[mythtv] [mythtv-users] hls server problems

[Anthony Giggins]

On 24 August 2016 at 23:58, Stuart Auchterlonie <stuarta at squashedfrog.net>
wrote:

> On 24/08/16 10:25, Anthony Giggins wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 10 August 2016 at 20:02, Anthony Giggins <seven at seven.dorksville.net
> > <mailto:seven at seven.dorksville.net>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >     On 10 August 2016 at 01:50, John Pilkington <J.Pilk at tesco.net
> >     <mailto:J.Pilk at tesco.net>> wrote:
> >
> >         On 09/08/16 15:40, Anthony Giggins wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >             On 22 June 2016 at 18:35, Mark Perkins
> >             <perkins1724 at hotmail.com <mailto:perkins1724 at hotmail.com>
> >             <mailto:perkins1724 at hotmail.com
> >             <mailto:perkins1724 at hotmail.com>>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >                 >hey, recently i tried the hls streaming demo page in
> >             the backend. everything seems to work fine, but the produced
> >             video files are broken.
> >
> >                 Define broken?
> >                 Does it look like this?
> >             https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/12479
> >             <https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/12479>
> >                 <https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/12479
> >             <https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/12479>>
> >
> >
> >             Yep I can confirm that I'm getting this problem since
> >             upgrading....
> >             using torc, myth webfrontend and the Live streaming example
> >             site,
> >             previous created streams are fine and will playback but
> >             newly created
> >             streams will only playback sound but video is distorted, see
> >             the linked
> >             screenshot
> >
> >             https://imagebin.ca/v/2qypLbHV4t4K
> >             <https://imagebin.ca/v/2qypLbHV4t4K>
> >             <https://imagebin.ca/v/2qypLbHV4t4K
> >             <https://imagebin.ca/v/2qypLbHV4t4K>>
> >
> >
> >             the same settings used in 0.27 are not working
> >             ie.Bitrate 800k
> >             Width: Auto
> >             Height: 480
> >             Audio: 128k
> >             it produces the same 864x480 res stream just unwatchable,
> from
> >             mythwebfrontend it produces smaller res streams is this
> >             configurable
> >             somewhere?
> >
> >             from the mythbuntu ppa from about a week ago
> >             MythTV Version : v0.28-46-ge5ce273
> >             MythTV Branch : fixes/0.28
> >             Network Protocol : 88
> >             Library API : 0.28.20160309-1
> >             QT Version : 5.2.1
> >             Options compiled in:
> >              linux profile use_hidesyms using_alsa using_oss using_pulse
> >             using_pulseoutput using_backend using_bindings_perl
> >             using_bindings_python using_bindings_php using_crystalhd
> >             using_dvb
> >             using_firewire using_frontend using_hdhomerun using_vbox
> >             using_ceton
> >             using_hdpvr using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_libcec
> >             using_libcrypto
> >             using_libdns_sd using_libfftw3 using_libxml2 using_lirc
> >             using_mheg
> >             using_opengl using_opengl_video using_opengl_themepainter
> >             using_qtwebkit
> >             using_qtscript using_qtdbus using_sdl using_taglib
> >             using_v4l2 using_x11
> >             using_xrandr using_xv using_profiletype using_bindings_perl
> >             using_bindings_python using_bindings_php using_freetype2
> >             using_mythtranscode using_opengl using_vaapi using_vdpau
> >             using_ffmpeg_threads using_mheg using_libass using_libxml2
> >
> >             Cheers,
> >
> >             Anthony
> >
> >
> >         There was a long thread about this last year on the dev list.
> >         Right at the end (30 July 2015) Warpme said:
> >
> >         I have exactly the same HLS distortions on H264 SD channels. HD
> >         channels are OK.
> >         Reverting commit You mention fixes issue for me.
> >
> >         There are problems with problems gossamer-threads at present and
> >         I don't use hls.  Does the hls problem still apply only to SD
> h264?
> >
> >         John P
> >
> >     I haven't got any H264 SD channels but it is working on H264 HD
> >     1080p by the looks but not on MPEG2 SD 540p or MPEG2 HD 720p (once
> >     again none of the AUS channels are MPEG2 1080p as far as I can see)
> >
> >     would you mind sharing your mythtranscode binary that way I don't
> >     need to recompile, I'm running mythbuntu 14.04, haven't made the
> >     jump to 16.04
> >
> >     Cheers,
> >
> >     Anthony
> >
> > Found an old MPEG2 HD 1080p recording and this also has the same issue.
> > Dev's can we please get this rolled back?
> >
>
> It needs fixing not rolling back....
>
> Regards
> Stuart
>

Given that HLS is almost unusable as well as FIFO transcoding, why dont you
roll back the commit that caused the fault then look at a fix rather then
leaving it in a broken state?

Cheers,

Anthony
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