[FFmpeg-trac] #2409(avformat:new): ffmpeg hangs while trying to play live FLV stream with Speex

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#2409: ffmpeg hangs while trying to play live FLV stream with Speex
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             Reporter:  DrLex        |                     Type:  defect
               Status:  new          |                 Priority:  normal
            Component:  avformat     |                  Version:  git-
             Keywords:  Speex, RTMP  |  master
             Blocking:               |               Blocked By:
Analyzed by developer:  0            |  Reproduced by developer:  0
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 Summary of the bug:
 When trying to play a live audio RTMP stream that uses the Speex codec,
 ffmpeg never starts playing until the stream is aborted at the source.

 How to reproduce:
 1. Set up a streaming server like Red5, Wowza, etc. with a simple "live"
 application that distributes streams.
 2. Create an outgoing RTMP stream that streams the microphone:
 {{{
 ffmpeg -f alsa -i hw:0,0 -acodec libspeex -ab 42200 -ar 16000 -ac 1 -f flv
 'rtmp://127.0.0.1:1935/live live=1'
 }}}
 3. Try to play back this stream:
 {{{
 ffmpeg -v verbose -i 'rtmp://127.0.0.1:1935/live live=1' -ac 2 -ar 44100
 -f alsa plug:dmix
 }}}
 Nothing will happen until the ffmpeg instance from step 2 is killed, then
 all buffered audio will start playing.
 [[BR]]
 [[BR]]
 When using the 'nellymoser' codec instead in step 2, the stream will start
 playing (after a while):
 {{{
 ffmpeg -f alsa -i hw:0,0 -acodec nellymoser -ar 22050 -ac 1 -f flv
 'rtmp://127.0.0.1:1935/live live=1
 }}}

 Tested with current Git snapshot from git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git:
 {{{
 ffmpeg version 1.1.git-acaee26 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg
 developers
   built on Mar 28 2013 15:08:58 with gcc 4.4.5 (Debian 4.4.5-8)
 }}}

 Most ironic is that one of the reasons why we currently use Speex, is that
 older versions of ffmpeg used to freeze on NellyMoser streams, and not on
 Speex. Now it is exactly the other way round.

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Ticket URL: <https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/2409>
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