

Two minutes later the output is this:

[0306103c] http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
[0306103c] http access debug: Content-Type: video/mp4
[0306103c] http access debug: stream size=144937298,pos=59642873,remaining=85294425
[0306103c] http access debug: this frame size=85294425
[0306103c] http access debug: Connection: close
[0306103c] http access debug: Server: gvs 1.0
[03011154] core input debug: Buffering 65%
[0306103c] http access debug: trying to seek to 59632504
[0306103c] core access debug: net: connecting to r8---sn-5hnednek.googlevideo.com port 443
[0306103c] core access debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1868)
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Success.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: 3 certificate(s) in the list
[0306103c] http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
[0306103c] http access debug: Content-Type: video/mp4
[0306103c] http access debug: stream size=144937298,pos=59632504,remaining=85304794
[0306103c] http access debug: this frame size=85304794
[0306103c] http access debug: Connection: close
[0306103c] http access debug: Server: gvs 1.0
[03011154] core input debug: Buffering 65%
[0306103c] http access debug: trying to seek to 59642873
[0306103c] core access debug: net: connecting to r8---sn-5hnednek.googlevideo.com port 443
[0306103c] core access debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1868)
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Success.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: 3 certificate(s) in the list
[0306103c] http access debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
[0306103c] http access debug: Content-Type: video/mp4
[0306103c] http access debug: stream size=144937298,pos=59642873,remaining=85294425
[0306103c] http access debug: this frame size=85294425
[0306103c] http access debug: Connection: close
[0306103c] http access debug: Server: gvs 1.0
[03011154] core input debug: Buffering 65%
[0306103c] http access debug: trying to seek to 59632504
[0306103c] core access debug: net: connecting to r8---sn-5hnednek.googlevideo.com port 443
[0306103c] core access debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1500)
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Resource temporarily unavailable, try again.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: TLS handshake: Success.
[02fff29c] gnutls tls session debug: 3 certificate(s) in the list

So it seems to be making some progress as the buffering went from 2% to 65% but this cant be right.
Let me know if you need more info

[nevare]

No one?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

MP4 files may require a lot of seeking, depending on how they are generated. Consider generating the files with another tool, adjusting the muxer settings or using another format.