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• FFmpeg + iOS + lossy cellular connections

  9 novembre 2014, par Moss

  I am able to play an RTMP audio + video real-time stream on iOS with FFmpeg. Works fantastic when everything is on a solid WiFi connection.

  When I switch to a cellular connection (great signal strength and LTE/4G), av_read_frame() will intermittently block for an unacceptable amount of time. From what I can tell, it’s not that the cellular data connection just dropped, because I can reconnect immediately and start downloading more packets. In some cases, I’ve clocked 30+ seconds of hang time before it returns the next frame. When the next frame finally comes in, my real-time video stream is permanently delayed by the amount of time that av_read_frame() blocked.

  I attempted a work-around by using the AVIOInterruptCB interrupt callback to abort av_read_frame() if the function takes longer than 1 second to return. Here’s what that code looks like :

  - (void)readPackets {
  
      // Make sure FFmpeg calls our interrupt periodically
  
      _context->interrupt_callback.callback = interrupt_cb;
  
      _context->interrupt_callback.opaque = self;
  
  
  
      dispatch_async(_readPacketQueue, ^(void) {
  
          int err;
  
  
  
          while(true) {
  
              _readFrameTimeStamp = [[NSDate date] timeIntervalSince1970];
  
              err = av_read_frame(_context, &packet);
  
              _readFrameTimeStamp = 0;
  
  
  
              if(err) {
  
                  // Error - Reconnect the entire stream from scratch, taking 5-10 seconds
  
                  // And we know when av_read_frame() was aborted
  
                  // because its error code is -1414092869 ("EXIT")
  
              }
  
              else {
  
                  // Play this audio or video packet
  
              }
  
          }
  
     });
  
  }
  
  
  
  /**
  
   * Interrupt
  
   * @return 1 to abort the current operation
  
   */
  
  static int interrupt_cb(void *decoder) {
  
      if(decoder) {
  
          if(_readFrameTimeStamp != 0) {
  
              if([[NSDate date] timeIntervalSince1970] - _readFrameTimeStamp > 1) {
  
                  // Abort av_read_frame(), it's taking longer than 1 second
  
                  return 1;
  
              }
  
          }
  
      }
  
  }

  This definitely aborts av_read_frame() after 1 second, but unfortunately after I do this, future attempts to call av_read_frame() result in EIO errors (-5), which indicates that the connection has been severed.

  As a result, I am forced to fully reconnect the viewer, which takes 5-10 seconds. (avformat_open_input() takes 3-4 seconds, and then find the stream info again takes 2-3 seconds, and then start reading frames).

  The 5-10 second delay to fully reconnect is much better than waiting more than 10 seconds for av_read_frame() to unblock, and it’s much better than the real-time stream being delayed by a significant amount. But it’s much worse than being able to retry av_read_frame() immediately.

  From a cellular user’s perspective, their video locks up intermittently for 5-10 seconds while we reconnect the stream in the background from scratch, which isn’t a good user experience.

  What strategies are there to better way to manage av_read_frame() on a lossy cellular connection ?
  (Or strategies to improve the reconnect time ?)

• Revision 1ee66933c1 : make bsize requirement for SEG_LVL_SKIP explicit The segment feature SEG_LVL_SK

  5 septembre 2013, par Yaowu Xu

  Changed Paths :
   Modify /vp9/decoder/vp9_decodemv.c

  
  
  make bsize requirement for SEG_LVL_SKIP explicit

  The segment feature SEG_LVL_SKIP requires the prediction unit size
  to be at least BLOCK_8X8. This commit makes the requirement to be
  explicit. This is to prevent future encoder implementations from
  making wrong choices.

  Change-Id : I0127f0bd4c66e130b81f0cb0a8d3dbfe3b2da5c2

• Learning resources/tools for C# developer working with video streams

  27 août 2013, par JD.

  I am new to video streaming and would be grateful for any pointers on learning how to read/write/manipulate video streams.

  I am a C# developer (with no experiences in C++) so I wanted to know what tools/resources I could use to work with an Mpeg-ts transport stream ?

  What learning resources can be recommended and whether I can do everything I want without having to learn about DirectShow filters ?

  I read about FFMpeg which would be a good learning aid and hopefully this would do all I require in the future.