Local Network Stream Broken Overnight

[JMYent]

Hey guys,

Running a server with the following code:

Cd C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC
vlc -vvv "C:\ScreenSaver\Assets\shackscreensaver.jpg" --sout "#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,acodec=mp4a}:std{access=http,mux=ts,dst=172.20.9.106:8585}}"


This has been working for two months with no issues, however seemingly out of no where no machine can connect to this anymore.

I have ran wireshark & analysed the packets and can't seem to find an issue with the network so seem to have narrowed it down to VLC.

When trying to access the stream locally from the server itself we're getting this in debug:

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main debug: processing request item: 172.20.9.106://8585, node: Playlist, skip: 0 main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index 0 main debug: starting playback of new item main debug: resyncing on 172.20.9.106://8585 main debug: 172.20.9.106://8585 is at 0 main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for '172.20.9.106://8585' main debug: requesting art for new input thread main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB main debug: using timeshift path: C:\Users\LOA-JM~1\AppData\Local\Temp main debug: `172.20.9.106:8585' gives access `172.20.9.106:8585' demux `any' path `' lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\loa-jmadmin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher main debug: creating demux: access='172.20.9.106:8585' demux='any' location='' file='(null)' main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "172.20.9.106:8585": 15 candidates main debug: no access_demux modules matched main debug: creating access: 172.20.9.106:8585:// main debug: looking for access module matching "172.20.9.106:8585": 27 candidates main debug: no access modules matched main debug: dead input main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1) main debug: nothing to play lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\loa-jmadmin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac main debug: no art finder modules matched main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\loa-jmadmin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\loa-jmadmin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac

Unfortuantely it's quite tough for me to understand the above errors and I have no idea why its trying to fetch a LUA lastfm playlist?

I've tried to reinstall, deleted preferences & updated to the latest version to no avail.

Anyone else seeing this issue & does anyone have any ideas?

[InTheWings]

url protocol missing...

[JMYent]

Ah yes, completely right - it turned out to be a red herring as our MSP updated our firewall without letting us know, which had then blocked the port we were using!!

All sorted now - If anyone gets an error that looks like the above, check your networking twice, including with any providers you may have!