problem with eyetv media

Dear all,

I would like to address a problem that has already been posted (viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4210&p=27928&hilit=eyetv#p27821) but as far as I understand has not yet been solved.

I run Serviio 0.6.2 on MAC OSX Version 10.6.8

Using EyeTV (3.5.5) I saved a few TV clips and wanted to view them on my Sony KDL-32EX725.

The problem is that some of the saved clips will play on my TV and others will not.

To provide some information to solve the problem I started ffpeg -i once with a clip that can be played (i called it video-good.mpg) and one clip that is refused to play (I called video-bad.mpg). Both clips are just plain output of EyeTV.

You can find the output here in the addendum.

Any ideas how I can solve the problem?

Best Regards
Jochem

Addendum
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jupiter-lan:Test pat$ ./ffmpeg -i video-good.mpg
ffmpeg version 0.9, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Dec 14 2011 01:44:37 with gcc 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5493)
configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --bindir=/tmp/ffmpeg --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --enable-libmp3lame --enable-librtmp --enable-pthreads --disable-mmx --extra-ldflags=-L/tmp/static/lib --extra-cflags=-I/tmp/static/include --extra-libs=-lpolarssl
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
[mpegts @ 0x1004c00] max_analyze_duration 5000000 reached at 5016000
[NULL @ 0x100c400] start time is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x1004c00] PES packet size mismatch
Last message repeated 1 times
Input #0, mpegts, from 'video-good.mpg':
Duration: 01:32:32.16, start: 76589.595989, bitrate: 4263 kb/s
Program 514
Metadata:
service_name : ?ZDF
service_provider: ?ZDFmobil
Stream #0:0[0x221]: Video: mpeg2video (Main) ([2][0][0][0] / 0x0002), yuv420p, 704x576 [SAR 16:11 DAR 16:9], 15000 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
Stream #0:1[0x222](deu): Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s
Stream #0:2[0x227](deu): Subtitle: dvb_teletext ([6][0][0][0] / 0x0006)
Stream #0:3[0x223](mis): Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, mono, s16, 96 kb/s
Stream #0:4[0x22b]: Unknown: none ([5][0][0][0] / 0x0005)
Program 515
Metadata:
service_name : ?3sat
service_provider: ?ZDFmobil
Program 517
Metadata:
service_name : ?neo/KiKa
service_provider: ?ZDFmobil
Program 516
Metadata:
service_name : ?ZDFinfokanal
service_provider: ?ZDFmobil
At least one output file must be specified
jupiter-lan:Test pat$


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jupiter-lan:Test pat$ ./ffmpeg -i video-bad.mpg
ffmpeg version 0.9, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Dec 14 2011 01:44:37 with gcc 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5493)
configuration: --enable-static --disable-shared --bindir=/tmp/ffmpeg --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --enable-libmp3lame --enable-librtmp --enable-pthreads --disable-mmx --extra-ldflags=-L/tmp/static/lib --extra-cflags=-I/tmp/static/include --extra-libs=-lpolarssl
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
[mpegts @ 0x1004c00] PES packet size mismatch
ffmpeg(12208) malloc: *** mmap(size=208896) failed (error code=12)
*** error: can't allocate region
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
ffmpeg(12208) malloc: *** mmap(size=208896) failed (error code=12)
*** error: can't allocate region
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
ffmpeg(12208) malloc: *** mmap(size=208896) failed (error code=12)
*** error: can't allocate region
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
ffmpeg(12208) malloc: *** mmap(size=208896) failed (error code=12)
*** error: can't allocate region
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
ffmpeg(12208) malloc: *** mmap(size=208896) failed (error code=12)
*** error: can't allocate region
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
ffmpeg(12208) malloc: *** mmap(size=208896) failed (error code=12)
*** error: can't allocate region
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
Last message repeated 22 times
[mp1 @ 0x105d800] Header missing
Last message repeated 2 times
[mpeg2video @ 0x1009800] mpeg_decode_postinit() failure
Last message repeated 13 times
[mpeg2video @ 0x1009800] skipped MB in I frame at 20 32
[mpeg2video @ 0x1009800] Warning MVs not available
[mpeg2video @ 0x1009800] concealing 44 DC, 44 AC, 44 MV errors
[mpegts @ 0x1004c00] max_analyze_duration 5000000 reached at 5016000
[NULL @ 0x100a800] start time is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[NULL @ 0x100d600] start time is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[NULL @ 0x105f400] start time is not set in estimate_timings_from_pts
[mpegts @ 0x1004c00] PES packet size mismatch
Last message repeated 2 times

Seems stream 5 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: inf (1/0) -> 90000.00 (90000/1)
Input #0, mpegts, from 'video-bad.mpg':
Duration: 26:46:37.20, start: 73177.162711, bitrate: 32 kb/s
Program 262
Program 225
Program 16387
Program 16413
Program 514
Metadata:
service_name : ?ZDF
service_provider: ?ZDFmobil
Program 515
Metadata:
service_name : ?3sat
service_provider: ?ZDFmobil
Stream #0:0[0x231]: Video: mpeg2video (Main) ([2][0][0][0] / 0x0002), yuv420p, 704x576 [SAR 16:11 DAR 16:9], 15000 kb/s, 27.40 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
Stream #0:1[0x232]: Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s
Stream #0:2[0x237](deu): Subtitle: dvb_teletext ([6][0][0][0] / 0x0006)
Stream #0:3[0x233](mis): Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s
Stream #0:4[0x22b]: Unknown: none ([5][0][0][0] / 0x0005)
Program 516
Metadata:
service_name : ?ZDFinfo
service_provider: ?ZDFmobil
Program 517
Metadata:
service_name : ?neo/KiKA
service_provider: ?ZDFmobil
No Program
Stream #0:5[0xe11]: Video: mpeg2video, 90k tbr, 90k tbn
Stream #0:6[0xe17]: Audio: mp1, 0 channels, s16
Stream #0:7[0xe12]: Audio: mp3, 0 channels
At least one output file must be specified
jupiter-lan:Test pat$

[zip]

from the output you can see there are a lot of errors in the second file's output, mostly related to the mpeg2 video stream.

Dear Petr,

thank you for the immediate answer. For me there is still one question left:

Why do ohter renderers like the EyeTV-Software itself or the VLC-player on my mac DO play BOTH files? They seem to have no problems with the failures in the file "video-bad.mpg".

Is it possible to change the settings off ffmpeg in a way so that it is also as fault-tolerant as the decoders used by EyeTV or VLC?

I think this question might become even more relevant as more users will use serviio for serving recorded TV-clips (received over the air so maybe with some failures in the stream) in their Home-Network.

(My wife needs here "CSI:Miami" daily - I have to find a solution... )

Thanks for any suggestions or ideas
Jochem

[Illico]

All good and bad files are visible on serviio library ?

Does the bad file is delivered in native format or transcoded by ffmpeg ? See detailed serviio log file.(See signature links)

Hi,

yes both files (video-good.mpg and video-bad.mpg) are visibile in the serviio-library. They are also visible in the directory on the TV-screen and can be attached via the Home Network using DLNA. Up to here everything looks normal to me.

Both files are delivered in native format without using the transcoding-option.

The user experience is as follows: The name of both files is displayed in the directory on the TV screen. Both of them have preview pictures. When clicking on the file-names for both files the spinning wheel in the upper-left-corner of the TV shows up (the Sony "please wait"-Icon). After a few seconds the spinning wheel disappaers. Up to this point everything looks normal for both files. The difference appears after this point. While the file video-good.mpg starts to play for the file video-bad.mpg the TV-screen just stays black. When I press the "Info"-button on the TV it even shows me for both files the correct total lenght of the clip. But for video-bad.mpg it does not start the video...

Last weekend I made some experiments with more captured TV-clips and I get more and more convinced that the problem is closely related to the question of "fault-tolerance" (see posting before) regarding the videostream.

I will come back with some detailed serviio log file like you asked for. This may take some days...

Up to this point: Any more suggestions to solve the problem?

Cheers Jochem

Ok, I started serviio in DEBUG mode.

Then I first tried to start the file named "video-bad.mpg" on my TV. I did not start.
Then I tried to start the file named "video-good.mpg". That worked fine.

In the attachment you will find the corresponding log-file in DEBUG mode.

Does this help to come closer to a solution for the problem?