[Live-devel] Live555 Proxy Server - Stuck in endless loop

[Ross Finlayson]

> On Jan 12, 2016, at 1:48 PM, Erik Montnemery <erik at montnemery.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm using the live555ProxyServer to be able to reliably record and view streams from four cheap cameras concurrently.
> Recording is done in 15 minute chunks with 15 seconds of overlap, meaning there will normally be between 4-8 active clients for the 4 proxied streams.
> The live 555 version is 2015.12.22, compiled for linux-64bit.
> 
> Today the live555ProxyServer got stuck in an endless loop, with this tail of the log:
> 
> ProxyRTSPClient["rtsp://192.168.0.126/ch0_0.h264/"]::continueAfterSETUP(): head codec: H264; numSubsessions 2
> 	queue:	H264	MPEG4-GENERIC	MPEG4-GENERIC
> 
> "MPEG4-GENERIC" is then endlessly repeated.

I still don’t know how/why this can occur, but I’ve just released a new version (2016.01.24) of the code that adds some ‘INTERNAL ERROR’ messages if the queue gets into an inconsistent state.  Should you see any of these messages, please let us know.


Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/