[FFserver-user] not able to replay video from .ffm recorded earlier
Yogesh Tyagi
yogesh.bit2006 at gmail.com
Fri Sep 7 07:47:13 CEST 2012
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Robert Steckroth
<robertsteckroth at gmail.com> wrote:
> FileMaxSize 15M <-- 15 Megabytes is very small.
>
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 10:35 PM, Yogesh Tyagi <yogesh.bit2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 4:17 AM, Robert Steckroth
>> <robertsteckroth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Also, I believe there is a file size limit in the conf which will need
>>> to be set high. Than you will need to rotate
>>> the recorded file. If you do not copy and empty the file, it will
>>> become corrupted. Keep in mind, if you
>>> simply empty the file e.g. cat > temp.ts, than you need to restart the
>>> ffserver to insert the proper
>>> headers.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Anthony Brown <av at bsbc.nb.ca> wrote:
>>>> On 12-09-06 04:12 PM, Yogesh Tyagi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> so one feed can have one video or multiple videos?can I fed same feed
>>>>> through an instance of ffmpeg multiple times(if I do this the size of
>>>>> feed keeps increasing.is the feed storing duplicate videos)? In this
>>>>> case what will happen to the data previously fed to the feed?
>>>>> The problem I am facing is that sometimes my client(say ffplay) plays
>>>>> the file from start that was fed through ffmpeg.sometimes it does not.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You need to differentiate between a 'feed' and a 'stream'. Feeds are inputs
>>>> to the server. Each feed can be converted into multiple 'stream' formats
>>>> that can be output. All of which are stored in a single ffm file. A feed
>>>> is 'fed' to ffserver by an instance of ffmpeg. Each 'video', which I take
>>>> to mean a separate feed is stored in a separate .ffm file. All as specified
>>>> in your .conf file.
>>>>
>>>> Each 'video' requires a separate ffmpeg to 'feed' it to ffserver, and a
>>>> separate ffm file to store it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> If i repeat the operation of feeding the feed through ffmpeg and
>>>>> accessing the file through a client then ffserver starts giving me
>>>>> following error:
>>>>>
>>>>> Application provided invalid, non monotonically increasing dts to
>>>>> muxer in stream 0(or 1)
>>>>> Error writing frame to output
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not sure what that means.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Is there any way through which I can find out what has been stored in the
>>>>> feed?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> yes, do an ffmpeg -i whatever.ffm and it will list the goodies inside.
>>>> Alternatively, connect to the ffserver status page
>>>> (http://whatever.your.server.address.is:8090/stat.html) and see what is
>>>> there.
>>>>
>>>> It would be easier to help if we knew what it was you were trying to
>>>> accomplish and exactly what you have tried (contents of ffserver.conf,
>>>> ffmpeg command line and output, client output etc.)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Anthony Brown
>>>> Audiovisual coordinator
>>>> Brunswick Street Baptist Church
>>>> Telephone: (506)-458-8348 (leave message)
>>>> Email: av at bsbc.nb.ca
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>
>> my ffserver.conf file is as follows:
>>
>> Port 8091
>> BindAddress 0.0.0.0
>> MaxHTTPConnections 2000
>> MaxClients 100
>> MaxBandwidth 1000000
>> CustomLog -
>> NoDaemon
>>
>> <Feed feed1.ffm>
>> File /tmp/feed1.ffm
>> FileMaxSize 15M
>> ACL allow 127.0.0.1
>> </Feed>
>>
>> <Stream test.ts>
>>
>> Feed feed1.ffm
>> Format mpegts
>>
>> AudioCodec mp2
>> AudioBitRate 128k
>> AudioChannels 2
>> AudioSampleRate 48000
>> AVOptionAudio flags +global_header
>>
>> VideoCodec libx264
>> VideoBitRate 800k
>> VideoFrameRate 100
>> VideoSize 640x480
>> AVOptionVideo coder 0
>> AVOptionVideo bf 0
>> AVOptionVideo flags2 +mixed_refs+fastpskip
>> AVOptionVideo flags +loop
>> AVOptionVideo cmp +chroma
>> AVOptionVideo partitions +parti8x8+parti4x4+partp8x8+partb8x8
>> AVOptionVideo me_method hex
>> AVOptionVideo subq 7
>> AVOptionVideo me_range 16
>> AVOptionVideo g 250
>> AVOptionVideo keyint_min 10
>> AVOptionVideo sc_threshold 40
>> AVOptionVideo i_qfactor 0.71
>> AVOptionVideo b_strategy 1
>> AVOptionVideo qcomp 0.6
>> AVOptionVideo qmin 10
>> AVOptionVideo qmax 51
>> AVOptionVideo qdiff 4
>> AVOptionVideo refs 3
>> AVOptionVideo directpred 1
>> AVOptionVideo trellis 1
>> AVOptionVideo flags2 +mixed_refs+fastpskip
>> AVOptionVideo wpredp 0
>> AVOptionVideo flags +global_header
>> AVOptionVideo bsf h264_mp4toannexb
>>
>> VideoGopSize 12
>>
>> Preroll 15
>> StartSendOnKey
>> </Stream>
>>
>> <Stream stat.html>
>> Format status
>> ACL allow 127.0.0.1
>> ACL allow 192.168.1.27
>> </Stream>
>>
>> <Redirect index.html>
>> URL stat.html
>> </Redirect>
>>
>>
>> when I play test.ts from a client do I need 'fed' the feed to
>> ffserver by an instance of ffmpeg simultaneously or can i fed the feed
>> now and play the file temp.ts later.
>> I have tried this exercise. sometimes the client plays the file
>> test.ts,sometimes it does not.
>>
>> One more question I want to ask is suppose I started feeding the feed
>> now and I start the client some time later.will the client be able to
>> play the file test.ts from start?
>>
>> If I fed the feed to ffserver by an instance of ffmpeg muliple times
>> and try to play test.ts from client I start getting following errors:
>>
>>
>>
>> Following is the command line output:
>>
>> # ffserver -f /etc/ffserver.conf &
>> [1] 30433
>> yogesh at yogesh-desktop:~/Desktop$ ffserver version 0.9, Copyright (c)
>> 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
>> built on Aug 23 2012 13:35:01 with gcc 4.4.5
>> configuration: --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl
>> libavutil 51. 32. 0 / 51. 32. 0
>> libavcodec 53. 42. 0 / 53. 42. 0
>> libavformat 53. 24. 0 / 53. 24. 0
>> libavdevice 53. 4. 0 / 53. 4. 0
>> libavfilter 2. 53. 0 / 2. 53. 0
>> libswscale 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0
>> libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
>> Thu Sep 6 20:54:40 2012 FFserver started.
>> Thu Sep 6 20:54:50 2012 127.0.0.1 - - [GET] "/feed1.ffm HTTP/1.1" 200 4149
>> Thu Sep 6 20:54:53 2012 muxrate VBR, pcr every 2 pkts, sdt every 200,
>> pat/pmt every 40 pkts
>> Thu Sep 6 20:54:57 2012 muxrate VBR, pcr every 2 pkts, sdt every 200,
>> pat/pmt every 40 pkts
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:09 2012 127.0.0.1 - - [POST] "/feed1.ffm HTTP/1.1" 200 3739648
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:09 2012 192.168.1.27 - - [GET] "/test.ts HTTP/1.0" 200 2683391
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:09 2012 192.168.1.27 - - [GET] "/test.ts HTTP/1.0" 200 3385007
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:25 2012 muxrate VBR, pcr every 2 pkts, sdt every 200,
>> pat/pmt every 40 pkts
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:28 2012 muxrate VBR, pcr every 2 pkts, sdt every 200,
>> pat/pmt every 40 pkts
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:32 2012 127.0.0.1 - - [GET] "/feed1.ffm HTTP/1.1" 200 4149
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Application provided invalid, non
>> monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 1: 2732730 >= 0
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Error writing frame to output
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Application provided invalid, non
>> monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 1: 2732730 >= 3003
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Error writing frame to output
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Application provided invalid, non
>> monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 1: 2732730 >= 6006
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Error writing frame to output
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Application provided invalid, non
>> monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 1: 2732730 >= 9009
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Error writing frame to output
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Application provided invalid, non
>> monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 1: 2732730 >= 0
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Error writing frame to output
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Application provided invalid, non
>> monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 1: 2732730 >= 3003
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Error writing frame to output
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Application provided invalid, non
>> monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 1: 2732730 >= 6006
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Error writing frame to output
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Application provided invalid, non
>> monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 1: 2732730 >= 9009
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Error writing frame to output
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Application provided invalid, non
>> monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 1: 2732730 >= 12012
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Error writing frame to output
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Application provided invalid, non
>> monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 1: 2732730 >= 15015
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Error writing frame to output
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 192.168.1.27 - - [GET] "/test.ts HTTP/1.0" 200 4579
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Application provided invalid, non
>> monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 1: 2732730 >= 12012
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Error writing frame to output
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Application provided invalid, non
>> monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 1: 2732730 >= 15015
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 Error writing frame to output
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:33 2012 192.168.1.27 - - [GET] "/test.ts HTTP/1.0" 200 4579
>> Thu Sep 6 20:55:52 2012 127.0.0.1 - - [POST] "/feed1.ffm HTTP/1.1" 200 3739648
>>
>>
>> I am feeding by following command:
>>
>> ffmpeg -i Sally_720x480p_2997fps_8Mbps_MP1L2_48_224.ts -vcodec libx264
>> -acodec mp2 -flags -global_header http://127.0.0.1:8091/feed1.ffm
>>
>> Regards,
>> yogesh
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>
>
>
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I also checked by increasing it to 150 MB.
Regards,
yogesh
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