Playback Stuttering with UNC vs RTSP [Solved] (1 Viewer)

thekiwi

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    Hey all

    Got an issue which is really bugging me since a few upgrades I did with my HTPC.

    Basically went from a mediaportal client MacMini running Windows XP, to a new Macmini now running Windows 7 Ult 64 bit. This is on a Windows 2008 R2 domain with the TV Server running on a Windows 7 Pro machine.

    Running latest Mediaportal version (1.4) and everything is "OK"ish using RTSP, with just the odd stutter with live TV or playback of recorded TV (all .ts files).

    If I force MP to use UNC, it all just falls to pieces and the stuttering is absolutely aweful with more buffering than watchable TV. If I start a Manual Streaming on the TV Server, and then browse to the shared folder on the client and open the buffer TS file in VLC it wont play (ie if its the first file).
    Message Console would show:
    main warning: PTS is out of range (-33988), dropping buffer
    main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (jitter of 5808 ms ignored)
    main error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called​

    If I open the RTSP stream in VLC, all is good.

    This also happens with Recorded TS files.

    With the recorded files, in VLC, if I change the demuxer to avformat demuxer the recorded TS files then play smoothly. From some on the VLC forums suggest that this may be indicative of a misformated TS file.

    Going back to the buffer TS files with the demux setting above the following occurs:
    * VLC will play the live2-0.ts.tsbuffer1.ts OK - no stuttering or problems
    * VLC eventually plays live2-0.ts.tsbuffer2.ts but console shows:
    main debug: Buffering 95%
    main debug: Buffering 99%
    main debug: Buffering 99%
    main debug: Stream buffering done (1010 ms in 665 ms)
    main debug: Decoder buffering done in 0 ms
    main warning: PTS is out of range (-36922), dropping buffer
    main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (78981 us)
    main warning: not synchronized (78982 us), resampling
    main warning: buffer too late (78565), up-sampling
    main debug: Detected interlaced video
    main debug: deinterlace 0, mode blend, is_needed 1
    main warning: resampling stopped after 13215091 usec (drift: 331)
    As soon as I change the demux back to default VLC will give
    main warning: audio output out of sync, adjusting dates (78064 us)
    main warning: not synchronized (78064 us), resampling
    main warning: buffer too late (77647), up-sampling
    main debug: auto hiding mouse cursor
    main debug: auto hiding mouse cursor
    main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 1000 ms)
    main error: ES_OUT_RESET_PCR called​

    Al the while RTSP is OK.

    Ive attached the logs for running Mediaportal while avoiding RTSP and giving massive stuttering

    On the server
    * All firewalls turned off
    * No antivirus running
    * Client domain account has full access to the share and folder

    On the client
    * No firewalls running
    * No antivirus runnigg
    * Logged in as either Domain Admin or client account
    * nVidea Graphics driver updated to very latest release.

    Ive also attached a second log collection trying to play recorded TV fiels, and they just came up with a warning in MP that they couldnt be played.
     
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    thekiwi

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    Well, that was a bit silly! :)

    The switch I connect this machine too in the lounge, actually has wireless as well (sitting right beside the Macmini), so just as a test, disabled the Eth and used just wireless, and VLC worked, UNC in Mediaportal worked!!!

    So went to Broadcomm website and found a later driver for the Eth Card (Windows 7 was saying when autosearch for driver that it was the latest version) and installed 15.6.0.10 and all good.

    Dooh!!!
     

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