[Live-devel] media streaming and random access

[Ross Finlayson]

> On Aug 11, 2020, at 4:49 AM, Jim Ham <jimham at porcine.com> wrote:
> 
>> I have just installed a new version (2020.08.10) of the code that should fix this.
> Fast work! I just tried it out, it new seeks and plays OK. There is an additional problem though. It seeks to the wrong place.

This is a problem just with this particular file - “Tanya.mkv” - not a problem with the media server or streaming in general.

You can see this if you just play this file using VLC locally - i.e., just as a file, not via streaming.  VLC thinks that the file is 10:22 long.  But in reality it contains only about 6:10 of content; i.e., it plays only until 6:10 before ending.

Specifically, the file contains a ‘Segment Duration’ tag that (incorrectly) says that the file contains 622.662048 seconds of content.

You need to fix this using whatever mechanism you used to create this “.mkv” file.


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