[Live-devel] media streaming and random access

[Jim Ham]

On 8/9/2020 4:07 PM, Ross Finlayson wrote:
> Another thing you could try - as an experiment - is making your “.mkv” file video only (i.e., not containing any audio track), and try streaming/seeking within that instead.

OK, this does work! At least on my system, try 
<rtsp://margotandjim.com:8554/Tanya_noaudio.mkv>

Interesting! Encoded with the command: "cat 
/mnt/dvd/VIDEO_TS/VTS_0*_*VOB | ffmpeg -i - -an -c:v libx264 -crf 13 -g 
30 Tanya_noaudio.mkv"

JIm

> 
> I suspect that seeking within a video-only file/stream might work better, and that the problem (with the video+audio file/stream) might be related to audio/video synchronization problems, occurring after the seek.
> 
> But again, it would be good to get a copy of the (audio+video) “.mkv” file, so I can run my own experiments.
> 
> 
> Ross Finlayson
> Live Networks, Inc.
> http://www.live555.com/
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