[FFmpeg-trac] #3497(undetermined:new): multiple ffmpeg instances gives encoding error

Tue Mar 25 10:50:38 CET 2014

#3497: multiple ffmpeg instances gives encoding error
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             Reporter:  hemanth.he   |                     Type:  defect
               Status:  new          |                 Priority:  critical
            Component:               |                  Version:
  undetermined                       |  unspecified
             Keywords:               |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:               |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0            |
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 Hi, Can anyone help me figure out to fix the problem below

 I am trying to encode multiple udp streams in HLS format. I run one by one
 instance (process) of encoding on the system. The application is working
 fine and I was able to encode, receive and play the streams using a player
 running on a STB (Set Top Box). The encoding was OK till running the 5 th
 instance. When I started running the 6th encoding instance on the system,
 the stream output starts freezing in all the 6 encoded outputs.

 I am using a Intel Xeon based Server with 24 cores and 32GB of RAM

 '''Here is my ffmpeg build info.
 ----
 ffmpeg
 ffmpeg version N-61057-gec6d043 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg
 developers
 built on Mar 4 2014 05:33:48 with gcc 4.6 (Debian 4.6.3-1)
 configuration: --prefix=/root/ffmpeg-static/64bit --extra-cflags='-I/root
 /ffmpeg-static/64bit/include -static' --extra-ldflags='-L/root/ffmpeg-
 static/64bit/lib -static' --extra-libs='-lxml2 -lexpat -lfreetype'
 --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffserver --disable-doc
 --enable-bzlib --enable-zlib --enable-postproc --enable-runtime-cpudetect
 --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis
 --enable-libmp3lame --enable-gray --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype
 --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libspeex --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-
 libvo-amrwbenc --enable-version3 --enable-libvpx'''

 '''I am using the below command to encode one channel:'''

 {{{
 ffmpeg -loglevel info -i
 "udp://@239.1.1.9:1009?fifo_size=1000000&overrun_nonfatal=1" -map 0:p:1:0
 -map 0:p:1:1 -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -profile main -preset fast -g 12 -r
 23.98 -s 256x144 -aspect 16:9 -b:v 166k -minrate 166k -maxrate 166k
 -bufsize 166k -vol 512 -b:a 128k -ac 2 -ar 48000 -strict experimental
 -flags -global_header -f ssegment -segment_time 10 -segment_wrap 30000
 -segment_list Food_256x144_main_394.m3u8 -segment_list_flags +live
 -segment_list_size 6 -segment_format mpegts Food_256x144_main_394-%05d.ts
 -map 0:p:2:0 -map 0:p:2:1 -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -profile main -preset
 fast -g 12 -r 23.98 -s 640x360 -aspect 16:9 -b:v 722k -minrate 722k
 -maxrate 722k -bufsize 722k -vol 512 -b:a 128k -ac 2 -ar 48000 -strict
 experimental -flags -global_header -f ssegment -segment_time 10
 -segment_wrap 30000 -segment_list Food_640x360_main_950.m3u8
 -segment_list_flags +live -segment_list_size 6 -segment_format mpegts
 Food_640x360_main_950-%05d.ts -map 0:p:2:0 -map 0:p:2:1 -vcodec h264
 -acodec aac -profile main -preset fast -g 12 -r 23.98 -s 960x540 -aspect
 16:9 -b:v 1472k -minrate 1472k -maxrate 1472k -bufsize 1472k -vol 512 -b:a
 128k -ac 2 -ar 48000 -strict experimental -flags -global_header -f
 ssegment -segment_time 10 -segment_wrap 30000 -segment_list
 Food_960x540_main_1700.m3u8 -segment_list_flags +live -segment_list_size 6
 -segment_format mpegts Food_960x540_main_1700-%05d.ts -map 0:p:2:0 -map
 0:p:2:1 -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -profile main -preset fast -g 12 -r 23.98
 -s 1280x720 -aspect 16:9 -b:v 2772k -minrate 2772k -maxrate 2772k -bufsize
 2772k -vol 512 -b:a 128k -ac 2 -ar 48000 -strict experimental -flags
 -global_header -f ssegment -segment_time 10 -segment_wrap 30000
 -segment_list Food_1280x720_main_3000.m3u8 -segment_list_flags +live
 -segment_list_size 6 -segment_format mpegts
 Food_1280x720_main_3000-%05d.ts
 }}}

 ''I run the top command on the system and the output when I run the 6 th
 instance of the encoding is as follows''

 Tasks: 831 total, 7 running, 824 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
 Cpu(s): 42.0%us, 1.9%sy, 30.6%ni, 24.8%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.7%si, 0.0%st
 Mem: 32844180k total, 12389892k used, 20454288k free, 32536k buffers
 Swap: 16490488k total, 7196k used, 16483292k free, 2747568k cached

 PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
 28365 root 20 0 12.1g 1.2g 3996 S 321.9 4.0 79:52.70 ffmpeg
 28846 root 20 0 12.2g 1.1g 3720 R 315.0 3.5 76:45.76 ffmpeg
 29334 root 20 0 11.8g 1.1g 4036 R 313.7 3.5 71:35.19 ffmpeg
 30296 root 20 0 11.5g 1.1g 4036 R 296.2 3.5 67:50.69 ffmpeg
 31405 root 20 0 11.9g 1.1g 4036 R 280.0 3.5 61:28.51 ffmpeg
 29815 root 20 0 11.9g 1.1g 3952 S 255.6 3.4 60:18.52 ffmpeg

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 ''The sample error messages I am getting after adding the 6 th encoding
 instance is as below ( I have pasted only few lines of error message for
 reference as the log message is too long )''

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 619 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 [mpeg2video @ 0x24ccb00] Invalid frame dimensions 0x0.
 619 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 Last message repeated 3 times
 619 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 [mpeg2video @ 0x24c91e0] Invalid frame dimensions 0x0.
 619 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] Invalid frame dimensions 0x0.
 619 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 [mpeg2video @ 0x24ccb00] Invalid frame dimensions 0x0.
 620 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 Last message repeated 1 times
 620 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] Invalid frame dimensions 0x0.
 620 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 Last message repeated 1 times
 620 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 [mpeg2video @ 0x24ccb00] Invalid frame dimensions 0x0.
 620 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 [mpeg2video @ 0x24c91e0] Invalid frame dimensions 0x0.
 620 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 [mpeg2video @ 0x24ccb00] Invalid frame dimensions 0x0.
 621 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 [mpeg2video @ 0x24c91e0] Invalid frame dimensions 0x0.
 621 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 [mpeg2video @ 0x24ccb00] Invalid frame dimensions 0x0.
 622 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 Last message repeated 1 times
 622 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 [mpeg2video @ 0x24c91e0] Invalid frame dimensions 0x0.
 622 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] Invalid frame dimensions 0x0.
 622 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 [mpeg2video @ 0x24ccb00] Invalid frame dimensions 0x0.
 638 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 Last message repeated 2 times
 638 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 [mpeg2video @ 0x24c91e0] Invalid frame dimensions 0x0.
 638 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process :
 [mpeg2video @ 0x24ccb00] Invalid frame dimensions 0x0.
 100219 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : Last message repeated 12 times
 100220 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] ac-tex damaged at 40 38
 100221 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] Warning MVs not available
 122531 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] invalid mb type in P Frame at 80 15
 122533 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] Warning MVs not available
 133228 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] invalid mb type in B Frame at 49 62
 290481 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] Warning MVs not available
 434875 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] skipped MB in I frame at 84 40
 482051 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] invalid cbp 0 at 105 39
 482052 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 107 41
 733548 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [ac3 @ 0x24cf0c0] exponent out-of-range
 733549 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [ac3 @ 0x24cf0c0] error decoding the audio block
 733563 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [ac3 @ 0x24cf0c0] frame sync error
 733563 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : Error while decoding stream #0:4: Invalid data found when processing
 input
 1070401 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 100 59
 1133263 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 9 11
 1133321 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [ac3 @ 0x24cf0c0] exponent out-of-range
 1133321 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [ac3 @ 0x24cf0c0] error decoding the audio block
 1133324 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [ac3 @ 0x24cf0c0] frame sync error
 1133324 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : Error while decoding stream #0:4: Invalid data found when processing
 input
 1270788 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 55 65
 1270832 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 44 1
 1432386 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 78 19
 1454356 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 119 48
 1483269 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] skipped MB in I frame at 86 23
 1636633 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [ac3 @ 0x24cf0c0] exponent out-of-range
 1636633 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [ac3 @ 0x24cf0c0] error decoding the audio block
 1636637 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [ac3 @ 0x24cf0c0] frame sync error
 1636637 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : Error while decoding stream #0:4: Invalid data found when processing
 input
 1763064 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] invalid mb type in I Frame at 61 52
 1763064 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] invalid mb type in I Frame at 6 53
 1863322 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] skipped MB in I frame at 66 5
 2021368 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] skipped MB in I frame at 98 50
 2070210 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] ac-tex damaged at 110 44
 2090358 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 97 0
 2090383 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [ac3 @ 0x24cf0c0] exponent out-of-range
 2090383 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [ac3 @ 0x24cf0c0] error decoding the audio block
 2090386 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [ac3 @ 0x24cf0c0] frame sync error
 2090386 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : Error while decoding stream #0:4: Invalid data found when processing
 input
 2156757 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 26 2
 2342374 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 63 60
 2342375 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] ac-tex damaged at 53 59
 2380228 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 103 60
 2380228 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] slice mismatch
 2470407 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] ac-tex damaged at 83 17
 2470408 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] ac-tex damaged at 104 21
 2563489 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 29 67
 2563489 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] ac-tex damaged at 1 1
 2563489 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] ac-tex damaged at 1 2
 2563489 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 1 3
 2563489 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 10 4
 2563489 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 1 5
 2563490 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 10 6
 2563490 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 33 7
 2563490 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] ac-tex damaged at 37 8
 2563490 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] slice mismatch
 2563490 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] ac-tex damaged at 10 10
 2563490 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 5 11
 2563490 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 2 12
 2563490 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 1 13
 2563490 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 16 14
 2563490 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 4 15
 2563490 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 13 16
 2563490 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 6 17
 2563490 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 24 18
 2563490 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 25 19
 2563490 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 4 20
 2563490 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 28 21
 2563491 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] slice mismatch
 2563491 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] ac-tex damaged at 38 23
 2563491 [main] DEBUG com.ivz.streamer.FFmpegStreamer - Stream from process
 : [mpeg2video @ 0x24d2100] 00 motion_type at 14 24

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