[FFmpeg-trac] #8841(undetermined:new): Can't get SRT stream via ffmpeg on Windows

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#8841: Can't get SRT stream via ffmpeg on Windows
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             Reporter:  larse        |                     Type:  defect
               Status:  new          |                 Priority:  normal
            Component:               |                  Version:  git-
  undetermined                       |  master
             Keywords:  srt          |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:               |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0            |
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 I have a camera that sends an SRT stream, that I eventually want to
 process in code via FFMPEGs api. I'd like to do this cross-platform, but
 getting the stream via ffmpeg seems to fail on my Windows 10 machine.

 I can download the stream with the srt-live-transmit tool:

 {{{
 srt-live-transmit srt://:9700?mode=listener file://con > rec.ts
 }}}

 The downloaded file plays in VLC and ffplay. However, on this same
 machine, I can't download the stream through FFMPEG, it just hangs. This
 is the command I use:

 {{{
 ffmpeg -i srt://:9700?mode=listener -an -vcodec copy out2.avi
 }}}

 What I've tried, that doesn't work:

 * The FFMPEG 4.3 windows build by Zeranoe linked from ffmpeg.org. Result:
 hangs.
 * The latest FFMPEG from git, built by Zeranoe, on a different Windows 10
 machine. Result: hangs
 * Running Ubuntu 18.04 in Windows Subsystem for Linux, getting FFMPEG 4.3
 from apt. Result: hangs.
 * Building a minimal FFMPEG (latest from git) on windows, with gnutls,
 libx264, libx265 and libsrt. Result: hangs
 * C++ code that eventually calls avformat_open_input(&format_ctx,
 "srt://:9700?mode=listener", nullptr, &options). Result: hangs

 What works:

 * On a machine running plain Ubuntu 18.04 (not under WSL), it works.
 * It also works from a mac.

 The camera can send either h264 or h265. This does not seem to make a
 difference, the result is the same.

 Here's a full verbose output from ffmpeg -v 9 -loglevel 99:

 {{{
 ffmpeg -i srt://:9700?mode=listener -an -vcodec copy out2.avi -v 9
 -loglevel 99
 ffmpeg version 4.3 Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers
   built with gcc 9.3.1 (GCC) 20200621
   configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-sdl2 --enable-
 fontconfig --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-
 libdav1d --enable-libbluray --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame
 --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg
 --enable-libopus --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr
 --enable-libsrt --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvpx
 --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265
 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-zlib --enable-gmp
 --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvo-
 amrwbenc --enable-libmysofa --enable-libspeex --enable-libxvid --enable-
 libaom --enable-libgsm --disable-w32threads --enable-libmfx --enable-
 ffnvcodec --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-cuvid --enable-d3d11va --enable-
 nvenc --enable-nvdec --enable-dxva2 --enable-avisynth --enable-libopenmpt
 --enable-amf
   libavutil      56. 51.100 / 56. 51.100
   libavcodec     58. 91.100 / 58. 91.100
   libavformat    58. 45.100 / 58. 45.100
   libavdevice    58. 10.100 / 58. 10.100
   libavfilter     7. 85.100 /  7. 85.100
   libswscale      5.  7.100 /  5.  7.100
   libswresample   3.  7.100 /  3.  7.100
   libpostproc    55.  7.100 / 55.  7.100
 Splitting the commandline.
 Reading option '-i' ... matched as input url with argument
 'srt://:9700?mode=listener'.
 Reading option '-an' ... matched as option 'an' (disable audio) with
 argument '1'.
 Reading option '-vcodec' ... matched as option 'vcodec' (force video codec
 ('copy' to copy stream)) with argument 'copy'.
 Reading option 'out2.avi' ... matched as output url.
 Reading option '-v' ... matched as option 'v' (set logging level) with
 argument '9'.
 Reading option '-loglevel' ... matched as option 'loglevel' (set logging
 level) with argument '99'.
 Finished splitting the commandline.
 Parsing a group of options: global .
 Applying option v (set logging level) with argument 9.
 Successfully parsed a group of options.
 Parsing a group of options: input url srt://:9700?mode=listener.
 Successfully parsed a group of options.
 Opening an input file: srt://:9700?mode=listener.
 [NULL @ 00000287b0e2c100] Opening 'srt://:9700?mode=listener' for reading
 [srt @ 00000287b0e2d280] No default whitelist set
 }}}

 The process does not exit, but doesn't produce any more output either. The
 file out2.avi never gets created.

 I've also tried to play the stream with ffplay, it also hangs.

 Piping from srt-live-transmit to ffmpeg works (srt-live-transmit
 srt://:9700?mode=listener file://con | ffmpeg -i pipe:0 -an -vcodec copy
 out2.avi)

 I also posted this on the srt github issues, they believe it shouldn't be
 an issue with SRT: https://github.com/Haivision/srt/issues/1451

 Is there any known trick to getting SRT streams to work on FFMPEG on
 Windows? Have anyone gotten this to work on Windows before?

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